Mr. Khan Google Plus hangout

http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2013/octob ... th-mr-khan

Just FYI, I will be taking part in this. ray: that I am not a nervous wreck during the entire thing.

 

Lol, I'll be sure not to stare at the red light. Got approached a couple of days ago and already have the questions all lined up, so that's one less thing to worry about.

 

bump...this should be happening in approximately 45 minutes.

 

D'oh.

 

ugh. I wish I could have done some things different, but I guess it wasn't too bad...although I am getting some flak. :lol: http://www.voy.com/13865/

 

A link is up now on the official site. Seems the camera work cuts in and out in a weird manner. http://www.fulhamfc.com/hangout/shahid-khan because it did cut off my initial reaction to Khan's answer to the preseason tour.

 

Probably, you could hear her really well in the beginning. Got giggles from Khan and Sarah on that, but I think that was cut out-- it was at the very start. They said something about some sound effects and that was her in her bouncy chair having fun. Maybe it was just before we went "live?" Don't remember.

The flak doesn't bother me and I did notice the fit comment. And I really wish I could make my way over there more often. I'd go to every home game like Khan if I had his money. :grin:

And I was expecting to get some flak after I noticed who were my fellow questioners. From the initial emails, I thought there was going to be a representation of supporter clubs from around the world, so thats why I chose to take part (had to make sure we got some representation if this was going down, plus how many times do you get to "talk" to the Fulham owner?) Just wish I knew that we were going to have more time than we were initially told and that some people did get to ask some follow-up questions.

 

just a tad. I was mostly just way too nervous about public speaking though, at least I was coherent enough for Khan to respond. :lol:

 

Thanks Jump and everybody.

He seemed to consider Russ' suggestion of a Fenway match, so let's hope the powers that be do think about more stops in the US. We've all been calling on Fulham to tap in to the support for the team in US for some time, especially when there where a bunch of yanks in the squad.

One thing that I have been thinking about since the hangout is his answer to the differences between the NFL and BPL. Where he talked about how he wouldn't be able to do with Fulham in the BPL compared to Jacksonville in the NFL. Most of us know the reason why to this as US sports fans on this site, but I wonder which model he prefers? Would that answer be clear cut? At first glance, I would say he would prefer the NFL model since there's a safety net, salary cap, and there's always the off chance of a Super Bowl run. However, as a competitor would he always be so fond of the restrictions that come along with that? Is it possible he might prefer a "eat what you kill" model?

 

I didn't, but Russ did. I asked him as an owner what did he notice as the similarities and differences in the operations of each team. I was going to suggest a locale to the tour question but got slightly cut off and didn't want to press it since I was told beforehand that there wouldn't be much time. I really wanted to make sure everybody got an opportunity to ask their questions by moving on quickly.