On the weekend.
My expectations of a frenetic few days preparing for this trip out West do not seem to have been warranted. Karina and I have been busy to be sure, but it wasn't the fiasco that I honestly had been expecting. We seem to have managed to bring everything we need and the travel parts of the trip have been very easy.
The Man City-Liverpool match on Saturday was a comforting victory although I hope not a sign of things to come. Unlike the Spurs match which saw the team have a great first half and a terrible second, this match was a terrible first half followed by a great second. Gerrard looked awesome throughout and Cisse's pace is very encouraging. Finnan mailed his game in: I would say that his Anfield term is numbered less than seven days. Harry Kewell's touches left a great deal to be desired as he seemed to have a mysterious tendency to loose the ball at the end of an excellent run. This is disconcerting given the number of times we ended up with the ball. I wasn't altogether thrilled by Baros' performance for although admittedly he was manhandled throughout the match, I don't think he reacted very well. Hardworking new signing Josemi went out with an injury in the second half and is doubtful for tomorrow's qualifier match. In a week's time I expect to see a very
different team hit the pitch as Alonso and Garcia are both to start for the club. Everything I am reading about Alonso is very exciting.
Saturday was a busy day for after the match I bladed out to Humberto's for a workout and then made my way back into the downtown core to put in a few hours at Infoware. A few hours turned out to be almost 5 as I still had much work to do to prepare for my Calgary meetings and to document my most recent business development activity. Friday night I had finished the day with several (undocumented) conference calls
meaning that I hadn't actually left our offices until after 8. We also reviewed sales to date and many of my early sales at Infoware have not paid up - the reasons for these "warranty claims" have been corrected in the current program, but it is very frustrating to me nonetheless... implementation seems to have been a major issue, but so has the "quality" of the clientele. I am not used to a situation where clients are not satisfied with work with which I am involved. My feeling is
that this experience is one common to being in sales... am I wrong? I wish that I could get hold of Chris the senior sales guy from Modrobes - I think his mentorship would be very useful. Think I'll email Gabe to see if she has his contact info.
The Man City-Liverpool match on Saturday was a comforting victory although I hope not a sign of things to come. Unlike the Spurs match which saw the team have a great first half and a terrible second, this match was a terrible first half followed by a great second. Gerrard looked awesome throughout and Cisse's pace is very encouraging. Finnan mailed his game in: I would say that his Anfield term is numbered less than seven days. Harry Kewell's touches left a great deal to be desired as he seemed to have a mysterious tendency to loose the ball at the end of an excellent run. This is disconcerting given the number of times we ended up with the ball. I wasn't altogether thrilled by Baros' performance for although admittedly he was manhandled throughout the match, I don't think he reacted very well. Hardworking new signing Josemi went out with an injury in the second half and is doubtful for tomorrow's qualifier match. In a week's time I expect to see a very
different team hit the pitch as Alonso and Garcia are both to start for the club. Everything I am reading about Alonso is very exciting.
Saturday was a busy day for after the match I bladed out to Humberto's for a workout and then made my way back into the downtown core to put in a few hours at Infoware. A few hours turned out to be almost 5 as I still had much work to do to prepare for my Calgary meetings and to document my most recent business development activity. Friday night I had finished the day with several (undocumented) conference calls
meaning that I hadn't actually left our offices until after 8. We also reviewed sales to date and many of my early sales at Infoware have not paid up - the reasons for these "warranty claims" have been corrected in the current program, but it is very frustrating to me nonetheless... implementation seems to have been a major issue, but so has the "quality" of the clientele. I am not used to a situation where clients are not satisfied with work with which I am involved. My feeling is
that this experience is one common to being in sales... am I wrong? I wish that I could get hold of Chris the senior sales guy from Modrobes - I think his mentorship would be very useful. Think I'll email Gabe to see if she has his contact info.
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