Members meeting - club & WST board open to questions KO 7:30pm

[dixienormous]

Originally Posted by Willywill

The Board know that we are angry. They would just love it if we couldn’t get our act together. Their ineptitude should not mean that we go off in 50 directions, wasting our energy.
Listening the other night to some of the Boards HR jargon - they have got to budge over. We have a good three months to rally.

A chat with Pearson and a few other first team players would be useful to get an idea of what he meant a few weeks back. Then we need to get together, plan together, get people who would be willling to come forward with new ideas of how to make serious changes.

Things don't have to get personal but the board members need to realise how personal the club is to thousands. In reality they should have stepped down but there was no hint of accepting any blame on Monday.

After nearly ten years of failure, pure failure, with no attempt to make any changes to a failed structure, if they don't actively seek change after this season then I can only see things getting very ugly for them.

[ruthinred]

The only action to come out this thread appears to be to back John Mclintock this summer,, can we all agree on this action ?

Might be worth starting a thread for agreed actions going forward

We need to be united on this , as most sensible posters on here seem to be in agreement

[Ooh aah Paskin]

Originally Posted by ruthinred

The only action to come out this thread appears to be to back John Mclintock this summer,, can we all agree on this action ?

Might be worth starting a thread for agreed actions going forward

We need to be united on this , as most sensible posters on here seem to be in agreement

Start one. Ask for it to be a sticky?

[Phils-an-alki]

Originally Posted by Ooh aah Paskin

Start one. Ask for it to be a sticky?

Yes yes and yes. Any thread made a sticky on here is destined for the greatest success.

[llewelyn]

The trust have done an excellent job of stabilising the club but we have to push on, instead we are in an alarming reverse.
This meeting was like ameture hour at a care home, residents repeating the same old words.
It's clear there is no real plan, no desire for investment and no great alarm at the prospect of relegation.
The main objective of the diminishing board is safeguarding their position.
Gavin Jones said management of the club over the last 6 years has only been reactive (fire fighting).
After 6 months negotiating the take over of the ground from the uni, they were surprised by work needed, and costs relating to upkeep .
So what was going on for 6 months, what of due diligence, have we never employed a surveyor or even one of Pete's brickies for a reasonable idea of on going repair costs.
I hate to disrespect a playing legend but Dixies position at the top table was embarrassing, there to deflect. Barry Horne was a competent appointment, but we now have an ex player 30 years out of touch, reminiscing old times just won't cut it.
The club can no longer be run like a branch of Shropshire reds, but they will not accept help or investment that threatens their position.
The club is run by volunteers who go above and beyond but by their own admission volunteers are drying up. That's because good will has been lost.
Spencer's idea that reduced travel costs can off set lost funds from lower crowds is laughable.
I'm not saying all the current board have to walk away completely but it's time to step back and let someone else take the reins.
I am someone who has backed the trust but it is now time for a fresh approach.

[Percy Sugden]

Originally Posted by Answer Release

Perhaps we should be looking out of town, industrial estate area maybe? Something with scope for expansion. The groves simply isn't big enough for a football league club and the development numbers being suggested by the board are laughable, nowhere near current market.

Exactly!

The training facility doesn’t need to be in the town, it simply needs to be accessible and offer the basic provisions required by anybody that is going to work - hot water, heating, somewhere to change, toilets, somewhere to eat....

I don’t get the obsession with developing a prime site in town that has numerous restrictions imposed on it, and little room to expand.

I cannot believe we are training on a council field as a “professional club” for such a sustained period.

[Phils-an-alki]

Originally Posted by Percy Sugden

Exactly!

The training facility doesn’t need to be in the town, it simply needs to be accessible and offer the basic provisions required by anybody that is going to work - hot water, heating, somewhere to change, toilets, somewhere to eat....

I don’t get the obsession with developing a prime site in town that has numerous restrictions imposed on it, and little room to expand.

I cannot believe we are training on a council field as a “professional club” for such a sustained period.

But it'll be our new spiritual home, can't you see that?

#fanscan

[GiggityGiggityGiggityGoo]

Originally Posted by Percy Sugden

Exactly!

The training facility doesn’t need to be in the town, it simply needs to be accessible and offer the basic provisions required by anybody that is going to work - hot water, heating, somewhere to change, toilets, somewhere to eat....

I don’t get the obsession with developing a prime site in town that has numerous restrictions imposed on it, and little room to expand.

I cannot believe we are training on a council field as a “professional club” for such a sustained period.

I'm surprised they haven't asked publicly for fans working in trades needed for such a development, if they can give a helping hand to reduce some costs.

Same for The Racecourse, Phil Salmon has done very well in that area, but you can't expect him to do all the work in it's upkeep. I can think of plenty that needs doing, a list needs drawing up and it being put to the fanbase.

[andy buckley]

[QUOTE=Phils-an-alki;2344321

Need to get something for my £15 WST membership because I've got fck all else from it so far.[/QUOTE]

Cheaper season ticket? As that's the reason most people are members.