Whitechapel Owl Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 DC confirmed that he is 100% behind Carlos and the length of his contract is not important he also confirmed that Carlos goes to the board recommending which positions he wants to improve and then the agency/scouts go looking for players that fit that position to recommend to him with 8/9 clubs enjoying parachute payments it is difficult to compete in the transfer market so first choices are not always within our reach DC realises fans expectations have risen over the past 2 years and still believes we have the squad to push for promotion this season DC said hey had on a couple of occasions taken note of fans desires to signed certain players The club confirmed that as this is an informal meeting it will not be reporting back to the fans what has been discusses that is down to us attending the meeting to feed back to the fans DC takes full responsibility for the club both on and off the field he again raised the issue of social abuse both to his family and to the players on Twitter and Facebook if the fans have something to say about the club they should email him direct and he will answer all points raised he has received over 400 emails regarding the “Ask the Chairman” and he hopes to have responded to everyone by the end of October beginning of November vif he doesn’t respond to your email please send it again so he can address your points DC wishes to apologise to fans who cannot afford a ST or a match day ticket but he says needs must with regards to generating revenues to help contribute towards keeping within the FFP rules he believes in his pricing policy and confirmed that if we want to continue attracting better players and not go backwards he has to raise as much as he can in areas of tickets sales and the retail his idea regarding 1867 Membership has not taken off so he is looking for other ways of generating income he hasn’t ruled out naming rights for the stadium The launch of the 150 year third kit will hopefully take place in November the delay in the home/away kits was explained in more detail stocks of the home kit did arrive in September however the club felt that the numbers delivered would have meant a potential sell out within days so held these back until further deliveries arrived it is the same situation with the away kit once further stocks have been delivered these will go on sale the infant and Juniors only have shirts available currently as insufficient stocks were delivered to put out the full kits the shorts and socks will be available at a later date the infant kits do not have embroidered badges and logos as they believed this would cause irritation to those wearing them the club confirmed that they are to continue dealing directly with the manufacturer and plans are already in place regarding next season’s kits it was confirmed that the quality will be even better next season than this and they had learnt a lot of lessons from this season’s issues DC said that returning to a striped home shirt wasn’t out of the question but wouldn’t be drawn into whether that was going to be a possibility the club are to use a different manufacturer for next season’s kit and we were given the impression companies like Nike and Adidas use the same company DC confirmed that we hold these meetings because the club wants to engage with the fans for us to share opinions in return the club will try to do as much as possible to action points raised but admitted they can’t do everything two major concerns raised from fans have been addressed one being the catering which to a significant cost to the club they ended the contract with the supplier and have gone in house they asked the fans to be patient while they got things right and are aware of many teething issues however things are improving and sales are up and the club will continue to look at ways of improving the service extra kiosks are being looked at for both the kop and the North however space is very limited on the North and the club are looking at the spiral stairs area for a possible location the second area the club has responded to following fans comments was the removal of Sondico as the shirt supplier the decision to go in-house allowed the club to better dictate the quality improve the delivery times and to not have to pay a third party so retaining more profit to the club the club believe that the 150 year celebrations are going well so far and that there is more activities to come however they didn’t disclose what these were going to be plans are still in progress with regards to the shop the question was asked as to way when the ticket sections was busy why the retail side couldn’t help to reduce the queues both sides work from different systems so they are unable currently to help out during the busy periods the club are aware that the prints had players names in the wrong order and this is being addressed I apologise at this present time as I don’t know if those who have already bought one can take them back and get a replacement the topic of fans behaviour at home and away games was raised following the incidents at Derby on Saturday there is a text number in the programme for you to use immediately if you see anything of that nature when we are at at Home game the club will then monitor CCTV and act with immediate effect a number of fans complained about the brightness of the advertising boards at the last home game and this will be addressed at the next home game Access from the 1867 lounge direct to the South Stand has been looked at and a turnstile would need to be fitted to the entrance/exit door to allow this to happen no action is planned at this moment in time the club are looking at ways to raise our profile globally but until we reach the PL this is difficult the club are looking at an International Facebook page and are looking to establish links with Universities in the Far East to raise it on the club website is a “Community” section that talks about all of the things the club are doing in both the UK and abroad Stadium Development didn’t get it usual long discussion Capacity for this season currently sits at 34,234 with talks on going with SAG to get this increased the on going comments about the Presto sign still being visible on the West Stand was raised and the club are looking into repainting the roof however due to scaffolding issues this can only be done ore season other discussion points included ifollow where the club are continually working to improve the service season ticket sales this season were close to 21,000 the three year season ticket of two seasons ago at this moment in time isn’t planned to be made available again Between 200 and 300 tickets are given away to schools for every home game to attract the youngsters to S6 and a junior season ticket holder is chosen each game to be a mascot With regards to decision making at the club DC confirmed that it has 10 Managers all given the authority to make key decisions within the club and that he does hand control to them for personal reasons this will be the last meeting I will be attending I hope someone from the group takes over the baton and feeds back to you all of the items discussed at the meeting 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deleted member Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 As always a brilliant summary by Malcolm What a shame he feels he cant go to the meetings any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northeastowl Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 (edited) No mention of himself getting a hard time. Or Hirst and Doyen stuff either. Edited October 26, 2017 by northeastowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torryowl Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 I don't know why they are called " steering meetings",does chansiri actually take on board anything that is said from the fans ?......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deleted member Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 7 minutes ago, northeastowl said: No mention of himself getting a hard time. Or Hirst and Doyen stuff either. https://twitter.com/malcolm_fox2/status/923438548732268544 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torres Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 3 minutes ago, torryowl said: I don't know why they are called " steering meetings",does chansiri actually take on board anything that is said from the fans ?......... It sounds like they are off their heads!! Taking transfer advice from supporters The 150 year celebrations are going well Seriously??????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asteener1867 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Presume they mean Jordan Rhodes don't they? All the clamour for several years Probably would have got him sooner , but they were looking for Terry Henfleet and Topher McCockerson 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon78 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 5 minutes ago, torres said: It sounds like they are off their heads!! Taking transfer advice from supporters The 150 year celebrations are going well Seriously??????? That would be McGugan and Rhodes then both now Wednesday legends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torryowl Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 2 minutes ago, torres said: It sounds like they are off their heads!! Taking transfer advice from supporters The 150 year celebrations are going well Seriously??????? if it's true and it seems it is then signing players to appease the fans isn't the way to build a promotion winning team .......that along with they give carlos a list of players he can sign sign makes me realise even more that it's a miracle we've come so close the past 2 years ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobsMagicCalculator Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 The cracks are starting to appear, this isn't going to end well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beholder Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Fans wanting Jordan Rhodes is a red herring. 'Fans' can mean two posters on owlstalk. Don't blame us for the Jordan Rhodes signing Dc, blame yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalthamOwl Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Thank you for the minutes. I guess DC is always going to say he is fully behind CC but I would be surprised at the moment if that is 100% true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HirstWhoScoredIt Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 11 minutes ago, Grandad said: https://twitter.com/malcolm_fox2/status/923438548732268544 Chansiri is just a clueless bully I'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deleted member Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Feel a bit sorry for Malcolm. If his tweets were posts on here he'd be labelled a happy clapper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mkowl Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Thanks to Malcolm for doing the reporting and indeed Whitechapel for summarising it all in one place The fact Club 1867 is shelved is a vote for common sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HirstWhoScoredIt Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 1 minute ago, Grandad said: Feel a bit sorry for Malcolm. If his tweets were posts on here he'd be labelled a happy clapper! He loves a scapegoat though - look at the corporate staff suffering for his ridiculous decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HirstWhoScoredIt Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 2 minutes ago, mkowl said: Thanks to Malcolm for doing the reporting and indeed Whitechapel for summarising it all in one place The fact Club 1867 is shelved is a vote for common sense I was just about to buy 100 of them as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mkowl Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 1 minute ago, Grandad said: Feel a bit sorry for Malcolm. If his tweets were posts on here he'd be labelled a happy clapper! Got to say that the tweets above and indeed those from previous meetings as far as I can tell have simply reported what was said and have largely been free from bias. Other fans have then taken what was said and extrapolated it If he feels scapegoated then he deserves an apology from the Club in my humble opinion. Don't shoot the messenger - but if you do that is pretty bad precedent to set. Who next ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencerowl Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 So I don't understand, why does the club have an issue with Malcolm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deleted member Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 1 minute ago, mkowl said: Got to say that the tweets above and indeed those from previous meetings as far as I can tell have simply reported what was said and have largely been free from bias. Other fans have then taken what was said and extrapolated it If he feels scapegoated then he deserves an apology from the Club in my humble opinion. Don't shoot the messenger - but if you do that is pretty bad precedent to set. Who next ? I vote for Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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