The Board, consultancy fees, Mercs and how to identify a duck

[Simon Pieman]

£1.8M if they sell out.

Yeah I've just realised that.

£2m of additional revenue streams forecast for all of the new things the board is introducing.

[Berniman]

Apparently the club is now on a level footing.  I wish that question would have been worded differently.

[Simon Pieman]

Apparently the club is now on a level footing.  I wish that question would have been worded differently.

I'm going tomorrow and it was something I was going to ask but in a different way.

[Berniman]

oops, sounds like a bit of an own goal already.  Earlier in the live business plan on the adver site it mentioned about the presentation of £5k from the supporters club and SAS travel to be used to revamp the legends lounge.  First question from Roger Bunce:

Q (Roger Bunce): I'm really disappointed that the money has been spent to do up this room (the Legends Lounge) and there may be problems when you get to the first game of the season.
 
A: Comments are obviously going to be taken on board. I'm not trying to alienate the fanbase but I'm trying to make sure the revenue lines cover the cost of the football. Let me have a look at it because if there are other alternatives then we will look at them. I have had to make decisions without talking to everybody involved. We are open to changing decisions if it is right for the business.

Murrall: "We've got an obligation to Lindleys to create more corporate facilities".

Q: Might you look at taking sponsorship for the Legends Lounge?

A: I didn't realise the debate that would be generated through this.

Actually, scrap that, the £5k wasn't being used for that....  My bad!

[Simon Pieman]

I don't think the £5k was for the legends lounge. Wasn't it done up ages ago (when the name changed)?

[sonicyouth]

Sangita Shah is now being introduced to the audience. She says: "I feel priviliged to be here. I'm here purely through passion, belief in Jed and I believe this is a really good opportunity to bring corporate oversight and community sustainability to the club.

"I can't influence things on the pitch but I can certainly influence things off the pitch to make sure that you don't have to worry about what's going on in the board room."

I wonder if she's been added to the board as a favour in order to lend Jed some much needed credibility

[Berniman]

I don't think the £5k was for the legends lounge. Wasn't it done up ages ago (when the name changed)?

Yeah, just retracted my statement....

[Simon Pieman]

I don't think Jed exists, I don't believe in Jed.

[RobertT]

The Legends Lounge paint job and photos a few years ago was funded by the Supporters club I think, so I guess a few of them are in attendance and less than pleased that their work is partly being removed for the prawn sandwich brigade.  They'll get over it.  Even a half sized legends lounge can be a decent enough sized bar for a football ground.  Plenty of opportunities in the concourses to expand the offering there anyway, and that gets people up close to the food, where the cash is raked in.

[RobertT]

Come to end of questions.  So, after hearing about up to £2m of revenue generation, new appointments to the Board of Directors, fundamental changes in ticketing, a programme of community involvement and information on recent cost cutting efforts, the only thing our supporter attendance could muster would appear to be disgruntled reactions to losing a few square ft and pictures from an oversized bar with quite frankly too much seating anyway.  Get em standing, they drink more.

[RWB Robin]

Come to end of questions.  So, after hearing about up to £2m of revenue generation, new appointments to the Board of Directors, fundamental changes in ticketing, a programme of community involvement and information on recent cost cutting efforts, the only thing our supporter attendance could muster would appear to be disgruntled reactions to losing a few square and pictures from an oversized bar with quite frankly too much seating anyway.  Get em standing, they drink more.

This was presentation to local business. Supporters presentation is tomorrow evening. I believe Roger Bunce was there tonight because it was more convenient for him.

[Flashheart]

People have been bitching and moaning for weeks/months about wanting answers and rightly so. Yet when the opportunity comes to ask questions directly, the questions put forward are about the legends lounge.

The presentation sounded interesting but the question session sounded a bit of a wasted opportunity. I do hope there will be more probing questions tomorrow regarding the board's plans for the future and what not

[Abrahammer]

This was presentation to local business. Supporters presentation is tomorrow evening. I believe Roger Bunce was there tonight because it was more convenient for him.

All the more reason why questions about important stuff should have been expected given the audience.

[Bogus Dave]

I'm sure the great unwashed will manage to find somewhere else to stand uncomfortably whilst surrounded by B.O. drenched replica shirts and drink overpriced lager.

[sonicyouth]

I can imagine the Q&A tomorrow night descending into a bit of a farce. Were the Trust in attendance tonight?