4 minutes ago, Ben-2000 said:

Also, for non-season ticket holders it may be worth investing in an 1875 membership if you're planning on going to the Leeds game.

He's matching Leeds price of £45 but mentioned a £20 discount for members (and I presume ST holders buying extra tickets).

It’s not quite spelled out yet but the aim is I think to not have any 1875 members pay more than £25 for a home game ticket whilst also matching whatever Leeds, Wednesday and any others charge our fans.

In truth the discussion on standing is at both ends. A number want to be able to stand legitimately all the time and equally a number want to be able to sit and watch and get irritated by others standing in front of them. The working group is aimed to provide a solution that leaves everyone happy.

It took 6 hours to sell out of the first wave of home strips, so it sounds like pretty much the same has happened for the away.

17 minutes ago, Tom said:

I thought it was the heat of the pies!

Both too hot and too cold Tom!

Just now, roversfan99 said:

Again without going into details, was the offerings in the concourse on the agenda?

Was hoping that Preston's changes may be replicated with it being Sodexo.

No it wasn't. We have regularly talked about catering at Forum meetings - for many on here the standard of pies was thought to be all we talked about. But not last night.

On 18/07/2023 at 08:37, windymiller7 said:

So she basically took pre-season training for a couple of weeks!

Sadly, as I suspected, it looks like it was a bit of a publicity stunt.

I'm not sure that was the case. It's not exactly unheard of for someone to take over on a caretaker basis and then not get the permanent job.

2 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

The thing is, the fans forum isn't intended to deal with these issues.

It's bad timing that it happens to coincide with us selling one of our main assets for a pittance, there are rumours about our managers future and our squad looks very thin,

I don't really think that members being sworn to secrecy until official minutes are released is the best of looks, it makes it feel like those specific fans are privy to details no one else is allowed to know, and much of what was said about the above matters may not be relevant in the couple of weeks it usually takes for the minutes to come out, but there you go. But then again, as I said, it isn't something intended for on field matters.

You're right in that originally, when John Williams set the Forum up, on field matters were off the agenda. It is only subsequently that other CEOs have been happy to answer questions and we have had managers along in the past, although not recently.

What I can say is that any release clause for Ash Phillips was not discussed last night, for the simple reason that it wasn't in the social media domain when the meeting started.

The minutes represent a distillation of the meeting. Yes, both sides agree them but it's not a case of me, as the secretary, just accepting the club's changes to my draft. Some times we have some debate, which can mean delays at times, but generally we come to an agreement pretty quickly.

We agree collectively not to comment on what has been raised at the meeting until the minutes are agreed. This is because there have been a few issues in the past where Forum members have had conversations on message boards and social media immediately after a meeting and have conveyed completely incorrect information. 

Well brfcs has a rep on the Forum. Have you ever communicated with him? He has certainly asked for comments.

I have always thought that if a player is injured as a result of a foul then he should be allowed to stay on the pitch. If he just goes down injured then he should have to go off for a period to discourage players using it as a time wasting technique.

I would give the addition of added time to the fourth official, who could just stop a stop watch for every delay. I would also add double the time to any player penalised for time wasting - that would very soon stop it.

37 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I know nothing about cycling. It all seems totally over complicated to me. I love watching the highlights though, it’s fascinating. However the fans are a pain in the backside.

It’s like any sport Tyrone, you just need to spend a little time understanding the basics. Once you grasphow the timings work in road racing you’re more than halfway. And you need to recognise that it’s a team game even though it’s an individual that wins.

Im afraid I will be missing the West Brom game as I’ll be up in Glasgow for the cycling World Championships booked ages ago. It’s the world’s biggest ever cycling event.

2 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

Been moved to next week O2G was saying.

It's now next Tuesday 18th.

14 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

Also there’s a fans forum on Monday so it will be interesting to see how close you were to the official figure…

The Forum has been put back to 18th.

8 hours ago, bluebruce said:

You'd think we'll have had people watching this one. Any lads for either side who looked like they may be worth taking on, and play for clubs we should be able to prise them from? Even if only as youth team prospects.

We do - Philipl is all over it.

2 hours ago, OldEwoodBlue said:

Pay day myth busted.

Unless you want to buy a specific seat, maybe next to friends, why would you buy a ticket now? The price will be the same at the July pay day, still before the first game of the season.

3 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

I ain't going to Austria to watch it sadly. I will be at home following it there

I'll be at home ignoring it. It's the cricket season and the Tour de France will still be on.

16 minutes ago, oldjamfan1 said:

Well a decent end to the day with Notts losing!

Indeed. The ball firmly if unexpectedly back in Lancs court. Should make Sunday interesting.

25 minutes ago, only2garners said:

Having now spent some time sat in Old Trafford looking at the permutations I agree but the key is to finish second so we get a home quarter final. That will probably mean beating Northants here on Sunday.

This game looks doomed to be a no result. Unfortunately it looks like Notts will win tonight and they have whipping boys Leicestershire at home on Sunday so second place looks unlikely.

31 minutes ago, AllRoverAsia said:

I think you are correct, 1 point for a NR puts us through.

Its pissing down and poor weather forecast at OT

Having now spent some time sat in Old Trafford looking at the permutations I agree but the key is to finish second so we get a home quarter final. That will probably mean beating Northants here on Sunday.

3 minutes ago, arbitro said:

Thanks John.

My concern/confusion is that many of the clubs with Macron kit have them for sale but it always seems to be us that suffer from such events as floods or ships stuck in the Suez Canal. 

The line at the Forum was that the kit would be out in early July. Assuming that happens next week as sounds likely I can't see much to complain about on this front. A month before the start of the new season and before school holidays start.

4 hours ago, arbitro said:

I was told on Monday that the delay is because there were floods in Italy where they are made. It's a bit of a circuitous route to send them to the far East and down the Suez Canal for something made in Italy. Unless of course we are being fee trips once again 😂

As far as I'm aware they are made in Chine arbitro and then sent to Macron's distribution centre in Italy (Bergamo?). There were bad floods wherever the centre is. I remember Steve Waggott mentioning at the last Forum that he had a slight concern that there could be issues with the floods.

My understanding is that an advance delivery of kit, for the players to use and for some sales was being airfreighted across with the main order following by sea.

3 hours ago, Dreams of 1995 said:

Not to derail the thread.....but why?

Because Skyscanner is just a comparison site that all sorts of awful online travel agents use. You are likely to be directed to one of them by Skyscanner.

57 minutes ago, Paul Mani said:

Two weeks!!? 🤣🤣🤣….bloody hell I could book a round the world trip in that time!!

Www.Skyscanner.com

www.booking.com

Job done ✅ 

Don’t whatever you do book anything through Skyscanner.

13 hours ago, oldjamfan1 said:

Did anybody catch The Hu? Mongolian folk metal band. Amazing!

I more or less did. I was working on the water bar at West Holts on Sunday when they were on, so I could see and definitely hear them, although I couldn't properly watch them. They were quite a spectacle, though I'm not one for heavy metal. It's not everyday you come across a Mongolian throat singing metal band. You wouldn't want to bump into any of them on a dark night.

1 hour ago, Gav said:

I'm really surprised to read that, I'm not a massive of Elton John fan myself, but as a music fan I can appreciate his body of work, his set was superb on Tv, he's 76yrs old and hardly missed a note.

I read today it was the largest ever crowd for an artist at Glastonbury, around 120k people and 7m on Tv, a send off he deserves in my book, a real legend, where are the next legends coming from......

 

Well that's my opinion Gav and it's the only one I've got on him. As you say there thousands of others who disagreed with me, including my wife. But. equally there were plenty of people who left well before the end. Of course that happens all the time at Glastonbury, as there is so much else you can do if you decide you're not enjoying something. It's not an option you get at regular gigs.

The music scene is now so much more diverse than it was 30,40,50 years ago. When I go to see an act at Glastonbury quite often I will never have heard of them but there will always be a significant number of people for whom they are a special act, they will know the words to the songs etc. It will be harder in future to find "legends" that will have mass appeal but that's not something that worries me. There will always be acts I want to see even if they don't attract crowds of 100,000+.

I always want to hear new music - a lot of it I won't like, some of it I will positively hate but regularly I find stuff I really love. An example is The Lathums. For some reason I thought they were a metal band so didn't make any effort to see them over the weekend. But looking on iPlayer when we got back last night I find they're not and pretty enjoyable.