Re: Will anything come of this I wonder : Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:34 am  

Bullseye wrote:

The next move I’d like to see is an end to the ridiculously badly written press and social media releases. If he does that I’ll be even happier.

There needs to be an end to the bullsh** too for me. The away shirt lies last year were what set me off on a large downward spiral. The latest stuff before the Sheffield game where they came up with blatantly incorrect reasons for why they weren't opening turnstiles (the stuff about Rooley Lane especially, which hasn't been closed in years). Just say the turnstiles/scanners aren't working, we're gonna have to do it manually. Honesty goes a long way. And then of course there's the pricing policy, but I've gone into that enough times without having to repeat myself again.

There's plenty of positives showing up in the last couple of months. They just need to make sure they stop the negatives taking the shine off them. The owners have some way to go before I'll be "falling in behind" them, but it's good to see a lot of people now are doing.

[Bullseye]

Re: Will anything come of this I wonder : Tue Jan 23, 2018 11:31 am  

DILLIGAF wrote:

There needs to be an end to the bullsh** too for me. The away shirt lies last year were what set me off on a large downward spiral. The latest stuff before the Sheffield game where they came up with blatantly incorrect reasons for why they weren't opening turnstiles (the stuff about Rooley Lane especially, which hasn't been closed in years). Just say the turnstiles/scanners aren't working, we're gonna have to do it manually. Honesty goes a long way. And then of course there's the pricing policy, but I've gone into that enough times without having to repeat myself again.

There's plenty of positives showing up in the last couple of months. They just need to make sure they stop the negatives taking the shine off them. The owners have some way to go before I'll be "falling in behind" them, but it's good to see a lot of people now are doing.

I think many of us have our bullsh** radar highly tuned now after so many chancers have been in charge over the years. So much so that people are less forgiving than they used to be and come out more vociferously when things aren’t right. Perhaps the cobblers about turnstiles is a reaction to that? Maybe they were afraid of the reaction for coming out with an honest “we’re saving some money by not paying turnstile operators by getting you all to buy in advance and we can test some of the technology but it’s not working fully yet” .

I’m a forgiving sort so will give them the benefit of the doubt. I’ve not had the rationale explained to me. Assuming there is one.

I’m less forgiving of the badly written press releases. It’s easy to fix. Get it done!

Re: Will anything come of this I wonder : Tue Jan 23, 2018 11:54 am  

I'm wholly with Tackler T on this. When you compare the position we are in today with 12 months ago the position is so so much better. Andrew Chalmers must take a lot of credit for this and we should repay him by getting fully behind the club. I know there are still some issues - the main one perhaps communication but generally things are on the up. Like many I am not convinced about dual Reg but John Kear seems enthused by it and that's good enough for me.

[Bulliac]

Re: Will anything come of this I wonder : Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:14 pm  

I'm fully behind JK and the team but, to be honest mate, if and when club employees start, 'spinning against the management', I'll be ready to start worrying - again!

Re: Will anything come of this I wonder : Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:29 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

I think many of us have our bullsh** radar highly tuned now after so many chancers have been in charge over the years.

Whilst you're correct, I've always had a pretty good radar, I just usually stop the response from highlighting such detections

Bullseye wrote:

I’m less forgiving of the badly written press releases. It’s easy to fix. Get it done!

Well I think I'm due to be blocked on Twitter again soon for the same frustrations.... I try to keep quiet, I really do. They just make it so bloody difficult!


Anyway, what position does the new signing article IMPLY that Craig McNally plays?

Re: Will anything come of this I wonder : Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:40 pm  

I was intrigued by yesterday's 'More tomorrow...' on how the 'partnership' will work.

Just looked at the website and there's not much there. If we take COP to be 1700 they have an hour and 20 mins. These are the things for me that can set 'New Bulls' aside from the 'Old Bulls'hit. They need to clarify it today?

Re: Will anything come of this I wonder : Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:46 pm  

The press releases are constantly poor, some like the one the other week calling the academy notorious I complained to the club about (no response). But others I'm less bothered about, like the one this afternoon in the article about the three new academy lads;

"...we decided it was time to give him an opportunity at the Bulls, where he has grabbed and impressed the Academy coaching staff"

So its not what you know or who you know, its how you grab them...just ask Trump.

[Bulliac]

Re: Will anything come of this I wonder : Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:49 pm  

DILLIGAF wrote:

Whilst you're correct, I've always had a pretty good radar, I just usually stop the response from highlighting such detections


Well I think I'm due to be blocked on Twitter again soon for the same frustrations.... I try to keep quiet, I really do. They just make it so bloody difficult!


Anyway, what position does the new signing article IMPLY that Craig McNally plays?

There's certainly no clue about his squad number.

Re: Will anything come of this I wonder : Tue Jan 23, 2018 5:31 pm  

I'm toying with the idea of going to the friendly on Friday, this will be my first home match since I think Sheffield. So yes, I think a few hearts and minds are being won over but I can't commit to a season ticket. Odsal isn't exactly toddler friendly, particularly in Feb/March so it doesn't work for me personally on such a regular basis.

I hope it isn't going to be chaos at the turnstiles to get in, do I need to pre buy if I don't want to be messing about queuing at the office? And if so, can I literally just do it online an hour or so before kick off?

Re: Will anything come of this I wonder : Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:40 pm  

I ordered for Sheffield on line, got an email with ticket attached, printed it off and walked straight in, stopping for about 10 seconds whilst they scanned it. No problems