[Chrisr]

The people on here attempting to deliberately misread what my reasons for my stance against the new MD is, Let me make this clear. I have followed the club home and away since the 90s, Due to ill health I was unable to attend for quite a while. However when I was able to attend I bought a season ticket and was happy all round, yes the price was a bit cheaper but that was never the consideration, What has changed. well the withdrawal of the concession in such a high handed arrogant manner by a man who seems by his actions to have been promoted beyond his capabilities. He has no customer skills, I have not seen anything about consulting the affected fans on this issue or the flexi ticket issue. The £40 difference is not a problem for me personally. But we do nothing for injured and disabled service people either (Officially) as there is no option on the site to cover this. My point is the man appointed as MD is a bully, he is a law unto himself and I won't back down. I know in the correspondence I have had with him he couldn't care less about the real fans, I was a little taken aback at the paper notices telling people that from 21st Feb that cash will not be taken at the turnstiles. This man seems to trawl other clubs websites and pinches their ideas but has no idea how to implement them professionally. I don't know what the position is with Rob Heys but he knew the club and the fans, When the decision to sort out the pricing of tickets for the coming season the main person who knows all the ins and outs was not present. At the OASSC meeting where he was introduced there were noticeable people missing. We listened to a brief resume from the MD, he is associated with Clitheroe FC, which has not progressed very far over the last few years so I was not impressed with that, He then revealed he was the chairman of the Lancashire FA, which I admit to not knowing much about, A few ideas were thrown about in general with no real discussion and then the actions were taken. I back Andy Holt 100% for what he has done for the club and I expected him to appoint someone to run the day to day affairs of the club. I have to say judging by Andy's response to the Rangers dispute about our two players showed the whole football world his knowledge of the football business was limited. I think he should have had independent advice about appointing a new MD. But until this man is either educated in customer service or resigns I fear his behaviour will disenfranchise fans, Football is not a business like a manufacturing or ground work which works on volume or price work, So for me it is a principle and people may say that it is cutting off your nose to spite your face, but should a club put fans in this position for a meagre sum. this is the intransigence of the MD, Stanley is a club that has always looked out for the sick, Disabled, and unemployed. we should never turn our back on them.