[Chrisr]

I use social media quite a lot. Twitter, instagram, facebook, The site is a place for the proper statements on club issues. social media is very easily misinterpreted and it is a terrible job trying to correct rumours at times. The club site should have the capability to sell tickets properly to home and away fans with the ability to change seats if you wish to bring a friend along. That is a debate that is ongoing. A proper company could put a system in that is connected to the Stanley site which would make life a lot easier for people to buy a ticket to the match. I was proud to see the British legion in attendance for the remembrance of the Somme and the great wars. Davo might be able to help here. What do we as a club do for veterans or injured service personnel from the clubs perspective. I think you will find the answer is FA. I have felt that the focus of the club is simply money. I know the club needs money but it also needs bums on seats. I remember when unemployed and disabled got concessions to come to the match. not full price but better than nothing as the spaces were there anyway. So there is the community loss for me. If we had a full ground every home game I could understand the reluctance of the club to offer any sort of reductions for different categories. It seems the same lame excuse put out by the FA is that each club can make it's own rules on these issues which is good. It becomes bad when the FA statements are used as an excuse to remove these concessions. it would have cost the club nothing in real terms but it has shown us as a club that simply want to play in the big leagues at any price.
The big screen does pose a problem, As I understand it the proposal is to site the screen on top of the cabin in the corner. I also was under the impression this cabin has only got a temporary planning permission. That could be a problem. Maybe the good old FA would consider a donation to the screen if it was to be used as Goal line technology perhaps. Has anybody asked? I noticed there seems to be plenty of spaces reappearing in the ground again. This is the biggest problem the club has. Disenfranchising different groups of people has not helped. People may argue that has not made any difference. I think it has. So when Davo gets on his defensive rant he should seriously consider posting some positive ideas for discussion. I know many supporters that used to go to the OASSC who have simply given up as they felt it was not performing the function expected and had become clicky. I gave up going for other reasons. Many people go to the matches at home and are not enthused to spend that bit more. The fanzone has been a good idea put into action. What is the average gate this season compared to last? If it is the same or less then we are going backwards. the club has to take steps to be seen to more inclusive. I find the Fans at Stanley amongst the most friendly anywhere yet people come once or twice and don't come back. Why? maybe we should hand out customer satisfaction slips and ask them why. Is it the price, the experience, the team performance, or other reasons. This is the basic information we need from the customer. Once armed with that information we could formulate a plan. We are an internationally recognised brand and yet we are struggling in the bottom league. Perhaps ask via the local press as well other media sources. Accrington Stanley needs to be seen as club that cares for all the community.