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Orders from the tower (the box in the corner) :alright:

Don't worry - that was my first stint for 18 months and my last :D

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I think that they will pay for themselves ;) :) :)

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I wasn't meaning n explanation from you Bob.;)

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Makes pretty stark reading..........

Stanley could slide without more help (From Lancashire Telegraph)

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Agree with you there SM...the last Paragraph is interesting though...(Quote)

"But Stanley are speaking to potential candidates to take over the day to day running of the club and are also conducting interviews to bring in up to three new commercial staff – believing that is pivotal to increasing revenue ".

My feelings being...The sooner the better !.

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BBC Sport - Dougie Freedman: Bolton manager will not walk away after poor start

Bolton sit at the foot of the championship and like Stanley havent won in the first 8 games.

The former Crystal Palace boss took control of Bolton in October 2012 and masterminded a turnaround that saw Wanderers climb from 20th position in February to the brink of the play-offs.

They Only lost out on a playoff place on the last game of the season.

THAT IS ALL.

KEEP THE FAITH. THE SEASON IS ONLY AT HIS FIRST HURDLE

STANLEY DONT GET KNOCKED DOWN, THEY GET UP AGAIN!! (Lyrics courtesy of Chumbawumba)

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Are we talking commission positions only Joe?

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The problem now is the job security of employment at Accrington Stanley. The Chairman has just told the 'world' the future of the club is by all means not 100% certain unless things take an upturn financially i.ee gates etc. Who in the right mind would take up an job with no security?They will certainly work on a LIFO basis (Last In First Out)

I hope the perfect candidate is out there, the club is lacking commercially big time!

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No, I was trying to put the emphasis on they ;) :)

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Really hope we get high calibre Candidates for the job of the Day to Day running of the Club a figurehead for the Club hopefully someone who knows the game inside out has a contact book absolutely bulging and a plethora of fresh ideas of pulling it all together.

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Quite correct, but I feel they don't do it adequately and many offers seem only to be advertised in the direction of those who are probably already going - back in the days when we had staff that knew how to operate the various systems I used to get fortnightly emails telling me how cheaply I could get a ticket for the next game :rolleyes:

My off-the-top of my head grasp the nettle comment aims at maybe the OSC forcing the issue by keeping on at the club to do it earlier in the season and trying to maximise the whole event.

to expand the idea then, and I'm making it up as I go along;

a series of events up to and during the 3 game push. These could club led and OSC led and could be along the lines a Sportsmans Dinner, a meet the new squad event with shirt signings and naming/numbering of the inevitable new shirt, a supporters disco, a sponsors gala, free ticket giveaways through avenue open to us, community team in and around the town centre. Some of these things are done occasionally, some aren't, but do them all at the same sort of time themed and targeted towards different groups.

Some sort of event could be organised aimed towards getting all the fans that travel a long way (such as Jimbo, Revived Red or Deayess) to come at the same time. Have we got contact details for the Irish fellas or the Norwegian chaps? Get everyone in together for the same game rather than each individual coming to random games alone.

That first home game of the season sets the tone for much of what is to follow and it should be proactively pushed, and those who may or may not come need to feel like they are really missing out if they don't.

I feel well qualified to comment on that last bit. Had I not spend much of the last 2/3 years unemployed then I'd probably still come to every game. As it is I have to pick and choose the games that I can come to, it has to feel like it's a big occasion. Portsmouth almost did that for me all on its own, but in the end I chose to watch it at home. It just didn't seem to get pushed as being special in any way.

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Some good comments Rob and fair ones but with most things voluntary people don't have as much time to give and have other commitments and when things go in one general direction there comes a time you think you can only bang a drum so long and you would not believe how hard we have tried.

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I don't see the relevance?

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As the late, great Mike Read would say......

You really are a doughnut DAVO......:nono8:

Try reading the following sentence properly and then think about it's correlation with our current plight

Get the picture ??? Now go into the corner and recite "I really am a doughnut" and repeat it 100 times.:rolleyes:

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no,
there is no relevance.
Doug Freedman has experience and has proved he has done ok before at Bolton (last season),
Its also a widely held view he has a decent squad.

James Beattie has no experience.
The squad he has assembled has showed very little to date.

Worlds apart.
Some of this 'positive for the sake of being positive' rubbish on here does nobody any favours.
Deal in facts.