Morale in the GTFC office

Quoted from GollyGTFC

Yet summers ran smoothly and the club shop was always full of new items (replica kits, training wear etc...) for us to waste our money on by mid-June.

I'm not cutting them any slack. 14 months is plenty of time for the new regime to organise things.

Thanks to the efforts of the previous administration demand for everything associated with the club was much lower. No wonder there was plenty of stock left on the shelves.  

Not sure if Gollys point is correct or not re stock,

But probably more available due to lack of demand caused by apathy and sadness at the state of the club as a whole with the previous regime  

Bloody hell, Ron Mariner got in ahead of me! ,…., just looks like I copied him now  

Quoted from lee65

Bloody hell, Ron Mariner got in ahead of me! ,…., just looks like I copied him now  

Great minds think alike!

And you phrased it rather better than I did.

Quoted from RonMariner

Thanks to the efforts of the previous administration demand for everything associated with the club was much lower. No wonder there was plenty of stock left on the shelves.  

That would hold up if they had sold out of everything. They haven't. They sold out of the only item they've had in- the Home shirt.

They don't have home shorts, home socks, away shirts, away shorts, away socks, 3rd shirts, 3rd shorts, 3rd socks, goalkeeper shirts, goalkeeper shorts, goalkeeper socks, coats, hoodies, training tops (long sleeved), training tops (short sleeved), tracksuit bottoms or training shorts.

All those items were always in stock by mid-June in the past. That isn't them misjudging demand. That is them failing to get any stock at all.

Golly, you’ve turned into a hybrid of Kermit, miss piggy, Cookie Monster and Waldorf and statler.

The most ludicrous comments I have seen you put on here, and I’ve often thought you were one of the better posters on here.

The club is coming out of the dark ages and we’ve literally gone from total incompetence to a finally tuned car. Give it a rest and don’t give the owners/club/staff Sh1t for bringing success and happiness to the fans both near and far. There is unprecedented demand for everything as can be seen in the sale of season tickets. How could the club have forecast that there would be this much enthusiasm and energy when the orders for the first supply of kits would’ve had to have been ordered.

Grab yourself a pina colada and enjoy the ride. It’s a good time to be a town fan.

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

Golly, you’ve turned into a hybrid of Kermit, miss piggy, Cookie Monster and Waldorf and statler.

The most ludicrous comments I have seen you put on here, and I’ve often thought you were one of the better posters on here.

The club is coming out of the dark ages and we’ve literally gone from total incompetence to a finally tuned car. Give it a rest and don’t give the owners/club/staff Sh1t for bringing success and happiness to the fans both near and far. There is unprecedented demand for everything as can be seen in the sale of season tickets. How could the club have forecast that there would be this much enthusiasm and energy when the orders for the first supply of kits would’ve had to have been ordered.

Grab yourself a pina colada and enjoy the ride. It’s a good time to be a town fan.

What's demand got to do with anything when the items haven't even been released 3 weeks before the season? They've only got 1 item into the club shop (Home Shirt). Your defence would hold up if all the usual items had been released, but they haven't.

Aren't we free to give feedback and point issues like this out? Especially as we are in an new age of transparency. How are GTFC as a business going to improve if people only tell them the things they do well and not the things they have messed up and/or failed at?

Quoted from GollyGTFC

That would hold up if they had sold out of everything. They haven't. They sold out of the only item they've had in- the Home shirt.

They don't have home shorts, home socks, away shirts, away shorts, away socks, 3rd shirts, 3rd shorts, 3rd socks, goalkeeper shirts, goalkeeper shorts, goalkeeper socks, coats, hoodies, training tops (long sleeved), training tops (short sleeved), tracksuit bottoms or training shorts.

All those items were always in stock by mid-June in the past. That isn't them misjudging demand. That is them failing to get any stock at all.

So when did a shop full of gear get 3 points.

Quoted from DB

So when did a shop full of gear get 3 points.

You say that, but under Fenty we never dropped a point to June or July.

The training gear is launching this weekend Golly so if you're an early riser tomorrow morning you should be able to get some!

Away kit is next weekend.

Clearly the club have placed orders for stock based on usual demand which has been inadequate this summer.  That's understandable.  If the new sponsor deal was agreed late in the season we may have had to delay the order, which, coupled with continuing supply chain and Brexit-related import issues, will be why there have been problems.

It's fair enough to criticise the club and we don't need to coddle the new owners just because they aren't Fenty, but maybe there are fair reasons for low stock in the shop and you're overreacting a tad?