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Psgmariner, we must have equality nowadays so how about topless bar men.
Each to their own.
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I think that when the wimps won it they ended up with a lot of money from it. Well over 100 grand. It was over 30 grand to go through the group stages.
Can we afford to turn that amount down to spite our noses?
in case you didnt notice it was the fans boycotting the competition........not the players....... who incidentally have failed to win a single (?) game in the competition to date ? The various managers have not put a full team out in the competition yet and have failed to select or motivate a side to get a win. and i suspect by "trust support" the club actually mean financial support ?? There was a game towards the end of last season which was discounted and that was "in conjunction" with the Trust IIRC...did the trust's funds subsidise that discount offer ??
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Hi Guys - This needs putting into context before it gets out of hand. I was the only one of the board who attended a game in this competition last season which is not to say I agree with the format but did so because of my interest in the YDA and the younger pros. That was really the point of the discussion in that we don't yet know what MJ's approach will be and if it is to use it for the younger pro's/fringe players then I for one may well go to a game. At the end of the day it is about personal choice. Re the rest of the minutes we have had a good meeting with SD about the survey and will be having a follow up meeting with them and the club early July (earliest date due to hols)
We have also had a good meeting with some supporters who have put forward some good ideas and we are taking some of those to the club this week.
Lots going and people are doing their best.
WTF. Surely you should have a meeting with Supporters Direct yourselves and report back to your members, not have cozy talks with the club. Are you not taking anything on board from the survey. Who or what do you represent anymore? Fans now talking up the Checkatrade to boost MJ's transfer kitty a la Lincoln. FFS. No principles, no backbone in the Trust and half of our fanbase. They look a bunch of idiots letting the GTFC board walk all over them. Short memories and not an ounce dignity in all of this.. and all for what? A year or two with Jolley?. He leaves and then what? Back to square one, nothing of any significance will have changed. GTFC,, a football club permanently stuck in the 70s.. A backwater club with backwater attitude.. With a Trust and fan base blindly backing eventual oblivion..
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Hi Guys - This needs putting into context before it gets out of hand. I was the only one of the board who attended a game in this competition last season which is not to say I agree with the format but did so because of my interest in the YDA and the younger pros. That was really the point of the discussion in that we don't yet know what MJ's approach will be and if it is to use it for the younger pro's/fringe players then I for one may well go to a game. At the end of the day it is about personal choice.
Appreciate you commenting on here Dave. But the question is shouldn't the Trust Board be representing the views of the majority of members on the Checkatrade competition? And it may be a matter of wording not reflecting the intent, but the statement that 'the new manager may be able to add a more positive spin' reads like the Trust Board is hoping MJ might make the Checkatrade seem more attractive. It's a shame after the stance of the Trust last season, especially given its support for the fans' game on the night of the Donny game. Seems like a massive own goal.
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"A backwater club with backwater attitude"..
Could describe the Council too
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One about bat walks too, which is pure brilliance.
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Slightly critical of the minutes, they read like an agenda tbh. No real information nor do they reflect what was said, simply subjects discussed. In addition to the representing the fans bit, which I wholeheartedly agree with, it would be great to see a willingness to be more open and straightforward with the fans. This is something many accuse the club of doing and the 'secret squirrel' club is increasingly perceived as being part of the problem as opposed to part of the solution.
An unequivocal & public NO to the Checkertrade trophy is an 'easy win'.
Accepting the Trust being all volunteers, but it is 3 months since the fans answered the survey on shareholding, seat on the club board, running of bars etc yet we know absolutely no more now than we did then
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Can we all stop going on about the bloody checkatrade cup or whatever its called,
If you do not want to go don't,
Just stop harping on about it,
BUT
Just think what MJ could do with the money Lincoln made from it last season.
Absolutely not. If people want to go that's their choice and it should always be respected. However the ethos of the competition still sits very uncomfortably with me and I guess a lot of people too. It's quite simply a way of forcing through B Teams into the Football League, despite what message Shaun Harvey cascades down and John Fenty paraphrases as no thin end of the wedge. Would that money be welcome? Of course it would. But it'll mean absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things when we're playing Reading Under 23's as a competitive fixture. The introduction of B Teams into the league system will kill English football, so you'll have to forgive me for harping on about it.
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The trust are a shambles, they have no influence at all, the chair is a big supporter of Fenty and is very pro checkatrade trophy, he's always at fans forums sucking up to Fenty and the Checkatrade trophy, other board members are too cosy to Fenty also such as Terry Rudrum and it's been mentioned previously the trust representative who's on the board (his name escapes me at the minute) is too cosy with Fenty probably a few others also. This makes the support of the checkatrade no surprise, they will back B team involvement also with Rutter in charge.
The minutes are terrible, in my opinion minutes should detail what was said by who and just briefly touch on what was discussed. And as usual they skirted around and avoided certain topics.
I notice that Rutter would like a vice chair and Ian Townsend (Barralad) thought they should recruit externally which I think they should, but everybody else disagreed and said no, probably so they can find somebody else to suck up to Fenty
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That you volunteering to take the minutes then, Aaron?
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