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It is surely a massive error at this stage not to have a confirmed line-up for the Saturday – and an exceptionally strong one at that. Amateur hour.

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JOHNMMAW wrote:

Michelle really made a mistake with him.

You’re presuming that he was her appointment.

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Harrytheiron wrote:

What has Mr Roberts brought to the table since his arrival then?

– Stadium weekender/Tom Zanetti
– FC100000
– Bad vibes (allegedly)

Anything else?

Podcast with Iron Hour.

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I don’t think it went very well, though, all told. It was under difficult circumstances during a difficult week, but it wasn’t the best of interviews.

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ironingboard wrote:

Harrytheiron wrote:

Loads of respect for Michelle but that interview was a mess. Surely our media-trained CEO should be rearing his head for things like this.

It wouldn’t surprise me if Michelle saw it has her responsibility to put herself in front of the microphone, I think she could be made of stronger stuff than the others.

There’s also the problem that people would only criticise if the CEO had gone out, some would have said that the board were hiding.

I think that’s fair enough, too.

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Harrytheiron

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Harrytheiron wrote:

Has anyone heard how sales are going? Heard from someone in the know less than 500.

Not to be sniffed at.

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Harrytheiron wrote:

Loads of respect for Michelle but that interview was a mess. Surely our media-trained CEO should be rearing his head for things like this.

Very good point.

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only one slip-up from Iron opens the door for them to step through

I’ll let you into a secret. Kidderminster are shitting themselves too.

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Cliff Byrne’s Right Peg wrote:

The hospitality in particular is nowhere near adequate.

The food has not been very good in the restaurant this season – and, in fact, has been that bit worse since Henry’s Bar took over.

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Cliff Byrne’s Right Peg wrote:

It seems it will be difficult for any external caterer to turn over a decent profit whilst the facilities exist in their current state.

The hospitality in particular is nowhere near adequate.

Cutting right through to the nub of it, then, who is going to pay for all of the equipment to be brought up to standard? The Club, or whoever happens to be running the food?

Has this been a serious source of contention between the Club and its previous catering partners? Comments in the past would suggest it has.

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Deereyme66 wrote:

I don’t think vendettas against Bru forum and podcast will go away soon. Which is a huge shame when key reps from all three fans groups including Bru, Trust and Iron Hour are able to present a united front to the Board like they did this week.

I don’t think there’s a vendetta, I think there’s just a general ‘whipping boy’ thing going on. Iron Hour are mouthy top boys who are riding their luck and the novelty wave of public interest. They had a very close escape with Gareth this week.

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Anyway, good luck to Smoking Goat and, more importantly, good luck to this Brads outfit. Let’s see how it goes.

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Sanfran49 wrote:

Close season will be interesting that is for sure.

Got to look at prospects who want an opportunity but keep a tighter grip on the budget. Perhaps some Cleethorpes lads attracted attention in the coming months.

A couple of them looked decent.

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Either way it doesn’t matter. He did everyone a favour by putting the information out there (even in the manner he did), and in doing so I suspect he has actually been far more honest than anyone else in this situation. I suspect he also still knows more than he has let on.

Those people on Facebook claiming the trauma and turmoil of Sunday and Monday were down to Iron Bru deliberately shit-stirring are complete and utter fools.

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ironfromafar wrote:

Here you go
Credited to Jason Hinsley on the SUFC fb page

The bell ends on Iron Bru have caused all this with stupid rumours by the half a dozen or so that still bother to post on the site, a site ran by a guy who falsley accused a major fundraiser at SUFC of being a thief and wasn’t man enough to publicly apologise, the same guy that mind boggling the iron trust keep as a committee member Michelle, rest assured the majority of us are 100% behind what you and the other board members are doing and trust you with the future of the club, ignore the morons on Bru and keep doing what you’re doing

I don’t know who this person is but I do know he’s way wide of the mark.

He’s right about Mawgate, though. That was a dreadful error by Matt E, though in the end it did lead to seemingly tighter behaviour and better governance for the fundraising, which is a very good thing.

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Campbell pulled off some good saves.

MOTM IMHO

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Not the best game but entertaining in patches and the clusters of first half goals was a hoot, as was the bizarre penalty shoot-out to conclude affairs. How many times has that happened in football history (I’ve never seen a team score 0 in a penalty shoot-out)? Nice to see a match played on a decent surface, one or two lacklustre performances, nothing to write home about – a pleasant enough nothing of a night.

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There’s always the possibility that there’ll be something ridiculously dramatic like Fitzsimons getting sent off this Saturday, or Roberts getting injured…

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Surely with it being quite nip-and-tuck and with so few games left it will go right down to the last game?

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… ignore the morons on Bru and keep doing what you’re doing

Ignore the morons on Bru and you probably wouldn’t have a Club.

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I can’t see that thread
Who’s the guys name who starts the thread

Which thread are you referring to?

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Awaywego wrote:

It’s their business not mine

The point is that it might be their business, not yours – but it’s your Club. If you’ve lost that understanding then that’s that.

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The galling thing is that Gareth, by association with Iron Hour, was a cheerleader for some of the dog’s abuse directed at Iron Bru personnel during the Hilton era. Despite being proved wrong, none of them have said a conciliatory word. Now that he’s been (briefly) on the receiving end of some awful comments himself, you’d have thought the penny would drop about his (their) own conduct. But still no empathy, awareness, contrition etc. Seemingly the opposite, including a comment from one of his Iron Hour cohorts in particular last night on Facebook. Very very disappointing to see.

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I never bother with the Iron Hour podcast .. not my cuppa tea

I did try listening once but I couldn’t bear it (Max Bell).

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Apollo11 wrote:

One big lesson from ‘the Harness era’ is that it’s clearly going to take more, from everybody, for the Club to survive and prosper. That means more than just your match ticket, more than just your replica shirt etc. Many give a great deal already (by way of their volunteering, say), but many others don’t contribute anything meaningful.

I have to add, after everything we’ve been through it’s disheartening that there are still some people (including on here) who consider themselves as supporters but actually their relationship with the Club is strictly transactional and business like, all the time: “Why should I contribute, what am I getting for my money?”

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Gareth’s videos are a bit boring, but I really appreciate that he is doing them and has the passion to do them. No-one can fault that.

In general with the Iron Hour crew it seems to me that there’s very little self-awareness. Not all of them, it has to be said, but certainly a couple of them. Particularly over last night’s ‘forgive Gareth’ campaign thread on the Facebook group. Double standards, lack of accountability.

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Awaywego

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Rene Artois wrote:

Is the shortfall £65k a month?

“Putting in money every month, 65k a month needed.”

… is the direct quote from the Directors, from Fans64’s notes from the Trust AGM. Is that what they’re putting in, or is it what is required to meet costs?

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These in the image posted are clearly from before the current wage structure began to be implemented, and the ones at the link are the ones that have been floating about in recent weeks.

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Agree with the OP, even with an army of Stu Maw clones basic fundraising simply isnt gonna be enough and hopefully the club and fans can come up with a solution…

It’s going to require something like a monthly / annual / five year / ten year / lifelong membership scheme and subscription model. It needs to be properly set-up, properly committed to. I personally would sign up to something to put more money in, in this way. I’m not sure I’d expect much more in return than just knowing I was making a difference, after the last few turbulent years and the recent increased awareness of how fragile things are. Other members will want something more for their ‘subs’ and so that is an area where the Club and organised fan groups could engage over ideas.

I listened to the FC100000 guy’s BBC Humberside interview again and, in the cold light of day, to be completely fair to him he made some good points about football clubs in general. However, there is no clear proof of concept for his particular ‘new improved version’ business model. I thought as much as he showed an understanding of football clubs as businesses he showed a clear lack of understanding of football fans.

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TheJuryeffsOut wrote:

He certainly went in a blaze of glory then. If the club had let him have some burger vans outside on community day, we’d all still be non the wiser ….

We’d know on Thursday with Gareth’s face all over it.

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