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Quoted from chaos33

Screw him. He’ll regret that.

Screw him?  That’s no way to respect the man who provided such a brilliant assist for JMD’s play off winner  

Jason Stockwood has never heard of the concept of induced demand. He's rolled out the 'we're only averaging 6.5k, there's still space in Blundell Park so we don't need to expand yet' line again. We absolutely would sell more tickets if casual supporters knew they could decide on the day of a game to go along to Blundell Park and confidently buy a few tickets for them and their family / mates. Right now there's no guarantee they'll be able to do that (without their seats being individually dotted around or coming with restricted views), but if we managed to add a few hundred (or 1000+) extra seats on the capacity i'm almost certain they'd get filled and our average attendances would increase. Wish someone would put these points to him!

PH spills the beans on his interview the first time round for the job...

Would you stay overnight at Barnet away?
Yes
We don't stay overnight at Barnet.
No then....

“Second Alf” …..as Mancini would say.

Now this was interesting and revealing, the ticks are measured on what I think was honesty & transparency rather than the answer I like or don’t like (there wasn’t much I personally didn’t like BTW),

Rationale behind the youth ✅
Hull recall example ✅
Transfer window openness ✅
Creative recruitment approach ✅
Signing players that want to be here ✅
Interested but not in for Dallas, agent as suspected? ✅
Commercial ✅
Colleague departures ✅
Ticketing system ✅
Season ticket discussions ✅
Kits based upon volumes & demand ✅
Next seasons contracts ✅
Increase In capacity ✅
Pitches ✅
Disabled parking ✅
Steward behaviour ✅
Pre season tour? ✅
Attacking coach ✅
Overnights & travel ✅
Cup income to playing budget clarity ✅
Planes 😂
Regulator ✅
Appreciation of the “support” ✅
The gaffer is happy working here, phew!! ✅

I reckon that’s the best fans forum we’ve had.

Look how good these events can be when the toxicity has been replaced by integrity and authenticity.

As DB says a professional vein is starting to appear.

Well done all.

UTM!

Quoted from Chrisblor

Jason Stockwood has never heard of the concept of induced demand. He's rolled out the 'we're only averaging 6.5k, there's still space in Blundell Park so we don't need to expand yet' line again. We absolutely would sell more tickets if casual supporters knew they could decide on the day of a game to go along to Blundell Park and confidently buy a few tickets for them and their family / mates. Right now there's no guarantee they'll be able to do that (without their seats being individually dotted around or coming with restricted views), but if we managed to add a few hundred (or 1000+) extra seats on the capacity i'm almost certain they'd get filled and our average attendances would increase. Wish someone would put these points to him!

Why didn't you go then and you could have put that point to him personally?

Quoted from Chrisblor

Jason Stockwood has never heard of the concept of induced demand. He's rolled out the 'we're only averaging 6.5k, there's still space in Blundell Park so we don't need to expand yet' line again. We absolutely would sell more tickets if casual supporters knew they could decide on the day of a game to go along to Blundell Park and confidently buy a few tickets for them and their family / mates. Right now there's no guarantee they'll be able to do that (without their seats being individually dotted around or coming with restricted views), but if we managed to add a few hundred (or 1000+) extra seats on the capacity i'm almost certain they'd get filled and our average attendances would increase. Wish someone would put these points to him!

I agree with you but he gives the same answer each time so I think it is obvious it is not on their agenda just yet probably due to cost.

One thing that did make my ears sharp object up was the difficulty they were having in getting sponsorships, which is in an area I thought they may have excelled in.

Overall though it was good; they clearly have the club's best interests at heart and they all seem committed to the cause, but it will be a case of slow and steady improvements.

All good apart from blind spots on ticketing system and need for extra ground capacity. PH a revelation.

Is there any evidence that people aren’t buying a ticket on the small chance they might not be able to sit next to their relatives or friends? Not saying increasing capacity isn’t valid but are we in danger or over egging this and actually, at present, we e enough seats for the genuine demand.

The training facilities are the clear priority and it’s nice to hear that’s a genuine plan that is in the latter stages of being finalised, rather than hearing an egocentric twit bang on about a new stadium that was about as likely as a solid stool after a curry…

Quoted from Chrisblor

Hurst confirms Andrew Dallas sensationally REFUSED the opportunity to join us last month! A cowardly position from a player content to loiter in mid-table national league obscurity!

Maybe he thought he’d done enough at this club after his assist for JMD in the PO final, he possibly thought he couldn’t reach that level if contribution again in the big games.

Quoted from chipsandgravy

Why didn't you go then and you could have put that point to him personally?

I live 70 miles away from Grimsby, have nowhere there to stay tonight, and made the same point from my earlier post in the Youtube live stream chat (where the club said they were also taking questions from) immediately after Jason made the remark. But thanks for the suggestion!