FAO Everyone...

Tricky Tree wrote:

Aled wrote:I'll be at my daughters concert so will miss the debate so it would be good for folks to put some of the more salient points etc on here in the coming days.

I'll do my best to get down before it starts though, i've got a whole stack of pitchforks and torches i'm struggling to shift on ebay

How much for the pitchforks sweetcheeks?

Tricky Tree wrote:

Jack wrote:"The evening will be formally structured and Chaired by Andy Pountney, with supporters welcome to put any questions to whichever members of the panel they wish."

Added to the official statement I believe. No excuses folks. This is what you wanted, take advantage of it.

Is living in Worcester a good enough excuse Nory.

glassboypaul wrote:

Tricky Tree wrote:

Jack wrote:"The evening will be formally structured and Chaired by Andy Pountney, with supporters welcome to put any questions to whichever members of the panel they wish."

Added to the official statement I believe. No excuses folks. This is what you wanted, take advantage of it.

Is living in Worcester a good enough excuse Nory.

You can get the train from Shrub Hill/Foregate Street and then change at Stourbridge Junction to get to Stourbridge Town.

I will be attending so I can always drop you back off at the station if the weather is bad!


Being a season ticket holder and not having a car I'm fully aware of the train situation thanks.
You gunna pay for my train fare?
Weather forecast is set fair for Thursday.
Hope you can make it.

Aled wrote:Spot of fishing glassboypaul?

glassboypaul wrote:The fare is £7 so I think it's more than worth it for what will be a really important evening for everyone concerned with the club.

glassboypaul wrote:No wonder the forum is cliquey that's all I can say!

Aled wrote:All good natured mate. Take no notice of Tricky and Brockmoor, they like to play

dave w wrote:My one criticism of Thursday night is that Andy shouldn't be chairing the meeting. He's the club chairman, most of the off-field questions will be aimed at him so he's going to be in an awkward position.

Nath wrote:

dave w wrote:My one criticism of Thursday night is that Andy shouldn't be chairing the meeting. He's the club chairman, most of the off-field questions will be aimed at him so he's going to be in an awkward position.

Chairing the meeting is probably the Wrong phrase, it will probably be Andy and Gary sat at the front table answering questions fired at them from the floor, with nobody 'chairing' it as such. As mentioned before, this is a perfect way to conduct a Q and A evening, it will feel like the whole purpose of the evening is to ask questions as opposed to a casual chat at the bar. Well done to the club for talking this route and clarifying everything.

samhistory wrote:Have to agree with Aleds post, it isn't as if we're points adrift at the bottom of the league and getting stuffed every week.  Sure performances haven't been brilliant, but did any seriously think we'd be streaking ahead of everyone else and it seems like some think that we should be in the "proper" rounds of the FA cup every year whereas it's only 3 years ago we qualified for the "proper" rounds for the first time in our history.  Too much doom and gloom far too early in the season.  My concern about the club is that we don't spend money, the ground is basically the same now as it was when i first attended a match here in 1970, the main difference being the old wooden stand at the back of the goal being demolished, plenty of licks of paint and general tidying up but that's about it.  I like our quirky ground but even allowing for the cricket pitch side it's showing it's age and a comment i hear is that it's the sign of lack of ambition.  I will try to get to the meeting on Thursday night but that depends if i can back from working in Leicester on time.

Tricky Tree wrote:I have to agree with you Nath.
I've been following Stour a very short time especially compared to many on this forum but I have to say that I've noticed a massive change.

I got massively shot down the season before last because I started a thread asking who would secretly be pleased if we didn't get promoted.
My main arguments for not wanting promotion were based round the whole none league feel about the club,the lovely family feel and it all being a bit upside down.
To me those feelings are rapidly disappearing and I'm starting to find night games a bit of a chore, especially with the traveling and the time I get home.

Don't get me wrong, I still love stour(not to the extent of others) and there are still some top lads who I have a good laugh with but it's definitely losing the feel it had only two or three years a go.
Why does it need to feel quite so professional..... come back upside down stour.