Re: Mindless rugby : Sat Oct 17, 2020 4:26 pm  

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:

Better than having your head buried in the sand believing everything is going to be alright and Chester will suddenly turn things around after 5 wins out of 33 games. We survived last season by winning our last game against the team that was relegated and this because there is no relegation.

Scarlet Pimpernell
"What will keep happening, we will keep losing, Chester will blame everyone or everything but himself, the club will blame the supporters for not giving Chester a big enough budget to show his true coaching abilities and then if relegated at the end of next season both will leave and we will continue to support whatever they leave behind."

I was referring to your pathetic comment regarding the budget.

Re: Mindless rugby : Sat Oct 17, 2020 5:49 pm  

MOPSEY LIVES ON wrote:

Which part of the job would you say Chester is doing correctly pop tart. Overseeing the fitness of the team, preparing the team for a game, winning games, coaching a competitive team, attacking structure, a game plan, defensive structure, defending our own line, motivating the team, new ideas, recruitment, or maybe none of them, maybe knifing the players in the back and accusing them of moving out of the way or not trying or attitude problems. 5 out of 33 which part of the job is he doing right

Pop tart you seem very selective on what you answer il ask you the above questions again x

Re: Mindless rugby : Sat Oct 17, 2020 6:22 pm  

How many times have we heard the club saying we have to work with one of the smallest budgets. This is of course directly related to the number of supporters. I actually believe we have made mistakes, for example discouraging supporters from just turning up by making every game ticket only. I know currently this is not a problem and the way we are performing won’t impact on it either but should we ever turn things around I just think it discourages people from attending.
The portocabin ticket office is not geared up for large numbers.

Re: Mindless rugby : Sat Oct 17, 2020 10:01 pm  

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:

How many times have we heard the club saying we have to work with one of the smallest budgets. This is of course directly related to the number of supporters. I actually believe we have made mistakes, for example discouraging supporters from just turning up by making every game ticket only. I know currently this is not a problem and the way we are performing won’t impact on it either but should we ever turn things around I just think it discourages people from attending.
The portocabin ticket office is not geared up for large numbers.

And dishonest turnstile operators swindling the club, that’s why it was ticket only, next.

Re: Mindless rugby : Sat Oct 17, 2020 10:25 pm  

Big lads mate wrote:

And dishonest turnstile operators swindling the club, that’s why it was ticket only, next.

Another of my pet hates from 2012 and 13.

I requested proper reconciliations comparing the turnstile meter reads against the computer reads comparing to cash/tickets collected on each. On top of that, revenues to be safely lifted from the stadium at the end of each game, but no.

Re: Mindless rugby : Sat Oct 17, 2020 11:18 pm  

Big lads mate wrote:

And dishonest turnstile operators swindling the club, that’s why it was ticket only, next.

Times change mate, I remember turning up at the away turn styles for Cas games under the previous regime to be approached by "fans" offering wads of tickets at half price.

Re: Mindless rugby : Sun Oct 18, 2020 7:11 am  

Big lads mate wrote:

And dishonest turnstile operators swindling the club, that’s why it was ticket only, next.

Chris asked me to repair one of the gates on the west stand that wasn't working properly allowing them to go through without registering on the counter unbeknown to the person entering bet that was a right money spinner for the operator

Re: Mindless rugby : Sun Oct 18, 2020 7:18 am  

Besides you can still turn up on the day, just go to the ticket office first, and also you can buy a ticket on line and dowload it straight to your mobile.

Re: Mindless rugby : Sun Oct 18, 2020 8:44 am  

This is ridiculous, it’s 2020, why does anybody think we need cash turnstiles! I’m old and even I can see that.

However I don’t see any reason why we can’t open a few turnstile with swipe cards. My window cleaner has a card reader!

Can’t be that difficult to adapt the turnstile to open only when a payment has been made.

Easier still just put a few more people in the ticket hut, simples.

Ticket only is now standard over most sports but I suspect the reason MC likes it is because it’s easy to account. VAT can be virtually sorted at source and paid immediately. I don’t think it’s any great surprise that since going ticket only we’ve not been owing HMRC and awaiting a winding up order.

Anybody else wish I’d not just said that last bit

Re: Mindless rugby : Sun Oct 18, 2020 11:41 am  

vastman wrote:

This is ridiculous, it’s 2020, why does anybody think we need cash turnstiles! I’m old and even I can see that.

However I don’t see any reason why we can’t open a few turnstile with swipe cards. My window cleaner has a card reader!

Can’t be that difficult to adapt the turnstile to open only when a payment has been made.

Easier still just put a few more people in the ticket hut, simples.

Ticket only is now standard over most sports but I suspect the reason MC likes it is because it’s easy to account. VAT can be virtually sorted at source and paid immediately. I don’t think it’s any great surprise that since going ticket only we’ve not been owing HMRC and awaiting a winding up order.

Anybody else wish I’d not just said that last bit

I do agree here to a point Vasty. In this day and age we shouldn’t need cash turnstiles, and I think by bringing in the ticket booth in Doncaster Road has reduced this somewhat. However, there are still some people who prefer the older methods, and we shouldn’t discriminate against them, as we need as many fans as we can get. Having said that, any cash taken and held on the premises could be a security risk, as could walking across town, taking it to the bank. That is why I suggested that they use the security companies to uplift and pay it in. That’s what happened when I was at Leeds.

I think the scanners in stadiums are really good, and I know that’s what Mrs EW and her Dad use with their Hull KR season ticket. The problem is, with our turnstiles being so old and out date, it would probably be at a significant cost to the club, which if the stadium gets revamped, doing it now could be counter productive and a waste of money