Re: Leigh at home : Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:32 pm  

AP did state the lack of a long term lease on the Stadium is why we haven't had any potential investors coming forward . Hopefully when this business get sorted with the City & the SMC , the situation will improve .
Gonna take some time though .

Re: Leigh at home : Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:42 pm  

Chris71 wrote:

As thing stand this isnt a given as patience has been tested for far too long since 2018 and we've had too many false dawns/promises and what is for me one of the biggest grumbles is the lack of communication from the club.

Totally agree chris, its all running abit thin now, the communication with fans is frustrating and very shoddy, has he penny pinched on fan liasion too.

The thing is the fans were very supportive and alot kept money in duriing covid, bought the merchandise and carried on backing the club so it could survive. I understand its been rocky times and this loan needs paying bit with the under funded swuad this year , hes stated the covid loan should be behind us and paid. Always announcing record new deals with sponsers. Kit manufacturers, corperate sales etc etc but still minimal dialogue with the fans about any positives or green shoots, particularly regarding investment in the team.

The fans need some positivity and assurances moneys going to be out into the squad as its been steadyily deteriorating for a few seasons now. Its blatant stonewalling the fans by the owner, coupled with the match review panel and officals apparant dislike of us its all getting to the point where alot have had enough.

Surely pearson senses the negativity and disgruntlement amongst the fanbase and has some form of plan or positivity to offer. Communication is key.

Re: Leigh at home : Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:45 pm  

B0NES wrote:

AP did state the lack of a long term lease on the Stadium is why we haven't had any potential investors coming forward . Hopefully when this business get sorted with the City & the SMC , the situation will improve .
Gonna take some time though .

Iys up for discussions this year, but again not much info given to fans, we dont even know what the deal is, it was quoted at 250k a year because of premiership football, but then city got relegated so what happened to the rent figure, again radio silence. Pearson just likes to keep the fans in the dark , the less we know the more he can plead poverty.

Whats to say when city got relegated it didnt go back down to 20/30k a year? Nobodys said otherwise

Re: Leigh at home : Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:46 pm  

B0NES wrote:

AP did state the lack of a long term lease on the Stadium is why we haven't had any potential investors coming forward . Hopefully when this business get sorted with the City & the SMC , the situation will improve .
Gonna take some time though .

What is an investor?
An investor is a person or organization that provides capital with the expectation of earning a return on their investment.

There lies the problem

Re: Leigh at home : Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:12 pm  

Rocknrolla69er wrote:

Iys up for discussions this year, but again not much info given to fans, we dont even know what the deal is, it was quoted at 250k a year because of premiership football, but then city got relegated so what happened to the rent figure, again radio silence. Pearson just likes to keep the fans in the dark , the less we know the more he can plead poverty.

Whats to say when city got relegated it didnt go back down to 20/30k a year? Nobodys said otherwise

He isnt allowed to talk about the deal it has a confidentiality clause, Kath and Rule used to say the same.

I agree that there needs to be more comms in general though.

Re: Leigh at home : Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:02 pm  

UllFC wrote:

He isnt allowed to talk about the deal it has a confidentiality clause, Kath and Rule used to say the same.

I agree that there needs to be more comms in general though.

Fair play if theres a clause in place.

I still dont think its still at 250k as assumed.

Re: Leigh at home : Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:25 pm  

This is interesting stuff and I guess for a lot of folks its a strange one in that when James Clark headed up the communications side of things the service we got was very good however since he became Chief Executive we have heard little if nothing. Can you remember the last time he spoke about the issues CE's usually discuss openly with fans at other clubs. All we hear is when another set of shirts is released or a new set of training gear is produced in fact we have so many now we'll probably be getting players official Pajama kit soon, looking around the city and the crowd people are still buying them as well. However, as someone above says when you consider how many of us kept our money in during covid and as I have said before I know fans who through ill health can no longer go to games yet still keep their season tickets out of loyalty to the club. Then there are the travelling support arguably the best in the league over many seasons. I used to be involved with FC Voices and we always used to press for and indeed got two fans forums a year but for the lat 6 years there has been nothing. Surely a fan base like ours deserves better or at least a bit of communication and feed back to balance the loyalty, allegiance and obvious devotion thousands of us still hold for our club, despite quite frankly a consistent decline on the field year on year for the past 7 years.

Re: Leigh at home : Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:53 pm  

The Dentist Wilf wrote:

This is interesting stuff and I guess for a lot of folks its a strange one in that when James Clark headed up the communications side of things the service we got was very good however since he became Chief Executive we have heard little if nothing. Can you remember the last time he spoke about the issues CE's usually discuss openly with fans at other clubs. All we hear is when another set of shirts is released or a new set of training gear is produced in fact we have so many now we'll probably be getting players official Pajama kit soon, looking around the city and the crowd people are still buying them as well. However, as someone above says when you consider how many of us kept our money in during covid and as I have said before I know fans who through ill health can no longer go to games yet still keep their season tickets out of loyalty to the club. Then there are the travelling support arguably the best in the league over many seasons. I used to be involved with FC Voices and we always used to press for and indeed got two fans forums a year but for the lat 6 years there has been nothing. Surely a fan base like ours deserves better or at least a bit of communication and feed back to balance the loyalty, allegiance and obvious devotion thousands of us still hold for our club, despite quite frankly a consistent decline on the field year on year for the past 7 years.

Are there any fans groups still.in contact with the club? As surely the fans feelings need communicating, all we get is q and a on hull live where we learn nothing. Maybe hull lives FC reporter would like to inform clarke and pearson how knarked the fans are about the lack of communication and inform.him hes facing a big drop.off in pass sales.

Re: Leigh at home : Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:06 am  

Martin being left out isn't a dig on him sometimes they just need a breather why do people get tetcy about it, like Dave said look at Litten last season, Tindall and Mac are the two first choice wingers why wouldn't you play them? Danny Houghton isn't on the cap so he isn't costing cap space, although we can't keep trying to get 80 minutes out of him he needs to be rotated. Why do people think Sam Powell would move from Lancashire when he's based there and he can go down the road to Warrington.

Re: Leigh at home : Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:42 pm  

In reply to R&R69 I believe FC voices still exists as their chairperson includes that position on her Facebook site but I haven't heard anything from them for ages, in fact they have been pretty anonymous for years. I think the last fans forum was back in 2015 at the Walton Club. They are the ideal candidates because they are listed on the club site as the official supporters group recognised by the Club and I guess that their low profile suits them. WE need another HISA really.