Just read the Chairman's utterances via the WE. Well why not have some more doom and gloom to inspire more season ticket sales - you're making it sound more like a closing down sale than a rescue. What a surprise no one is coming in for our players - perhaps they are following these kind of comments and waiting til we go bust then they get them for nothing. You've even told them that October is when the "sale" starts. Really motivating for the players and supporters.
But - it gets better - "I hope the fans expectations are not too high" and we should hopefully be in the top 12 just.
Please don't trot out the "telling the truth" line again! Can you not find anything positive to say? Get a grip and learn some PR skills. Presume beatings will continue until morale improves? And yes I have bought my ST.

A lot of what you say I agree and it's a fine line of telling some home truths & keeping certain things in house.

It's a steep learning curve and when you look at it we've gone from one extreme (Glover) to another (MC.)

We do need some positive news however to try & push ticket sales.

It's not easy however.

Just to add to my point about PR. and this occurs as I read the WE from the back page! Page 8 - big item on boost for new Cats stadium. Spot the welcome from club officials. No I didn't either.

Do we think we are holding positive news back or something? Surely you can only put out there what is true, otherwise you're heading down the road of false hopes which could have more negative effects further down the line....plenty of positive news out there already out there if you ask me....we WILL be a super league team next year, our coach has just signed a 3 year deal, a very astute buisnesswoman Kath Hetherington is on board, as it stands at this moment in time we still have the nucleous of a squad who could go well next year with the right few additions, theres positive news with our youngsters etc, short of announcing we're to sign all 4 Burgess brothers what more can be put out there? It really is up to the fans to back the club how we are at present, which could then ultimately lead to better things....

upthecats - You should have written the press comment for the Chairman. If he started from your point We Will be a SL team etc then that it precisely my point. There is good news, positive efforts and good supporters. Accentuate the positive!

I won't, i'll use this line.

You won't have to worry about money while i'm at this club and 2.2 Million in debt later we are worrying (that sort of positive and PR?)

I don't think MC has done a bad job being honest although with hindsight i would like you. have liked to have seen the positives "pushed further"

Its been a whirlwind for him and no doubt he would like to give us some more positives BUT the bottom line is staff levels are rock bottom and all cost have been cut to[u save the club[/u

I think what has been published IS positive. It is positively the way we are.
Sugar coating will not hide what everyone already knows. At least we all know our backs are to the wall and we are fighting again.
It's about time a business and practical approach was adopted.

Never has so much been given by the few!

How many times have I said we will be a super league club next season.

I invite you to come in and run the club your way for the whole of October.

Oh dear - toys out of the pram again! This is a fans forum and that strangely enough means there may be some critique and ideas/comments you don't like. If you get 10 people who might also disagree will you make them the same offer?
If you don't like the "press" don't read it.

I'm not throwing anything out. I'm inviting you to come and do things your way and see where it leads us. I've never professed to having a monopoly on good ideas. So come on in, and let's see if your way is better? What harm can it do?

I will call your office on Monday to fix up a meeting.

Is that a yes or a no?

I'll send you my number

It's getting like blind date on here!!

Good man, lets all pull in the same direction.

That got a lorra lorra laughs for sure.

If, for 1 day, I was to run the club and I say if because I am quite sure I would be a raving egomaniac as well as a despotic meglomaniac
I am quite sure I would probably do nothing because like most on here i have no idea how to even run a youth club.

You have to be white as driven snow to criticise some ones work attributes ,I too would get annoyed if some one on here told me how to do my job and I also wouldn't have a clue how to run a club.MC has took over the reigns when we are in a bit of a mess to say the least,cut him some slack and let's see where we go ,I believe it's our only option.Lik that old chinese proverb,If you've never dropped a bollock,you've never done owt.

This is getting a bit silly, If Daddy Cool is who he says he is then I would ask him to remember who he is and what position he holds at the club. I do not think it is good for anyone to hear the chairman slogging it out with the fans. Please Mr Carter stay off the forum and release good or bad news through the appropriate channels, this forum not being one of them, you are cheapening your efforts and your position.

Some right ***** on here,LOL someone wanting to have a go at running the club, leave it to Ned and is gang, the honest man side of Ned i love, think its great when he comes on and puts us in our place when we need it. What more can he do,we have a club, tell you what, i have an idea, LETS BACK THE MAN, hell fire who else wants the club,right Ned it is

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Remember to take £25000 or mortgage your house before you go to help save the club. Invest or keep quiet and support the club.

I think overall the three articles painted a more positive outlook both on the stadium and player development. It was good that we are at least trying to sign additional players and if Tuscon does not join us the money will be used to sign another player.
I believe all players contract have an expiry date of the 30/11 therefore I expect that any whose contracts are not being renewed will be removed from the wage bill.

One thing I am sick to death of is people knowing it all. If these people are the all seeing oracles they paint themselves to be, why didn't they see these problems coming or why didn't they get themselves involved at some level. I have worked for professional sports clubs (Rugby League and Football) in the past but I would not want to make the decisions that will have to be made by the club. The problem is that now we are in a position where the only policy is honesty no matter what.

Pretty much how I see it.

I would rather be told the situation as it is, instead of putting a sugar coating on it
MC can't win, if he puts a bit of spin on things, he will be tarred with the same brush as Glover/Elston, he tells it how it is and people don't like what he is saying because it's not what they want to hear.
Maybe if a couple thousand more fans would have renewed their tickets when they were £150 instead of being pessimistic, the hole may not have been as deep.
When you follow Trin, you have to believe your glass is half full, not half empty.