Buying tickets - ridiculous

That would depend what happens.

Loads of clubs have been caught out by what's happened to Zebra, from Leeds to Wycombe. If we are proactive and find a solution and then introduce it swiftly, whilst communicating in real time, then I'll be impressed and will say so. But you won't be surprised to hear that the signs aren't good on that front.

On the other hand, if we drag our heels, wait for others to find an alternative service provider and make a dog's dinner of communication then I'll comment honestly on that as well.

First thing to do, should have been done yesterday but I can't see it anywhere, is put across all of our communication channels and use direct communication to advise anybody who were intending to use this service to contact the club so that their interest can be registered and seats reserved so that they don't miss the first ticket deadline ( which is ridiculously early) and end up either losing their preferred seat or having to pay more for it.

For the present season there were season ticket holders who were unable to renew because they were not contacted and had no reason to assume that anything had changed.

When they tried to renew at the same point in time that they previously had the club refused to sell season 'cards' to them.

This despite the fact that some of them had held season tickets for longer than Gorringe has been alive.

It's nothing short of disrespectful to people who were here long before him and will be here long after he takes his chaos off and inflicts it on a different club.

On balance, I'm not a fan.

Oh, OK, best pop a quick message off to every club in the world telling them to scrap season tickets then

Clubs need the income in summer when there aren't any matches.

Another reason to be worried by Gorringe setting things so that the money from season ticket sales comes in early. Don't know about you, but I don't trust Rovers to budget responsibly.

Where did I criticise rewarding loyalty?

The deadline being in April is ridiculous. We seem to agree that the club may not handle the summer months well financially if the majority of next year's season ticket money arrives before this season even ends.

Communication around it needs to be better this year than last.

Gorringe has control of that deadline and communication I think?

I haven't said anywhere you criticised loyalty.

The deadline is always in question, I don't know who sets it. I'm sure it's designed to maximise revenue, and if it offers frozen prices, it's up to fans to decide whether they think its of value.

As ever, us fans can decide what deadline is ridiculous and what isn't. If anything wasn't commercially viable, this project would fall on its face, wouldn't it?

I was in the club shop pre match yesterday and two were renewing....does that make them ridiculous?

Does that in turn make the system ridiculous?

All I see is the club extending opportunity to maximise revenue, that's the job of a commercial manager. What is the problem?

If you don't likey, don't buyee..

I think you are OK if you've got a live deal with them.

They are saying that if you have any questions you should contact your club in the first instance, but they go on to say;


People with auto renewals will not have their agreement renewed so will need to make alternative arrangements.

This has affected LOTS of clubs, hopefully a new service provider will jump in and plug the gap very soon.

are you sure it's that black and white?

There was this zebra who had lived her entire life in a zoo and was getting on a bit so the zoo keeper decided as a treat that she could spend her final years in bliss on a farm. The zebra was so excited, she got out of the horse box to see this huge space with green grass and hill and trees and all these strange animals. She saw a big fat weird looking brown thing and ran up to it all excited, "Hi! I'm a zebra, what are you?" "I'm a cow" said the cow. "Right, and what do you do?" asked the zebra. "I make milk for the farmer" said the cow. "Cool."

The zebra then saw this funny looking little white thing and ran over to it. "Hi, I'm a zebra, what are you?" "I'm a chicken," said the chicken. "Oh, right, what do you do?" asked the zebra. "I make eggs for the farmer." said the chicken. "Right - o, great, see you around."

Then the zebra saw this very handsome beast that looked almost exactly like her without the stripes. She ran over to it and said, "Hi, I'm a zebra, what are you?" "I am a Stallion," said the stallion. "Wow," said the zebra. "What do you do?" "Take off your pajamas darling, and I'll show you."

Sorry.