Who said “It happened right in front of us and I screamed for a policeman..." about Diouf?

[dougdeep]

Anyone got a link for the Facebook page?

See post 103 on this thread

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

I may be missing something here but what is wrong with the supporters club only having a few hundred members?

If their main purpose is to run coaches for people who need help getting to games etc, surely the only important thing is that those supporters who need help have access to the club, which they do.

Some people need help getting to games. Liz et al do their best to provide it. What else REALLY matters?

People need to chill out or offer to help.

But they arent the ONLY option for away travel, and in fact for the Leeds game at the weekend it cost MORE to travel on a supporters club coach (£40) than with Seagull Travel (£38), not to mention there is the Blue Away and the Mid-Sussex groups as well. To be honest it isnt very difficult to organise a coach anyway, just phone up, agree a price/pay it, get an amount to charge people to travel, collect the money, liaise with the club your travelling to and then turn up on the day with the coach - cant think ive missed much out there.

And people saying about the effort she puts in, true its a lot and it should be commended - but there would be HUNDREDS of other Brighton fans who would do the EXACT same thing (excluding stupid quotes to the press of course) - i fail to see why shes bigged up so much. Id rather [MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION] was the voice of the fans.....via some sort of NSC vote thingy, perhaps him and Liz Costa should team up.

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

I happen to know Liz's Newphew. A Manchester United fan from Worthing. Influential.

 

[Mr Smggles]

But they arent the ONLY option for away travel, and in fact for the Leeds game at the weekend it cost MORE to travel on a supporters club coach (£40) than with Seagull Travel (£38), not to mention there is the Blue Away and the Mid-Sussex groups as well. To be honest it isnt very difficult to organise a coach anyway, just phone up, agree a price/pay it, get an amount to charge people to travel, collect the money, liaise with the club your travelling to and then turn up on the day with the coach - cant think ive missed much out there.

And people saying about the effort she puts in, true its a lot and it should be commended - but there would be HUNDREDS of other Brighton fans who would do the EXACT same thing (excluding stupid quotes to the press of course) - i fail to see why shes bigged up so much. Id rather [MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION] was the voice of the fans.....via some sort of NSC vote thingy, perhaps him and Liz Costa should team up.

Team up? Nah, theres only one way to settle this...

FIGHT!

 

[Thunder Bolt]

there was no misquoting regarding the 50% gay ratio.it came out of her own mouth on a radio interview for all to hear.

She gave a 30 minute interview which was edited down to a few minutes. She actually said. What does it matter if up to 50% of our fanbase was gay?'
If people have a problem with Liz, why not talk to her face to face instead of posting about her on the internet?

 

[Brighton Breezy]

But they arent the ONLY option for away travel, and in fact for the Leeds game at the weekend it cost MORE to travel on a supporters club coach (£40) than with Seagull Travel (£38), not to mention there is the Blue Away and the Mid-Sussex groups as well. To be honest it isnt very difficult to organise a coach anyway, just phone up, agree a price/pay it, get an amount to charge people to travel, collect the money, liaise with the club your travelling to and then turn up on the day with the coach - cant think ive missed much out there.

And people saying about the effort she puts in, true its a lot and it should be commended - but there would be HUNDREDS of other Brighton fans who would do the EXACT same thing (excluding stupid quotes to the press of course) - i fail to see why shes bigged up so much. Id rather [MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION] was the voice of the fans.....via some sort of NSC vote thingy, perhaps him and Liz Costa should team up.

I didn't suggest for a second they were the only option. And I agree, their prices do tend to be on the more expensive side. I've certainly never used them and never would.

But, what business is it of anyone else how many members they have etc? Really?

They provide a service. Some people use it. Many don't. I just don't understand why people feel the need to criticise the supporters club for not having enough members etc or giving a couple of throwaway quotes to The Argus.

 

[Racek]

But they arent the ONLY option for away travel, and in fact for the Leeds game at the weekend it cost MORE to travel on a supporters club coach (£40) than with Seagull Travel (£38), not to mention there is the Blue Away and the Mid-Sussex groups as well. To be honest it isnt very difficult to organise a coach anyway, just phone up, agree a price/pay it, get an amount to charge people to travel, collect the money, liaise with the club your travelling to and then turn up on the day with the coach - cant think ive missed much out there.

And people saying about the effort she puts in, true its a lot and it should be commended - but there would be HUNDREDS of other Brighton fans who would do the EXACT same thing (excluding stupid quotes to the press of course) - i fail to see why shes bigged up so much. Id rather [MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION] was the voice of the fans.....via some sort of NSC vote thingy, perhaps him and Liz Costa should team up.

Nice of you to volunteer his time.

 

[dougdeep]

Does Seagulls Travel have postponement insurance? That might account for some of the price difference and how do the coaches compare? Just wondering.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

But they arent the ONLY option for away travel, and in fact for the Leeds game at the weekend it cost MORE to travel on a supporters club coach (£40) than with Seagull Travel (£38), not to mention there is the Blue Away and the Mid-Sussex groups as well. To be honest it isnt very difficult to organise a coach anyway, just phone up, agree a price/pay it, get an amount to charge people to travel, collect the money, liaise with the club your travelling to and then turn up on the day with the coach - cant think ive missed much out there.

And people saying about the effort she puts in, true its a lot and it should be commended - but there would be HUNDREDS of other Brighton fans who would do the EXACT same thing (excluding stupid quotes to the press of course) - i fail to see why shes bigged up so much. Id rather [MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION] was the voice of the fans.....via some sort of NSC vote thingy, perhaps him and Liz Costa should team up.

The above coaches do cancel their coaches if they can't fill them whereas Liz guarantees to run a coach to every game. She takes people from those other coaches when theirs are cancelled as they work together to make sure that everyone who wants to go, does go. There isn't a competiton, it is cooperation.

 

[Bozza]

Nice of you to volunteer his time.

Has anyone ever seen Liz and me in the same room?

 

[dougdeep]

Liz is available at all times, Bozza even disappears from here.

 

[Giraffe]

I believe the issue is that if the supporters club has so few members compared to the number of fans going each week, are they really representing the fanbase? So when LC is in the news talking about a controversial issue as the 'voice of the fans' when it seems most people disagree it riles them up

Exactly. I have no issue with the supporters club. It is clearly edging towards a slow and painful death, but therefore they can't coming up with these ridiculous statements as a fans voice piece. It's just bollocks frankly.

 

[SeagullSongs]

I'll agree with that. I've only ever been on one coach to football where the driver didn't allow us to drink and even then we still did.

Hang on, why couldn't she have screamed for a PoliceWOMAN. Women can make perfectly adequate police officers too you know, Liz...

It's 2013. This kind of blatant SEXISM makes me sick to my stomach.

This

 

[Giraffe]

Liz is available at all times, Bozza even disappears from here.

Are you saying that Bozza was absorbed into her in some sort of Dr Who way? That's awful.

 

[dougdeep]

Exactly. I have no issue with the supporters club. It is clearly edging towards a slow and painful death.

No, membership is creeping upwards. Just stick to facts eh?

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

Does Seagulls Travel have postponement insurance? That might account for some of the price difference and how do the coaches compare? Just wondering.

Dont believe so and to be honest i didnt actually know the SC had that so fair enough then the extra bit of cash is worth it, my point still remains on organising coaches.

No, membership is creeping upwards. Just stick to facts eh?

Whilst were on facts, where is it shown that membership is creeping upwards ? Whilst i agree it could do with A LOT more members, it needs to be made more appealing to join, not to mention the main mouthpiece to the media to stop spurting out nonsense from time to time.

 

[Giraffe]

Anyone got a link for the Facebook page?

Christ I am just reading it now. Useful because I could do with an afternoon nap.

Six things posted on there in the whole season. Total waste of time.

April 24th - a shared post trying to support Slough Town's efforts to get a new ground
March 20th - sharing a link of Sky Sports goals v Palace
February 7th someone's attempt to paint the AMEX.
January 29th - another painting of the AMEX
September 1st - "Four new signings on transfer deadline day, Orlandi, Dobbie, Lopez and Hammond. Exciting times ahead this season."
August 11th - "If you didn't make the AGM, it's still not too late to join the Supporter's club. It's just £5 a year and it's worth that just for the 12 newsletters sent out by email or post monthly. If you use the Supporter's coach you also get a £1 discount on each trip."

I bet it will get more following it just by putting it on here!

Here you go, fill your boots. https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Brighton-and-Hove-Albion-Supporters-Club/111591292197813?fref=ts

...

 

[Giraffe]

No, membership is creeping upwards.

Do you mean in age? I am sure that's true.

Our average crowds have gone from 6,500 to 25,000. The supporters club membership during this time? Give me the facts please.

But the point is moot anyway. The point is Liz is no longer representative of the fanbase.

 

[dougdeep]

I don't have the membership figures to hand you should ring Liz, she'll be willing to tell you.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Dont believe so and to be honest i didnt actually know the SC had that so fair enough then the extra bit of cash is worth it, my point still remains on organising coaches.



Whilst were on facts, where is it shown that membership is creeping upwards ? Whilst i agree it could do with A LOT more members, it needs to be made more appealing to join, not to mention the main mouthpiece to the media to stop spurting out nonsense from time to time.

I have pointed out that the main coaches work together on getting fans to matches to extent of taking up the slack when others cancel.
There is a newsletter that goes out every month to members produced by Tim Carder which states that membership is going up. It costs £5 per year to join, and the newsletter alone is worth that imo.