[Football] Dialogue with the club

brighton_tom said:

can feel limited when the answer to an important question is kept to one short soundbite

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schmunk said:

You want something from the Club longer than a short soundbite...?

paul.barber@bhafc.co.uk

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Westdene Seagull said:

Go on, admit it, you're linked to 'Blue Legion' ?

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Swansman said:

I'm sure any club out there would be curious to know about matchday experience etc. Topics like "why isnt Darwin Nunez, Matt Derbyshire and Jonathan Calleri the front trio?" things are probably less interesting.

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brighton_tom said:

In a football world full of disliked owners, proposed super leagues, high ticket prices, and loyalty points schemes im interested to know how we as fans of BHAFC maintain a dialogue with the owners/directors of our club to help keep them on the right track with all the big and small decisions (& praise them for their good work)? Like every other we are a fanbase full of opinions and desires for how the club should be run, so im interested to know what options we have or could initiate to keep an open dialogue with Tony, Paul Barber and co. We have the fans forum events which are great, but can feel limited when the answer to an important question is kept to one short soundbite rather than a continued discussion. Genuinely interested to know peoples thoughts on this and if you think the club or we as fans could be doing more, or do we just trust Tony knows what he doing?

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Westdene Seagull said:

Go on, admit it, you're linked to 'Blue Legion' ?

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brighton_tom said:

This was in the area I was thinking about, what options do we as fans have to give our opinion on the things that directly affect us? Like matchday issues and suggestions for improving the stadium/concourses. I have no experience of directly emailing PB, is he keen for fan dialogue in this manner? Or do we have more suitable options?

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brighton_tom said:

This was in the area I was thinking about, what options do we as fans have to give our opinion on the things that directly affect us? Like matchday issues and suggestions for improving the stadium/concourses. I have no experience of directly emailing PB, is he keen for fan dialogue in this manner? Or do we have more suitable options?

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nickbrighton said:

Whenever I see a post like this I wonder why fans of clubs think that the owners of a private company should or could "be kept on the right track with decisions big and small"

Whether we like it or not, the club is owned by an individual who can (within the rules of the FA and EPL) do what he wants, when he wants .

There is a lot of bollocks talked about Newcastle fans "getting their club back" when in reality they have no more say now than they did 2 months ago

We are extremely lucky to have an owner who actually cares about the fans, and probably does more to involve them than any other, but as for us fans "keeping them on the right track" is just wishful thinking

The only influence fans have is by going or not going and to be honest the likleyhood of getting enough fans not going in sufficient numbers to affect anything is vanishingly small. I doubt any single decision (especially big ones) have been influenced by the fans since Tony took over

What decisions have been made that we as fans have had any bearing on the outcome in the past decade? Bottle tops, flasks, bags, Player signings, managerial appointments, kits, or even what pies?

The club occasionally canvasses the supporter base with surveys, keeps a dialogue with certain supporter groups (Bozza and NSC for example) but we really are kidding ourselves if we think this is anything more than PR and a useful tool for disseminating information

Fans played a huge part in saving the club, that is without question but those days are long gone. Just ask Newcastle fans what difference they actually made in the end

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brighton_tom said:

I agree that as a company BHAFC dont have to listen to us, but as you say we are very lucky to be owned by someone that clearly does value the fans and I was intrigued to know what options we have to keep that healthy relationship.

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nickbrighton said:

Whenever I see a post like this I wonder why fans of clubs think that the owners of a private company should or could "be kept on the right track with decisions big and small"

Whether we like it or not, the club is owned by an individual who can (within the rules of the FA and EPL) do what he wants, when he wants .

There is a lot of bollocks talked about Newcastle fans "getting their club back" when in reality they have no more say now than they did 2 months ago

We are extremely lucky to have an owner who actually cares about the fans, and probably does more to involve them than any other, but as for us fans "keeping them on the right track" is just wishful thinking

The only influence fans have is by going or not going and to be honest the likleyhood of getting enough fans not going in sufficient numbers to affect anything is vanishingly small. I doubt any single decision (especially big ones) have been influenced by the fans since Tony took over

What decisions have been made that we as fans have had any bearing on the outcome in the past decade? Bottle tops, flasks, bags, Player signings, managerial appointments, kits, or even what pies?

The club occasionally canvasses the supporter base with surveys, keeps a dialogue with certain supporter groups (Bozza and NSC for example) but we really are kidding ourselves if we think this is anything more than PR and a useful tool for disseminating information

Fans played a huge part in saving the club, that is without question but those days are long gone. Just ask Newcastle fans what difference they actually made in the end

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Goldstone1976 said:

I can’t think of a method of communication that could be used that isn’t already.

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