As a partner , I'm sure when we attend our first meeting with the club, I' can bring this up and ask how for their help and input with this . I'm sure Andy will be one of the first to help us being such a great guy .

So in short you've done done nowt then

Moral of the story is spend less time worrying about what others are doing and get your own house in order.

Off to Lisa poker tonight that'll raise 50 quid plus for the club and I'll be making sure some of our fans get Barrow on Sunday if that's doing nowt I'll hold my hands up .

I think this is getting very personal and it is unfair to say things like that when Lynda does a lot behind the scenes that nobody knows about and Iam sure Lynda takes your point on board about needing more help, but some of the points you brought up you can find on the web site.

I'm sure people at the club could take half the tripe that's posted on here personal if they were not professional enough to see past it.

On the subject of the website that wants looking at as well it's older than Xmas.

Its and observation nothing personal at all.

This seems to be getting a little bit out of hand, to me. Just to add a 'voice of reason', I'm sure LISA, like all aspects of the club, is capable of being improved, with help. However, are they not already raising over £30k per year, towards club funds? Let's not forget that, please.

You make a fair point but I'm just a bit of a sensitive soul and a fan of the Leythers.

I respect your opinion Alan as from reading these pages you are clearly well respected and people seem to have a lot of time for you. I don't think anyone is forgetting what LISA have historically done for the club least of all Andy who I know has personally attended every single LISA meeting since joining the board as far as im aware???

The way I see this is our Directors (Andy and Steve) are taking the time out from doing the great work they and the other BOM are doing to inform us what strides are being made to improve community involvement and increase participation on match days. The club is showing a clear emphasis on getting kids and family people into the club like I've certainly never seen before, the person in question choses to completely overlook this and pipe on about something that's obviously not financially viable or practical at the current time and even when the guys have explained the reasons still wont shut up and wants to question people that clearly know better. All im saying is when you live in a big glass house don't even pick the stone up let alone throw it.

Its not a personal attack its an observation as far as I can see we (and I say we as a club fan and recent new sponsor who is doing my bit for a great club) have an independent supporters club which is being shown the way forward by the Touchdown Club and indeed every other aspect of the club official or unofficial but seems very slow to be taking the lead. Its more a bit of advice really than a critism that time spent posting pointless comments on here could be better spent elsewhere in my opinion of which im fully entitled same as everyone else on here.

its common knowledge how grateful the board and club are for the support of LISA but as I state in the thread above it now has to grasp the nettle and move forward as it seems to be a shadow of the organisation it once was in its early days when it really pushed the boundaries and was pioneering.

Taken on board what your saying fella but its not personal, we've never had it so good at Leyth IMO and for the first time ever have a financially sound club with Directors who have vision expertise and finance to back up what they say and make things happen and its clear we are going not only in the right direction but doing so at pace.

Lets trust what these guys are doing and feel thankful they are so open and transparent about what they are doing for the club and find ways to help get people back to the games and increase attendances and revenue instead of spending times looking for micro faults or minor defects in the great things they are doing, would be far more positive and productive for the club we all love don't you think?

Like I say, every area of our club, despite the enormous strides being made, is still capable of improvement. (and I would always have included the programme in that)

However, even 'constructive criticism' of individuals, sometimes hurts. Maybe the original suggestion made by Lynda was just an idea and worthy of being raised, however non-viable it turns out to be. Not all ideas put forward will work, but some turn out to be gems.

Having been involved on the LISA committee in its formative days, I know how hard it is to get volunteers in to work for them. Perhaps an infusion of fresh blood to the committee would work wonders to move them forward from the excellent base they have created?

Anyone willing to give it a go?

Hello Chaps and Chapesses

Firstly I was away at the weekend and missed the dawn of the new era - thank God for Centurion TV - but the crowd looked good, the fans where with the team and boy did the team perform plus some fantastic scores

The future of our great club is about inclusion, about being the best we can be and about having fun along the way - we want to be the centre of the community and making everybody proud to be a part of it, driving commercial benefits from their inclusion

In that journey there will be many trenches of involvement and we will be reliant on individuals to ensure their piece of the jigsaw is the best it can be, we will of course help as much as we can in making it so. We have business's to run and I am personally amazed at the work Rob,Steve, John, Derek, Michael and Andy do on a day to day basis to get us to this place today.

The huge income streams from the Lottery team, LISA and Touchdown are essential to our growth, and now we have Centurion TV adding to that portfolio - thank you to all of you who support these and especially those who organise and drive them. Stand still and they will go backwards, so I am sure suggestions and offers to implement them will always be welcome by those running them.

As a board we understand the need for families to underpin our future, that's why we did the free Junior ticket with every adult/concession - but that was only the start. The new look JC's will be brilliant as it evolves - some fantastic people driving this as well - and will receive our full support along the way. The work done by our community groups is unbelievable, we are blessed to have such great people at the club,again this is evolving but will play a critical role in bonding the club, its fans and the community going forward. Rome was not built in a day remember, the snowball is moving lets see how big it becomes

I know I will have missed some great people off so sorry its my memory loss caused by years of ale, and not personal.

Can we all get better - of course we can - the journey has only just begun but we will complete it without risking our future, but by maximising what we have and investing in the areas that will generate a return to take us where we all want to be.

Remember we are in this together, and together we should all be proud and enjoy being a part of this great club of ours - but remember where we were 8 months ago and pinch yourselves because it isn't a dream

therefore can I invite you to join the Committee mile high club you could really help us I reckon ,or just a meet up and discuss some of your ideas perhaps !

Lol

I'd be willing to help, when's the next meeting?

I Will PM my contact details, Cheers Steve.