Will anyone be sharing info from the Shareholders meeting this evening?

Also, can people still buy in?

We need to know what food they are providing tonight for free.

I can tell you it was either pie, chips and peas or a curry with rice and Naan.
Plus some nice dessert options

I had the pie. It was excellent.

But the rest they asked us not to share.

What I can say is that Matt showed they do have someone specifically working on IMG score (as I questioned that in the past)

And the future with Ellis looks very secure. He is full of ideas for improving the club further.

They took us into the changing rooms and rehab rooms. Very impressive.

Not a curry fan so it would have been pie for me.

Don't need details, but are the plans to redevelopment the ground further still in place.

He said he has various plans for both West and North but he needs to assess them against IMG and crowds we'll get in SL.
He is definitely not a guy who sits still.

There are still a few little things they'll do before end of year and they are doing a lot of the touching up like painting and stuff like that.

What about the south east that was supposed to be a restaraunt and sports bar with terrace starting in the off season? Or has the south east corner work been parked.

I'd heard that the this had been signed off, and that works were commencing at the end of the season.

On another note, it would look like Andy Davies and TC were doing their match day video from east stand. Only noticed this at the weekend, could things be moving on the west side

They are making some changes to where they normally stand. I don't think that's a permanent move.

He didn't say anything about the Rollin Shack apart from it being useful space.
I didn't get the impression that they were planning anything as a priority but maybe so.

I guess that kind of leaves the gym facilities for players which he highlighted a few weeks ago. Very interested to see how he solves this. I think someone said he was seeking help or support from the council with this.

I'll check what I can share as some of the things talked about were just updates on things we know.

One thing that did amaze me was the improvements in the interior of the stand.
The away dressing rooms are pretty ok to be honest considering how badly some grounds cater for the away team, but the home dressing rooms are outstanding.
They've clearly had the fitters from the kitchen side in there.
There are a couple of bits that still have breeds blocks exposed which they said they wanted to tidy up but they must be up with the best in Super League.

I'm sure it makes a difference to the players generally but Craig Barras was saying the word is getting round and players are looking to come here rather than choosing it as a last resort
The rehab room is even better.

That’s great and let’s not forget the players lounge too and general sprucing up of the areas. When the LED boards go in too it’s going to improve the overall experience and offer extra value to sponsors if we get into SL too. It’s quite remarkable what’s been done in 12 months if you stop to list things.

Improve the gym and training facilities and the players will be sorted across the board.

I’m excited to see what big plans happen in the off season. Truly remarkable.

Remarkable is exactly the right word.
Previous guys did what they could do in their budget but it's actually quite hard to think of where we could go. I'm so used to watching a team and stadium on a restricted budget it's ridiculous where we are now.

They did say they take feedback seriously and had a bit of chat about ideas for stadium but said they'll do that more formally for next meeting so I'll gather everyone's thoughts nearer the time and share them at the meeting

I didn't know Craig Barrass before the meeting.
He's the new CEO and Matt's brother in law.
He hasn't worked at the kitchen business before and was a senior project and product manager in telecom industry.

I was quite impressed with his knowledge of IMG and I was intending to be hard to impress.