This is doing the rounds on WhatsApp.
All,
I have just came off zoom fans forum and to say I’m sitting here in disbelief is an understatement. Brian Wilson “there are lots of positives from last season. We won a quadruple treble”
Dominic McKay attended.
As an aside he stated he was a south stand season ticket holder but not when (last season/previous season/forthcoming season)
One thing I found unpleasant was he kept referring to Sevco as the noisy neighbours. Thought it lacked respect for his position. I raised the point that the blame for the fact that they are noisy neighbours lies squarely with the people in the room and building was not answered.
Anyway
He stated he has been impressed by his executive team and all departments of the business. He then contradicted this by saying every area of the club both business and football wise needs to modernise. A contradiction which carried on throughtout the meeting.
5-10 year plan – not finalised. His expertise is in Domestic & International transformation. CL sure to expand but we must respect history of clubs and their communities. His focus has been on the current structure whether that be Lennoxtown/people/etc. Said all great but needs to modernise. So clearly not great. He’s looked at other European club structures (not all football) and plans to implement best practise which clearly shows how far behind we are. Key focus is managerial appointment.
Reading between the lines and his answers to questions and online comments is that we are a shambles and a lot of work needs done.
FANS INTO STADIUM
McKay personally involved with SRU test crowd in Aug so knows all the hurdles. States 1k fans that attended was more difficult to organise/control/etc than a full stadium. Celtic have various models for whatever level of fans will be allowed into stadium and when. Attendees will not be postcode based.
He says he is in discussion with Holyrood/SFA/SPL on getting crowds back in. He is positive it will be in greater numbers than he had hoped for. Euro games a benchmark of 12k based on 1.5 metres social distance at Hampden. The expectation is for 40/50k at the Euro final. However he stated England were 2-3 weeks ahead of the curve than we are in Scotland.
Celtic have met every protocol and are ramping up to include those differences between Wembley & Hampden
SEASON TICKETS
This is where it gets incredibly worrying.
I can’t recall if it was Brian Wilson or Dom McKay who said “lets put last season to bed”. There will be no further added value on this seasons season ticket. This is a consultation period and we want your input. It’s 10 weeks to the new season ffs Expect next season tickets to go on sale end of May (basically as they don’t have a sales proposition). Then the begging bowl came out. Match Day Ticket income is 43/44% of revenue. Season ticket income is £25m. To give £200 refund to each season ticket holder would cost £10.6 million (various ticket prices). If we don’t get 53k season tickets full paid then recruitment will be effected.
30k took refund offered from 9 in a row season.
There was absolutely no plan or suggestion of a proposal from the club. Nothing. This was commented on in disbelief by various attendees
So basically they expect full season ticket price and full uptake whilst they don’t have a manager/squad/plan to get fans in stadium finalised
I would suggest 75% of attendees were sitting in disbelief as to what was being proposed. Forget last season it went wrong oh and gies your money. If you don’t we won’t get players
Anyway enjoy your evening
All,
I have just came off zoom fans forum and to say I’m sitting here in disbelief is an understatement. Brian Wilson “there are lots of positives from last season. We won a quadruple treble”
Dominic McKay attended.
As an aside he stated he was a south stand season ticket holder but not when (last season/previous season/forthcoming season)
One thing I found unpleasant was he kept referring to Sevco as the noisy neighbours. Thought it lacked respect for his position. I raised the point that the blame for the fact that they are noisy neighbours lies squarely with the people in the room and building was not answered.
Anyway
He stated he has been impressed by his executive team and all departments of the business. He then contradicted this by saying every area of the club both business and football wise needs to modernise. A contradiction which carried on throughtout the meeting.
5-10 year plan – not finalised. His expertise is in Domestic & International transformation. CL sure to expand but we must respect history of clubs and their communities. His focus has been on the current structure whether that be Lennoxtown/people/etc. Said all great but needs to modernise. So clearly not great. He’s looked at other European club structures (not all football) and plans to implement best practise which clearly shows how far behind we are. Key focus is managerial appointment.
Reading between the lines and his answers to questions and online comments is that we are a shambles and a lot of work needs done.
FANS INTO STADIUM
McKay personally involved with SRU test crowd in Aug so knows all the hurdles. States 1k fans that attended was more difficult to organise/control/etc than a full stadium. Celtic have various models for whatever level of fans will be allowed into stadium and when. Attendees will not be postcode based.
He says he is in discussion with Holyrood/SFA/SPL on getting crowds back in. He is positive it will be in greater numbers than he had hoped for. Euro games a benchmark of 12k based on 1.5 metres social distance at Hampden. The expectation is for 40/50k at the Euro final. However he stated England were 2-3 weeks ahead of the curve than we are in Scotland.
Celtic have met every protocol and are ramping up to include those differences between Wembley & Hampden
SEASON TICKETS
This is where it gets incredibly worrying.
I can’t recall if it was Brian Wilson or Dom McKay who said “lets put last season to bed”. There will be no further added value on this seasons season ticket. This is a consultation period and we want your input. It’s 10 weeks to the new season ffs Expect next season tickets to go on sale end of May (basically as they don’t have a sales proposition). Then the begging bowl came out. Match Day Ticket income is 43/44% of revenue. Season ticket income is £25m. To give £200 refund to each season ticket holder would cost £10.6 million (various ticket prices). If we don’t get 53k season tickets full paid then recruitment will be effected.
30k took refund offered from 9 in a row season.
There was absolutely no plan or suggestion of a proposal from the club. Nothing. This was commented on in disbelief by various attendees
So basically they expect full season ticket price and full uptake whilst they don’t have a manager/squad/plan to get fans in stadium finalised
I would suggest 75% of attendees were sitting in disbelief as to what was being proposed. Forget last season it went wrong oh and gies your money. If you don’t we won’t get players
Anyway enjoy your evening