Awards

[smj1]

Dear all

Following a meeting last week with HTSA (Mids) and agreement that we would allow the Hargreaves family to decide on the trophy, I have now had a converstaion with the family and a follow up call with Mids.

It has been agreed, and I would like to emphasise it was a family decision, which we totally respect, to present the award at both events. I have also asked if they would come and present the award which they have accepted.

As for voting for the award, again I have agreed with the family and HTSA (Mids) that we would open up voting for the award via as many channels as we can giving every supporter the opportunity to vote including the website.

On a further note I have offered a couple of suggestions to the HTSA with regards to assisting with the HTSA awards which I understand they are currently discussing.

Regards

Sean

[Grandfather Berty of Cleck]

Good Man
Thank you.

If we come to the awards,
can we claim hotel expenses?

[upthetown]

Is it true Sean that you are putting a tab behind the bar and will announce a "happy hour"?

[smj1]

Fraid its a no on both occassions!

[Grandfather Berty of Cleck]

What is the latest on the hotel issue?
Has there been a ruling?

[terrier67]

giving every supporter the opportunity to vote including the website

Just a note of caution. Whilst the website is a very good way to get to a large number of fans, I do worry that website polls have in the past been subject to being hijacked by opposition fans - eg the Liecester kit poll. Not saying it;s not a good idea, but just pointing out a potential flaw in the idea - but then again Keigan might just deserve the prize

[nelly]

Well said Terrier67, you only have to look at the man MOTM polls on here, with people voting for Jevons & Williams.

[Grandfather Berty of Cleck]

Feb 24, 2009 13:50:53 GMT 1 nelly said:

Well said Terrier67, you only have to look at the man MOTM polls on here, with people voting for Jevons & Williams.

To be fair, Williams has been playing well since the turnip left.

[Deleted]

Feb 24, 2009 14:11:11 GMT 1 Grandfather Berty of Cleck said:

Feb 24, 2009 13:50:53 GMT 1 nelly said:

Well said Terrier67, you only have to look at the man MOTM polls on here, with people voting for Jevons & Williams.

To be fair, Williams has been playing well since the turnip left.

Better - not well.

[Polish Hippy]

Well I hope there is club assistance should HTSA in conjunction with DATM choose to hold a do on the evening of 25th April, the date of the last home game, the day when the POY do organised by the Supporters Club has always been held. Seeing as the club decided to pull a fast one by hijacking OUR traditional awards and date of presentation and if their event falls flat on its face then so be it!!

[johns]

oh god here we go again

[ksne]

Feb 24, 2009 14:37:42 GMT 1 @rjs said:

Feb 24, 2009 14:11:11 GMT 1 Grandfather Berty of Cleck said:

To be fair, Williams has been playing well since the turnip
left.

Better -not well

RW has been steadily and consistebtly doing much better and well .Give the lad credit where it is due.

[Scissett Terrier!]

Feb 24, 2009 18:21:12 GMT 1 Polish Hippy said:

Well I hope there is club assistance should HTSA in conjunction with DATM choose to hold a do on the evening of 25th April, the date of the last home game, the day when the POY do organised by the Supporters Club has always been held. Seeing as the club decided to pull a fast one by hijacking OUR traditional awards and date of presentation and if their event falls flat on its face then so be it!!

it aint going to happen polish

[BradfordTerrier]

Feb 24, 2009 18:21:12 GMT 1 Polish Hippy said:

Well I hope there is club assistance should HTSA in conjunction with DATM choose to hold a do on the evening of 25th April, the date of the last home game, the day when the POY do organised by the Supporters Club has always been held. Seeing as the club decided to pull a fast one by hijacking OUR traditional awards and date of presentation and if their event falls flat on its face then so be it!!

Face it Stan, there won't be a clash of dates will there. As noble as your stance is it really is time to let this one ride. If the dates clashed there would be NO representation at the DATM/HTSA event therefore rendering it pretty meaningless anyway. Lets just face the facts, have a belting DATM/HTSA do on a different day and see what next year brings. I totally see your point on the matter but, the club, for the first time in years is trying to involve fans and are being as open as a football club can be with its fans. I don't see the benefit long term to us, the fans, if we carry this on for a year and a day as the club will clam up and we will get a return to all the yesteryears at Town.

Do we really want that?

[Polish Hippy]

The fact is that the club have grabbed control of an event which was traditionally organised by the fans and open for the vast majority of fans and turned it into an event which is very expensive and open only to a minority of fans. What could have been a great finalé to the end of the centenary season celebrations is now and exclusive beano for what the club see as an élite group of people - the ordinary supporter being well and truly shafted and sidelined.

Under the guise of discussion and co-operation the club have stealthily worked towards organising what they wanted to do all along. The very fact that it was announced without informing HTSA and, after our objections were made once it was announced they informed us it was going to go ahead, they then say the event was going to go ahead in that format whether we liked it or not, to me that smacks of something right out of the Ken Davy/Andrew Watson era.

The whole thing stinks!!

[dannyHTFC]

calm down
LOL.

[bluearmy86]

Feb 24, 2009 23:26:33 GMT 1 Polish Hippy said:

The fact is that the club have grabbed control of an event which was traditionally organised by the fans and open for the vast majority of fans and turned it into an event which is very expensive and open only to a minority of fans. What could have been a great finalé to the end of the centenary season celebrations is now and exclusive beano for what the club see as an élite group of people - the ordinary supporter being well and truly shafted and sidelined.

Under the guise of discussion and co-operation the club have stealthily worked towards organising what they wanted to do all along. The very fact that it was announced without informing HTSA and, after our objections were made once it was announced they informed us it was going to go ahead, they then say the event was going to go ahead in that format whether we liked it or not, to me that smacks of something right out of the Ken Davy/Andrew Watson era.

The whole thing stinks!!

Forgive my ignorance if I've got this completely wrong, and I don't want to sound rude. But this smacks to me of you rubbing your hands together at the first sight of something slightly contestable going on at the club under the new regime. I wish you could put as much effort into supporting Huddersfield Town, as you do relishing the prospect of the next argument you can get yourself into.

[Grandfather Berty of Cleck]

Feb 25, 2009 0:19:36 GMT 1 @bluearmy86 said:

Feb 24, 2009 23:26:33 GMT 1 Polish Hippy said:

The fact is that the club have grabbed control of an event which was traditionally organised by the fans and open for the vast majority of fans and turned it into an event which is very expensive and open only to a minority of fans. What could have been a great finalé to the end of the centenary season celebrations is now and exclusive beano for what the club see as an élite group of people - the ordinary supporter being well and truly shafted and sidelined.

Under the guise of discussion and co-operation the club have stealthily worked towards organising what they wanted to do all along. The very fact that it was announced without informing HTSA and, after our objections were made once it was announced they informed us it was going to go ahead, they then say the event was going to go ahead in that format whether we liked it or not, to me that smacks of something right out of the Ken Davy/Andrew Watson era.

The whole thing stinks!!

Forgive my ignorance if I've got this completely wrong, and I don't want to sound rude. But this smacks to me of you rubbing your hands together at the first sight of something slightly contestable going on at the club under the new regime. I wish you could put as much effort into supporting Huddersfield Town, as you do relishing the prospect of the next argument you can get yourself into.

To be fair to Polish tho he IS right.
The club KNOW the supporters have their awards on the last day of the season but decided to have their corporate do on the same day. Using OUR trophy.
I'm sure SJ ment well when he went to see the Hargreaves family but they could hardly say no could they.
I'm afraid Polish and the rest of us have been stuffed by the club who claim we are important.

[andyhudd]

This compromise people speak of ... is non-existant - it's still a corporate event, it's still been hijacked from the supporters ... and the common fan is still being priced out at £57.50.

[shawsie]

As much as the night chosen could be considered ill-timed, the one thing our club cannot be accused of this season is pricing out the common fan - i didnt hear too many complain at £100 season tickets because someone subsidised it.
By all means the dig at the use of the trophy/choice of night etc but lets not go overboard on the pricing angle - overall as fans we get a damn good deal at the moment financially!!!

[andyfcuk85]

Give it a rest!!! I have just seen your dummy fly over Doncaster

[andyfcuk85]

Feb 25, 2009 0:37:34 GMT 1 shawsie said:

As much as the night chosen could be considered ill-timed, the one thing our club cannot be accused of this season is pricing out the common fan - i didnt hear too many complain at £100 season tickets because someone subsidised it.
By all means the dig at the use of the trophy/choice of night etc but lets not go overboard on the pricing angle - overall as fans we get a damn good deal at the moment financially!!!

Exactly - well said, Unfortunatly some fellow supporters do not see the bigger picture!! It appears whenever something doesn't go there way they spit the dummy out - It's about time those with grievance should just deal with it and if they have any further problems they have sean and marcus user ID

[andyhudd]

Feb 25, 2009 0:37:34 GMT 1 shawsie said:

As much as the night chosen could be considered ill-timed, the one thing our club cannot be accused of this season is pricing out the common fan - i didnt hear too many complain at £100 season tickets because someone subsidised it.
By all means the dig at the use of the trophy/choice of night etc but lets not go overboard on the pricing angle - overall as fans we get a damn good deal at the moment financially!!!

The season ticket prices are irrelevant with respect to the prices of this event ... the club have no right to hijack this event, let alone to then charge £60 - and well and truly shut out its rightful audience.

Oh ... by the way ... just thought I'd let you know - I'm selling your car to JimmyMac. (£15,000 - rip off! But it's okay - I sold him a cheap house last year.)

[andyfcuk85]

Feb 25, 2009 1:21:34 GMT 1 @andyhudd said:

Feb 25, 2009 0:37:34 GMT 1 shawsie said:

As much as the night chosen could be considered ill-timed, the one thing our club cannot be accused of this season is pricing out the common fan - i didnt hear too many complain at £100 season tickets because someone subsidised it.
By all means the dig at the use of the trophy/choice of night etc but lets not go overboard on the pricing angle - overall as fans we get a damn good deal at the moment financially!!!

The season ticket prices are irrelevant with respect to the prices of this event ... the club have no right to hijack this event, let alone to then charge £60 - and well and truly shut out its rightful audience.

Oh ... by the way ... just thought I'd let you know - I'm selling your car to JimmyMac. (£15,000 - rip off! But it's okay - I sold him a cheap house last year.)

Tunnel vision on your part i'm affraid. Take Take Take!!

You can moan, Groan, Complain........ What you going to achieve

End of the day if your that pieved off about it go and speak to the club - email sean or mids with your concerns (I'm sure you will get a honest reply) - However from the post by Sean and previous posts from Marcus it appears a way forward has been
agreed - Move on!!!

[andyfcuk85]

Feb 25, 2009 1:21:34 GMT 1 @andyhudd said:

Feb 25, 2009 0:37:34 GMT 1 shawsie said:

As much as the night chosen could be considered ill-timed, the one thing our club cannot be accused of this season is pricing out the common fan - i didnt hear too many complain at £100 season tickets because someone subsidised it.
By all means the dig at the use of the trophy/choice of night etc but lets not go overboard on the pricing angle - overall as fans we get a damn good deal at the moment financially!!!

The season ticket prices are irrelevant with respect to the prices of this event ... the club have no right to hijack this event, let alone to then charge £60 - and well and truly shut out its rightful audience.

Oh ... by the way ... just thought I'd let you know - I'm selling your car to JimmyMac. (£15,000 - rip off! But it's okay - I sold him a cheap house last year.)

And season ticket prices are irrelevant Ok Lets See

A)Season Ticket £350
Award Event £25

or

B)Season Ticket £100
Award Event £60

Which package do you buy ??

[andyhudd]

Agreed - but why has it been agreed? Out of genuine contentness at the state of affairs, or at risk of upsetting the club and damaging the positive relationship that has been formed since the change of ownership?

You call it moaning, I call it refusing to be taken for a fool!

[andyhudd]

Feb 25, 2009 1:38:51 GMT 1 @andyfcuk85 said:

Feb 25, 2009 1:21:34 GMT 1 @andyhudd said:

The season ticket prices are irrelevant with respect to the prices of this event ... the club have no right to hijack this event, let alone to then charge £60 - and well and truly shut out its rightful audience.

Oh ... by the way ... just thought I'd let you know - I'm selling your car to JimmyMac. (£15,000 - rip off! But it's okay - I sold him a cheap house last year.)

And season ticket prices are irrelevant Ok Lets See

A)Season Ticket £350
Award Event £25

or

B)Season Ticket £100
Award Event £60

Which package do you buy ??

You're not quite understanding this, are you?

People didn't use to pay the club £25 - as it wasn't the club's event. The club have taken it from the supporters, without consent ... and people are expected to then pay the club £60 to get in, despite the club having no rightful ownership of it.

There's been no true compromise, in any form.

[Polish Hippy]

Feb 25, 2009 1:50:12 GMT 1 @andyhudd said:

You're not quite understanding this, are you?

People didn't use to pay the club £25 - as it wasn't the club's event. The club have taken it from the supporters, without consent ... and people are expected to then pay the club £60 to get in, despite the club having no rightful ownership of it.

There's been no true compromise, in any form.

Well it seems consent has now been given or I think total capitulation would be the correct adjective here. Still we can't go rocking any boats now can we...............

[townatheart]

Feb 25, 2009 0:19:36 GMT 1 @bluearmy86 said:

Feb 24, 2009 23:26:33 GMT 1 Polish Hippy said:

The fact is that the club have grabbed control of an event which was traditionally organised by the fans and open for the vast majority of fans and turned it into an event which is very expensive and open only to a minority of fans. What could have been a great finalé to the end of the centenary season celebrations is now and exclusive beano for what the club see as an élite group of people - the ordinary supporter being well and truly shafted and sidelined.

Under the guise of discussion and co-operation the club have stealthily worked towards organising what they wanted to do all along. The very fact that it was announced without informing HTSA and, after our objections were made once it was announced they informed us it was going to go ahead, they then say the event was going to go ahead in that format whether we liked it or not, to me that smacks of something right out of the Ken Davy/Andrew Watson era.

The whole thing stinks!!

Forgive my ignorance if I've got this completely wrong, and I don't want to sound rude. But this smacks to me of you rubbing your hands together at the first sight of something slightly contestable going on at the club under the new regime. I wish you could put as much effort into supporting Huddersfield Town, as you do relishing the prospect of the next argument you can get yourself into.

Werlinger - just for the record, not that Polish is in need of anyone to jump to his defense, and while I personally think the lad is overexposing another side of his good self on this issue, his intentions and commitment to Town is genuine and solid to say the least. believe me, the effort he puts in to supporting Town, both 'on the pitch' and with issues off the pitch is to be commended. he has and does put in much more than his fair share. as warren zevon says, he is just an excitable boy

[bluearmy86]

I'm really looking forward to Stockport away on Saturday.