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    A New Group of Attention Seekers

    in The Haigh and Wright Suite

    Posted

    5 hours ago, Tylluan said:

    @BraddersTim you were fighting a losing battle in that Twitter thread the moment you typed your first word. Why did you put yourself through it? 

    You got a reasonable answer out of the first one, around waiting til the season ends to determine the window, but as soon as you ask why they all piled on as soon as the window shuts he disappears and the other monkeys jump on. 

    And the organ grinder will be on the background watching all and smiling. 

    It's like that first series of Triggerpoint (god it's shit) where one bloke with an ulterior motive finds a set of disgruntled Muppets with a half baked ideology and half a brain cell between them and uses them for his own means while getting them to believe it's for their own cause and beliefs. 

    I wanted to see if the Group themselves could/would answer the question honestly.  They didn't/couldn't.  Instead they let the loyalists fight their cause, most of them couldn't even understand the premise of the question.  Still, every army needs fodder. 

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    A New Group of Attention Seekers

    in The Haigh and Wright Suite

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    I've been thinking about this...

    They  kicked off again at the end of the transfer window.  Their reasoning was that they'd gone quiet to give DC a chance to back the manager and put together what we needed.  Because, in their view we'd had a crap window, as soon as the bell tolled they were justified in setting off again...so they did.

    Now it's becoming clear that we actually had a more than decent window, especially in relation the the clubs around us, are they big enough to admit that they were wrong to start again?

    Geoff?  Geoff?

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    German fans protests paid dividends

    in The Haigh and Wright Suite

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    12 hours ago, mkowl said:

    Difference with Birmingham is the Arena there is bang next to the NEC, train station and the M42. Shopping and restaurant complex, at least 2 hotels, if not more. Parking was less good and pricey. But you end up with a huge catchment area, last gig we went there were folk from the West Country. I appreciate people do travel quite a long way for gigs. 

    But we prefer going that way rather than into London 

    Can I just say, I absolutely fucking detest the NEC.

    German fans protests paid dividends

    in The Haigh and Wright Suite

    Posted

    35 minutes ago, Andyben said:

    Where? They've played three time in Sheffield at DVS, as did Michale Jackson, Tina Turner, U2 etc

     

    Add in the Eagles, RHCP, Spice Girls, Celne Dion - not many bigger worldwide artist during that period from early 1990's to mid 2000's

     

    Birmingham.

     

    We're not actually disagreeing that much.  Yeah I'm saying Sheffield won't get global acts now, and it won't.  The infrastructure just isn't there for that and "Sheffield" doesn't have any cache on the global gig circuit, not in the way that the cities that you mention do (even chuffing Birmingham).  And Sheffield City Council doesn't have the will/means/ambition to change it, which is pretty much what you're saying.

    German fans protests paid dividends

    in The Haigh and Wright Suite

    Posted

    30 minutes ago, Andyben said:

    But who's stayed  there?

    We're talking about global stars and I can guarantee the reason none play Sheffield is the fact that yts 1hr plus to get back to a decent hotel post gig.

    Where's Sheffield Lowry or Nobu?

    You're confusing Sheffield with London, Paris, Amsterdam etc  It will never get global superstars who sell out 40k plus arenas because it doesn't have any.

    The bands that play Motorpoint will quite happily stay at the hotel I've just quoted (& others like it) and they have.  It's not an issue.

    German fans protests paid dividends

    in The Haigh and Wright Suite

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    23 minutes ago, Hirstys 12th Pint said:

    I know we are going off the original subject but interesting none the less. 

    The problem with Sheffield before the O2 debacle was the gap in size between O2 Academy which is a garbage venue sound wise but bands seemed to like it, and the next level which is the Arena.   The Arena has been overtaken by other facilities in particularly Leeds and Nottingham.  I have have not been to Leeds but apparently it is a fantastic layout.  This needs replicating in Sheffield.   The Hull Bonus Arena is a great example of what could be built on the Cole Brothers site. 

    Throw into the mix the criminally under used Octagon Centre and we are really low on venues.  

     

    Bradford Live opens at the end of this year, in the old Odeon building.  It's a beautiful building and it's being lovingly restored.  Once opened it'll be similar to the Hull Bonus arena in size and will get the mid size bands/legacy acts.  It'll also feed people really well into the areas of regeneration in the city centre, which tbf look pretty good.

    If Bradford can do it, why can't Sheffield? Yes the Bradford Council have shown vision but there's no reason why Sheffield can't use some forward thinking.

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    German fans protests paid dividends

    in The Haigh and Wright Suite

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    For those who think that Leeds is a paradise, it isn't.

    Many years ago, I was the Manager of one of the big retail units in this video.  The turnover was one of the highest in the country, such a busy busy shop, sad it see it boarded up now.  Leeds high street are like most other cities in the UK, although the nightlife does redeem it.

    There again, some of the worst poverty you can witness is to be found in the outlying areas, eg Harehills, Gipton, Little London, Beeston...IMO worse than anything you'll see in Sheffield.

    German fans protests paid dividends

    in The Haigh and Wright Suite

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    The Berties losing every week, being in hock and in a mess when they do go down, that's progress is it? 

    *fwiw, if we could do what Burnley did, go up, get the money, go down and go straight back up again, I'd be all for that.  Or a Brentford, where they have a system and if the Manager leaves the new one picks up that system.  But we wouldn't have that, Rohl is a an up and coming manager and at some point someone will take him off us, but we won't continue with his system, DC doesn't have that consistency in him.  

     

    2023/24 Wednesday transfer thread...

    in The Haigh and Wright Suite

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    2 hours ago, Tylluan said:

    We won't sign him now as he's not played since last season and not trained since last July but there has to be something behind him being here, if Indeed he is. 

    He's a free agent so we could put him on a, court verdict dependant, pre-nup if he continues to train with us. He'd be a cracking player in the Championship for zero outlay 

    Hmm, as we've seen with other cases, getting the court verdict doesn't take the stench away & this is a really shitty charge.  Domestic violence against your pregnant girlfriend?  If he's done it, gets away with it and plays for us, I'd be quite content if another player snaps both his legs.

    2023/24 Wednesday transfer thread...

    in The Haigh and Wright Suite

    Posted

    10 hours ago, Gamblor said:

    From the BBC gossip column:

    Sheffield Wednesday, Bolton Wanderers and Peterborough United are exploring a move for 31-year-old Jamaica midfielder Ravel Morrison, who is a free agent after leaving MLS side DC United. (Teamtalk)

    Thankfully the source aren’t exactly known for their reliability.

    Siri - find me the player least suited to Danny Rohl's methods of working...

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    A New Group of Attention Seekers

    in The Haigh and Wright Suite

    Posted

    I've criticised this group right from their first awfully drafted statement, all the way through their spreading of rumours as facts, borderline racism, targeting players, piss poor protests and lying on Twitter then pretending they didn't.

    But I do think the last protest was done pretty well and maybe gives them some direction to go in.  Maybe having got rid of Boy Wonder they got someone in who was competent 😂*

     

     

     

    *Geoff - I know you're reading...it's a joke, ok?

    The 'don't enter if easily offended thread'

    in The Haigh and Wright Suite

    Posted · Edited by BraddersTim

    My company has a contract with the local council.  We supply drivers with enhanced DBS to drive children and adults with special needs to schools and adult centres.  The entire system is under constant stress to the point of nearly breaking down.  5 years ago there were 1500 children in the area with SEN, now there are 3500+ and rising, putting a huge resource cost on a council that basically can't afford it.  I think they have about 200 vehicles and I know that this week 43 of them are in the workshop either for repair on inspection.  Very few of them will come out quickly because that council operated workshop also does the refuse trucks, cans etc and there's a huge backlog and very few staff there, plus a shortage of parts.  The people responsible for planning are just getting by minute to minute, firefighting the whole time, until it takes its toll on them too. 

    I've done quite a lot of shifts to help out when they've been desperate and it's a massively rewarding job.  You're driving much of the time (but not always) in some of the poorest areas of the city, the depravation is plain to see.  But the positive impact on the kids themselves and their family's of the kids getting to school is lovely to see.  Do I think that the system is being played?  By and large, No.  All the kids I've seen have genuine special needs, many are non verbal, some in wheelchairs, others with Autism, severe ADHD and much more.  Most of the time they're just great kids, often very intelligent, sometimes not, but honestly, it's usually a joy of a job to do.

    What I don't understand is what has driven the huge increase in numbers of SEND across the country.  I really don't think that it's down to parents playing the system, certainly not in the area I'm in.  But it's causing massive financial pain to councils when they can least afford it.  Politicians are going to have to start looking at it soon, but hopefully without causing culture wars on the subject.  It needs real experts in the field to offer analysis and find solutions otherwise the system will break.  I saw a clip from a council meeting somewhere (on X) and it was horrible.  Councillors glibly talking about the costs of SEND, with no insight, making assumptions and highlighting their prejudices.  It's a shame because with some actual experts in the room, they might have been able to understand the problems a bit better.

    I've tried to keep politics out of this, because in my view the issue needs to be reviewed thoroughly, but when you talk about council funding, kids with special needs, teachers, poverty and immigration etc, entrenched political views come to the front and the conversation gets derailed.  I'm not an expert on this - it's just a viewpoint from somebody who has been working in the system and having meetings with the transport management for the last 2 years. 

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