you'd think floodlights were part of a standard user agreement that has not changed

Yeah but floodlights have changed. One of only a few of them in the country

Floodlighting will be part of the deal, in use they will be on anyway. New LED ones use less juice.

so how can it COST a FOUR FIGURE sum to have a spud press play on a laptop each game??

What it actually costs the SMC is less the point than what the SMC charge us for the privilege of using their equipment. IIRC they altered the deal terms to start charging us for putting pictures of Johnny Whiteley on the walls, the direct incremental cost of which to the SMC was probably less than what they charged us?

It obviously doesn't cost a four figure sum, just like it doesn't cost anywhere near the amount the SMC wants to start charging to open up The Dugout for the Disabled Group to meet for one hour every 3 months. They are pulling figures out of thin air and loosing custom for it. If they used a realistic figure then they may actually make a profit because we would use the lights more and the Disabled Group could afford to use the Stadium for meetings.

The Parkers trouble was down to a Hull fan pinching a Salford flag. There was no need for it. The Salford lads were great, just wanted to talk rugby and wish us well, then enter the idiot.

I think they have the same sort of power consumption as standard lamps when run at full brightness (from the initial press releases) but last longer, have better light coverage and have instant on/off. You also don't get the flicker on TV that you get from lamps running at 50Hz.

I wonder if City pay £2k if they want to use the special lighting effects?

It always makes me smile a bit when you study the media, because on another thread there is talk of Gwilym cheering on air when Rovers scrapped a last minute goal and then here we all are talking about a greats night of entertainment and a deal of innovation and a fantastic pre match at the KC and yet it commands around 3 lines in the mail while I just had a look at the Mail web site and a washed up rock star appears at Craven Park and gets a full story pictures the lot!!

C`mon Wilf. Give a little respect!

It was cringeworthy on blunderside with them trying to get as many Erasure song titles in

I can't understand why they invited him. That song just rekindles memories of the most humiliating day in the clubs' history.

Really!



Never listen to that poor excuse for a radio station these days.

Come on Wilf you're normally pretty clued up but dont associate a great music genre of ROCK to Andy Bell of the cheesy pop fame!!!!! Its nearly as bad a likening us to the noisy neighbours.

Got to admit though the Radio Humberside love in for Rovers this afternoon was actually cringeworthy and just shows how poor the RL Director is, talk about amateurish, how he still gets a gig there is a mystery.

If you're unhappy with our share of voice or the partisan nature of RH coverage, I understand there's a new managing editor at Radio Humberside, Martyn Weston (martyn.weston@bbc.co.uk).

If you're unhappy with our share of voice or the partisan nature of RH coverage, I understand there's a new managing editor at Radio Humberside, Martyn Weston (martyn.weston@bbc.co.uk).

I Apologise profusely! I should have put washed up electro geek!

However apparently so close has Andy Bell come to the club that they are going to name the South end of the ground after him!

PMSL just spat my coffee out over my screen.

Its certainly has a ring to it don't you think The Bell End

With the proud fans in their "I'm a Bell Ender" tee shirts

(All nicked from HDM so can't claim as my own

)

Must say though I congratulate everyone at the club for the effort that must have gone into the pre match build up for the game. 10 out of 10.

Think if the on field performances can match the off field then we should indeed be in for a good & entertaining season.

Can I ask where you got that one from?

It was actually my flag that he tried to nick, id only had it delivered the day before costing me £70, I was hardly going to let him pinch it. It was only a bit of pushing and shoving and the Hull fan gave it back, had he not then yes it probably would of kicked off, however I wouldn’t describe it as ‘trouble’. And FWIW it wasn’t the same group from Parkers that were kicked out of the ground.

Please tell me they used Ship Of Fools?

The word apparently sums it up.

It was wrong what he did but the retaliation from the other fans was not needed. I don't know if it was you I was speaking to trying to get you all to calm down but either way, non of it was needed.

Said stand that is normally reserved for FC fans (depending how well they are doing)

Very good

Very good Shirl it summed them up totally but I think Love to hate you is very appropriate for them