The great big fantastic super duper amazing news was....

the panthers in the community scheme failed to work and they are now replacing it with a lottery syndicate type thing...

wasn't worth waiting around 30mins for...

Jesus Christ on a bike....was that it??

So the great big news was that one of our schemes failed? Not that it was ever going to do anything but as we simply do not have the fanbase to support such a scheme.

Sometimes I absolutely despair at some peoples ability to point the gun squarely at their own size 9's.

Still, a lottery syndicate eh? That'll set people's pulses racing...

In fairness, this scheme is more likely to do better than the 'panthers in the community' which like you said, required a bigger fan base. It is tied into the Lancs cricket club lottery scheme to allow greater potential winnings, and then you can win some other items that the club are putting up.

However, as a semi-casual fan, I would be more tempted to buy a season ticket or shirt to put fund in the club...

I agree, but I think the whole thing could have been handled so much better from a PR perspective.

i disagree with that sentiment seagull - because the news was relatively underwhelming generating such a PR stir about an announcement was the only way to get fans to hang around afterwards, and as a result a greater number than you'd expect were there to be given all the leaflets trying to encourage you to join the scheme - what else could they do? tell everyone what the announcement would be beforehand and watch them finish their beers on the final hooter and head off home?

they took advantage of the fact that the fans know certain big stories are in the pipeline for the club and so fans would turn up for the announcement. lets just hope they don't pull the stunt too often as it might start to hack fans off