Birmingham Moseley 17-41 Coventry

[grooveavenue]

Well it comes to something when the only man that livens up sleeping pitch side BMRFC followers with an urge to shout loud gets it in the neck from contributors. Also sounds as if some can only tolerate cheer leading when we are winning. Ask the players if Mr Evan's call to arms works. Should we be in mourning if we are down?! Three Cheers for Lee Evans!! It would have been better to have contributed about Chris's 100th rather screeching remarks about staff who volunteer!!

Distressed, burdened, crestfallen and disquieted of Moseley.

In moving on we can now start making inroads to "moving on up" that table with fixtures in January 18 and beyond.

Good New Year to All!!!

[grooveavenue]

............Oh!.........and well done Chris too!

[observer]

Dec 29, 2017 12:10:20 GMT grooveavenue said:

Well it comes to something when the only man that livens up sleeping pitch side BMRFC followers with an urge to shout loud gets it in the neck from contributors. Also sounds as if some can only tolerate cheer leading when we are winning. Ask the players if Mr Evan's call to arms works. Should we be in mourning if we are down?! Three Cheers for Lee Evans!! It would have been better to have contributed about Chris's 100th rather screeching remarks about staff who volunteer!!

Distressed, burdened, crestfallen and disquieted of Moseley.

In moving on we can now start making inroads to "moving on up" that table with fixtures in January 18 and beyond.

Good New Year to All!!!

I suspect you may have mis-read the earlier post - I didn't read it as any criticism of Lee originally, and having just re-read still don't read it as such.......guess it 'could' be read as such, but more likely it was criticism of on-field performance.

[grooveavenue]

"Can you take over"... etc does sound a quite a lot negative to me...."when what I see in front of me is pathetic" or similar doesnt sound too enthusiastic about wanting to join in The P.A.'s enthusiasm....

Every year we seem to get this kind of criticism shrouded thread.I ain't going for it so stay with Club or think beyond and volunteer....

[lboromose]

Clearly everyone commenting on the board wants to see success at Moseley. This should be achieved with dignity and with respect to the opposition. All jobs from the people directing the cars as they arrive and manning the entrances right through to the players contribute to the experience that is Birmingham Moseley rugby club. So an important feature is not just that these jobs are done but the way that these jobs are carried out. There is no doubt that Lee is a committed and popular figure at the club and no one intends any criticism which will discourage. But the style of delivery is not to everyone's taste. I have heard many comments from supporters ( home and certainly away) that the use of the sound system to cheer on the team and encourage the home support does not show respect to the opposition. It would be interesting to know how the players feel about this too. Let's face it can you really see this happening at the premiership clubs or an international! They are professional in their outlook. If we want to progress as a club even though a major part of the work done is by volunteers we have to aim to achieve the same standards ........ or accept we are no longer a big club.

I do not wish to offend Lee and raise the issue hoping to encourage a different style in the future.

[martinwatson aka Camera Shake]

Dec 31, 2017 10:32:55 GMT lboromose said:

Let's face it can you really see this happening at the premiership clubs

I've clearly heard "come on you Irish" over the stadium PA when watching London Irish prem games on TV.

Quins start off with that catchy little intro over the PA encouraging their supporters to launch into Mighty Quin......

[anonymous]

Dec 31, 2017 11:47:41 GMT martinwatson aka Camera Shake said:

Dec 31, 2017 10:32:55 GMT lboromose said:

Let's face it can you really see this happening at the premiership clubs

I've clearly heard "come on you Irish" over the stadium PA when watching London Irish prem games on TV.

Quins start off with that catchy little intro over the PA encouraging their supporters to launch into Mighty Quin......

Likewise London Scottish - or at least they used to.   Esher also have that rallying trumpet style call and I am sure there are others.

Personally I like they way things are done at Moseley, I don't think a few words on each restart are overly intrusive.  There have been plenty of occasions where there has been a request for a round of applause for the opposition as they have taken/left the field/been substituted which I think is a nice gesture and reflects well on us as supporters.

[CJB1]

I wouldn't like to ask Lee to change his style much. But one thing I've noticed at away grounds is that players' sponsors can get a mention whenever they score, are replaced or come on as replacements, and even when they get a card. That is something I think we could do to add value for sponsors. Anyone else agree?

[Shy Spa]

Unchanged from the previous discussion. And since then we've seen a number of tries where the scorer is unclear.

Quins and Irish will have full time marketing and PR teams who can probably quantify the benefits to sponsors, and manage the whole process. I wonder how many of our player sponsors do so on a truly commercial basis, which might benefit from this sort of thing, rather than seeing it as a mechanism to support the club?

I'm OK with the naming of sponsors in the pre-match announcements, but keep it simple during the game. The performance of the team has a far greater effect on vocal support than any encouragement over the tannoy.

[martinwatson aka Camera Shake]

Jan 1, 2018 18:12:05 GMT Shy Spa said:

The performance of the team has a far greater effect on vocal support than any encouragement over the tannoy.

Ah, but the question is, what effect does the vocal support have on the performance of the team?

[kingsheathlad]

The team always appreciate the away support and come over to the supporters at the end of game.

[rugbywendy]

Reading this as a Cov supporter, i am saddened and embarrassed that it is felt that we are arrogant or have short memories of what was nearly the end of our once great club. I can only apologise on their behalf and for what it is worth, the memories are deep routed and painful... I and many others contributed a lot of money to keep our club alive. 

Having watched the game pre-Christmas and reading this post, there are a few things that have struck me; -

Some of you are very frustrated at your teams performance. I get this but you have gone through quite a period of change and continue to do so, it will get better! Just bear with and keep the support and positivity. For what it is worth, I feel you gave a decent performance of yourselves in the second half. Granted, we managed to do particularly well in the first half with ball in hand but your pack was decent throughout and I felt your back row were very aggressive in the second half, particularly Buster who may have been playing 4 but with ball in hand, he made some metres.
Your replacement 10 wo at least one didn't know the name of, is Sam Hollingsworth who came to you from Cov Development/Broadstreet and gave a very good account of himself, igniting much needed speed and handling in the second half.
Sam Smith didn't play a game last season for Cov, I understand he was going to be put out on loan as a development player but instead chose to continue training with Cov but not play any games as he felt he would benefit being around the first tea, even without playing. I don't particularly rate him. McBurnie however, was with Cov for a while and I do think he is a good player although again, he didn't play much last season as we had better centres or certainly centres that fitted our game plan better.

Pleased you had a decent crowd, I managed to get a seat in the stand and had a good view of things. I have sympathy for the steward/s in the stand for whom it was the first match at Moseley. They were kind and polite to all, despite some unpleasant responses when they advised some spectators that they weren't allowed to use the top half - as they were all allocated to the pre-match meal guests.

Lastly, your commentator aroused some excitement in what was a difficult match for you i would imagine, so i would be praising him - i actually thought he was doing the right thing and i don't have issue with the occasional bout of cheer-leading. 

Anyway, ive babbled enough. I wish you all the best for the rest of the season, including improved results. I'd like to think we don't see you next season, not arrogant, just hopeful that we are promoted. As such, until we meet again, enjoy!

C'mon Cov!