Members ballot

[nat]

Just received my conditions for attending the Oval on Saturday.Go into ground when you want,only conditions seem to be that you wear a mask when walking around and socially distance in queues for food and drink.Welcome to bring your own food and drink in,and I bet bags wont be searched.Glad I did'nt get a ticket for Essex now :)Almost like a normal days cricket watching.

Yep Essex seem to have lost their way in dealing with their supporters/members although there has always been a surly streak from some/many in the club. Has been my club/county for a very long time but I'm beginning to waiver.

[Andy]

Yep Essex seem to have lost their way in dealing with their supporters/members although there has always been a surly streak from some/many in the club. Has been my club/county for a very long time but I'm beginning to waiver.

 

[stewyww]

Just received my conditions for attending the Oval on Saturday.Go into ground when you want,only conditions seem to be that you wear a mask when walking around and socially distance in queues for food and drink.Welcome to bring your own food and drink in,and I bet bags wont be searched.Glad I did'nt get a ticket for Essex now :)Almost like a normal days cricket watching.

Yep Essex seem to have lost their way in dealing with their supporters/members although there has always been a surly streak from some/many in the club. Has been my club/county for a very long time but I'm beginning to waiver.

Do you know what Nat, you have struck a chord with me there. Like you I have been a supporter for many years, first game in 1966 and a member since 1978, but I feel betrayed by the club over this issue.
Suggest you watch the latest missive from the club on YouTube from Dan Feist - Ground Manager (no, me neither) wittering on about the return of fans to the ground, the special atmosphere blah blah, the measures taken to make the ground safe blah blah.
It could have come straight out of North Korea. Cover up.

[Valentines Park]

Off to the Oval today so I did have a chuckle about just receiving an email from the club saying ”The fans mean so much”

[smandlej]

Is that a variation on 'Your call is important to us'?

Lynda

[Valentines Park]

Is that a variation on 'Your call is important to us'?

Even less sincere I'd say.

Especially as it's accompanied.with a video of Tom Westley saying the club regularly attract 2,000 for a county game.

[Andy]

Presumably, before play starts there will be a rousing chorus of 'where are you General?' As a middle aged Asian woman in a pink dress yells out how 'our magnificent Supreme Leader Westley' is going to lay waste to the 'decadent capitalist' Warwickshire attack and that there will be pies and hot bovril for everyone (unless comrade Browne has get there first)?

[nat]

Presumably, before play starts there will be a rousing chorus of 'where are you General?' As a middle aged Asian woman in a pink dress yells out how 'our magnificent Supreme Leader Westley' is going to lay waste to the 'decadent capitalist' Warwickshire attack and that there will be pies and hot bovril for everyone (unless comrade Browne has get there first)?

whaaaaat?
been on the wacky baccy?

[Oldhasbeen]

Presumably, before play starts there will be a rousing chorus of 'where are you General?' As a middle aged Asian woman in a pink dress yells out how 'our magnificent Supreme Leader Westley' is going to lay waste to the 'decadent capitalist' Warwickshire attack and that there will be pies and hot bovril for everyone (unless comrade Browne has get there first)?

WTF?

[Mick]

They said on commentary today that the problem at Chelmsford is the narrow walkways. It is very hard to keep people safely distant. With the new rise in covid cases caution has to be the way for now however disappointing.

It seems from the video feed that for our 200 supporters granted access today only the most cramped bit with the narrowest gangways is being used. You couldn't make it up.

[Valentines Park]

It seems from the video feed that for our 200 supporters granted access today only the most cramped bit with the narrowest gangways is being used. You couldn't make it up.

Meanwhile at the Oval no bag checks & free score cards are the order of the day.

It's almost like they value your custom.

[nat]

It seems from the video feed that for our 200 supporters granted access today only the most cramped bit with the narrowest gangways is being used. You couldn't make it up.

Meanwhile at the Oval no bag checks & free score cards are the order of the day.

It's almost like they value your custom.

Grrrrr....my loyalty is being tested.

[vim]

John Farragher said on the on line service that he wanted 600 in the ground and was told that there were Health and Safety reasons. Why did he not show some backbone and tell the so called experts that they are talking rubbish.

The same goes for the Prime Minister.

[essexfan548]

John Farragher said on the on line service that he wanted 600 in the ground and was told that there were Health and Safety reasons. Why did he not show some backbone and tell the so called experts that they are talking rubbish.

The same goes for the Prime Minister.

So why not write to members and say this? I think people would have been more understanding if the 200 was imposed on the club.

[stewyww]

John Farragher said on the on line service that he wanted 600 in the ground and was told that there were Health and Safety reasons. Why did he not show some backbone and tell the so called experts that they are talking rubbish.

The same goes for the Prime Minister.

Not true. In fact it was the other way round. The authorities said 600 was their recommendation. It was the club's decision to reduce this to 200 for financial reasons. I have this from the horse's mouth.