This is attracting a measure of scepticism from the Addickted. They see it as a poor substitute for the fans' director and part of a broader pattern, of which the delisting of the company was another example, of distancing the club from 'awkward' fans.
The reasons given for getting rid of the fans' director do not entirely stack up. Legal responsibilities and risks are cited, but if these are so onerous, no one would be a non-executive director on any board. And far as I am aware there have been no recent changes in company law. Admittedly, considerations of commercial confidentiality and other legal requirements did constrain what the fans' director could tell the fans. But it was a useful two-way channel of communication. Some fans have asked why we can't have both the forum and the director.
However, the fans' forum is what we have so we need to try and make it work, even if it does degenerate into miscellaneous grumblings about the catering or the finer details of the Rickshaw service. That means that we need good calibre candidates to come forward.
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