Rovers had a fans forum last night. Darrell Clarke, Ricky Martin and Ritchie Bates were on the panel. please log in to view this image Ritchie Bates has said "A new big screen will be operational from Saturday and there will be another new scoreboard to accommodate the 20% of fans who can't see where the new screen is positioned." On the redevelopment of The Mem, Bates said "The board's focus switched to the sport side after relegation but the chairman is speaking to consultants on a weekly basis but doesn't want to share anything until anything is concrete in order to avoid letting fans down." DC on potential incomings and outgoings, "We have to player trade. We have to manage that. Players who don’t want to play here, we will get the best deal for them and send them on their merry way. There are still areas on the pitch we need to strengthen.” Ricky Martin said "We can't announce anything today, but I’m really confident that we are a long way down the road to announce our ninth signing, which will be a centre-forward." (Announced this morning Fabrizio Cavegn) Regarding communication with the ownership, DC said “It’s been good. I could feel the passion in his voice ahead of next season. It’s all been really positive.” RM added “They don’t pick the team and have never picked the team.” This was all taken from comments on Twitter last night.
Following on from the fans forum, here are some of the things that have been going on at The Mem during the summer...
