Really? You think it’s unreasonable to suggest the the club website should have match reports from the preseason friendlies and a list of at least the names of the first team squad? The club have come on leaps and bounds over the last few years but the website and the fanzine fiasco are not up to the required standard.
No one expects the club to get everything right all the time but we can point out shortcomings when we see them and the irritate us. Not being able to find the friendlies scores on the official site and having to go to an unofficial source on Saturday was irritating and given the ‘new website’ fanfare I’m providing my feedback on it.
Sadly, the alternative is to praise a job which is done to a less than professional standard because it has been done by a volunteer who is unable to accept criticism. Most organisations are run by such people and the result is usually mediocrity brought about by an unwillingness to challenge the status quo.
Give me function over form any day. Long live Alty Files.
It's interesting you say that because the changes to the official website quite possibly came about after the fans survey as part of the 5 year plan. The opinion among the fan base was clearly strong enough for the status quo to be challenged...
I think the criticisms of the new site on here are fair and valid, and people are entitled to prefer what it replaced (and credit to John Laidlar for keeping it going and the work he puts in). But the "old" site had considerable faults too in my view and it had its detractors as the survey proved.
All in all, I much prefer what we now have and I'm sure others feel the same too. I'm not saying this to have a dig at any individual's efforts but a bit of context is needed.