Haway The Flags

T_Bone · 16th September 2011, 09:08 PM

No pun intended, but....has it folded ?
Wtf is going on ?
Get the momentum back ffs.
Where is the Quinny banner or the retro flag ?

Randy Savage · 16th September 2011, 10:03 PM

No it hasn't folded marra.

We didn't surf the flag pre-Chelsea as there weren't enough people in the North Stand five minutes before kick off, when we deploy it. It needs enough bodies underneath it or it will flop badly, so we decided to pull it at the last minute.

The intention always was/is to buy another, bigger surfer, which most appeared to want. The simple facts are a bigger one will cost more money than we have at the minute (we have over a grand in the pot at last count).

A question I raised with the lads involved the other day was whether we should just stick with the surfer we have got, and spend the money we have on a couple of more regular large flags, albeit something more 'original' than the usual St George's cross stuff. Personally, I had thought of something like a County Durham flag with an SAFC crest added.

We could also perhaps go for that image of Quinny on a flag?

I thought we could then perhaps try and add a new flag each season.

The idea of long banners like at the Stretford End is a non-starter at the minute. The area we thought they would look best is at the front of the North Stand upper tier and the supporters association branch flags are already there and they paid good money for them so that is out. The club haven't identified a suitable area for large banners (the sort we were looking for would be way bigger than the one in the SWC) as yet, and apparently some specialist machinery would have to be brought in to hang the banners and it's not a commonly available piece of machinery, so we might as well move on from that idea.

What are people's thoughts? Push for a new, bigger surfer (more contributions) and accept there may be some days when it can't be surfed (not enough people in the stand) or keep the one we have got and go for more traditional flags?

flusheding · 16th September 2011, 10:09 PM

http://gizmodo.com/5839995/those-hum...-50000-to-make

Randy Savage · 16th September 2011, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flusheding

http://gizmodo.com/5839995/those-hum...-50000-to-make

and what's your point?

Nick666 · 16th September 2011, 11:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by T_Bone

No pun intended, but....has it folded ?
Wtf is going on ?
Get the momentum back ffs.
Where is the Quinny banner or the retro flag ?

The large retro crest surfer is still next in line mate.

Been hard getting any form of momentum for donations going when home results haven't been going our way. Everyone seems pissed off at the minute which is understandable.

Does't look like there will be any external funding coming our way for the time being but we do have an official street collection in december which should get things moving. We need about £1400 more for the size surfer we want.

Hopefully once our form picks up on the pitch we can get the focus going again, until then we are probably banging our heads off the wall.

Quote:

Originally Posted by flusheding

http://gizmodo.com/5839995/those-hum...-50000-to-make

now that would be immense!

Randy Savage · 16th September 2011, 11:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nick666

The large retro crest surfer is still next in line mate.

Been hard getting any form of momentum for donations going when home results haven't been going our way. Everyone seems pissed off at the minute which is understandable.

Does't look like there will be any external funding coming our way for the time being but we do have an official street collection in december which should get things moving. We need about £1400 more for the size surfer we want.

Hopefully once our form picks up on the pitch we can get the focus going again, until then we are probably banging our heads off the wall.

now that would be immense!

I was just about to ask if you'd checked out my e-mail yet or not. Spooky!

Nick666 · 16th September 2011, 11:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Randy Savage

I was just about to ask if you'd checked out my e-mail yet or not. Spooky!

ha its a trippy world out there, will have a look now geeza

Daffy · 16th September 2011, 11:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Randy Savage

No it hasn't folded marra.

We didn't surf the flag pre-Chelsea as there weren't enough people in the North Stand five minutes before kick off, when we deploy it. It needs enough bodies underneath it or it will flop badly, so we decided to pull it at the last minute.

The intention always was/is to buy another, bigger surfer, which most appeared to want. The simple facts are a bigger one will cost more money than we have at the minute (we have over a grand in the pot at last count).

A question I raised with the lads involved the other day was whether we should just stick with the surfer we have got, and spend the money we have on a couple of more regular large flags, albeit something more 'original' than the usual St George's cross stuff. Personally, I had thought of something like a County Durham flag with an SAFC crest added.

We could also perhaps go for that image of Quinny on a flag?

I thought we could then perhaps try and add a new flag each season.

The idea of long banners like at the Stretford End is a non-starter at the minute. The area we thought they would look best is at the front of the North Stand upper tier and the supporters association branch flags are already there and they paid good money for them so that is out. The club haven't identified a suitable area for large banners (the sort we were looking for would be way bigger than the one in the SWC) as yet, and apparently some specialist machinery would have to be brought in to hang the banners and it's not a commonly available piece of machinery, so we might as well move on from that idea.

What are people's thoughts? Push for a new, bigger surfer (more contributions) and accept there may be some days when it can't be surfed (not enough people in the stand) or keep the one we have got and go for more traditional flags?

Agree mate , SAFC is a Co Durham club .

flusheding · 16th September 2011, 11:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Randy Savage

and what's your point?

lets go all out and get something ridiculous :P

I've heard prices banded about of 15-20k for the liverpool flags that are about 1/4 the size of that $50k flag. Maybe there can be something cheaper gotten abroad?

Nick666 · 16th September 2011, 11:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flusheding

lets go all out and get something ridiculous :P

I've heard prices banded about of 15-20k for the liverpool flags that are about 1/4 the size of that $50k flag. Maybe there can be something cheaper gotten abroad?

We are in touch with the company who make the liverpool, man u and barca flags, got a good deal lined up just need the cash!