Apologies for the lack of reports the last month or so, what with a long holiday and work I have been pretty busy and haven't had time to collate everything I've been doing into a report.
I will try and get them out every month from now on.
I also intend to post a weekly statement.
I hope to ask Kenny a question after each game, one that maybe hasn't been covered in his post match interviews.

The close season is meant to be pretty quiet but not with us , GFL was prominent in all our minds and the future of our club seemed to be in doubt once again, John Berlyson promised me personally he would stick by us through thick and thin and he has stuck to his word.
The result of the vote was a resounding victory for John and the board. I personally feel the club is now in a stronger position as the GFL battle caused JGB and other directors to convert their loans into shares.
This means the club are in less debt and less interest payments will be going out. Bob Asprey, Nick Hart, the MSC, the Lions Trust and many, many more fans need to be thanked for their support during this time.
It was great to see us all sticking together. That's what makes Millwall so unique.

We also had the resignation of Jeff Burnige.
Jeff is really part of the fixtures and fittings at Millwall, his shock of grey hair has been blowing in the wind for as long as I have been going.
I really don't think we have seen the last of Jeff either, he will remain the first port of call for me when I need answers regarding Millwall history.
Stewart Till has also stood down due to the pressure of his new business project. I hope it takes off for him as I know how much he has put into it.
He has managed to juggle both roles for quite a while but feels he cannot give 100% to the club at the moment.
He will continue to attend games and complete a few projects he has ongoing at the club.

The decision to change the youth policy from Academy to Centre of Excellence status is the biggest decision taken by the club for a long while.
Only time will tell if it is the right one. In 3-4 years if we have a good crop of youngsters coming through it will have been vindicated.
The decision was based on a lack of quality players coming through considering the financial input into the Academy, with young player s being poached by the big clubs and Millwall powerless to stop them.
It does have its bad points, but put the choices to a young player of Millwall or Liverpool, unless you are a dedicated fan as well as a scholar there is very little doubt which way you will go. Kenny Jacket has managed to pick up Dave Martin and Lewis Grabban from Palace.
This is another way we can get young players in, players who can't break into other club's first team on a regular basis.
All in all, the decision to move to a Centre of Excellence was a very brave one which has split opinion among us, let's hope it is the right one!
I know all fans will want to get behind Scott Fitzgerald who has been given the task of running the Centre and wish him the best for the future.

There has been a lot of misinformation regarding Richard Sadlier and his testimonial/benefit game, I arranged a meeting prior to the Southend game between Sads, Andy Ambler and myself to see if we could get somewhere closer to arranging a game.
The club has always been open to helping Sads, but the problem has been getting the calibre of opposition that would draw a fair crowd to ensure he gets a decentpay day.
The club is willing to do all we can. Andy Ambler has already met with the police because policing on the day will obviously have a bearing on the financial outcome.
Andy hopes our good relationship with the police will enable us to keep those costs to a minimum.
Sads is looking for a quality team for us to play at The Den and is hopeful he can get someone possibly for pre-season next year, I will be keeping in touch with Sads and keep everyone informed as soon as I have any further info.

Kenny Jackett has gone about his business very quietly, bringing in a lot of young players to compliment the experience we already have.
Many people keep asking me when KJ will buy the 20 goal a season striker we need.
All I can say is KJ knows what he wants, the chairman has made it clear to KJ that if we are one player away from a promotion winning side funds will be made available.
KJ picks the team and the players he brings in, if he doesn't bring in a striker for instance it is because he is happy with what he has got, and with the budget he has available to him cannot improve on the current squad.
The frustrating thing is behind the scenes the football management team are always looking at players.
Just because nothing is made public does not mean nothing is going on, Kenny Jackett is not one to broadcast signings until they are completed.
Every manager does it a different way and prior to Kenny's arrival information was fairly free flowing and always found its way into the public domain.
This can only help to inflate players' prices by warning clubs of our interest.

Dockers' Day has been a great success and hopefully this season will be no different. This year's Dockers' Day is scheduled to take place on Saturday 21st February when we play Brighton at home, Chris Bethell, as always, is arranging a team from the past to attend, and this year is targetting the team from the late 70's.
The day is financed jointly, the club supplying the seats and hospitality, we the fans supply the medals for the dockers.
We have managed to use the money raised at the first Dockers' Day to pay for the second.We are looking for a sponsor to pay for this season's medals, either a single fan, a company or a group of fans.
The cost is between £200-300.iI you can help, drop me a line petergarston@hotmail.com

If you look at the top of the East and West Stands you will now see new flags flying.
The flags were not seen as a priority in the current financial climate at the club, but I managed to get the club and MSC to pay half each to make sure our club flag and St George's Cross fly above our ground
Also flying proudly is the flag of our new sponsors CYC.
Having met them all I can vouch for their Millwallness. They are as ardent and passionate fans as you will find.
Catering, ticketing, stewarding, smoking, shopping, seating,  Junior Lions, swearing to list just a few are possible issues that can raise their head during match day.
Unless people write in and complain either to myself or the MSC there is nothing we can do.
For instance - the catering. I have had only one letter of complaint, the MSC as part of their monthly meeting with the club have met with the caterers and as there had been no complaints it was deemed everything is OK.
Please, if you have issues, take the time to write in with all the details you can.
I am running a number of meetings during the season, all at the club, covering the issues that fans want to bring up so drop me a line if you are interested and I will sort it out.

Finally football!

Three games in and two points on the board, I think we all expected more going into the season.
The Oldham result was a bitter pill to swallow, especially as in my opinion the sending-off was very dubious.
Once again Lee Hughes turned the game, Oldham now have a 100% league record after three matches so they look a good side.
I always try to look at the positive in anything - we are now two games unbeaten. I have seen some good individual performances and I hope in the next few games we will see more impressive team displays.
We are only three points away from the Play-Offs and seven off of the top spot!!!