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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: Mrs Warbouys on March 04, 2018, 12:11:01 PM
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Alty 4/7
Draw 3/1
Stourbridge 10/3
Could really do with getting this on and getting it won with shaw la v Grantham in doubt tomorrow and Warrington not playing. Not sure who’s fit
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Assuming everyone if fit.
Thompson
Densmore Harrison Hanigann Hampson
Moult. Harrop
Johnson. Poole Hancock
Hulme
Some tough decisions to be made if all fit.
Alty 3-0 Stourbridge. Hulme (2), Hannigan
Attn 655
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Yep, I'll go with that team too. It'd be nice at some point to see a Richman Harrop combination, but not yet.
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When (if ever) have we been able to select a starting XI where over half the players had names beginning with the same letter ?
Phil Parkinson's H Bombers !
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Can we have a weather / pitch update for us out of towners please
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Shaw Lane v Grantham - OFF
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It rained a bit yesterday but there wasn't a lot of snow for us last week and there was a good drying wind on Friday and Saturday.
At the moment I'm confident the game will happen but I haven't looked at the forecast.
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I'd go with that team as well.....but would like at some stage to see Poole in midfield with Harrop....next season assuming we win promotion I think that team with someone likle buxton's striker alongside Hulme and a decent left winger of slightly better than JJ quality and we walk back into the national.
Lets get Stourbridge beaten first mind...lets open the gap again and put more pressure on the chasing pack and wrestle the initiative and momentum back.
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It rained a bit yesterday but there wasn't a lot of snow for us last week and there was a good drying wind on Friday and Saturday.
At the moment I'm confident the game will happen but I haven't looked at the forecast.
BBC weather forecast has light showers from 7pm-ish this evening, light rain overnight, then dry from about 7am tomorrow with a bit of a breeze. To be honest, if that were to be enough to prevent the match going ahead we have bigger problems with the pitch than perhaps any of us had thought.
As to the game - as we've never played them before there's not a lot to go on, but we perhaps need to get going a bit quicker than has sometimes been the case after a couple of postponements.
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I'd go with that team as well.....but would like at some stage to see Poole in midfield with Harrop....next season assuming we win promotion I think that team with someone likle buxton's striker alongside Hulme and a decent left winger of slightly better than JJ quality and we walk back into the national.
Lets get Stourbridge beaten first mind...lets open the gap again and put more pressure on the chasing pack and wrestle the initiative and momentum back.
Poole hasn't the legs for centre mid. We will need energy and strength in there next season.
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I'd go with that team as well.....but would like at some stage to see Poole in midfield with Harrop....next season assuming we win promotion I think that team with someone likle buxton's striker alongside Hulme and a decent left winger of slightly better than JJ quality and we walk back into the national.
Lets get Stourbridge beaten first mind...lets open the gap again and put more pressure on the chasing pack and wrestle the initiative and momentum back.
Poole hasn't the legs for centre mid. We will need energy and strength in there next season.
I reckon Poole's best position is number 10 (where he pays now) and certainly no deeper than that - although his ball retention in key areas would certainly be useful.
Buxton's striker is based in Doncaster and would almost certainly not come over this way - more likely Alfreton, Shaw Lane (if they go up) or even Harrogate.
Are we looking for better than JJ now? Don't think we need to (even in the level above) unless the right player becomes available. We could do with Salford going up to be in line for their offcasts again.
I watched Stourbridge at Ashton a few weeks ago, and they were really quite poor (as were Ashton I thought). As long as we're on our own game, we should have enough.
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Certainly don't want Poole playing any deeper, he's just fine in this league (and the the league above) where he is.
Could argue he'd do a job further forward alongside Hulme
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Lets get Stourbridge beaten first mind...lets open the gap again and put more pressure on the chasing pack and wrestle the initiative and momentum back.
Poole hasn't the legs for centre mid. We will need energy and strength in there next season.
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I reckon Poole's best position is number 10 (where he pays now) and certainly no deeper than that - although his ball retention in key areas would certainly be useful.
Buxton's striker is based in Doncaster and would almost certainly not come over this way - more likely Alfreton, Shaw Lane (if they go up) or even Harrogate.
Are we looking for better than JJ now? Don't think we need to (even in the level above) unless the right player becomes available. We could do with Salford going up to be in line for their offcasts again.
I watched Stourbridge at Ashton a few weeks ago, and they were really quite poor (as were Ashton I thought). As long as we're on our own game, we should have enough.
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They are full time now so I can't see is picking up anyone from Salford
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Throwing it down, has done for last 2 hours >:(
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It rained a bit yesterday but there wasn't a lot of snow for us last week and there was a good drying wind on Friday and Saturday.
At the moment I'm confident the game will happen but I haven't looked at the forecast.
BBC weather forecast has light showers from 7pm-ish this evening, light rain overnight, then dry from about 7am tomorrow with a bit of a breeze. To be honest, if that were to be enough to prevent the match going ahead we have bigger problems with the pitch than perhaps any of us had thought.
As to the game - as we've never played them before there's not a lot to go on, but we perhaps need to get going a bit quicker than has sometimes been the case after a couple of postponements.
Mike,
BBC weather hasn't a clue.
We have had VERY heavy rain for the last two hours.
Forecast now says it could last all night.
GUTTED.....pitch was in A1 condition this afternoon when we left.
Best it's been for some time.
Another busy day tomorrow!!!
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Throwing it down, has done for last 2 hours >:(
It's hardly been throwing it down, roll out the excuses now for another soft postponement
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Fingers crossed that it is on tonight. Hoping to get there now that the snow has finally gone from Shropshire.
It pissed down here all last night up until midnight.
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Lets get Stourbridge beaten first mind...lets open the gap again and put more pressure on the chasing pack and wrestle the initiative and momentum back.
Poole hasn't the legs for centre mid. We will need energy and strength in there next season.
I reckon Poole's best position is number 10 (where he pays now) and certainly no deeper than that - although his ball retention in key areas would certainly be useful.
Buxton's striker is based in Doncaster and would almost certainly not come over this way - more likely Alfreton, Shaw Lane (if they go up) or even Harrogate.
Are we looking for better than JJ now? Don't think we need to (even in the level above) unless the right player becomes available. We could do with Salford going up to be in line for their offcasts again.
I watched Stourbridge at Ashton a few weeks ago, and they were really quite poor (as were Ashton I thought). As long as we're on our own game, we should have enough.
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They are full time now so I can't see is picking up anyone from Salford
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You might be right, but you never know - they'd want to strengthen again, and there's not many other FT gigs you can pick up below Salford. Look at what happened to Hulme (in a way).
With regard to the pitch, I'm not optimistic after heavy rain on a previously heavily snow-laden pitch. Our garden is a right mess out here in Marple!
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I'd go with that team as well.....but would like at some stage to see Poole in midfield with Harrop....next season assuming we win promotion I think that team with someone likle buxton's striker alongside Hulme and a decent left winger of slightly better than JJ quality and we walk back into the national.
Steady on.
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Delighted to read on main website that the game is on. Sincere thanks to all who have worked to make this possible!
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Delighted to read on main website that the game is on. Sincere thanks to all who have worked to make this possible!
Here here.
Looking forward to it
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Delighted to read on main website that the game is on. Sincere thanks to all who have worked to make this possible!
Here here.
Looking forward to it
Agreed. Thanks to all who have made this possible.
And thanks for getting the Cat and Fiddle open too ;D
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Delighted to read on main website that the game is on. Sincere thanks to all who have worked to make this possible!
Here here.
Looking forward to it
Agreed. Thanks to all who have made this possible.
And thanks for getting the Cat and Fiddle open too ;D
Any idea who got the game on, and what they've done? Would be nice to put this through social.
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Delighted to read on main website that the game is on. Sincere thanks to all who have worked to make this possible!
Here here.
Looking forward to it
Agreed. Thanks to all who have made this possible.
And thanks for getting the Cat and Fiddle open too ;D
Any idea who got the game on, and what they've done? Would be nice to put this through social.
Chance would be a fine thing.
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Well done to everyone that assisted to make the pitch playable.
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Amazing achievement, a serious well done to all involved
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Not going to be able to make it for KO - does anyone know how late the gates stay open for?
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Not going to be able to make it for KO - does anyone know how late the gates stay open for?
Turnstiles normally open til half time. If they're closed just bang on a gate and speak to a steward.
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Not going to be able to make it for KO - does anyone know how late the gates stay open for?
Turnstiles normally open til half time. If they're closed just bang on a gate and speak to a steward.
Cheers
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Not going to be able to make it for KO - does anyone know how late the gates stay open for?
Zumba?
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H/T
4-0 UP
Clinical Professional
Best half of Football at the JD For many years can see us getting another 2 or 3 in the 2nd half
Hopefully 10 points clear tonight and the Promotion Dream is gathering with each game.
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Great result well done PP and the players...
With our GD we are effectively 11pts clear on warrington they jave 1 game in hand
and a whopping 14 points clear of shaw lane who have 3 games in hand.
We need 10 wins from 14 games to get to 100 pts...
Go wrap the league title up PP :)
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Blistering in that first half, absolutely unplayable
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Very impressive performance and result, especially in the first half. Lots of energy, intensity and skill and we frankly blew Stourbridge away by HT.
Well done to PP, NS and the lads!
Not sure who was MoM, there were many contenders, thought Pooley was excellent.
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Agree with all of this, we saw a masterclass of great football tonight.
Thoroughly enjoyed myself tonight, keep it going lads, 3 more home games now to try and get some distance. Shaw Lane would have struggled against us in the first half!!
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Interesting there was only one substitution second half (I don't think I missed any) after the recent changes against Ashton seemed to disrupt the pattern and ended up nearly and more recently actually costing points.
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done the business excellent
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That first half may very well be the best I’ve ever seen an Altrincham side play.
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Superb first half, bit more clinical and it could have been a battering. Struggling to name a mom but Harrop, Moult Poole and Johnson were fantastic
Fair play to ref for getting it finished, plenty wouldn't.
The pitch was a lot better than I feared, big well done to the ground staff.
542 attendance was a bit disheartening
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Superb first half, bit more clinical and it could have been a battering. Struggling to name a mom but Harrop, Moult Poole and Johnson were fantastic
Fair play to ref for getting it finished, plenty wouldn't.
The pitch was a lot better than I feared, big well done to the ground staff.
542 attendance was a bit disheartening
This.
I should also add another well done to the groundstaff and volunteers for their hard work on the pitch, and well done to Stourbridge for not trying to get the game called off, from what I could see.
That first half performance was one of the most dominant I have ever seeen by an Altrincham side in a match, so it would have been a tragedy if it had been annulled.
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why might the game have been called off? the lights? not "brilliant", but plenty adequate.
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That first half was one of the best 45 minutes I've seen in a very long time. Really well played!
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We were immense first half, top tempo which won us the ball back. Poole's best game by some distance,this is why I have been disappointed with him after some games. That performance and effort is what Poole is capable of and it is what we need him to do every week.
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Pitch suited us tonight - so well done and a big thanks to those who worked hard today to make the pitch what it was and to get this game on
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Top first half performance - I think we declared at half time and they had been told to go for it or walk home - hence no surprise we conceded early on - but we steadied the ship and contained them after that and should maybe have added a few more
No complaints though 😁
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Can't remember the last time I saw Alty play this well in the 1st half. Understandable that they were unable to maintain that level in the 2nd half. Agree with one of the earlier posts about the crowd tonight, really disappointing to be below 600 with the level of football being played this season.
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Excellent game to watch . The pitch was superb considering the awful weather of late. I will say it again, when we have a decent surface we need fear no team in this league. No MoTM for me everyone played well.
The best ref I've seen this season by a mile. Well done to him for not letting a power cut ruin what was a great night at Moss Lane. (I know it's the JD stadium) but it will always be Moss Lane to this old fart.
Well done folks
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Whilst every one of them played well, I'd single out Jake Moult who totally bossed the game.
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Can't remember the last time I saw Alty play this well in the 1st half. Understandable that they were unable to maintain that level in the 2nd half. Agree with one of the earlier posts about the crowd tonight, really disappointing to be below 600 with the level of football being played this season.
Yes but nobody arsed though, another appalling crowd tonight, crowds going backwards? The stay away fans from those boycotting more noticeable at these midweek games when tickets aren't given away
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As everyone says, great football to watch especially first half. Caught us cold at the beginning of second half in the partial gloom, but after that we were professional and saw it through.
Keep playing good football like that, especially on a Saturday and crowds will increase from new supporters starting to follow us one would hope.
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Keep playing good football like that, especially on a Saturday and crowds will increase from new supporters starting to follow us one would hope.
Which will leave us with some new fans who saw some nice passing rather than a couple of hundred fans who've been here for 20 plus years and bailed us out of some pretty serious situations. Long term those are the fans who need to be respected
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Keep playing good football like that, especially on a Saturday and crowds will increase from new supporters starting to follow us one would hope.
Which will leave us with some new fans who saw some nice passing rather than a couple of hundred fans who've been here for 20 plus years and bailed us out of some pretty serious situations. Long term those are the fans who need to be respected
100% correct
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Can't remember the last time I saw Alty play this well in the 1st half. Understandable that they were unable to maintain that level in the 2nd half. Agree with one of the earlier posts about the crowd tonight, really disappointing to be below 600 with the level of football being played this season.
Yes but nobody arsed though, another appalling crowd tonight, crowds going backwards? The stay away fans from those boycotting more noticeable at these midweek games when tickets aren't given away
Were you there last night?
Looking for negatives as usual ::)
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Above all else what was impressive was the team's overall attitude straight from the kick off. As has been said above, playing on a half decent surface makes a massive difference to this side, but that won't pay the dividends it deserves without the determination to win back possession we saw last night. Keep that up, together with the pace of passing and we'll be fine.
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Can't remember the last time I saw Alty play this well in the 1st half. Understandable that they were unable to maintain that level in the 2nd half. Agree with one of the earlier posts about the crowd tonight, really disappointing to be below 600 with the level of football being played this season.
Yes but nobody arsed though, another appalling crowd tonight, crowds going backwards? The stay away fans from those boycotting more noticeable at these midweek games when tickets aren't given away
Were you there last night?
Looking for negatives as usual ::)
Noticing a crowd of under 550 is hardly “looking for negatives”. The negatives there jump off the page at you.
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Cold night, no away fans, no surprise the gate was low.
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The power outage seemed random last night. Did it affect Alty TV?
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Keep playing good football like that, especially on a Saturday and crowds will increase from new supporters starting to follow us one would hope.
Which will leave us with some new fans who saw some nice passing rather than a couple of hundred fans who've been here for 20 plus years and bailed us out of some pretty serious situations. Long term those are the fans who need to be respected
so much for respect, apparently one of our directors said last night that we can all f**k off (those boycotting)
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Well done Alty Phil and all the players another huge win and a step nearer to promotion
Took over a broken team . Brillaint so far keep it going
I couldn't be there last night as away in Scotland
Up the reds
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Keep playing good football like that, especially on a Saturday and crowds will increase from new supporters starting to follow us one would hope.
Which will leave us with some new fans who saw some nice passing rather than a couple of hundred fans who've been here for 20 plus years and bailed us out of some pretty serious situations. Long term those are the fans who need to be respected
so much for respect, apparently one of our directors said last night that we can all f**k off (those boycotting)
Hope that wasn't the case. If so he should be named and shamed
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Keep playing good football like that, especially on a Saturday and crowds will increase from new supporters starting to follow us one would hope.
Which will leave us with some new fans who saw some nice passing rather than a couple of hundred fans who've been here for 20 plus years and bailed us out of some pretty serious situations. Long term those are the fans who need to be respected
so much for respect, apparently one of our directors said last night that we can all f**k off (those boycotting)
Hope that wasn't the case. If so he should be named and shamed
Indeed, does anyone know who it was?
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Soneone cleary knows. And if this was said then they should be named and shamed
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Ill nip out and get some popcorn
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Can't remember the last time I saw Alty play this well in the 1st half. Understandable that they were unable to maintain that level in the 2nd half. Agree with one of the earlier posts about the crowd tonight, really disappointing to be below 600 with the level of football being played this season.
Yes but nobody arsed though, another appalling crowd tonight, crowds going backwards? The stay away fans from those boycotting more noticeable at these midweek games when tickets aren't given away
Were you there last night?
Looking for negatives as usual ::)
An attendance figure of merely 542 when the team is top of the league certainly ought to be a genuine economic cause for concern for the board of directors though, shouldn't it?
Subtract the unused season tickets and that could equate to fewer than 500 spectators being present in the ground for last night's fixture.
Neither United nor City were on TV last night, too.
For the six league games that have been played at the J Davidson Stadium on Tuesday evenings this season, the average attendance is 580.
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Soneone cleary knows. And if this was said then they should be named and shamed
It was Neil Faulkner
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If this is true and of course i have no idea if it is or what or wasnt said its not sitting well with point G of the 5 year plan thats for sure
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Perhaps an Inclusion and Diversity plan could be put in place to woo the missing fans back....
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Keep playing good football like that, especially on a Saturday and crowds will increase from new supporters starting to follow us one would hope.
Which will leave us with some new fans who saw some nice passing rather than a couple of hundred fans who've been here for 20 plus years and bailed us out of some pretty serious situations. Long term those are the fans who need to be respected
so much for respect, apparently one of our directors said last night that we can all f**k off (those boycotting)
Hope that wasn't the case. If so he should be named and shamed
Indeed, does anyone know who it was?
Soneone cleary knows. And if this was said then they should be named and shamed
It was Neil Faulkner
Just proves to me that the chairman and his board see Alty FC as their club and they don't care about the supporters.
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Offer us an alternative then :-[
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Soneone cleary knows. And if this was said then they should be named and shamed
It was Neil Faulkner
Oh dear me. Another PR gaff
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Offer us an alternative then :-[
Advertising the club and the role to the outside world may be a good starting point
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Offer us an alternative then :-[
How about one that doesn't treat loyal paying customers with contempt?
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Offer us an alternative then :-[
Advertising the club and the role to the outside world may be a good starting point
Isnt that what the Sports Business have been engaged to do and shares made available by the club,... ?
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Offer us an alternative then :-[
How about one that doesn't treat loyal paying customers with contempt?
You still havent put forward an alternative, must try harder.
In the meantime, do you want them to walk away and leave nobody running the club?
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Offer us an alternative then :-[
How about one that doesn't treat loyal paying customers with contempt?
You still havent put forward an alternative, must try harder.
In the meantime, do you want them to walk away and leave nobody running the club?
It isn't nobody... I don't think I've heard people asking for Rob Estrava to step down, nor Mike Adams.
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Offer us an alternative then :-[
How about one that doesn't treat loyal paying customers with contempt?
You still havent put forward an alternative, must try harder.
In the meantime, do you want them to walk away and leave nobody running the club?
I haven't asked for anyone to leave - I want the Board to show leadership, eat humble pie and reconcile with those supporters that feel disenfranchised.
However they are showing no sign of doing that and therefore they are limiting the medium to long term development of the Club.
Is that your idea of how a Board should behave?
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My understanding is the disenfranchised want Rowley out, no chance of reconciliation, not eat humble pie etc.
So shares made available and until someone better is found we will just have to make the best of it wont we.
In the meantime, a thread about how well we played last night has been hijacked again by the usual negative few because the club doing well doesnt suit their own agenda.
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My understanding is the disenfranchised want Rowley out, no chance of reconciliation, not eat humble pie etc.
So shares made available and until someone better is found we will just have to make the best of it wont we.
In the meantime, a thread about how well we played last night has been hijacked again by the usual negative few because the club doing well doesnt suit their own agenda.
I would suggest its in Rowley's and therefore the Club's interest to try and bring back the disenfranchised rather than the other way round. There are also many supporters that still attend matches but who's patience is wearing thin.
Shares have been made available but there seems to be little effort in finding a buyer.
The thread was hijacked because a Director abused supporters, something that seems to be coming familiar.
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My understanding is the disenfranchised want Rowley out, no chance of reconciliation, not eat humble pie etc.
So shares made available and until someone better is found we will just have to make the best of it wont we.
In the meantime, a thread about how well we played last night has been hijacked again by the usual negative few because the club doing well doesnt suit their own agenda.
Maybe someone in control of the forum should split this into two separate threads.
Neil Faulkner's comments are merely hearsay - not that I doubt them unfortunately.
The TEAM is doing well - the CLUB is doing considerably less so.
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My understanding is the disenfranchised want Rowley out, no chance of reconciliation, not eat humble pie etc.
So shares made available and until someone better is found we will just have to make the best of it wont we.
In the meantime, a thread about how well we played last night has been hijacked again by the usual negative few because the club doing well doesnt suit their own agenda.
I would suggest its in Rowley's and therefore the Club's interest to try and bring back the disenfranchised rather than the other way round. There are also many supporters that still attend matches but who's patience is wearing thin.
Shares have been made available but there seems to be little effort in finding a buyer.
The thread was hijacked because a Director abused supporters, something that seems to be coming familiar.
That is an acusation made by Mr negative, who wasnt even there just because there was something positive to say about the club, he will squash any such notion as it doesnt suit his agenda.
If this forum had a moderator who wanted a fair balanced debate this nonsense would be edited out,... lets see what happens next :o
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My understanding is the disenfranchised want Rowley out, no chance of reconciliation, not eat humble pie etc.
So shares made available and until someone better is found we will just have to make the best of it wont we.
In the meantime, a thread about how well we played last night has been hijacked again by the usual negative few because the club doing well doesnt suit their own agenda.
I would suggest its in Rowley's and therefore the Club's interest to try and bring back the disenfranchised rather than the other way round. There are also many supporters that still attend matches but who's patience is wearing thin.
Shares have been made available but there seems to be little effort in finding a buyer.
The thread was hijacked because a Director abused supporters, something that seems to be coming familiar.
I have heard that accusation from several different sources, I cant confirm the name of the Director though but it was said. Its a shame because the performance was fantastic and Phil Parkinson is doing a great job.
That is an acusation made by Mr negative, who wasnt even there just because there was something positive to say about the club, he will squash any such notion as it doesnt suit his agenda.
If this forum had a moderator who wanted a fair balanced debate this nonsense would be edited out,... lets see what happens next :o
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Unfortunately this forum died a long time ago and many don't come on here at all anymore and even more just pop on occasionally and don't bother to post anymore. It used to be a place for lively banter and constructive (for the most part) debate. It has become totally caustic and unwelcoming. It's one of the few things that can't be levelled at the current board.
It is a shame because the team are doing well and the manager and players deserve immense credit. It should be possible to celebrate that fact whilst still recognising that there is much wrong at board level. There appears to be no such thing as constructive debate anymore and everything descends to the level of being personal.
I have been on many forums and have rarely seen trolling to the level that continues on here.
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Even in my wildest dreams I can't imagine any of the disaffected using that kind of language when talking about the board. ::)
It seems like two disparate groups with widely differing views and from the posts on here I don't see reconciliation as a viable option anytime soon.
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My understanding is the disenfranchised want Rowley out, no chance of reconciliation, not eat humble pie etc.
So shares made available and until someone better is found we will just have to make the best of it wont we.
In the meantime, a thread about how well we played last night has been hijacked again by the usual negative few because the club doing well doesnt suit their own agenda.
I would suggest its in Rowley's and therefore the Club's interest to try and bring back the disenfranchised rather than the other way round. There are also many supporters that still attend matches but who's patience is wearing thin.
Shares have been made available but there seems to be little effort in finding a buyer.
The thread was hijacked because a Director abused supporters, something that seems to be coming familiar.
That is an acusation made by Mr negative, who wasnt even there just because there was something positive to say about the club, he will squash any such notion as it doesnt suit his agenda.
If this forum had a moderator who wanted a fair balanced debate this nonsense would be edited out,... lets see what happens next :o
Starting removing people’s posts because some don’t agree with it doesn’t really make for fair an balanced debate though does it? I do wish threads on football weren’t constantly hijacked though, there’s plenty of opportunity to start threads on here on separate topics. The owner of the forum will probably close it down soon anyway. So if anyone wants to set up a differing one feel free
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Agree entirely with the last 2/3 posts here. I recently contributed to a long article in a national football fanzine about us and our various off pitch issues and like many on this thread am convinced without change at board level that the divisions as seen on here daily will not heal & long term nothing will really change at the club. However, at the same time I can appreciate the magnificent winning football being served up and the team PP & Neil Sorvel have created.
I think many of us know there is primarily one person on here (and also repeatedly on the Evostik Facebook) who with his constant sniping and repetitive tone just exacerbates divisions, offers nothing constructive (‘arsed’) and delights in riling people up and then plays the innocent card afterwards. Odd because I’d imagine virtually every regular poster on here knows and has chatted with him at the match. A lot of us want change but there is a way to debate & show respect towards others.
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Agree entirely with the last 2/3 posts here. I recently contributed to a long article in a national football fanzine about us and our various off pitch issues and like many on this thread am convinced without change at board level that the divisions as seen on here daily will not heal & long term nothing will really change at the club. However, at the same time I can appreciate the magnificent winning football being served up and the team PP & Neil Sorvel have created.
I think many of us know there is primarily one person on here (and also repeatedly on the Evostik Facebook) who with his constant sniping and repetitive tone just exacerbates divisions, offers nothing constructive (‘arsed’) and delights in riling people up and then plays the innocent card afterwards. Odd because I’d imagine virtually every regular poster on here knows and has chatted with him at the match. A lot of us want change but there is a way to debate & show respect towards others.
I'm completely fed up with having to read every post on this forum for moderation purposes because almost every thread gets hijacked and descends into the same old boring story. Having said that, people asking to have threads split or posts removed simply because they disagree isnt going to happen.
I'm all for having a lively debate about the problems at the club and how they can be solved etc. Dedicatd threads for this do exist like the one related to 'stay away fans'. Incidentally Jamie hasnt posted on that thread.
I completely agree with what you are saying. My advice to everyone is that if you come on here and just see the same tired rhetoric being put into every thread just ignore it. The reason the forum is moribund is because people take the bait and feed the idiocy in having the same argument over and over without ever actually concluding how to progress.
Pete's right, the forums not got long left. Thats a real shame because there's plenty on here who dont use facebook or whatever and dont want to.
I used to really enjoy this forum and it was a great way to still feel close to the club and fans despite being nigh on 200 miles away or even more when I lived abroad. Now if it got took down today I wouldnt be bothered.
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Meanwhile back at the game...
Fantastic first half performance - best of the season (and probably for several years) and the lads really passed the ball around well. It wasn't surprising we took our foot off the pedal in the 2nd half and Stourbridge got a bit of confidence from their early goal. I was surprised how well the pitch held up so I'll add my own appreciation for the hard work of everyone involved in getting it playable.
Later on in the game a few supporters were having a bit of a moan about the team playing it around a the back - I didn't see it as a problem myself, they were just taking the sting out of the game. though there were a couple of occasions where James Jones was given a pass that put him under pressure on his own.
Good to see the players obviously enjoying their football - we've not seen that for a few seasons.
Paul
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Agree entirely with the last 2/3 posts here. I recently contributed to a long article in a national football fanzine about us and our various off pitch issues and like many on this thread am convinced without change at board level that the divisions as seen on here daily will not heal & long term nothing will really change at the club. However, at the same time I can appreciate the magnificent winning football being served up and the team PP & Neil Sorvel have created.
I think many of us know there is primarily one person on here (and also repeatedly on the Evostik Facebook) who with his constant sniping and repetitive tone just exacerbates divisions, offers nothing constructive (‘arsed’) and delights in riling people up and then plays the innocent card afterwards. Odd because I’d imagine virtually every regular poster on here knows and has chatted with him at the match. A lot of us want change but there is a way to debate & show respect towards others.
Yeah nice article, one where you didn't even mention 51% of the club was up for sale? Talk about making a gaff
Listen instead of trying to have a pop at me and making me a scapegoat, you talk about exacerbates divisions you talk about debate and showing respect?
Why not have a pop at the director who said stay away fans can f**k off? Quite frankly I think its one of the most disgraceful things I've ever heard. Yet you and others on here quite happy to brush it under the carpet and have a pop at me instead?
If you think this is just me then your deluded, my only fault is I live in hope that one day of getting our club back. Maybe I should follow the lead of others and totally switch off until that happens
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Effing boring this.
Get non match related matters in their own threads instead of diverging every single topic of discussion on the forum into a attack on the board and now each other.
Is it really that hard?
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Agree entirely with the last 2/3 posts here. I recently contributed to a long article in a national football fanzine about us and our various off pitch issues and like many on this thread am convinced without change at board level that the divisions as seen on here daily will not heal & long term nothing will really change at the club. However, at the same time I can appreciate the magnificent winning football being served up and the team PP & Neil Sorvel have created.
I think many of us know there is primarily one person on here (and also repeatedly on the Evostik Facebook) who with his constant sniping and repetitive tone just exacerbates divisions, offers nothing constructive (‘arsed’) and delights in riling people up and then plays the innocent card afterwards. Odd because I’d imagine virtually every regular poster on here knows and has chatted with him at the match. A lot of us want change but there is a way to debate & show respect towards others.
Yeah nice article, one where you didn't even mention 51% of the club was up for sale? Talk about making a gaff
Listen instead of trying to have a pop at me and making me a scapegoat, you talk about exacerbates divisions you talk about debate and showing respect?
Why not have a pop at the director who said stay away fans can f**k off? Quite frankly I think its one of the most disgraceful things I've ever heard. Yet you and others on here quite happy to brush it under the carpet and have a pop at me instead?
If you think this is just me then your deluded, my only fault is I live in hope that one day of getting our club back. Maybe I should follow the lead of others and totally switch off until that happens
Yes please do, that would be a most positive step ;D
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Agree entirely with the last 2/3 posts here. I recently contributed to a long article in a national football fanzine about us and our various off pitch issues and like many on this thread am convinced without change at board level that the divisions as seen on here daily will not heal & long term nothing will really change at the club. However, at the same time I can appreciate the magnificent winning football being served up and the team PP & Neil Sorvel have created.
I think many of us know there is primarily one person on here (and also repeatedly on the Evostik Facebook) who with his constant sniping and repetitive tone just exacerbates divisions, offers nothing constructive (‘arsed’) and delights in riling people up and then plays the innocent card afterwards. Odd because I’d imagine virtually every regular poster on here knows and has chatted with him at the match. A lot of us want change but there is a way to debate & show respect towards others.
Yeah nice article, one where you didn't even mention 51% of the club was up for sale? Talk about making a gaff
Listen instead of trying to have a pop at me and making me a scapegoat, you talk about exacerbates divisions you talk about debate and showing respect?
Why not have a pop at the director who said stay away fans can f**k off? Quite frankly I think its one of the most disgraceful things I've ever heard. Yet you and others on here quite happy to brush it under the carpet and have a pop at me instead?
If you think this is just me then your deluded, my only fault is I live in hope that one day of getting our club back. Maybe I should follow the lead of others and totally switch off until that happens
Yes please do, that would be a most positive step ;D
Stopping people airing their concerns doesn’t change things though. This isn’t Berlin in 1985. I’d just rather football discussion wasn’t tainted with it. For my mind, the two issues are completely separate
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Agree entirely with the last 2/3 posts here. I recently contributed to a long article in a national football fanzine about us and our various off pitch issues and like many on this thread am convinced without change at board level that the divisions as seen on here daily will not heal & long term nothing will really change at the club. However, at the same time I can appreciate the magnificent winning football being served up and the team PP & Neil Sorvel have created.
I think many of us know there is primarily one person on here (and also repeatedly on the Evostik Facebook) who with his constant sniping and repetitive tone just exacerbates divisions, offers nothing constructive (‘arsed’) and delights in riling people up and then plays the innocent card afterwards. Odd because I’d imagine virtually every regular poster on here knows and has chatted with him at the match. A lot of us want change but there is a way to debate & show respect towards others.
Yeah nice article, one where you didn't even mention 51% of the club was up for sale? Talk about making a gaff
Listen instead of trying to have a pop at me and making me a scapegoat, you talk about exacerbates divisions you talk about debate and showing respect?
Why not have a pop at the director who said stay away fans can f**k off? Quite frankly I think its one of the most disgraceful things I've ever heard. Yet you and others on here quite happy to brush it under the carpet and have a pop at me instead?
If you think this is just me then your deluded, my only fault is I live in hope that one day of getting our club back. Maybe I should follow the lead of others and totally switch off until that happens
Yes please do, that would be a most positive step ;D
Yet more contempt from pro-Rowley supporters for people that are seeing him and the board for their true worth. You’re just feeding the fire and making it worse.
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Stopping people airing their concerns doesn’t change things though. This isn’t Berlin in 1985. I’d just rather football discussion wasn’t tainted with it. For my mind, the two issues are completely separate
That was my point exactly. Sick and tired of every thread descending into the same old sh*te. There is a time and place to air grievances and it isn't every thread and it certainly isn't by getting personal and there has been FAR too much of that. I have a vague recollection of when this forum was a pleasant place to be and that doesn't mean I'm happy clappy or any other insult that some may want to throw. I also want change at board level and the sooner the better, but I don't see tainting every thread on here as in any way advancing that cause.
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Agree entirely with the last 2/3 posts here. I recently contributed to a long article in a national football fanzine about us and our various off pitch issues and like many on this thread am convinced without change at board level that the divisions as seen on here daily will not heal & long term nothing will really change at the club. However, at the same time I can appreciate the magnificent winning football being served up and the team PP & Neil Sorvel have created.
I think many of us know there is primarily one person on here (and also repeatedly on the Evostik Facebook) who with his constant sniping and repetitive tone just exacerbates divisions, offers nothing constructive (‘arsed’) and delights in riling people up and then plays the innocent card afterwards. Odd because I’d imagine virtually every regular poster on here knows and has chatted with him at the match. A lot of us want change but there is a way to debate & show respect towards others.
Yeah nice article, one where you didn't even mention 51% of the club was up for sale? Talk about making a gaff
Listen instead of trying to have a pop at me and making me a scapegoat, you talk about exacerbates divisions you talk about debate and showing respect?
Why not have a pop at the director who said stay away fans can f**k off? Quite frankly I think its one of the most disgraceful things I've ever heard. Yet you and others on here quite happy to brush it under the carpet and have a pop at me instead?
If you think this is just me then your deluded, my only fault is I live in hope that one day of getting our club back. Maybe I should follow the lead of others and totally switch off until that happens
Yes please do, that would be a most positive step ;D
Yet more contempt from pro-Rowley supporters for people that are seeing him and the board for their true worth. You’re just feeding the fire and making it worse.
I don't believe anyone is knowingly showing contempt - the anti-Rowley opinions are and will continue to be respected so long as they are not repeated ad nauseum and don't take over every single sodding conversation on the forum! These rants/snipes etc against the chairman are so boring and now, as far as many forum members are concerned, ineffectual. As I've said before, rather than banging on that you're not happy, if its that important do something positive to rectify it! The walkout was almost a year ago. Offer a solution.
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Agree entirely with the last 2/3 posts here. I recently contributed to a long article in a national football fanzine about us and our various off pitch issues and like many on this thread am convinced without change at board level that the divisions as seen on here daily will not heal & long term nothing will really change at the club. However, at the same time I can appreciate the magnificent winning football being served up and the team PP & Neil Sorvel have created.
I think many of us know there is primarily one person on here (and also repeatedly on the Evostik Facebook) who with his constant sniping and repetitive tone just exacerbates divisions, offers nothing constructive (‘arsed’) and delights in riling people up and then plays the innocent card afterwards. Odd because I’d imagine virtually every regular poster on here knows and has chatted with him at the match. A lot of us want change but there is a way to debate & show respect towards others.
Yeah nice article, one where you didn't even mention 51% of the club was up for sale? Talk about making a gaff
Listen instead of trying to have a pop at me and making me a scapegoat, you talk about exacerbates divisions you talk about debate and showing respect?
Why not have a pop at the director who said stay away fans can f**k off? Quite frankly I think its one of the most disgraceful things I've ever heard. Yet you and others on here quite happy to brush it under the carpet and have a pop at me instead?
If you think this is just me then your deluded, my only fault is I live in hope that one day of getting our club back. Maybe I should follow the lead of others and totally switch off until that happens
Yes please do, that would be a most positive step ;D
Yet more contempt from pro-Rowley supporters for people that are seeing him and the board for their true worth. You’re just feeding the fire and making it worse.
I don't believe anyone is knowingly showing contempt - the anti-Rowley opinions are and will continue to be respected so long as they are not repeated ad nauseum and don't take over every single sodding conversation on the forum! These rants/snipes etc against the chairman are so boring and now, as far as many forum members are concerned, ineffectual. As I've said before, rather than banging on that you're not happy, if its that important do something positive to rectify it! The walkout was almost a year ago. Offer a solution.
These positive steps are block by the club.
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There isn't a solution. Grin and bear it. The grin is optional. Otherwise walk away. I have total respect for those who have done so.
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Unfortunately this forum died a long time ago and many don't come on here at all anymore and even more just pop on occasionally and don't bother to post anymore. It used to be a place for lively banter and constructive (for the most part) debate. It has become totally caustic and unwelcoming.
I used to be a very regular poster indeed but, although I still come on now and again I very rarely post anymore. The atmosphere and the fun is just not here anymore.
I'm one of those who isn't into twitter or facebook and I rely on the forum and the alty website for my alty news fix but, sad to say, it's too depressing to get into the incessant bickering on here now.
I read the news and ignore the rest.
This club, despite the presence of some here, is a great non-league institution and I've been proud to be a fan/supporter for over fifty years.
I think the vast majority - those staying away and those still coming - recognise there needs to be change at the top but at the moment there's only one show in town.
I just wish some of the contributors on here (of all 'persuasions' and views) would stop acting like f**king big kids - we've got a wonderful club here that needs supporting.
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Great win
Poor crowd
No atmosphere
Something has got to change.
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Agree entirely with the last 2/3 posts here. I recently contributed to a long article in a national football fanzine about us and our various off pitch issues and like many on this thread am convinced without change at board level that the divisions as seen on here daily will not heal & long term nothing will really change at the club. However, at the same time I can appreciate the magnificent winning football being served up and the team PP & Neil Sorvel have created.
I think many of us know there is primarily one person on here (and also repeatedly on the Evostik Facebook) who with his constant sniping and repetitive tone just exacerbates divisions, offers nothing constructive (‘arsed’) and delights in riling people up and then plays the innocent card afterwards. Odd because I’d imagine virtually every regular poster on here knows and has chatted with him at the match. A lot of us want change but there is a way to debate & show respect towards others.
Yeah nice article, one where you didn't even mention 51% of the club was up for sale? Talk about making a gaff
Listen instead of trying to have a pop at me and making me a scapegoat, you talk about exacerbates divisions you talk about debate and showing respect?
Why not have a pop at the director who said stay away fans can f**k off? Quite frankly I think its one of the most disgraceful things I've ever heard. Yet you and others on here quite happy to brush it under the carpet and have a pop at me instead?
If you think this is just me then your deluded, my only fault is I live in hope that one day of getting our club back. Maybe I should follow the lead of others and totally switch off until that happens
Yes please do, that would be a most positive step ;D
Yet more contempt from pro-Rowley supporters for people that are seeing him and the board for their true worth. You’re just feeding the fire and making it worse.
I don't believe anyone is knowingly showing contempt - the anti-Rowley opinions are and will continue to be respected so long as they are not repeated ad nauseum and don't take over every single sodding conversation on the forum! These rants/snipes etc against the chairman are so boring and now, as far as many forum members are concerned, ineffectual. As I've said before, rather than banging on that you're not happy, if its that important do something positive to rectify it! The walkout was almost a year ago. Offer a solution.
These positive steps are block by the club.
Which positive steps have been blocked by the club?
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Agree entirely with the last 2/3 posts here. I recently contributed to a long article in a national football fanzine about us and our various off pitch issues and like many on this thread am convinced without change at board level that the divisions as seen on here daily will not heal & long term nothing will really change at the club. However, at the same time I can appreciate the magnificent winning football being served up and the team PP & Neil Sorvel have created.
I think many of us know there is primarily one person on here (and also repeatedly on the Evostik Facebook) who with his constant sniping and repetitive tone just exacerbates divisions, offers nothing constructive (‘arsed’) and delights in riling people up and then plays the innocent card afterwards. Odd because I’d imagine virtually every regular poster on here knows and has chatted with him at the match. A lot of us want change but there is a way to debate & show respect towards others.
Yeah nice article, one where you didn't even mention 51% of the club was up for sale? Talk about making a gaff
Listen instead of trying to have a pop at me and making me a scapegoat, you talk about exacerbates divisions you talk about debate and showing respect?
Why not have a pop at the director who said stay away fans can f**k off? Quite frankly I think its one of the most disgraceful things I've ever heard. Yet you and others on here quite happy to brush it under the carpet and have a pop at me instead?
If you think this is just me then your deluded, my only fault is I live in hope that one day of getting our club back. Maybe I should follow the lead of others and totally switch off until that happens
Yes please do, that would be a most positive step ;D
Yet more contempt from pro-Rowley supporters for people that are seeing him and the board for their true worth. You’re just feeding the fire and making it worse.
I don't believe anyone is knowingly showing contempt - the anti-Rowley opinions are and will continue to be respected so long as they are not repeated ad nauseum and don't take over every single sodding conversation on the forum! These rants/snipes etc against the chairman are so boring and now, as far as many forum members are concerned, ineffectual. As I've said before, rather than banging on that you're not happy, if its that important do something positive to rectify it! The walkout was almost a year ago. Offer a solution.
These positive steps are block by the club.
Which positive steps have been blocked by the club?
You should know,you're one of Rowleys merry men.
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Agree entirely with the last 2/3 posts here. I recently contributed to a long article in a national football fanzine about us and our various off pitch issues and like many on this thread am convinced without change at board level that the divisions as seen on here daily will not heal & long term nothing will really change at the club. However, at the same time I can appreciate the magnificent winning football being served up and the team PP & Neil Sorvel have created.
I think many of us know there is primarily one person on here (and also repeatedly on the Evostik Facebook) who with his constant sniping and repetitive tone just exacerbates divisions, offers nothing constructive (‘arsed’) and delights in riling people up and then plays the innocent card afterwards. Odd because I’d imagine virtually every regular poster on here knows and has chatted with him at the match. A lot of us want change but there is a way to debate & show respect towards others.
Yeah nice article, one where you didn't even mention 51% of the club was up for sale? Talk about making a gaff
Listen instead of trying to have a pop at me and making me a scapegoat, you talk about exacerbates divisions you talk about debate and showing respect?
Why not have a pop at the director who said stay away fans can f**k off? Quite frankly I think its one of the most disgraceful things I've ever heard. Yet you and others on here quite happy to brush it under the carpet and have a pop at me instead?
If you think this is just me then your deluded, my only fault is I live in hope that one day of getting our club back. Maybe I should follow the lead of others and totally switch off until that happens
Yes please do, that would be a most positive step ;D
Yet more contempt from pro-Rowley supporters for people that are seeing him and the board for their true worth. You’re just feeding the fire and making it worse.
I don't believe anyone is knowingly showing contempt - the anti-Rowley opinions are and will continue to be respected so long as they are not repeated ad nauseum and don't take over every single sodding conversation on the forum! These rants/snipes etc against the chairman are so boring and now, as far as many forum members are concerned, ineffectual. As I've said before, rather than banging on that you're not happy, if its that important do something positive to rectify it! The walkout was almost a year ago. Offer a solution.
These positive steps are block by the club.
Which positive steps have been blocked by the club?
You should know,you're one of Rowleys merry men.
Am I? News to me, thanks for letting me know.
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Even in my wildest dreams I can't imagine any of the disaffected using that kind of language when talking about the board. ::)
It seems like two disparate groups with widely differing views and from the posts on here I don't see reconciliation as a viable option anytime soon.
You make a good point C Cat. But at least any supporters speaking in such terms about the board would be fully prepared to stand behind their comments. I haven’t really got a problem with Neil Faulkner letting everyone know exactly what he thinks, but he should also be made to stand behind his own comments.
There should be no remaining doubt that much worse is said about the clubs supporters behind closed doors in board meetings. But to be saying this in the bar to two supporters he knows are both firmly anti-Rowley (after a game with less than 500 in the ground to watch the most entertaining Alty side in years), probably falls somewhere between ‘naive’ and ‘inflammatory’.
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I agree that it is inflammatory and he really should know better but football is full of people who open their mouths before putting their brain in gear.
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I agree that it is inflammatory and he really should know better but football is full of people who open their mouths before putting their brain in gear.
But when one of those people is a custodian of the club they should always engage their brain before their mouth. The fact that the majority of our board of directors (and this is not limited to the current board members either) are seemingly incapable of doing this is more a damming indictment of them and their skill set than the fact we as fans should expect it because “it happens in football”.
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It happens at all levels and in all walks of life. I doubt there's anyone in the crowd tomorrow that has never said anything that they haven't later regretted. I know I have and I also know that I haven't apologised for it as often as I probably should have.
I don't think we can expect anyone to be infallable and that includes the board. At the moment there every move leads to some kind of criticism.
I know everyone has their own aspirations for the club but if we end up back in the conference north next season playing entertaining football I'll be satisfied.
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It happens at all levels and in all walks of life. I doubt there's anyone in the crowd tomorrow that has never said anything that they haven't later regretted. I know I have and I also know that I haven't apologised for it as often as I probably should have.
I don't think we can expect anyone to be infallable and that includes the board. At the moment there every move leads to some kind of criticism.
I know everyone has their own aspirations for the club but if we end up back in the conference north next season playing entertaining football I'll be satisfied.
Nobody is perfect and everyone does indeed make mistakes. But when those mistakes are recklessly made in a position of authority and responsibility in an organisation, and those mistakes impact on that organisation's stakeholders then that's a very different scenario.
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It happens at all levels and in all walks of life. I doubt there's anyone in the crowd tomorrow that has never said anything that they haven't later regretted. I know I have and I also know that I haven't apologised for it as often as I probably should have.
I don't think we can expect anyone to be infallable and that includes the board. At the moment there every move leads to some kind of criticism.
I know everyone has their own aspirations for the club but if we end up back in the conference north next season playing entertaining football I'll be satisfied.
Nobody is perfect and everyone does indeed make mistakes. But when those mistakes are recklessly made in a position of authority and responsibility in an organisation, and those mistakes impact on that organisation's stakeholders then that's a very different scenario.
I guess we should do away with the criminal justice system then, if people make continual mistakes. there needs to be consequences.