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KeithLard said:
In the same place as you, JK.

Club is just boring. No ambition. No flair in the squad. No style, shape or "look". No youth coming through. No transfer plans. No transfer fees. Nothing.

I've said it before but its becoming more apparent. Give me two seasons of fuckery down to League Two for a chance at a complete refresh of the club off and on the pitch.

My son is 2 1/2. Right now I'd actively discourage him from supporting PNE. Which goes completely against what I would do in the past. It would just feel like child abuse to force him into a lifetime of misery and apathy with a football club. It shouldn't be like that.

I don't expect PNE to the Champions League. But I do expect a football club to be aspiring. To be planning for the next step up, whatever that next step is.
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I said exactly the same regarding abuse with my kids. My lad has had Everton and Liverpool kits bought for him but he chose Preston. All his mates at school who aren’t plastic go to Tranmere( and have a good time win or lose). We drive past Marine and other clubs and could easily go there instead. Lads who I used to watch Noth End with now go on Lancaster.
Never mind attracting new supporters, it can’t even keep the die hard existing fans.
Not sure what we’ll do next season. Probably go on game by game.
We just want something to cheer/applause and we’ll be there.

As a side issue. The Scouse abuse is out of order. None of us can help how we were brought up and our accents. I have always been suspicious of someone who pretends to speak posh etc.
 
Earlofcurl said:
I said exactly the same regarding abuse with my kids. My lad has had Everton and Liverpool kits bought for him but he chose Preston. All his mates at school who aren’t plastic go to Tranmere( and have a good time win or lose). We drive past Marine and other clubs and could easily go there instead. Lads who I used to watch Noth End with now go on Lancaster.
Never mind attracting new supporters, it can’t even keep the die hard existing fans.
Not sure what we’ll do next season. Probably go on game by game.
We just want something to cheer/applause and we’ll be there.

As a side issue. The Scouse abuse is out of order. None of us can help how we were brought up and our accents. I have always been suspicious of someone who pretends to speak posh etc.
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Not many of us in Preston mate 😀 .......
 
noelpne said:
Go and ask Fans of Leeds , Barnsley, Cardiff & Plymouth and then report back here in a few weeks. No obligations.
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I didn’t want him, he wouldn’t make my top 100, but we have him and all the throwing the toys out of the pram won’t change that
 
Yes I'm Bored too....



Going to give it a rest for a couple of months and see if anything improves......



hopefully I will be back if there is anything positive...... but who knows....



Obviously I'm not talking about Deepdale and will be at Watford too...


as an aside..... we actually enjoyed Hull..... quality was crap but I wasn't bored or felt there was lack of effort or attack attempts.
 
Not surprised he is burnt out by this regime of nonsense above him. Praying for an out. How many defeats will it take at home for him to be potted? Can't be many more now surely before they have to act and pay out...
 
TheWarehouse said:
I didn’t want him, he wouldn’t make my top 100, but we have him and all the throwing the toys out of the pram won’t change that
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But your first post gives an impression that (1) Nobbers like myself would be unhappy with any Chairman,
(2) There's even worse potential Chairmen than Ridsdale.

I'm wondering if there's a "better the Devil we know" thing going, here?
With (2) - I'm unsure, simply going on his track record plus what he's already done here ( but hey, keeps us in the black )
With Lindsay, tbh I'd forgotten he was owt more than the 'treasurer'/ 'bookeeper' fellow, but with him falling ill and a protracted absence, - no-one stepped up and stepped into the breach. Let alone T.H. , even with him being there all along🤔.
How to get rid of Ridsdale ? I don't know, the other Clubs mentioned managed to do it somehow.
 
pne have lost a decent whack of fans to fylde (not just the kit man) bamber bridge & lancaster, they have all benefited from the malaise that is pne, folk want to see a team that trys & also dont want to feel they are being used as cash cows & rinsed as soon as they step inside the ground on a regular bases
 
llanroc said:
Not long ago, there would have been fans on here counter acting what most of us have said, but I think the hardest of die hard Hemmings supporters have now realised that this club is going nowhere whilst this family still have charge of the club. It’s alright us lot saying we need new owners, but it’s not as simple as that. Who would want to take over? To buy a football club these days, you’re normally taking over the previous owners debts and that can’t be a good start for any new owners. The club is stale, boring and totally unappealing and for any prospective new owners to show an interest, I would immediately have to question their sanity and whether they were fit to run a football club.

Bottom line is, we are stuck with all this 💩that’s going on behind the scenes for the unforseeable future.
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We have internal debt only that can be wiped clean if the Hemmings so choose.
 
sports rehab said:
Yes I'm Bored too....



Going to give it a rest for a couple of months and see if anything improves......



hopefully I will be back if there is anything positive...... but who knows....



Obviously I'm not talking about Deepdale and will be at Watford too...


as an aside..... we actually enjoyed Hull..... quality was crap but I wasn't bored or felt there was lack of effort or attack attempts.
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Personally I thought it was the most boring game of the season apart from a 20 minute spell in the 2nd half.
 
Jack Daniels said:
We have internal debt only that can wiped clean if the Hemmings so choose.
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Exactly. If they feel the club is costing them £12 m per year ( wouldnt if it was run properly ) and they want £25 m for the club then they may as well give the club away to the preferred owner who would make certain guarantees. Would we have any takers though 🤷🏼‍♂️
 
Mr Meeseeks said:
Add Millwall to the list of clubs that come from League One and shot past us.

Great recruitment, decent manager and just going places.
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That whole bullshit Hemmings and Ridsdale "it's all the fault of the parachute payments" argument is deader than a dead dodo's doornail, it's even deader than the Lowe Attacking Brand™.
 
KeithLard said:
I don't disagree at all mate. And I'm never going to support another club.

And my son might support PNE anyway, without me trying. Problem is, I don't go on many games. If we could even just become slightly exciting, that might help. Exciting at League One level, that might be enough.

But you know how kids are. Bullying is horrible. Schools do fuck all about it - specifically the verbal bullying. Sticks and stones is horseshit, we all know that. And with social media now, its an ongoing concern for me as my two kids grow up. I've got that all to come! So I suppose I'm just covering the eventualities now in case.

My plan is to get him into gokarting anyway so we will see what happens!!
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KeithLard said:
I don't disagree at all mate. And I'm never going to support another club.

And my son might support PNE anyway, without me trying. Problem is, I don't go on many games. If we could even just become slightly exciting, that might help. Exciting at League One level, that might be enough.

But you know how kids are. Bullying is horrible. Schools do fuck all about it - specifically the verbal bullying. Sticks and stones is horseshit, we all know that. And with social media now, its an ongoing concern for me as my two kids grow up. I've got that all to come! So I suppose I'm just covering the eventualities now in case.

My plan is to get him into gokarting anyway so we will see what happens!!
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If you get him into go karting and he gets to a decent level it will be a hell of a lot more exciting than watching PNE!!
Unfortunately it will also be a hell of a lot more expensive than watching PNE - if he gets to elite level.
(grandsons kart @ elite level costs 150k to buy, & then to maintain & have own mechanic- not provided by grandad!!!)
Great to watch though, following him throughout Europe and in World Championships.
 
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