Protests

[Duncan Iceglide]

I totally get what your saying @MBcha but Ridsdale is that arrogant that any protests and screaming at him will be like water off a ducks back.

Hit them where it hurts, the back pocket and an empty stadium vs Spurs would be embarrassing for the ‘top boys’ at the club (Especially live on TV, that would get people asking questions) and would speak louder than any protest or waving of any banner.

Well. I’ve started. I’m stopping home with a few tinnies and maybe a dock road Shapla lamb bhuna (pilau rice & chapati)

 

[NORTHENDRTOPS 2]

I would have thought that one of our first ways forward would be to talk with people who got rid of Ridsdale before, like the Leeds supporters who were just as angry as we are, or other clubs who saw him for what he is. Leeds, Barnsley, Cardiff and Plymouth. I've said for a long time that Ridsdale is the main problem, he listens to nobody and is not the right guy to save this club.

 

[Thracia]

I would have thought that one of our first ways forward would be to talk with people who got rid of Ridsdale before, like the Leeds supporters who were just as angry as we are, or other clubs who saw him for what he is. Leeds, Barnsley, Cardiff and Plymouth. I've said for a long time that Ridsdale is the main problem, he listens to nobody and is not the right guy to save this club.

I think in general Ridsdale only fucks off when there is a change of ownership that takes over and promptly sends him on his way.

 

[Duncan Iceglide]

I totally get what your saying @MBcha but Ridsdale is that arrogant that any protests and screaming at him will be like water off a ducks back.

Hit them where it hurts, the back pocket and an empty stadium vs Spurs would be embarrassing for the ‘top boys’ at the club (Especially live on TV, that would get people asking questions) and would speak louder than any protest or waving of any banner.

It won’t hurt financially. The family are billionaires.🤷🏼

 

[davelock]

If you contact Peter Risdale he will talk to you. So go and see him. Stop calling him names, hiding behind your keyboards.

 

[bowlandwhites]

It’s all pointless talking protests sacking PR & forcing the family to sell up when most of the posters like to to just talk big but won’t follow up on it.
We keep getting outbursts from posters on the forum but nothing changes .🤔
If anything is to change we all have to stick together.

 

[MBcha]

If you contact Peter Risdale he will talk to you. So go and see him. Stop calling him names, hiding behind your keyboards.

And he will lie to your fucking face.

 

[ashtonlad]

If you contact Peter Risdale he will talk to you. So go and see him. Stop calling him names, hiding behind your keyboards.

I've never hidden from anybody sunshine

 

[Dreyfuss]

Looks like Peter has sent his drones in to calm the noise. "Go talk to Peter". FFS. Don't waste your time. Unless his fat arse is being carted out the front door I've no interest in seeing him.

 

[davelock]

I've never hidden from anybody sunshine

Then go and see him. Seriously. Contact North End tomorrow a
nd make an appointment.

 

[ashtonlad]

Looks like Peter has sent his drones in to calm the noise. "Go talk to Peter". FFS. Don't waste your time. Unless his fat arse is being carted out the front door

Looks like Peter has sent his drones in to calm the noise. "Go talk to Peter". FFS. Don't waste your time. Unless his fat arse is being carted out the front door I've no interest in seeing him.

I'm happy to buy a wheelbarrow

 

[davelock]

Looks like Peter has sent his drones in to calm the noise. "Go talk to Peter". FFS. Don't waste your time. Unless his fat arse is being carted out the front door I've no interest in seeing him.

Childish. Contact PNE tomorrow and go and see him.

 

[shabbagaz]

If you contact Peter Risdale he will talk to you. So go and see him. Stop calling him names, hiding behind your keyboards.

 

[ashtonlad]

Then go and see him. Seriously. Contact North End tomorrow a
nd make an appointment.

And do what???? How old is he 70??? I don't beat up oap's

 

[Yoowell]

It’s all pointless talking protests sacking PR & forcing the family to sell up when most of the posters like to to just talk big but won’t follow up on it.
We keep getting outbursts from posters on the forum but nothing changes .🤔

That’s what forums are for Bowland …….mainly fans that love their club but have zero influence so need a place to let off steam.

 

[Thewhites.]

Unfortunately I think that the majority of fans neither understand how the club is run or who makes the decisions. Sure, a number of people on this forum are broadly aware of the situation, but how many of those that attend Deepdale would actually have a clue who Kathryn Revitt is?

Even the people around me at the games, despite pretty much all being long term season tickets holders, berate the players and/ or the manager when things are inevitably going tits up…. Again.

When I whinge about the owners and the board and suggest they should sell up for a quid, the response tends to be ‘why would they do that’ and ‘nobody wants to buy us’.

Until such time as we are firmly lodged in the relegation zone (more than likely around this time next year), will the majority actually consider doing anything tangible to address the situation.

There are still a significant number of fans who just assume funding a new owner is borderline impossible. At £30m I’d tend to agree. For a nominal fee I’m absolutely convinced a buyer could be found. It’s actually not difficult to get a number of parties to the table if it is made known that there is no requirement to front up any significant cash.

Football clubs get bought out of administration or from the verge of administration on a regular basis. If the owners were willing to cut their losses and walk buying us out of administration would be very cheap and very easy. We have no football creditors of note, these being the debts that would have to be satisfied in full (due to the fact we pay peanuts on the rare occasions we actually buy a player). We have no HMRC obligations, as we are reminded on a monthly basis.

The thing that disturbs me above all else is that I can’t see a viable exit strategy. Maybe they are holding out for the £30m but it’s not going to happen. Maybe in reality they’d accept a lot less than that.

The pessimist in me suggests that they actually want us to be in League 1 where the P&S rules restrict player wages to 80% in year one and 70% thereafter. Hence, we’d probably break even as a middling League 1 outfit. Coat neutral and problem solved fro their perspective financially. Certainly that’s the option I’d be taking if I didn’t care about football or PNE and I wanted to stem the financial bleeding. Reckon that’s where we’re heading personally.

 

[davelock]

And do what???? How old is he 70??? I don't beat up oap's

How strange. Why are you mentioning violence ? You would meet with him to discuss your concerns and to hear his point of you

 

[ashtonlad]

How strange. Why are you mentioning violence ? You would meet with him to discuss your concerns and to hear his point of you

Are you real?????

 

[Thewhites.]

Unfortunately I think that the majority of fans neither understand how the club is run or who makes the decisions. Sure, a number of people on this forum are broadly aware of the situation, but how many of those that attend Deepdale would actually have a clue who Kathryn Revitt is?

Even the people around me at the games, despite pretty much all being long term season tickets holders, berate the players and/ or the manager when things are inevitably going tits up…. Again.

When I whinge about the owners and the board and suggest they should sell up for a quid, the response tends to be ‘why would they do that’ and ‘nobody wants to buy us’.

Until such time as we are firmly lodged in the relegation zone (more than likely around this time next year), will the majority actually consider doing anything tangible to address the situation.

There are still a significant number of fans who just assume funding a new owner is borderline impossible. At £30m I’d tend to agree. For a nominal fee I’m absolutely convinced a buyer could be found. It’s actually not difficult to get a number of parties to the table if it is made known that there is no requirement to front up any significant cash.

Football clubs get bought out of administration or from the verge of administration on a regular basis. If the owners were willing to cut their losses and walk buying us out of administration would be very cheap and very easy. We have no football creditors of note, these being the debts that would have to be satisfied in full (due to the fact we pay peanuts on the rare occasions we actually buy a player). We have no HMRC obligations, as we are reminded on a monthly basis.

The thing that disturbs me above all else is that I can’t see a viable exit strategy. Maybe they are holding out for the £30m but it’s not going to happen. Maybe in reality they’d accept a lot less than that.

The pessimist in me suggests that they actually want us to be in League 1 where the P&S rules restrict player wages to 80% in year one and 70% thereafter. Hence, we’d probably break even as a middling League 1 outfit. Coat neutral and problem solved fro their perspective financially. Certainly that’s the option I’d be taking if I didn’t care about football or PNE and I wanted to stem the financial bleeding. Reckon that’s where we’re heading personally.

For those that can’t be bothered reading the above the jist is that we are screwed 😂

 

[OB1]

The fans around me don’t have a clue who half our signings are when they come in and still think our left back is called Alvarez and can’t differentiate between Woodman, Whiteman and Woodburn

What makes you think that would ever be organised into a protest