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MBcha said:
There seems to be a shift in the mood and more of a feeling that something needs to be done.

Town End need to get a few chants going and we need some bedsheets at the very least, that'll hopefully snowball into something more organised and meaningful.
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Good luck. You’ll need it with some of those that sit on the Town End!

Was called a shit fan yesterday for saying people should be entitled to boo.

Riddler/Hemmings/Lowe could commit mass genocide and some happy clappers would still say ‘but look at Bury and Bolton!!!’
 
If I had a job on the board of a football club and was paid a 7 figure salary, why would I care if a few hundred fans made a protest against me?

Ridsdale is used to it from his last two jobs.

I won't be part of a protest, it'd just look like we were copying the lashers making right twats of themselves. The only thing that I can think would make the Hemmings family/KR sit up and listen would be a total boycott and that is unlikely to happen. We need to be smarter and more imaginative but tbh I haven't a clue how.

I am though getting seriously worried that TH's death might lead to the death of our club.
 
MBcha said:
There seems to be a shift in the mood and more of a feeling that something needs to be done.

Town End need to get a few chants going and we need some bedsheets at the very least, that'll hopefully snowball into something more organised and meaningful.
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Should happen, but won't happen.

Too much apathy and too many buying Ridsdale's 'not-me-guv' schtick. 🤢

Also, Lowe is self-destructing on an unparalleled scale every time he opens his mouth, drawing all the anger and frustration onto him.

Bet Ridsdale is laughing his head off as another human shield takes the flak.

The Simpsons Reaction GIF
 
LostinSpace said:
If I had a job on the board of a football club and was paid a 7 figure salary, why would I care if a few hundred fans made a protest against me?

Ridsdale is used to it from his last two jobs.

I won't be part of a protest, it'd just look like we were copying the lashers making right twats of themselves. The only thing that I can think would make the Hemmings family/KR sit up and listen would be a total boycott and that is unlikely to happen. We need to be smarter and more imaginative but tbh I haven't a clue how.

I am though getting seriously worried that TH's death might lead to the death of our club.
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I can't see much issue with having a protest. I'm not sure why you've used the lashers as an example as other clubs' fans have had protests and not made twats of themselves.

Although I'd like to hope we wouldn't resort to throwing tennis balls and purposely getting games abandoned (I don't think we would resort to that anyway).
 
I can’t believe people equate protests with lashers, they aren’t the only ones to have ever protested… We’ve protested publicly before…

How else would you have us vent?

We’re not allowed to boo, not allowed to vent, not allowed to ‘sigh’ when the ball goes backwards again…

What a ridiculous corner to paint yourself in.
 
It's similar to the club insinuating that all fan disapproval (such as booing) is equivalent to "abuse".

It's a deliberate attempt to cut off dissent by pretending it's something else, then talking about the something else.

Ignore the club narrative, and protest away!
 
LostinSpace said:
If I had a job on the board of a football club and was paid a 7 figure salary, why would I care if a few hundred fans made a protest against me?

Ridsdale is used to it from his last two jobs.

I won't be part of a protest, it'd just look like we were copying the lashers making right twats of themselves. The only thing that I can think would make the Hemmings family/KR sit up and listen would be a total boycott and that is unlikely to happen. We need to be smarter and more imaginative but tbh I haven't a clue how.

I am though getting seriously worried that TH's death might lead to the death of our club.
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Got to say , the last line here is something that is starting to look more obvious as each week passes , no one knows if they are active in looking for a buyer , the owners plan ,and only plan, seems to support losses through the trust fund TH set up in his will , they have not published or even discussed what will happen when this financial well runs dry and the accounts show that without outside funding to shore up the day to day haemorrhage of cash PNEFC is insolvent and would cease trading in weeks.
The owners/executors of TH estate will 100% realise the issues that they face and will be prepared for the actions they need to take , but the lack of honest and transparent communication from those in control should make us all very concerned.
 
LostinSpace said:
I won't be part of a protest, it'd just look like we were copying the lashers making right twats of themselves. The only thing that I can think would make the Hemmings family/KR sit up and listen would be a total boycott and that is unlikely to happen. We need to be smarter and more imaginative but tbh I haven't a clue how.

I am though getting seriously worried that TH's death might lead to the death of our club.
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I assume many fans feel like you. Worried about the future but unwilling to vocalise it on match day. So, everyone just slopes of home grumbling to themselves, wondering why they bother.

Clinging on to memories of a time when the club had some form of ambition, when fans actually looked forward to home games. Where a transfer window could see real squad improvement.

Where the only players who ever stuck around for 5+ years were because they were heroes. Not just cos they were cheap squad filler, that no one else wanted.

Where you could chant "he's one of our own" and not just because a random 18 year had come on for 10 minutes. But, because they were a crucial member of the starting XI.

I still believe it'll take being bottom three for any action from the fans. And that'll just end up with the club sacking the manager, and calls for us to support the next patsy chosen for two years.

We are a small time club with small time ambitions both at board level and in the stands. So we are stuck in this constant loop of denial where treading water in mid-table is accepted by everyone involved.

L1 is calling and it'll be too late to air our grievances once we are down there. But, I think that's how it'll probably play out.
 
ashtonlad said:
I'd rather we went into admin, hell i'd rather we were non league for a while,have a belt n braces owner who loves the club and gives his/her all and is straight talking and honest
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You don't mean that you stupid pooass it'd be shite playing teams like Scunthorpe and haslam park united.. I'd go as far as say it'd be sickening.
 
Thracia said:
It's similar to the club insinuating that all fan disapproval (such as booing) is equivalent to "abuse".

It's a deliberate attempt to cut off dissent by pretending it's something else, then talking about the something else.
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Spot on.

From what I could see, there was no more and no less grief than any manager at any club would expect.

Imagine Sheff Utd, Millwall, Cardiff, Pompey, etc fans if they ever lost five home games on the bounce.

If the 'abuse' really was 'vile', get PR to call his police pals again. 🙄

Lowe's either very thin-skinned or using the booing as a distraction technique.

Probably both. 😏
 
shabbagaz said:
I can't see much issue with having a protest. I'm not sure why you've used the lashers as an example as other clubs' fans have had protests and not made twats of themselves.

Although I'd like to hope we wouldn't resort to throwing tennis balls and purposely getting games abandoned (I don't think we would resort to that anyway).
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The focus of the protest needs to be right though. Its its a basic "we're not in the playoffs and its not fair, whinge, whinge" then we won't get anywhere because the obvious counterpoint is that we aren't far away.

Its more fundamental than that and needs to get right to the root of the ownership, sustainability and progress of the club in the future. Chances are we go down next season. With the current ownership I don't think we're coming back again for a very long time.
 
Dreyfuss said:
I assume many fans feel like you. Worried about the future but unwilling to vocalise it on match day. So, everyone just slopes of home grumbling to themselves, wondering why they bother.

Clinging on to memories of a time when the club had some form of ambition, when fans actually looked forward to home games. Where a transfer window could see real squad improvement.

Where the only players who ever stuck around for 5+ years were because they were heroes. Not just cos they were cheap squad filler, that no one else wanted.

Where you could chant "he's one of our own" and not just because a random 18 year had come on for 10 minutes. But, because they were a crucial member of the starting XI.

I still believe it'll take being bottom three for any action from the fans. And that'll just end up with the club sacking the manager, and calls for us to support the next patsy chosen for two years.

We are a small time club with small time ambitions both at board level and in the stands. So we are stuck in this constant loop of denial where treading water in mid-table is accepted by everyone involved.

L1 is calling and it'll be too late to air our grievances once we are down there. But, I think that's how it'll probably play out.
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You can demonstrate all you want but it won't make any difference, they'd simply dismiss it as a vocal minority.

As I said in my post, this needs to be approached in a different way which needs some imaginative thought.

A petition with several thousand signatures would be a start. There was one online recently but that had less than a hundred signatures last time I looked.
 
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