You do have a choice and you’ve chosen to sip the poison with a smile, then sneer at others for pointing out it’s toxic. Nobody is forcing you to attend, buy tickets or care. Equally, nobody forced Trevor Hemmings to buy the club. But once you choose to own a football club our club there’s a responsibility to do more than just keep the lights on and occasionally pat the dog.
And as for your bizarre loyalty test, implying that criticism of how the club is run means we don’t support it? Give over. Many of us have been here far longer than the current ownership, and we’ll still be here when the Isle of Man finally cashes out and hands the reins to the next generation of reluctant benefactors. Supporting Preston North End doesn’t mean blindly clapping every slow-motion car crash they steer us into.
You mock the idea of writing letters like it’s some cringeworthy, futile act. Yet for all your snide remarks, those letters led to meetings, meetings you weren’t in, conversations you weren’t part of, and outcomes you’re clearly still guessing at. I’ve already said I’ve drawn a line under it. But I’ve also had direct contact with the Chairman , not the PR puppet, and I’ll stand by my statement: relegation would have been catastrophic, and he knew it.
All we ever asked for was hope. A sign of intent. A willingness to push forward, however modestly. But here we are, a week before the season kicks off not at the end of August, but in August and we’re still three players short in key positions we’ve failed to address year after year. And people like you shrug your shoulders and tell everyone to be grateful we exist at all. It’s pathetic.
There’ll be no more meetings. No more letters. No more wasted energy. Why? Because we’ve stopped believing they’re listening. The trust has gone and frankly, posts like yours show it’s not just the board that have lost touch. It’s embarrassing, you say? What’s embarrassing is fans contorting themselves into human shields for a regime that’s happy for you to argue on their behalf while they do sweet F.A.
You want to sit in silence, fine. That’s your choice. But don’t patronise or belittle those of us who still care enough to speak out.
Ah yes, the classic "it's the fans' fault" defence because nothing screams accountability like blaming your most engaged supporters for daring to speak up.
If your entire argument boils down to "maybe the owners would do more if people weren’t mean to them on the internet," then frankly, you’ve already lost the plot. We’re not dealing with children whose feelings got hurt because someone said the word “ambition” a bit too loudly. We’re talking about multi-million-pound custodians of a professional football club who repeatedly fail to act in its best interest.
And for the record if you think running around calling people “insufferable cunts” is the high ground, maybe sit this one out when it comes to lecturing others on tone, respect, or how to engage with the club.
This forum exists to give all supporters a voice even those who want to grovel for breadcrumbs and tell others to stop asking questions. But don’t confuse criticism with disrespect. And don’t kid yourself that fan passivity has ever led to progress.
If you think things would magically improve if we all just clapped harder, you’re not supporting the club you’re enabling its decline.
