I was wondering how long it would be before we were ridiculed for this - it just shows how clueless the club is. All of their attempts to improve the atmosphere have been pitiful; flag wavers, flag wavers on stilts, goal music, flashing lights (I bloody hate that, so tacky), the cross bar challenge (how on earth it took them a whole season to realise it was utterly pointless getting people to kick it form the half way line, first time aside of course when there was actually someone who could kick a ball) and chants on the screens last season. They've created the problem and now are failing miserably to correct it. The atmosphere is poor because people have been split up, priced out and generally pissed off. The whole club is rotten and it stinks. It's not enjoyable to go anymore, it's almost embarrassing to be associated with the club at the moment, you want to defend it but in reality you can't. The crowd now doesn't consist of enough of the type that are happy to be vocal, too many of the hardcore have been pushed out. The only thing that will solve it is the Allams leaving, nothing will have any positive affect until then. The negativity around the club is swallowing anything positive and causing us long term damage. It doesn't help that the football for the last 3 years has been mainly ****e, last year even when we were winning you didn't come away thinking we played well, it was an underwhelming feeling of if we'd have played to our full potential we could have put 5 past most teams instead of labouring to 1-0's with defensive tactics. It will be so nice to go to a match again under new owners when all your thinking about is the game of football and a united fan base all supporting the same cause. Once this happens the atmosphere will improve, it's not a complex formula - a full stadium with happy, valued fans and something to believe in on the pitch. It can get back to this but not until the owners have gone, too much damage had been done.
It might well be. The issue of pricing needs to be sorted out. Perhaps the club would be prepared to sit down and talk about how the membership scheme could be altered to improve the atmosphere. There is a lot wrong with our club but are we, as supporters, trying to open some doors? I've seen no evidence of it. Its possible the Trust are holding secret talks but I doubt it. At the end of this season the concessions for young people in the family section expire. Relegated and another price hike for families is going to go down like a led zeppelin. However, unless people say they are prepared to look at moving the club will do nothing because there's no interest.
I can't believe you have posted that. If I read it correctly you are saying we should instigate a meeting/discussion/consultation to address the problems them two ****wits have caused.
Its come around every few months for the last two years. Its allways the fans who need to build the bridges, start the ball rolling, be nice to the club. So many things have been tried and the club has pissed on every one. Until the ****s have gone nothings changing.
Just as an O/T But when it looked like the Chinese were all set Ehab wrote a programme note saying the club would be sold and it was their last game. Has there been anything written in the matchday progrmme since?
You're starting to get the hang of this now. You might even earn the respect of the clique, but you'll have to drop the Allan apologist crap.
Agreed which is why i prefer to go to away games. But it was definitely significantly worse on Saturday. As someone said above it will get worse going forward.
Indeed, it is the Legend/Clown Shoe that is TenFoot Tiger, in the purple hooded jacket at the right hand end of the banner! I can't believe he would have admitted to being winded by a steward, though!
That was what he said. He was holding his chest and looked pale and was having trouble breathing. But now he would have sorted half a dozen of them out and had to be dragged as away as they pleaded for him to leave them alone.
