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Jimmy The Addick said:
I never said i hate them, i just really dislike them. When they took over we were told of a 5 year plan of "steady and consistent investment" to get us back to the Premiership. Less than 2 years later the money has gone and they have been quieter than Wigan fans on MOTD. Yes the big money backer pulled out, possibly they had no control over that yes, but the silence has left me furious. If we are just about ticking over, or a week away from liquidation, us fans have a right to be told. Without our money through ticket and merchandising sales they would not have a club to own. And the way they have allowed the squad to become weaker than it was when we won League One in a tougher division makes no sense be it for footballing or business reasons.

If they want to sell up, they should really be playing on the positivity surrounding the club, the positivity that was here in huge quantities not too long ago. The atmosphere since has crumbled, and the club is shrouded in uncertainty. If they could teach the ground staff to get the pitch to dry up as quickly as the positivity did it would still be green for a start. We need to get a few wins in to lift spirits but how does Powell craft that with such a small squad that sadly, just doesn't have the quality to do anything special in this division on a regular basis.

I am not asking for millions to be spent or any knee jerk decisions to be made. But whatever the new plan is for the club long term, the sooner we fans find out, the quicker the discussion can be moved back to the games we play instead of backroom business and the like. Things get so depressing at times i genuinely miss only having Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and his amazing knack at doing absolutely nothing to moan about, now it seems our problems are bigger than his shorts were
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Perfectly summed up jimmy ;)
 
PondersEndAddick said:
Is that the official response to discriminatory language used on a public forum?
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If anyone has a genuine complaint then please PM me or Tewkes. It's how we've tried to handle situations in the past <ok>

But me and Tewkes did speak about setting a sticky setting out certain procedures so can only apologise if this hasn't been made clear.
 
Didn't this thread start as a consequence of Solly getting a contract extension? I'm sure most of us have been hoping more would follow, but so far nothing.
 
SuperChrissyisfantasticPardswasatrocious said:
If anyone has a genuine complaint then please PM me or Tewkes. It's how we've tried to handle situations in the past <ok>

But me and Tewkes did speak about setting a sticky setting out certain procedures so can only apologise if this hasn't been made clear.
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It is indeed a genuine complaint, SuperC. But I do realise it was a lapse in judgement from typical, so I am not going to take the matter further.

I have a ginger relative and they have suffered awfully because of it, so I suppose it hit a raw nerve.

And I have been castigated for much less then typical's post, thus leaving my hubris a little dented. Which may not be a bad thing ...
 
PondersEndAddick said:
It is indeed a genuine complaint, SuperC. But I do realise it was a lapse in judgement from typical, so I am not going to take the matter further.

I have a ginger relative and they have suffered awfully because of it, so I suppose it hit a raw nerve.

And I have been castigated for much less then typical's post, thus leaving my hubris a little dented. Which may not be a bad thing ...
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I nearly lost my old job because of gingerism <ok>
The ginger receptionist announced that she was pregnant by her black boyfriend. She was openly discussing possible baby names, but my suggestion "Terry The Chocolate Orange" nearly got me the tin-tac.
 
Tewkesbury Addick said:
Ponders - if you'd explained that in the first place, I'd have modded the post.

I thought you were winding us up.

Super and I may be pretty decent Mods but we're not mind readers.

Tewkes
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No wind-up, Tewkes. I take these matters seriously.

Normally I would agree with your 'pretty decent' rating, but for now you are merely 'poor to moderate'.

I shall let you know when the rating changes.

Ponders
 
TC (Lovely Geezer) said:
I nearly lost my old job because of gingerism <ok>
The ginger receptionist announced that she was pregnant by her black boyfriend. She was openly discussing possible baby names, but my suggestion "Terry The Chocolate Orange" nearly got me the tin-tac.
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Alas, TC, it was most probably the black aspect of the pun that caused the stir. Very few people stick up for gingers.
 
PondersEndAddick said:
Tewkesbury Addick said:
Ponders - if you'd explained that in the first place, I'd have modded the post.

I thought you were winding us up.

Super and I may be pretty decent Mods but we're not mind readers.

Tewkes
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No wind-up, Tewkes. I take these matters seriously.

Normally I would agree with your 'pretty decent' rating, but for now you are merely 'poor to moderate'.

I shall let you know when the rating changes.

Ponders
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Sorry you feel that way. Me and tewkes try to let the forum run itself as much as possible as most have been posting for years and we like to think we could trust all. As I said- if anyone does have a problem going forward then please PM us and let us know.
 
SuperChrissyisfantasticPardswasatrocious said:
Sorry you feel that way. Me and tewkes try to let the forum run itself as much as possible as most have been posting for years and we like to think we could trust all. As I said- if anyone does have a problem going forward then please PM us and let us know.
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Nah, I was just kidding, SuperC. You are hovering just above mediocre at present.:emoticon-0136-giggl
 
ForestHillBilly said:
...................and still nothing..............................................
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A source close to Richard Murray told an ex employee on another site that individual discussions are taking place with certain players at this moment. The current impression was that some members of our squad and their agents are being unrealistic in terms of their salary expectations, taking into account FFP and our dire financial circumstances. Evina was cited as a specific example. RM ..sorry..the source...went on to say that the bottom has fallen out of the wages demand below PL level, and that players and agents are slow to realise this.
 
Well I feel there is a sense of drift at the club, which will get worse the longer it goes on. All this arguing about whether it's Powell or Slater\Jiminez: they should all be working together to get the contract situation sorted, so that we have players and a manager who are committed to the club.
 
Sat In Greenwich said:
they wont look at contracts now. especially as we dont know what our budget is (e.g. what division we'll be in)
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This could be it, but maybe talking to the players and reasuring them that they will be talked to may help, as the impression i get reading between lines of Powells comments and rumour that JJ wanted to talk to the board but was told no, which does no one any favours, even if its a empty promise may help morale
 
JJ wants to crack on with doing his job, instead of worrying about board meetings...!!

I'm afraid I don't get the big hoo ha about players contracts coming to an end.

I'm sure I'm not the only poster on here who has been on similarly short contracts in the past where works concerned.

One way of the other, our players need to get their heads down and show they're worth keeping or earn themselves a move away.

Quite frankly barring Morrison, Solly, Kermorgant and Church I would loose very little sleep at the news of any of our players moving on.
 
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