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Topics: 11So you have crap meal at a restaurant do you go back?
Unfortunately generations will be lost when what’s on offer is not acceptable.
My father has gone to watch the iron since the 60’s. He could take it or leave it whether he goes back.
Me this last years has seen me take up more meaningful hobbies that actually repay me in some sense.
If I only go to GP only to catch up with friends then it’s a poor state.
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We’ve been terrible this season just like we were in the season before we signed Mussy, Bara and Crosby, then look what happened.
That season we had a visit from the Loan Ranger who scored 23 goals in 42 games. We also had a “run through brick walls for the club” CF called Steve Torpey who scored 11 in 43.
This year we’ve had Ryan Loft and Abo Eisa (9 apiece).
A quarter of our games have seen one or no shots on target. Can you imagine Torps or McLean going through a game without a pop on goal?
And as for the players brought in post-haste, well despite starting brightly they have sunk to the depths of uselessness that the rest of the team display.
But hey, you just keep clapping.
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‘I believe it is important that the fans leave Swann in no doubt about the depth of feeling, but people should still take note of what UTI is saying. It won’t help the club one bit if this turns into a “Swann out” vendetta.’
IMO you are absolutely clueless. You think he’s going to take notice of a well publicised poll? You think we should take notice of UTI99? You think anyone should take any notice of the person who has treated with contempt any legitimate criticisms of the way things are operating and heading over the last few years, but does a volte face when the crisis is deep? No. The more protest, the more ‘moaning and groaning’ as you put it the better. Money is the only thing talking here, and the only thing that will make him change the way he’s operating is if his investment is being sullied. Get the protests going and get it covered by local and national media. Don’t stay away when we’re allowed back in the ground, keep the protest going inside GP. Some may want to shout him out, others may not, the point is the longer any vocal protest continues, the more chance of some change for the better by him doing what’s necessary to ensure we don’t drop down the non leagues.
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Well said, DM.
And UTI99, re. fans, customers and the Sky generation – it’s companies like Sky who have been responsible more than anyone for replacing fans with fickle customers. The big money they’ve brought into the game has turned the top clubs into global brands with customers worldwide, the vast majority of whom never actually attend a game.
Plus, the way TV income is distributed has widened inequality in football, and forced into administration many small clubs like ours, who now really struggle to keep up.
Local fans have become even more important to these clubs, as they are an important source of income where TV money is relatively small. So, the clubs should be working hard to attract and keep them.
But, there’s a feeling that SUFC is not doing this; that it’s taking them for granted, angering and alienating them by saying they talk crap, they’re morons, or ‘who cares’ if they leave after 60-odd years, etc. etc. And as if that weren’t enough, season after season we have witnessed a standard of football rarely seen outside public parks.
Now, for all kinds of reasons, the days of fans suffering in silence have gone. Even ours, who are now planning a protest, which will certainly attract regional and quite possibly national attention.
I don’t know if all this is a lesson they teach in the business schools, but it’s one the club would do well to learn before it’s too late. But, maybe it already is.
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with a bit of luck you might get to double figures.
The current poll would suggest triple figures!
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To pick the protests that you do value, judge what is important in life. And a protest against someone who paid the players 100% through covid with very little income coming in is a good employer in my books, just because he hasn’t achieved what he wanted doesn’t mean people should turn on him at least he gave it a go.
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Au contraire. It would appear he HAS achieved what he wanted.
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To pick the protests that you do value, judge what is important in life. And a protest against someone who paid the players 100% through covid with very little income coming in is a good employer in my books, just because he hasn’t achieved what he wanted doesn’t mean people should turn on him at least he gave it a go.
Judge what is important in life?? The anger shown on this board reveals that the club is very important in the lives of many.
Players receiving their pay cheques? It has nothing to do with it. A protest is in the offing because the supporters feel cheated at how badly the club is being run; the dreadful performances, the dreadful league position, the broken promises, the disdain for the fans…
Come on AWG, you’re looking though the wrong end of the telescope. If you really were a shop steward, you’d understand the value of protest to show the strength of feeling about this. But if your MO with aggrieved workers was merely to ask them if they had been paid, and to consider what is important in life, how on earth did you manage to get elected some ten times in thirty years?
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Awaywego just likes a dust up, that’s why he spent his formative years half way up a pylon shouting bollocks at opposition fans and approves of morons lobbing smoke bombs at football matches. He just can’t help himself basically.
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As many supporters as possible should turn up at Glanford Park on 8th May to protest what the Swanns have done to our Club. The blame lies solely with them for the situation we are in now. And then the audacity to take away all the club’s land and stadium and transfer the ownership to themselves and say Swann is now going to focus on his flats and buildings. This has made sure that no-one would want to buy our club as we no longer have any assets, and this would also prevent the club taking out any loans. In my opinion they have totally STITCHED THE CLUB UP! This protest should be made aware of to the local press and get them to come down to GP and also to the national press. C’mon irn bru we need you to make the press aware of what is happening.
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Topics: 11Have you actually read Swanns statement?
Stop believing the ‘fans’ spreading lies, hate and abuse.
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Well you’re definitely not a fan or supporter! The truth is there for all to see. So Scunthorpe United FC hasn’t lost its stadium, hasn’t lost its land, wont ever have to pay rent to play there, aren’t playing the worst football since coming into the football league, aren’t having to fight to stay in the football league, have got a chairman who in my opinion is unfit to run a league club and racked up huge debts like never before and has alienated most supporters. I could go on and on. Do nothing and our Club will be gone, there’ll just be buildings there. THIS IS WHY WE NEED A PROTEST.
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Topics: 11Have you actually read the statement? Simple question.
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Have you actually read the statement? Simple question.
Have you read the statement in 2015? Still waiting for a response on the other thread
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Topics: 11I imagine I did read it at the time. I prefer to focus on the present and the reasons for any actions.
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Topics: 11Do we just protest and spit our dummies out every time we have a bad season?
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