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I’m only expressing opinions I and many others, including you, feel Alcazar. And I’m sure there’s plenty of your detrimental comments about me were justified. However, likewise, I will endeavour to keep our disagreements constructive in future and try to avoid the unnecessary bickering and unsavoury reactions.
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Wow how did you some of you survive at old grounds like Saltergate? Such snobbery from football customers.
Fans not customers!
Pointless comparison. Saltergate’s been closed around a decade and, perhaps you’re not aware, that s***hole wasn’t the home of the Iron? Personally, I always enjoyed my visits there but I wouldn’t have wanted it as my home ground. Many of us are ex-OSG, so we’re quite used to slumming it mate. Nowadays, we should and do expect better. I suppose you think all those complaining on Twitter are wrong too? Nice try, trying to turn this in to a culture war though. What next, anybody who dare complain about on and off the field matters is a ‘snowflake’?
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I took a duster again yesterday to clean our seats, we had been in different seats against Hull City. In my opinion it is a very poor state of affairs. I listened to the Podcast the other night and Mr.Swann laughed this matter off, it matters to me Peter. UTWI
The reply regarding the seats ought to have been, ‘really? I’ve not been down to see, but leave it with me and I’ll look in to it because that’s not acceptable. If I expect you to part with good money to come down here, you should expect better when you get here’. Instead, it’s treated as a joke. And trust me, it’s a lot more than a dozen or so moaners mate.
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Don’t expect to start seeing an improvement on the pitch if the basics off it are being ignored.
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It’s not that dirty seats, tatty flags and blocked drains are major issues in themselves, it’s the message that, and the general neglect of the stadium, gives out. It’s basically saying ‘I don’t really give a toss about the ground and the supporter experience’. He admitted he hasn’t even been down to have a look. How can you expect people to care if it looks like you don’t? This attitude will permeate through the club, from the top down. Where’s the pride in stewardship gone? Lead by example.
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There might also be a case to be argued that he seems better at overspending than managing within means, given we almost reached the Championship twice and were being served up decent football with some excellent players. Now that the debt is wiped clean, why not ho again? After all, he may now own the ground, but apparently ‘nothing’s changed’.
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National League don’t have any tight financial rules as fair as I’m aware?
Our budget is determined by how many fans we get through the gate, which is determined by how many games we win, which is determined by how good our players are, which is determined by our budget. All connected.
Yes there are some exceptions to the rule but not many.
Thanks for that UTI99, you may well be right with your first point, but the rest of your explanation is too simplistic and doesn’t explain why a lot of budgets of NL clubs is higher than a lot of L2 clubs. All you’ve done is say Swann is managing the budget like a household one now, which everybody knows. It doesn’t help with answering the question, unless you’re implying that those NL clubs are either overspending or have higher revenue from Gate receipts?
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Sorry for the negativity but these two initiatives sound like one bright spark’s ideas to ‘come up with a few things we can promote to appease the whingeing gits – something quick and easy and that doesn’t require too much resourcing’.
I think it will take a lot more actual committed engagement to re-engage disenfranchised fans, but agree CT, it’s a start and hopefully more to come.
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Keep politics on the non-football side please, unless I’ve got a point to make, then suddenly it’s not a problem.
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No. I’ve said twice I’m calling you homophobic because you thanked this post from Big J in your ‘taking to the knee’ thread (it’s still there if you look):
‘Pride is being pushed on the masses to normalise degeneracy! It’s nothing but queers showing how debauched they are with kink and attempts to recruit children to the gay agenda! They want more gays! Society is being engineered to make our kids gay as part of the great replacement and population control!
I doubt Harry Kane has much say on the matter! He has been told by those higher up to wear it to make it seem normal to the masses! Though many can see through the tricks of the libtards to normalise sodomy! Such acts were rightfully seen as disgusting and now they are being normalised to protect the feelings of queer snowflakes who can’t handle criticism for their lifestyle choice!’
Another reason someone like you shouldn’t be on a fans panel. You seem unable to interpret and rationalise basic facts. That’s putting it politely.
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Pretty much agree with that apart from the ‘unprecedented success’ part. Two failed League One play off finals isn’t a success.
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