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Post by markczgas on Jun 7, 2014 11:14:46 GMT
I like the idea of a silence protest. I'd suggest the silence protest from the 30th-40th minute, also with the pointing at box 1, and then for the last 5 minutes of the half the nosiest continuous singing of ALL the ground. That would make the point about the significance of the fans, it wouldn't financially hurt the club, it would also show the new players our passion for the club as the contrast of that wall of noise in the 40th minute would be extraordinary. The board need to realise just how wide spread the anger of the fans is to the way they have managed our club and treated us, who are the club at the end of the day.
In a weird sort of way I think they were lucky that we got relegated in the very last game, if it had been the game before there would of been opportunity for a protest, but in the rawness of relegation there were few who felt able. On another point has anyone else been left wondering why we never signed this Jamie White last season, given the dire need? Not a bad idea Newport. we have also discussed things like this in recent weeks. and these sorts of ideas will be up for discussion and a vote on Tues 10th June under the third item of our agenda for the night. Perhaps you can come along ? Would be nice to meet and chat
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Post by markczgas on Jun 7, 2014 11:24:24 GMT
i just think we need to give darrell clarke a chance to put a squad together and produce a decent team whatever we think of the board This is a familiar line churned out at this time of the year ! Perhaps i could be the manager, physio, Supporters Club rep , The Chairman and The goalie and I could count on your support too !?
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Post by brizzle on Jun 7, 2014 12:10:51 GMT
No, I don't think so, it's not quite that bad at the moment. But what do you think? How far down that road are we? Too far. I started watching Rovers when we were in the 2nd tier of English football (admittedly struggling). Then we went back to the third tier thinking we'd get out of this sh*t division in a season and lost the opening game 1-0 to Bournemouth at Twerton. We were a third division club with aspirations to get back in the second (championship). We were never a fourth division club and then on one second of May, Wycombe scored a wonder goal to send us down to the fourth and the board boldly predicted a swift return. Then we a fourth tier club with aspirations to get back to the third where we could get back to what we see as our rightful place, aspiring to get into the second tier. Then we became a struggling fourth tier club and fell out of the league into the fifth. In a few seasons we could become a conference club with aspirations to get into the league, or a struggling one trying to avoid a drop into the sixth tier. How far is far enough? Do you think the board that led the club this far down this road has the competence to stop the disastrous path it has taken? Do you think the collective individuals have the wit to take us back the right way? The board has spat in our faces too many times but some still think it's the rain. I bet you're glad to get that lot off of your chest, aren't you? No but seriously, I do agree with an awful lot of what you say, in fact some could go back even further with similar tales of mis-management and broken dreams. But what's the point, eh? We are where we are, and there is very little that you or I can do (in a positive way) to affect the outcome. I liken it to being on a train journey, you either go to the end . . . or get off. We have to accept that we chose to support BRFC, and all of this goes with the territory. If we had chosen to support Spurs or Arsenal for example, we would have had a much happier time, but make no mistake we would still have our gripes. But when you ask the questions: ''Do you think the board that led the club this far down this road has the competence to stop the disastrous path it has taken? Do you think the collective individuals have the wit to take us back the right way?'', then the answer to both questions is a resounding NO. It is an undeniable fact that the BoD has badly failed the club and the supporters, and have shown themselves to be unfit for purpose. But equally they are in a position of strength, and only by some other person (or body) buying their interests in the club will they be shifted. Perhaps that's what they're waiting for, the arrival of the proverbial Golden Goose. Who knows what they are thinking? But I do think that they may well have overplayed their hand as far as the loyalty of the supporters is concerned, but only time will tell on that one. But like you mrgas I look back at our past, and I do genuinely despair of where we have ended up. Heaven alone knows what some of our former players would have made of it.
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Post by steptoeshorse on Jun 7, 2014 12:23:08 GMT
Well, I thought I had seen the last of one of my teams, as it turns out the Bulls are going to be fine. Much the same comment wise is being proposed there to protest Keyte. The way I look at it is I bloody choke going to matches when I think of the faceless out of touch b'stards that run most football clubs, however, it is the shirt I support, Rovers wise it was Blue and White vertical stripes at first and now the quarters. I understand the strength of feeling, but I've got to say all these things are transitional,you wouldn't appreciate the good times without the pain of the bad times. I'm looking forward to next season, doubtless Box 1 at the Mem and Horsebox 1 at the street will continue to sneer at the likes of us. In both cases we could well see the galvanising of the clubs following bloody awful summers.
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Post by kingswood Polak on Jun 7, 2014 14:37:56 GMT
The worst thing, in my opinion, are those who say " I'll follow Rovers whatever league they are in" i would applaud loyaly but blind loyalty is a dangerous thing. If you genuinely feel you are happy to follow a team and club that could end up on the Downs ( ok extreme example) then god bless you but I am not one of those people. I don't mind telling you that I did not go to matches for 4 seasons when we sunk to L2. What really troubles me is the apparent lack of ambition in many parts of the fanbase. If you continue to give your backing to a group of people who have shown themselves to be remiss and lacking in Footballing nous, you then have to expect failure as part & parcel of that choice. The current guardians have shown that they do not care at all about the fans in many ways. They could not have shown their derision and dismissive nature any clearer and yet; I cannot believe that some still think it would somehow harm the club anymore than they already have. I would suggest that some really need to think about what and where they want our club to achieve and at what level before the offer their undying support. It's all well and good spouting RTID but will you really be happy to be able to say " I played my part in this and did nothing to stop our demise" ? I don't mean to put anyone down here but the concern for this god awful board worries me more than anything else. Be careful what you wish for.
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Post by Lazza on Jun 7, 2014 16:36:05 GMT
Or at a given point in the game (35 mins maybe as a reference to 3rd May) everyone silently points at box 1 Hahaha - brilliant! Donald Sutherland in Invasion Of The Body Snatchers I do believe.
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Post by mrgas on Jun 7, 2014 19:43:18 GMT
Too far. I started watching Rovers when we were in the 2nd tier of English football (admittedly struggling). Then we went back to the third tier thinking we'd get out of this sh*t division in a season and lost the opening game 1-0 to Bournemouth at Twerton. We were a third division club with aspirations to get back in the second (championship). We were never a fourth division club and then on one second of May, Wycombe scored a wonder goal to send us down to the fourth and the board boldly predicted a swift return. Then we a fourth tier club with aspirations to get back to the third where we could get back to what we see as our rightful place, aspiring to get into the second tier. Then we became a struggling fourth tier club and fell out of the league into the fifth. In a few seasons we could become a conference club with aspirations to get into the league, or a struggling one trying to avoid a drop into the sixth tier. How far is far enough? Do you think the board that led the club this far down this road has the competence to stop the disastrous path it has taken? Do you think the collective individuals have the wit to take us back the right way? The board has spat in our faces too many times but some still think it's the rain. I bet you're glad to get that lot off of your chest, aren't you? No but seriously, I do agree with an awful lot of what you say, in fact some could go back even further with similar tales of mis-management and broken dreams. But what's the point, eh? We are where we are, and there is very little that you or I can do (in a positive way) to affect the outcome. I liken it to being on a train journey, you either go to the end . . . or get off. We have to accept that we chose to support BRFC, and all of this goes with the territory. If we had chosen to support Spurs or Arsenal for example, we would have had a much happier time, but make no mistake we would still have our gripes. But when you ask the questions: ''Do you think the board that led the club this far down this road has the competence to stop the disastrous path it has taken? Do you think the collective individuals have the wit to take us back the right way?'', then the answer to both questions is a resounding NO. It is an undeniable fact that the BoD has badly failed the club and the supporters, and have shown themselves to be unfit for purpose. But equally they are in a position of strength, and only by some other person (or body) buying their interests in the club will they be shifted. Perhaps that's what they're waiting for, the arrival of the proverbial Golden Goose. Who knows what they are thinking? But I do think that they may well have overplayed their hand as far as the loyalty of the supporters is concerned, but only time will tell on that one. But like you mrgas I look back at our past, and I do genuinely despair of where we have ended up. Heaven alone knows what some of our former players would have made of it. Exactly, Brizzle, and that's why I won't support this incompetent board financially. I believe witholding enough money from the board will actually help the club in the long term, i.e. when they go.
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Post by chrissyg58 on Jun 8, 2014 10:49:56 GMT
That sort of protest would do more harm than good, and to be honest do you think the B.O.D would care , nobody trusts them and nobody likes them, they seem to treat the players with equal contempt. But they are all thick skinned and couldnt give a dam about supporters. They have probably ordered their new cars with the Lambert money.
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Post by stig-of-the-gas on Jun 8, 2014 14:49:42 GMT
There's no way I am going to stay away as a protest.
As a suggestion, how about everyone staying in the car park for the first five minutes then all walking in together singing "We want our Rovers back"
Five minutes to symbolise the fact we are now in the fifth teir.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2014 14:58:47 GMT
Why do any of you talking about not damaging the club financially think the board will give a s*** about anything we do if iy doesn't affect their pockets? All this crap about pointing or staying quiet then shouting ... they won't give a flying f. Agree 100% with lordjusticegashead. The ONLY way to make the Board sit up and take notice is with lower attendances that will hurt them IN THE POCKET. Buying a season ticket i slike a vote of support to the utterly incompetent and unprofessional Board. I was talking to a York City fan this morning and he said the fans boycotted home fixtures and put the money they would have spent to an Independent Supporters Trust. That forced the Board to change. Personally - I will be sampling the delights of Braintree, Dover, Salisbury etc - but I won't be going to the Mem under the current set-up. I won't continue to hand over cash to the muppets that run our once proud club. The Board take the fans for granted. The club do not deserve the fans they have. But they will miss us when we're gone. Bit like Coventry fans did last season,and look at the mess they are in,with a court hearing next week to decide their fate and the odds are not looking good according to their fans,talk of a merge with Northampton or a new club AFC Coventry,is that what you want?
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Post by irishrover on Jun 9, 2014 10:10:03 GMT
Agree 100% with lordjusticegashead. The ONLY way to make the Board sit up and take notice is with lower attendances that will hurt them IN THE POCKET. Buying a season ticket i slike a vote of support to the utterly incompetent and unprofessional Board. I was talking to a York City fan this morning and he said the fans boycotted home fixtures and put the money they would have spent to an Independent Supporters Trust. That forced the Board to change. Personally - I will be sampling the delights of Braintree, Dover, Salisbury etc - but I won't be going to the Mem under the current set-up. I won't continue to hand over cash to the muppets that run our once proud club. The Board take the fans for granted. The club do not deserve the fans they have. But they will miss us when we're gone. Bit like Coventry fans did last season,and look at the mess they are in,with a court hearing next week to decide their fate and the odds are not looking good according to their fans,talk of a merge with Northampton or a new club AFC Coventry,is that what you want? To be fair Coventry fans boycotted the club because it was being owned by a rental concern who were actually screw over the club. Urgo the more money they gave them the more money would be extracted from the club. It was a much more cut and dried thing and made perfect sens. It had nothing to do with them having to move out of the Ricoh - it was clear that was already on the cards. The problem at Coventry was that fans did not exert enough influence on the club years before. The failure of Coventry City is entirely to do with mismanagement and greed at the top - the fans were in a no win situation and I think an AFC Coventry probably will be what happens there in the end and I think a lot of their fanbase would probably welcome the chance to press the restart button given that there's no obvious way out of the horrendous mess they are in and it looks like endless years of struggle are ahead because the stadium situation is an absolute mess there. All the fault of a board of directors who budgeted for Premier League money while cutting playing side costs and signing the worst stadium deal in the history of English football (including Darlington and that's saying something).
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Post by gasheadnaboo on Jun 9, 2014 11:47:30 GMT
I just guess some people don't mind seeing the club they profess to support getting shafted, each to their own I suppose
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