I'm a bit of a sucker for the underdog and the backs against the wall mentality.
Lee will get my support until the day he gets bulletted or decides himself, enough is enough.

last 2 posts spot on

Those who accept mediocrity like the above should be ashamed of themselves.
backing a failing coach and taking the team into downward spiral...give your head a bang

Jump up and down? Stomp your feet? Wave a clenched fist?
Carry on being outraged thst some of us refuse to match full capacity on your outrageonometer.

This is the often stated criticism of those who support their team through thick and thin. I don't believe anyone, on this forum, or in the real world accepts mediocrity.
What they are doing is supporting their team.

Sport, of all kinds, is full of examples of of teams who have achieved great things and then plunged to depths. Some remain at the bottom, some rise back to the top.

The one thing they all have in common is a fan base that will stay through thick and thin.
It doesn't make those supporters any better, or worse, than those who come and go whenever good times are around. What it does do, is make them more loyal than those who are only there for the good times.

It's their choice, and long may they be able to make it. Just like it's your choice to have a whine and a moan.

Every paying fan has the right to an opinion.
And every paying owner has the right to ignore it.

Choose your attitude.

I think if the owner actually started engaging with the fans more, then he would buy himself a lot of goodwill. What many on here do not like his apparent blanking of those who have supported this club over many, many years and his willingness to persist with things which are obviously upsetting those same fans, ie lack of a genuine coach, academy merger etc. No doubt he'll be in touch when he wants everyone to buy a season ticket for next year.
We'll do that if he gives us a reason to believe and is more forthcoming on what his plans are for the club. We seem to be rather light on detail in that department.
For what its worth I do want him to succeed.

Don't know where the notion comes from that those who are not happy with things, and choose to voice it, are less of a supporter than those who blindly follow the club.
Maybe they are more of a supporter, as they can see the malaise infecting the club, and are not happily standing by chanting the mantra "in any kind of weather" over and over again.
I know loads of supporters who no longer go. They've had enough. They still support the club emotionally though. The club has a massive battle on to win back these supporters through the turnstiles.
The club only engage with the fanbase at season pass renewal time.

Have you all forgotten "old faithful in any kind of weather" yea righty ho.

Cant argue with the logic of that but the way to success lies in bringing the owner and the fans together. The fans need to understand the problems and financial challenges faced by the owner and the owner needs to understand that if he ignores the fans or takes them for granted he will find himself with fewer of them, which will only compound his difficulties.

The club has lost 1000's of paying customers since pearson took over and even more before he did. people have voted with their feet and unless there is a big change at the club it will continue. I expect sub 8k crowds next season

Correct.

Spot on. If we miss out on the 8, as seems possible/likely, and survive in SL, his attachment to Radford beyond this season would spell disaster from a season pass perspective.

i wish some folk would make their mind up

It does make you wonder if something else is going on we're not aware of

Such as?

All ??

It rains every time we play

radders has blamed the fans for not supporting the team, yet look at what I have posted above about attending fc fans. where did I say I cant support the club? I have done so far 20 years, home and away, spending more money each year trying to do may bit, like many many others. AP asked us to rally round this season, and, like every other season, the masses have done so, and for what? entertainment - no. winning team - no. a coach who knows what he is doing - no. to help line his pockets/decrease the debts for himself - yes.

I go to the matches, get behind the team, come home with a very huskey voice

from chanting shouting.

p.s - when I leave the KC, the stadium staff etc turn lights out and close the doors, so I don't need to, maybe stay at games longer and you'd know that

im not outraged that you refuse to match my dismay at how our club is being run into the ground, im just sad that you don't want to see our club run proper, and upset that you seem to be happy with what we serve up on a weekly basis.

my "outrageonometer" isn't close to full capacity, not quite yet, but will let you know when it is, just so you know

ATEOTD, we all support the team. We wouldn't post on here otherwise (obviously there are one or two exceptions - hi Rovers fans!). I'm sure that most people on here still attend matches, still buy shirts, merchandise etc. FC is in our blood and they always will be.

But do we have to be happy with the way things are? Is a happy fan the only "true" supporter? No, of course not. People need to accept that some fans aren't happy with the way things are run and will air their opinions accordingly. Doesn't mean they aren't behind the team, it just means that they care. Likewise, people also need to accept that some people are happy or indifferent to how things are and don't have to get on a soapbox to scream and shout to the world.

Just because people have different attitudes doesn't make anyone more or less of a supporter than the person at the opposite end of their personal spectrum. As I said at the beginning: we all support the team.

Happy?


Trust me squire, I'm the worst loser in the world.

Tantrums? Go in moods? Taking it out on everyone? Or sulking?

And the rest.