| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday 20:43 - Mar 29 with 22866 views | The_Romford_Blue |
Sometimes you’ve got to take a moral standpoint.
Never been so disappointed by our club.
For people like Newcy to say he doesn’t want to bring his kids to the games, for Rainbow Tractors having to make their account private on Twitter, for the girl who does the Art who’s been dragged into it by Reform, for those of us who’ve received hundreds of abusive replies by far-right scumbags, and for anyone else who - as a result of our clubs actions - have had OUR club cause them problems this week.. for those people I’m going to vote with me feet. [Post edited 29 Mar 20:59]
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| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 07:50 - Mar 30 with 1114 views | WeWereZombies |
| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 06:17 - Mar 30 by SitfcB |
I think this is the wrong choice to make.
McKenna and the players don’t deserve to lose the support, if anything they deserve more support and a big united front.
Having a full house and positive atmosphere would be a big f’ck you to many.
If you’re not going to this one then your season is over as surely you won’t go to any more until Ashton is gone? And that probably won’t happen until the summer. |
But it isn't going to be a full house, is it ? As well as people like Rommy taking a principled stand there will be others who want to attend with dignity to show they can rise above but who will feel unwelcome now. And I think there will be some more diffident supporters who stay away because they don't want to get involved in any trouble, and if they would otherwise bring small children or elderly relatives I think that is pretty reasonable.
In other words the Fartrage visit means we are not a family club at the moment and we need further and decisive action beyond Ashton's apology to regain our once respected position in the football world. |  |
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| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 07:53 - Mar 30 with 1101 views | noggin |
Drop in the ocean obviously, but I won't purchase another game from Town TV, or buy anything from the club shop, until Ashton goes. I can watch games for free but always purchased them, thinking I was supporting the club, in a small way.
For me, this is about more than McKenna, O'Shea and the rest of the squad. It's about the credibility of the football club and the message it sends out to the world. |  |
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| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 07:54 - Mar 30 with 1084 views | Blue_Heath |
| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 20:46 - Mar 29 by portmanking |
I'm going because the players I support didn't bring any of this on themselves. Giving up on them now would be hugely counterproductive. Just think about it. [Post edited 29 Mar 20:46]
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Spot on, this season has been a struggle and fans getting divided at this stage will likely end in early play off defeat or even dropping out of top six.
Save any anti Farage/Ashton stuff until season is finished.
April is a huge month, I am there to support the team on the pitch at the end of the day. |  |
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| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 07:58 - Mar 30 with 1058 views | WazzaChops |
I couldn’t care less, if you don’t want to go then give up your season ticket. Boring now.. | | | |
| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 08:00 - Mar 30 with 1040 views | slade1 |
| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 07:26 - Mar 30 by bluelagos |
I couldn't care less who Ashton dines with.
I do care that Ashton
Lied to the press and thus fans about the circumstances
Upset a number of our players
Upset a section of the fans
Damaged our future player recruitment
Reduced the value of future club sponsorships
Trying to minimise people's anger is your call. But for most of us (who are angry) it's so much more than Ashton having dinner with Farage. |
for crying out loud, talk about over the top! | | | |
| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 08:00 - Mar 30 with 1042 views | bluelagos |
With you Rommers.
As long as Ashton is in place, away days only for me. |  |
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| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 08:04 - Mar 30 with 1006 views | Maccaisgod |
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| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 08:06 - Mar 30 with 1000 views | Maccaisgod |
| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 21:00 - Mar 29 by bartyg |
People who are nasty about others taking a principled stance are lowest of the low. Props to you. |
Nasty people, how dare they have an opinion. | | | |
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| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 08:06 - Mar 30 with 1005 views | Herbivore |
| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 07:01 - Mar 30 by slade1 |
gtsb1966, I 100% agree with you
At the end of the day, Nigel Farage is a well liked and well respected MP by many thousands of people in this country, and so is Reform.
If he wasn't popular,he wouldn't have been voted in at Clacton.
He has tons of rallies around the country that are sold out in no time
He represented south east England for 21 years as MEP in the European Parliament.
Like it or not, the bloke is very popular.
It's become a joke now on this forum and people have blown it way, way, way out of proportion, with many jumping on the bandwagon just for the sake of it.
I have been going to Portman Road for 55 years now and I couldn't give two figs about what has happened the past week.
Mark Ashton can invite or have lunch with whoever he likes at the football club.
I am involved in ITFC to support my team on the pitch on a Saturday afternoon or midweek.
Grow up people! |
That's one way of spinning it. The alternative narrative is that Farage is a deeply unpopular figure (66% or people have an unfavourable opinion of him: https://yougov.com/en-gb/artic and that he really shouldn't be respected. How many times did he show up to work as an MEP? How often is he seen in Clacton or Westminster since becoming an MP? As a general rule, do you respect people who receive a very generous and publicly funded salary but don't do the job they are paid to do? Genuine question, because personally I struggle to see how his attitude and approach is worthy of respect.
Similarly, do you think he has treated our club in a respectful way by using it to promote himself and his political party? He will have done so knowing that it would be deeply divisive but did it anyway. Is that to be respected?
And your characterisation of what happened last week as being Ashton having lunch with Farage is well wide of the mark. Why are you trying to spin what actually happened in this way? We ended up plastered all over the media with Farage shirts up in our changing room, with him holding up our shirt, gurning away in front of the hallowed PR turf. The club then lied about what happened and issued a half arsed apology. So a bit more happened last week than Ashton sharing a Tesco meal deal with a random politician.
That you don't know this or are pretending that's not what happened is a worry. That you then feel you have the right to tell people to "grow up" on the back or your misunderstanding or misrepresentation of what has happened is really not on. Rommers has clearly thought about this a lot and has made a difficult decision that I'm sure will hurt him. Others will do the same. You've given this no thought at all. Reflect on that and come back to us on who really needs to show a bit more maturity in these circumstances. [Post edited 30 Mar 8:33]
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| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 08:10 - Mar 30 with 992 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 08:00 - Mar 30 by bluelagos |
With you Rommers.
As long as Ashton is in place, away days only for me. |
I'd like to see Blue Action members who feel so inclined after their treatment from Ashton to be the focal point of a 10 minute sing song outside the ground for all that want to register their displeasure and then a noisy, team supporting, mass late entry. In the absence of this or something similar I will also be watching from home and my seats will be empty.
If the board announce he's gone in the Summer I'll be there. |  |
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| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 08:10 - Mar 30 with 990 views | Herbivore |
| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 07:54 - Mar 30 by Blue_Heath |
Spot on, this season has been a struggle and fans getting divided at this stage will likely end in early play off defeat or even dropping out of top six.
Save any anti Farage/Ashton stuff until season is finished.
April is a huge month, I am there to support the team on the pitch at the end of the day. |
You're on here every time we draw or lose tearing the players, manager, and club in general to pieces. You've been saying for months we won't go up either automatically or via the play offs. Why the sudden change of tune? | |
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| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 08:11 - Mar 30 with 986 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 08:04 - Mar 30 by Maccaisgod |
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| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 08:26 - Mar 30 with 924 views | football |
i wont be there either, but because i am on holiday. Will be logged in at 4am to watch it. Having thought about it, I have changed my mind and would have gone - the team need us. And berating Ashton, screaming for his head. Will do nothing but unsettle the side. Draw a line, move on and accept mistakes were made that wont be again | | | |
| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 08:36 - Mar 30 with 875 views | Churchman |
| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 00:22 - Mar 30 by ReusersTown |
How else do you suggest a stand is made sensibly, without fuelling their hate/division wagon? |
Sorry, I don’t know what you mean by ‘fuelling their hate/division wagon’. Whose?
I just don’t think seeking to negatively affect people who have nothing whatsoever to do with this is the way to go. The football club and its employees, bar the people responsible for this, are not Reform. Same with the crowd.
What would I do? Find a way to speak to Ashton and the people he reports to. It’s not impossible. I’ve done it before on other non football matters and once with a former Chairman of this club way back when.
But it’s a free country and it’s up to the individual to do as they please. |  | | |
| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 08:41 - Mar 30 with 843 views | bluelagos |
| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 08:36 - Mar 30 by Churchman |
Sorry, I don’t know what you mean by ‘fuelling their hate/division wagon’. Whose?
I just don’t think seeking to negatively affect people who have nothing whatsoever to do with this is the way to go. The football club and its employees, bar the people responsible for this, are not Reform. Same with the crowd.
What would I do? Find a way to speak to Ashton and the people he reports to. It’s not impossible. I’ve done it before on other non football matters and once with a former Chairman of this club way back when.
But it’s a free country and it’s up to the individual to do as they please. |
Ed Shwartz email - albeit he doesn't respond to my emails. But anyone can let him know how they feel.
clevelandrocks34@gmail.com | |
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| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 08:44 - Mar 30 with 818 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 08:26 - Mar 30 by football |
i wont be there either, but because i am on holiday. Will be logged in at 4am to watch it. Having thought about it, I have changed my mind and would have gone - the team need us. And berating Ashton, screaming for his head. Will do nothing but unsettle the side. Draw a line, move on and accept mistakes were made that wont be again |
If I was there I'd be vocal in my support of the team before and during the game obviously. | |
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| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 08:46 - Mar 30 with 804 views | baxterbasics |
Well you do you buddy, at the end of the day you're answerable to your own conscience.
I wont be going but then I wasn't anyway. I wish I was!
Problem is, if everyone who feels strongly about it stays away, we could end up with a majority crowd of Faragists at PR. Not sure that's what we want either. |  |
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| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 08:52 - Mar 30 with 764 views | lowhouseblue |
just leave yourself an exit strategy. make monday's game be you having your say. because if the club doesn't back down and ashton stays, which is in all probability is what will happen, you need to find away back to the club you love. you will need to accept this flaw. being in a minority position politically means you often don't get exactly what you want, and being able to get on with that is pretty much a fact of life. |  |
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| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 08:55 - Mar 30 with 726 views | TheMoralMajority |
| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 07:01 - Mar 30 by slade1 |
gtsb1966, I 100% agree with you
At the end of the day, Nigel Farage is a well liked and well respected MP by many thousands of people in this country, and so is Reform.
If he wasn't popular,he wouldn't have been voted in at Clacton.
He has tons of rallies around the country that are sold out in no time
He represented south east England for 21 years as MEP in the European Parliament.
Like it or not, the bloke is very popular.
It's become a joke now on this forum and people have blown it way, way, way out of proportion, with many jumping on the bandwagon just for the sake of it.
I have been going to Portman Road for 55 years now and I couldn't give two figs about what has happened the past week.
Mark Ashton can invite or have lunch with whoever he likes at the football club.
I am involved in ITFC to support my team on the pitch on a Saturday afternoon or midweek.
Grow up people! |
CULTURE WARS! CULTURE WARS! YAY! |  |
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| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 09:18 - Mar 30 with 642 views | yorkshireblue |
| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 20:44 - Mar 29 by smithy69 |
Buzzing . I need a ticket
PM me :) |
Perhaps you were too busy trying to be an edge lord to look, but they are on general sale.
Perhaps if you looked up from GBNews and 4chan you'd have noticed that. |  | | |
| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 09:21 - Mar 30 with 622 views | Churchman |
| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 08:41 - Mar 30 by bluelagos |
Ed Shwartz email - albeit he doesn't respond to my emails. But anyone can let him know how they feel.
clevelandrocks34@gmail.com |
I suspect they’re well and truly filtered. That’s why actually speaking to people is so much more effective. Hard to do in our IT driven world, of course.
The last time I tried it was when my dad was missed off the Covid vaccine priority list. I thought his MP, that old bat Theresa Coffey, would do for starters. Well I didn’t manage to get to speak to her, but through contacts I did get through to her Private Office and PS. We had a little chat that convinced her I wasn’t going away.
My dad got his ‘invite’ a few days later but I don’t think I had anything whatsoever to do with that. Sheer coincidence. I did though get a letter from Coffey at about the same time. Trouble was the paper was a bit too shiny to fit on the roll and would have needed trimming. So it went in the shredder - bit like her career really. | | | |
| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 09:25 - Mar 30 with 607 views | Libero |
Respect your stance- just as I respect those who are unhappy with what’s happened but want to attend to support the team.
Some things are more important than football.
We can’t get my Great Uncle to the ground a lot atm (hasn’t been since Norwich) so I wouldn’t be going anyway, but my Uncle and I discussed it and similarly we think even if we could make it, we wouldn’t go on this occasion. |  | | |
| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 09:25 - Mar 30 with 597 views | bluelagos |
| Decided I’m not going to the game Monday on 09:21 - Mar 30 by Churchman |
I suspect they’re well and truly filtered. That’s why actually speaking to people is so much more effective. Hard to do in our IT driven world, of course.
The last time I tried it was when my dad was missed off the Covid vaccine priority list. I thought his MP, that old bat Theresa Coffey, would do for starters. Well I didn’t manage to get to speak to her, but through contacts I did get through to her Private Office and PS. We had a little chat that convinced her I wasn’t going away.
My dad got his ‘invite’ a few days later but I don’t think I had anything whatsoever to do with that. Sheer coincidence. I did though get a letter from Coffey at about the same time. Trouble was the paper was a bit too shiny to fit on the roll and would have needed trimming. So it went in the shredder - bit like her career really. |
Wiping the sh1t off your bum would have quite appropriate for her response given her defense of the Tory environmental record... | |
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