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I find this narrative weird, when the facebook group set up several migrated from here and it became the “anti bru” which was a pity ,Jason seems very bitter still as does Vim Fuego .I personally see as many chances to chat and share views with Iron fans we can get is a positive ,sadly they chose to make it about them Vs iron bru,once Hilton came the rhetoric ramped up and the abuse for this site and it’s admin went through the roof and was at times quite scarey .Even Awaywego saw how bad it became .The group admin not only allowed this to fester they ,especially that Tom encouraged it and deleted any comments to the contrary, when questioned about that he said he basically admitted he was deleting stuff he doesn’t agree with .
The story with the Iron Hour is similar, which is sad really .Gareth had a nice little webcast thing which was popular and sat quite comfortably with the Bru cast as an option for fans which was great for fans to have that choice ,I personally am a fan of Mp3 style cast as it’s more accessible for driving and listening. Sadly When he was joined by the Marx Brother they chose to use their 1st big break after what looked like a nice bit if funding had been received to point fans of Hilton towards thinking Bru as Being in cahoots with Peter Swann ,and they advertised their Hilton interview with quotes accusing Iron Bru. The abuse that followed included death threats. They’re still quite unrepentant.
As for the misnamed unity group, they from the minute they set up chose to attack the trust, some of them did anyway . Which again was quite unfortunate, there’s many ways of helping SUFC and the unity model is one of them and it’s not for anyone to judge them for doing that. I just cannot see why they chose to launch the way they did with such vitriol.
As for Andy Butler’s comments I haven’t seen them but they are being protrayed as a shot at Bru and the trust .I think he should look at the background of the annoyance felt at the above if that really is the case
I agree with most of this. I find Marco smug and Max insufferable – but I don’t have any huge non-podcast experience of them. That’s just how they come across in general. Gareth’s ok.