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TwoWrights wrote:

My prediction is that Trump won’t turn out to be as bad as many fear, and he’ll be nowhere near as good as he’ll make himself out to be. As ever time will tell.

Trump is the instrument, Musk is the player. It’s not going to end well. For any of us.

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Deereyme66 wrote:

Absolutely valid questions. But others have been raised about the need for another membership group and why this group can’t fundraise with funds going to the Trust to buy shares which would benefit supporters in the long run.

I totally agree, why not go the ‘via the Trust’ route and use any money raised to actually put some power into the hands of fans?

But they don’t want to – and, ultimately, why is that anyone else’s business..?

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Is this the Barrie Thomas moment of the 2020s?

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Deereyme66 wrote:

I agree it’s probably a storm in a tea cup but I wouldn’t want to suggest talk of the new group is fizzled out. End of the day, people may have stronger feelings about it and wish to air their views. Some valid questions have been raised and that’s healthy IMO.

The only real valid question is around the money – what’s it for, how is it going to be managed, and who is custodian of it… You start a public group where you’re asking for money and you need clear and careful governance.

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Just leave them to it, imho. It’s a fan club, not a serious political body. However, they really do need to be transparent re: money.

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cassidystash

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I’ve been thinking about this since last night (don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t for long, of course. I had an episode of Traitors to watch, some toenails to cut and some sleep to do).

But, ultimately, I think talk of the Unity group should be fizzled out and they should just be left to get on with it. The current amount of discourse is pointless. It’s unlikely that they’re setting themselves up as serious rivals to the Trust (despite Jerry’s snide comment on the cult page) and it’s highly unlikely that they’re organised enough or even capable of operating at a ‘political’ level like the Trust.

So it’s not really a splinter group, or a disunity division. Essentially, I presume, they’ll be ‘just’ an old fashioned Fan Club, and that’s probably a good thing for those who care about the club but don’t particularly want much of a say in things.

However, as money from fans will be involved, it’s imperative that they’re open and detailed about what they’re intending to do with it.

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Ironawe wrote:

I wouldn’t want to be part of any club that would have me as a member

Point taken!

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Just been reading the toxic explosion on the Facebook cult page, about the Trust and the new Unity group. Hilarious! Not really sure those purporting Unity grasp the concept of unity. Rallying all efforts behind the Trust, as close to a carefully run and professional fans organisation as we’ve ever had, and intrinsic to the survival of the club to date, is the way forward. Not some middle-aged emo-angst teen-tit loving splinter group sitting in a corner blowing up balloons for kids parties.

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Iron-awe wrote:

This Peter Sweden has the right name, he sounds a proper vegetable.

A proper turnip for the books.

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ironking wrote:

The week that will define our destiny.

Tuesday, Saturday, Tuesday home games worth a massive 9 points v Brackley, South Shields and Market Needham all winnable.

When you have aspirations of promotion and lose to teams in the bottom four after being ahead, you need to pick up a result v Chorley to make amends.

Then win those three home games no ifs no buts, that will be pay back for the disastrous November/December with three 0-0 draws, defeat v Buxton and Warrington Rylands.

Tend to agree that it’s the pivotal week in the season.

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You’re all making the mistake of thinking that voting for any of these clowns will change anything.

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I’m Still Stanton

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Rene Artois wrote:

Regards to Beck – let’s see how many he ends the season on.

21 games remaining.

Are we laying bets? My guess is 2.

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I’ve not been impressed by him, but I can’t help feeling that if we actually played to his strengths we might get more out of him.

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Simon Elliott to a different mirror

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Awaywego wrote:

Not all disabilities can be seen which is quite obvious in Jerry’s case. Takes most of the piss takes (could be seen as bullying) with good humour and that is a lot by the way, so he gets arsey sometimes no bloody wonder.

He did used to get a lot of piss taken in the olden days when he’d run round the pitch and out of the stadium to collect a John Bramhall pass from the M181 or the car park.

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64 wrote:

I really don’t care for Jerry,he comes across as unfriendly and arrogant in the few times I’ve been in his company.He seems very selective about who he is pleasant to

Yes, he has been quite unpleasant in my (admittedly quite limited) experience of him, too. Stalwart servant and all that, for which he should certainly be applauded… but quite unpleasant. Charmless or harsh might be a better way to put it?

I should clarify. I think he’s completely entitled to be however he wants to be, or naturally is. However, when he’s in ambassador for the club mode (serving on the ticket window or whatever else), then in my opinion he’s obliged to not be unpleasant, harsh, short, clippy etc, in demeanour.

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64 wrote:

I really don’t care for Jerry,he comes across as unfriendly and arrogant in the few times I’ve been in his company.He seems very selective about who he is pleasant to

Yes, he has been quite unpleasant in my (admittedly quite limited) experience of him, too. Stalwart servant and all that, for which he should certainly be applauded… but quite unpleasant. Charmless or harsh might be a better way to put it?

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Heath wrote:

“There’s a bigger global picture yet to arrive fully into focus – pieces of the geopolitical board are being moved about ready, as we speak. I have the nagging feeling that life won’t be the same again after this coming year (or couple of years). Dangerous times”.

Watched a couple of James Bond films over Xmas. I can see where Musk got his inspiration from.

Elon Her Majesty’s Secret Service

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In the end it’s not going to matter whether you’re thick or not, nor who you voted for (whether you’re in the US or the UK). There is definitely something in the air, something coming, that we’ve not known before. There’s a bigger global picture yet to arrive fully into focus – pieces of the geopolitical board are being moved about ready, as we speak. I have the nagging feeling that life won’t be the same again after this coming year (or couple of years). Dangerous times.

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Siderite

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Matt and Maw. Small beans in a hill of beans. Looks to me like the only person who really needs to explain himself is Maximum Bell.

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I’ll clarify: I don’t have an opinion either way until hard facts appear (or not).

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I believe Matt’s Twitter post (X) was, at the least, extremely unwise. But, increasingly, as things unfold in what seem to be very slightly weird or eyebrow-raising ways (the away travel subsidy, the Unity group etc), thoughts begin to nag… I wonder, is this one of those situations where the surface has been scratched a little bit, leaving just enough space for the shit to seep out?

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Northumbiron wrote:

Should have just put a microphone in the changing room post match.

Probably would have learned more from that.

Judging by the performance, perhaps not.

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Bemused that this whole ‘terrible interview’ thing was mentioned on BBC Radio Humberside’s breakfast show this morning during the news. Listeners invited to ring or text in to Kofi Smiles to have their say on Andy Butler’s interview! Has the world gone completely mad?

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Awaywego wrote:

One things for sure 64 you’ll never show me up your just not clever enough, just stick with your stop go sign.

*you’re

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Awaywego wrote:

you don’t need a ticket office it can all be done on line nowadays

It can be, like with most things now in the digital domain.

Doesn’t mean it should be.

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cassidystash

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cassidystash wrote:

Regarding P/T – I think Scales signed for 25/26, Beck signed for 25/26 and there might be others. How practical would it be to have a mix of F/T and P/T in the squad?

It may be that the club has projected that it’s able to sustain another year of F/T – and the whole ‘we HAVE to get promoted’ is actually more to do with the manager’s position? Do or die.

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Rene Artois wrote:

Anyone think the Bored (sic) may just let the clock tick down and see where we are at the end of the season?

The board’s aim (as stated by Michelle) is promotion. You don’t get promoted in December. So surely the aim indicates waiting until the very end of the season when promotion has been achieved – or not?

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