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Gareth did have that episode of envious and unbecoming snide remarks on twitter about Harness appearing on the Bru pod last year, but he is human and mostly fine. Barra seems a professional and decent guy at heart, trying to be understanding towards others. Marco and Max have displayed the most divisiveness with snide jabs at Bru over Swann, with Max spreading lies at times. Though, they do get it back from Matt Ellis.

I think part of the problem is that Marco and Max have never apologised for their own stirring of the pot, while blaming others.

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I think Butler was directing it at everyone. The anti Bru types will assume it’s for Bru and the Trust because they think they have no issues, despite their own name calling and provocations, so assume Butler thinks the same way.

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I didn’t say it was fine. They need to look at themselves in the mirror, especially if they are bemoaning lack of unity.

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They no doubt think they are helping Butler’s case because they think the problems with division are only sourced from Bru, without the self-reflection to see that their bitterness is part of the problem.

I think Butler is right though and I won’t pretend it’s all one side’s fault. There have been digs at others (Maw, Iron Hour etc) on here and maybe it is time we just move on from differences that came to the forefront mostly in the Hilton era.

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It was good to have some communication from the board to the fans, with it being platformed on youtube, so everyone can have their queries answered. I still have my wonders about FC100,000, but it was good to hear everything else of relevance discussed and made clear. Hopefully the board has learned from mistakes and can see that this sort of transparency is what helps calm nerves of fans and prevents any kind of social media blowout. At least from the majority.

Also, well done to Barra for being a good host. Made sure as many questions as possible were answered, regardless of how tough they were, and keeping it so that people in the room and online questions were given equal footing.

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I think Sharp said one of the issues was their launch and how it wasn’t what was discussed. I assume that was one aspect of it that didn’t correlate with what they had discussed.

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Some of the answers have been too defensive. Too readily to see tough questions as attacks, rather than fans wanting transparency. Most would be behind them after saving the club, but they need to accept fans won’t like some aspects like FC100,000 and want to be reassured over things like a CCJ.

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They really aren’t happy that the FC100,000 gimmick got hindered.

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Yep. It’s not our Torps. Our Torps is from London, not Kirkby.

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Lord Kitchener

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More drama.

https://x.com/Danstamp1/status/1957460752417075410

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On twitter, Becky of the Iron Hour is saying SST’s questions will be asked.

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It’s how the courts have always worked. Plead guilty and you will be found guilty. Don’t and there’s a chance you might be found not guilty. I happen to think Lucy’s sentence was too harsh, and Ricky should have been found guilty, but ideally there should be consistency between cases. The system has flaws, though, we haven’t found much better ways than jury verdicts, allowing people to plead guilty and differences in legal advice. As one pleaded guilty and one didn’t, it can cause a mismatch in outcome. They were both arrested and charged by the police, so there isn’t any two-tier there. The police or state have no influence over a jury decision and given your views on totalitarian states, I would be surprised if you thought the state having a greater say over court verdicts as a good thing.

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I don’t think either should have been calling for violence or death threats against anyone. Not even against people with dodgy views.

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I don’t think so. It’s why I was being sarcastic, which I thought was quite obvious.

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I think I know what this is in reference to. Both were arrested by the police, but one pled guilty based on legal advice and the other didn’t and was tried by jury. If the one who pled guilty went by jury, they might too have been found not guilty, but their legal team advised against it. Maybe they shouldn’t have done.

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I am gutted that the club wouldn’t let me, an unknown, host a fans’ forum. I really expected they would want me to, with my lack of venue, equipment and recognisability.

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Fansy is providing the inverse of those who went into hyperbolic criticism. It is just one game, he did make errors, but that is not unsurprising given his lack of experience. He wasn’t the disaster some forecasted though and let’s hope he continues not to be.

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Deereyme66

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He made National League team of the week too.

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Have you been sitting or standing near Gareth too much during match days?

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Roberts has self-confidence, but reading too much into it should be avoided. Butler may think he has leadership material and it might not be because Roberts needs to be placated.

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Deereyme66 wrote:

One for Siderite. Hope life’s hunky dory out there mate

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Life is good where I am, mate. Hope you are well too. That is a cracking tune and they seemed good at Glastonbury this year. With no fighting among band members, which is always a plus for The BJM.

Here’s some more BoC:

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To be fair, if it involved buying shares, it might create an issue as to who would they buy the shares from if some people on the board don’t want to be the one to sell them. More receptive board members may become more reluctant if they felt they would have to be a lesser partner to sell their shares in this.

What bothers me is that they were eager to listen to a poorly thought out, amateurish and unclear FC100,000 scheme, but seem to just give this short shrift and not communicate effectively.

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They were more than happy to accept the voices of random people from London to Athens to Harare when going through with the FC100,000 idiocy, but don’t want to deal with actual fans.

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It was chicken wings, not pigs, that were flying with that Brian.

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https://x.com/HKJohn83/status/1947734502945788227

I wasn’t the biggest fan of the kit, but I didn’t get the outrage, but outrage is in vogue within society. Is it any worse than 2012-13 or 2021-22?

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I am not impressed by our goalkeeping situation, but I am less impressed by some eager to stick the boot in for any goal conceded. Many are berating Watson for the goal, with more sensible fans saying he wasn’t at fault. Criticism is fine, but it has to be warranted and constructive. Hysteria at any goal isn’t and makes it look like a witch hunt, even if such people say it’s not.

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Not convinced. He wasn’t helped by being in a terrible team, but he was one of the poor elements of it. The fact that he has never been first choice since says it all, but he might have improved. It’s all we can hope for. I would have been happier with Slocombe.

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Rene Artois wrote:

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I fail to see how showing women’s football can be discrimination. Who is it discriminating against?

The amount of time and primarily public money invested by the BBC in the promotion of a sub standard product is scandalous.

The level… well, these professional adult females have known to be beaten by U15 boys teams. The USA team, who I believe were ranked no1 in the world for a good while, get whipped by U15 boys teams.
I just can’t see the appeal myself.
Everyone to their own i guess?
Happy viewing.

No-one forces you to watch; yes the quality will be less, but so is a Scunny game compared to a Barcelona game. It’s not positive discrimination to show a Scunny game on, sky, it isn’t to show a major woman’s tournament. No-one is being affected by its airing in any way.

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