Too far gone for this. People will not come back until the chairman is replaced. Not once a year johnnys, bread and butter long term supporters of this club. I remember when the club was bigger than any individual
but aren't those who hold this attitude exactly the ones who have made this one issue / one individual bigger than the club. "I'm boycotting the whole club because of one individual - no individual is bigger than the club" Does that not strike you as a slightly ridiculous statement?
The reason so many of us have walked away is exactly for the reasons Pete says, we have become Rowley FC not Altrincham FC, not a penny more we say, the club is not ours until Rowley has gone and this from home and away supporters of 30 years faces we would all recognise. It's not just me, I'm just the only one daft enough to post on here
Enjoy the football, but for some of us getting our club back is more important and a stand has to be been made. But keep clapping you might be right
However the ridicule towards those who continue to make that stand from moderators of this forum and those who when we were losing last year were happy to make the stand as well is sicking. Rowley must be laughing his socks off, he's made fools of us all
Not in my name
I don't get it? What exactly is it that your doing to get 'your' club back? And what do you mean by getting it back? You never had it, you don't own the club.
Don't get me wrong I think the chairmans done an awful job in the last few years and I think we need new blood. i just don't really understand what would be your ideal end to the situation?
I didn't say your I said our - stop being pedantic when you know exactly what I mean - it's commonly accepted that football clubs belong to the the supporters (hence our club) and that directors/chairmen are merely the custodians of the football club on behalf of those supporters
Or you saying that not the case here? Truly Rowley is bigger than the club in your eyes. You don't understand what my ideal end to the situation is? Really, how many times have I said Rowley out, what don't you actually get about that? Whats not clear? How out of touch are you. This isn't some game just to annoy you as a moderator
What am I doing? I'm doing more than most at least I have made a stand for my principles (like many others have). We had Rowley on the ropes last season but he was let off the hook by the dissolution of the Rowley out campaign, six months later a couple of wins in a tinpot league and he's sitting pretty again (as his statement clearly demonstrates). He isn't going anyway unless pressure is exerted, happy clapping or not
What are you doing?
Rowley is not bigger than the club in my eyes. Don't write words on my behalf.
My point is what do you want beyond Rowley out? It doesn't just stop when he goes.
What am I doing? I'm supporting the club I love. I don't share the extremity of your views, I think the chairman should go but I think the outcome of the share offering purchase, currently under NDA, needs to be heard first.
If that turns out the way I think it will then there will be serious concerns and reason to protest and I'll do my part.
In the meantime the fans of this football club should be allowed to enjoy the positive results on the pitch without being lambasted for it and referred to as happy clappers. I find it patronising.
In all honesty I'm fed up of all of this and playing out all of our frustrations to each other on the internet is achieving nothing and quite frankly tedious.
I'll say no more for a while