Ballers
You may well be right but this meeting would have to be quite different than an open meeting or by the sound of it, other meetings that have happened before. There would have to be a level of mutual maturity and trust and an appreciation that there was common ground......the wish to improve the lot of the football club.
I also start from the position that the Chairman must realise he has made mistakes .......like us all.......and that he realises that the cadre of passionate supporters that give their views on this site, are actually an important element of the football club. If that is not the case and he genuinely wants to rule over a passionless group of supporters, who never have a counter view to his own, then yes he is a naïve fool and we are doomed to his dictatorship, for as long as he wishes to continue in power or the board continues to support him. No intelligent person would surely take this stance and I am thus hopeful, that his motives for the meeting are genuine and that he would listen and respond to concerns.
I also start from the position that the supporters must realise that they are not running the club, and have to respect the fact that whilst mistakes have been made, they have not been made purposefully........ how many of us thought the managers that were appointed would be total disasters? do we know why they were not able to succeed, when they had previously? Were the communications fiascos made out of frustration and have lessons been learnt?
I just believe all parties in the discussion would have things to learn and things to contribute and that there should be no fixed stances or needs to win arguments but that out of the chat there could possibly be a mutual way forward for the betterment of the club.
Equally if supporters do not engage with the people running the club what is left for them? ......being disgruntled supporters, walking away from the club they support or just hoping that either the Chairman resigns or starts to improve our fortunes. It should also be noted that none of us really understands what would happen to the club if the Chairman resigned......would the sponsors follow suit? ........what would the financial implications be?
Surely it is better to have the good grace to recognise that he has at least suggested a meeting, than to just flounce away. After saying this I accept I do not have the insight that some of you that have experienced the past at first hand, so yep I might be smoking pot and if so apologies.