..........and probably twenty decent ideas to get the very hardcore of that movement back (if they want to and don't have other things they'd rather be doing).
Surely, if they were that hardcore they wouldn't have 'other things they'd rather be doing'.
I realise that the reasons for staying away will seem entirely valid to those who have chosen this option; it is up to them and I am not in a position to criticise. What I can say is that during my professional life I have, at times, experienced issues that have vexed me deeply and toward which I have objected in the strongest terms. What I have learnt is that after all the debate, disagreement, rage etc. it is the system/company that wins. By that I mean that it (in this case Alty, will continue to exist regardless of the support of the 'stay-aways'). It may be a bitter pill to swallow but I suspect the Board and its Chairman are giving very little thought to what is now (as far as they are concerned) in the past. As I said earlier, the football is the best I've seen played in a long time, the team spirit is second to none. It's a good time to be watching the team in red and white.
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