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Excuse the pun, although it was intended! There must be a reason for this meeting, other than to smooth over some rather large cracks. If i'm correct, then hasn't Tan and his representatives been asked to meet up with the trust on numerous occasions, only for the request to fall on deaf ears?

So why now, especially so soon after a big dose of ****off medicine through Sky? Is The club rattled and has Tan realised that the only way that the club will prosper is through a united fanbase? I'm a bit of a cynic, but I can't understand why this meeting is being called so soon after Tan relayed such a definitive message to supporters.

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Originally Posted by Tuerto wrote on Tue, 06 January 2015 16:26

Excuse the pun, although it was intended! There must be a reason for this meeting, other than to smooth over some rather large cracks. If i'm correct, then hasn't Tan and his representatives been asked to meet up with the trust on numerous occasions, only for the request to fall on deaf ears?

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Simple as that really.

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Originally Posted by blueblade wrote on Tue, 06 January 2015 16:28

Excuse the pun, although it was intended! There must be a reason for this meeting, other than to smooth over some rather large cracks. If i'm correct, then hasn't Tan and his representatives been asked to meet up with the trust on numerous occasions, only for the request to fall on deaf ears?

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Originally Posted by Tuerto wrote on Tue, 06 January 2015 16:26

So why now, especially so soon after a big dose of ****off medicine through Sky? Is The club rattled and has Tan realised that the only way that the club will prosper is through a united fanbase? I'm a bit of a cynic, but I can't understand why this meeting is being called so soon after Tan relayed such a definitive message to supporters.

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Maybe he's reached 'Alf Sherwood's' legendary tipping point 😬

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Originally Posted by Lawnmower wrote on Tue, 06 January 2015 19:43

Excuse the pun, although it was intended! There must be a reason for this meeting, other than to smooth over some rather large cracks. If i'm correct, then hasn't Tan and his representatives been asked to meet up with the trust on numerous occasions, only for the request to fall on deaf ears?

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Originally Posted by blueblade wrote on Tue, 06 January 2015 16:28

So why now, especially so soon after a big dose of ****off medicine through Sky? Is The club rattled and has Tan realised that the only way that the club will prosper is through a united fanbase? I'm a bit of a cynic, but I can't understand why this meeting is being called so soon after Tan relayed such a definitive message to supporters.

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Originally Posted by Tuerto wrote on Tue, 06 January 2015 16:26

We've had a 4,000 crowd, live on TV.

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Also the message board & social media talk of multiple protests/demonstrations coming up.

I think it`s the E-mail campaign http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/getmycoat.gif

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Originally Posted by blueblade wrote on Tue, 06 January 2015 16:28

Excuse the pun, although it was intended! There must be a reason for this meeting, other than to smooth over some rather large cracks. If i'm correct, then hasn't Tan and his representatives been asked to meet up with the trust on numerous occasions, only for the request to fall on deaf ears?

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Originally Posted by Tuerto wrote on Tue, 06 January 2015 16:26

So why now, especially so soon after a big dose of ****off medicine through Sky? Is The club rattled and has Tan realised that the only way that the club will prosper is through a united fanbase? I'm a bit of a cynic, but I can't understand why this meeting is being called so soon after Tan relayed such a definitive message to supporters.

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http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_...ng_trink25.gif

Increasingly empty stands as the season wears on coupled with a dismal atmosphere around the club and widespread talk of thousands of fans not renewing for 2015/16. Simple as that, I reckon.

It's no coincidence that the supporters are being called in a few days after a record low attendance at the CCS. Regardless of the competition and other factors like Friday night, live on TV, etc, the sight of just 3,500 fans at the stadium for a first team fixture will have rung alarm bells for everyone at the club, including the Emperor.

Finally the fans refuse to turn up in decent numbers for a game. Finally Tan gets rattled. Who'd have thought it, huh?

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman wrote on Tue, 06 January 2015 21:27

Increasingly empty stands as the season wears on coupled with a dismal atmosphere around the club and widespread talk of thousands of fans not renewing for 2015/16. Simple as that, I reckon.

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman wrote on Tue, 06 January 2015 21:27

Increasingly empty stands as the season wears on coupled with a dismal atmosphere around the club and widespread talk of thousands of fans not renewing for 2015/16. Simple as that, I reckon.

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman wrote on Tue, 06 January 2015 21:27

Increasingly empty stands as the season wears on coupled with a dismal atmosphere around the club and widespread talk of thousands of fans not renewing for 2015/16. Simple as that, I reckon.

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We've come a long way since that infamous Tuesday night against Brighton.

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Originally Posted by TH63 wrote on Tue, 06 January 2015 23:49

Increasingly empty stands as the season wears on coupled with a dismal atmosphere around the club and widespread talk of thousands of fans not renewing for 2015/16. Simple as that, I reckon.

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman wrote on Tue, 06 January 2015 21:27

It's no coincidence that the supporters are being called in a few days after a record low attendance at the CCS. Regardless of the competition and other factors like Friday night, live on TV, etc, the sight of just 3,500 fans at the stadium for a first team fixture will have rung alarm bells for everyone at the club, including the Emperor.

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The irony is however that is is simple apathy, much of it emanating from poor football (fans giving up and just walking away or threatening to) rather than anything else that has brought this to a head. Personally, I don't mind how we got there as long as we did. Let's hope it achieves the turning point that is so vital.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:04

Increasingly empty stands as the season wears on coupled with a dismal atmosphere around the club and widespread talk of thousands of fans not renewing for 2015/16. Simple as that, I reckon.

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Originally Posted by TH63 wrote on Tue, 06 January 2015 23:49

It's no coincidence that the supporters are being called in a few days after a record low attendance at the CCS. Regardless of the competition and other factors like Friday night, live on TV, etc, the sight of just 3,500 fans at the stadium for a first team fixture will have rung alarm bells for everyone at the club, including the Emperor.

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman wrote on Tue, 06 January 2015 21:27

Finally the fans refuse to turn up in decent numbers for a game. Finally Tan gets rattled. Who'd have thought it, huh?

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You get stick because you don't back up your words with action.

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Originally Posted by lardy wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:10

Increasingly empty stands as the season wears on coupled with a dismal atmosphere around the club and widespread talk of thousands of fans not renewing for 2015/16. Simple as that, I reckon.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:04

It's no coincidence that the supporters are being called in a few days after a record low attendance at the CCS. Regardless of the competition and other factors like Friday night, live on TV, etc, the sight of just 3,500 fans at the stadium for a first team fixture will have rung alarm bells for everyone at the club, including the Emperor.

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Originally Posted by TH63 wrote on Tue, 06 January 2015 23:49

Finally the fans refuse to turn up in decent numbers for a game. Finally Tan gets rattled. Who'd have thought it, huh?

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman wrote on Tue, 06 January 2015 21:27

With hindsight I have to say you were right and I was wrong.

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Anyway, time to draw a line under this. cheers.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:31

Increasingly empty stands as the season wears on coupled with a dismal atmosphere around the club and widespread talk of thousands of fans not renewing for 2015/16. Simple as that, I reckon.

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Originally Posted by lardy wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:10

It's no coincidence that the supporters are being called in a few days after a record low attendance at the CCS. Regardless of the competition and other factors like Friday night, live on TV, etc, the sight of just 3,500 fans at the stadium for a first team fixture will have rung alarm bells for everyone at the club, including the Emperor.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:04

Finally the fans refuse to turn up in decent numbers for a game. Finally Tan gets rattled. Who'd have thought it, huh?

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Originally Posted by TH63 wrote on Tue, 06 January 2015 23:49

With hindsight I have to say you were right and I was wrong.

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman wrote on Tue, 06 January 2015 21:27

I've always felt that the best form of protest was a sea of blue, but I now accept that a mass boycott, although challenging to organise, would've been the best solution.

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The other way of looking at it is that the only thing Tan has paid any attention to is the lack of attendance for the Colchester game. You like most of us bought season tickets in the good years. If anything you are in the 98% majority rather than the 2% minority.

It's 'here we go again' because you still think you've done more than 98% of fans. No one has any problems with what you've done but you put yourself on a pedestal (sorry, pedal stool). That's why you keep getting stick.

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Originally Posted by lardy wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:37

It's 'here we go again' because you still think you've done more than 98% of fans. No one has any problems with what you've done but you put yourself on a pedestal (sorry, pedal stool). That's why you keep getting stick.

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I get the feeling history will be written differently to how most of us remember it by Nigel in years to come.

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Originally Posted by TruBlue wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:35

Increasingly empty stands as the season wears on coupled with a dismal atmosphere around the club and widespread talk of thousands of fans not renewing for 2015/16. Simple as that, I reckon.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:31

It's no coincidence that the supporters are being called in a few days after a record low attendance at the CCS. Regardless of the competition and other factors like Friday night, live on TV, etc, the sight of just 3,500 fans at the stadium for a first team fixture will have rung alarm bells for everyone at the club, including the Emperor.

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Originally Posted by lardy wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:10

Surely any protest is more effective and/or creditworthy if there is a degree of sacrifice involved for those doing the protesting? It seems pretty obvious that many would be missing the Colchester game anyway and it would be a hollow claim to say that if the crowd was down by, say, 12,000 from our average league gate this season, it was because of a fans boycott - indeed, all the club would have to say was that they expected such a low gate anyway and it would be impossible to argue with them.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:04

Far better for me that, if there is a match selected for a boycott, it be a league match which many would have paid for already - I'd certainly support any such boycott between now and the end of the season.

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Originally Posted by TH63 wrote on Tue, 06 January 2015 23:49

I agree. Loads of cup games nowadays have low crowds. No one bats an eyelid.

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman wrote on Tue, 06 January 2015 21:27

With hindsight I have to say you were right and I was wrong.

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Originally Posted by Finally the fans refuse to turn up in decent numbers for a game. Finally Tan gets rattled. Who'd have thought it, huh? the other bob wilson wrote on Fri, 19 December 2014 05:54

I've always felt that the best form of protest was a sea of blue, but I now accept that a mass boycott, although challenging to organise, would've been the best solution.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:52

Increasingly empty stands as the season wears on coupled with a dismal atmosphere around the club and widespread talk of thousands of fans not renewing for 2015/16. Simple as that, I reckon.

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Originally Posted by TruBlue wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:35

It's no coincidence that the supporters are being called in a few days after a record low attendance at the CCS. Regardless of the competition and other factors like Friday night, live on TV, etc, the sight of just 3,500 fans at the stadium for a first team fixture will have rung alarm bells for everyone at the club, including the Emperor.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:31

Surely any protest is more effective and/or creditworthy if there is a degree of sacrifice involved for those doing the protesting? It seems pretty obvious that many would be missing the Colchester game anyway and it would be a hollow claim to say that if the crowd was down by, say, 12,000 from our average league gate this season, it was because of a fans boycott - indeed, all the club would have to say was that they expected such a low gate anyway and it would be impossible to argue with them.

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Originally Posted by lardy wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:10

Far better for me that, if there is a match selected for a boycott, it be a league match which many would have paid for already - I'd certainly support any such boycott between now and the end of the season.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:04

I agree. Loads of cup games nowadays have low crowds. No one bats an eyelid.

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Originally Posted by TH63 wrote on Tue, 06 January 2015 23:49

With hindsight I have to say you were right and I was wrong.

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman wrote on Tue, 06 January 2015 21:27

I've always felt that the best form of protest was a sea of blue, but I now accept that a mass boycott, although challenging to organise, would've been the best solution.

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Originally Posted by Finally the fans refuse to turn up in decent numbers for a game. Finally Tan gets rattled. Who'd have thought it, huh? the other bob wilson wrote on Fri, 19 December 2014 05:54

We've come a long way since that infamous Tuesday night against Brighton.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:52

That was always going to be the way. Tan had the upper hand for a short time with the club in the Prem, he could be uncaring towards fans as it didn't cost him.

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Once again you are wrong. I never said that at all.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:52

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And doesn't that make you wish you'd had the balls to chuck in your ticket in 2012? Because I sure as hell wish I had, and no amount of avoiding red seats is going to make me feel better about it.

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Originally Posted by TruBlue wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:59

Increasingly empty stands as the season wears on coupled with a dismal atmosphere around the club and widespread talk of thousands of fans not renewing for 2015/16. Simple as that, I reckon.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:52

It's no coincidence that the supporters are being called in a few days after a record low attendance at the CCS. Regardless of the competition and other factors like Friday night, live on TV, etc, the sight of just 3,500 fans at the stadium for a first team fixture will have rung alarm bells for everyone at the club, including the Emperor.

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Originally Posted by TruBlue wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:35

Surely any protest is more effective and/or creditworthy if there is a degree of sacrifice involved for those doing the protesting? It seems pretty obvious that many would be missing the Colchester game anyway and it would be a hollow claim to say that if the crowd was down by, say, 12,000 from our average league gate this season, it was because of a fans boycott - indeed, all the club would have to say was that they expected such a low gate anyway and it would be impossible to argue with them.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:31

Far better for me that, if there is a match selected for a boycott, it be a league match which many would have paid for already - I'd certainly support any such boycott between now and the end of the season.

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Originally Posted by lardy wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:10

I agree. Loads of cup games nowadays have low crowds. No one bats an eyelid.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:04

With hindsight I have to say you were right and I was wrong.

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Originally Posted by TH63 wrote on Tue, 06 January 2015 23:49

I've always felt that the best form of protest was a sea of blue, but I now accept that a mass boycott, although challenging to organise, would've been the best solution.

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman wrote on Tue, 06 January 2015 21:27

We've come a long way since that infamous Tuesday night against Brighton.

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Originally Posted by Finally the fans refuse to turn up in decent numbers for a game. Finally Tan gets rattled. Who'd have thought it, huh? the other bob wilson wrote on Fri, 19 December 2014 05:54

That was always going to be the way. Tan had the upper hand for a short time with the club in the Prem, he could be uncaring towards fans as it didn't cost him.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:52

Now in decline, it's a different story because it is costing him.

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As for your other comments, that's your view. I actually don't go out of my way to state what I do/have done. This has come only from me publicly thanking Tan for my holidays paid for entirely by money I no longer spend on City (it's a message to the club but seems to have bothered a few other fans for reasons best known to themselves). I also mention it when others, like Lardy above, like to offer a lazy comment that I have personally done no action to match my words. Maybe it's not to his liking but it's also patently untrue.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 01:07

Increasingly empty stands as the season wears on coupled with a dismal atmosphere around the club and widespread talk of thousands of fans not renewing for 2015/16. Simple as that, I reckon.

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Originally Posted by TruBlue wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:59

It's no coincidence that the supporters are being called in a few days after a record low attendance at the CCS. Regardless of the competition and other factors like Friday night, live on TV, etc, the sight of just 3,500 fans at the stadium for a first team fixture will have rung alarm bells for everyone at the club, including the Emperor.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:52

Surely any protest is more effective and/or creditworthy if there is a degree of sacrifice involved for those doing the protesting? It seems pretty obvious that many would be missing the Colchester game anyway and it would be a hollow claim to say that if the crowd was down by, say, 12,000 from our average league gate this season, it was because of a fans boycott - indeed, all the club would have to say was that they expected such a low gate anyway and it would be impossible to argue with them.

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Originally Posted by TruBlue wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:35

Far better for me that, if there is a match selected for a boycott, it be a league match which many would have paid for already - I'd certainly support any such boycott between now and the end of the season.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:31

I agree. Loads of cup games nowadays have low crowds. No one bats an eyelid.

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Originally Posted by lardy wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:10

With hindsight I have to say you were right and I was wrong.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:04

I've always felt that the best form of protest was a sea of blue, but I now accept that a mass boycott, although challenging to organise, would've been the best solution.

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Originally Posted by TH63 wrote on Tue, 06 January 2015 23:49

We've come a long way since that infamous Tuesday night against Brighton.

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman wrote on Tue, 06 January 2015 21:27

That was always going to be the way. Tan had the upper hand for a short time with the club in the Prem, he could be uncaring towards fans as it didn't cost him.

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Originally Posted by Finally the fans refuse to turn up in decent numbers for a game. Finally Tan gets rattled. Who'd have thought it, huh? the other bob wilson wrote on Fri, 19 December 2014 05:54

Now in decline, it's a different story because it is costing him.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:52

I dont care if I get stick on here at times when all I give is my opinion but I have pointed out for months that we needed to do more than wave a scarf.

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I think the issue people have, and why you get picked up on things is because you appear to slate other fans in the meantime, when a lot of their stances has been similar to your/my own.

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Originally Posted by lardy wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 01:03

Two things:

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:52

1. I like to,draw a line under it because I get incredibly bored by it. I Note your opinion, I'm just not bothered by it but thanks for your feedback. Cheers.

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We all had an individual choice to make and I personally had more reasons to still go than not at all and the overwhelming ones were about my family, son, daughter and friends who do go and I enjoy spending time with and my desire to watch the football team I have watched week in, week out without ever being away since 1968. That's why I made a personal stance to invest nil in the club other than my season ticket money which I have maintained since 2012.

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Originally Posted by TruBlue wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 01:11

Increasingly empty stands as the season wears on coupled with a dismal atmosphere around the club and widespread talk of thousands of fans not renewing for 2015/16. Simple as that, I reckon.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 01:07

It's no coincidence that the supporters are being called in a few days after a record low attendance at the CCS. Regardless of the competition and other factors like Friday night, live on TV, etc, the sight of just 3,500 fans at the stadium for a first team fixture will have rung alarm bells for everyone at the club, including the Emperor.

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Originally Posted by TruBlue wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:59

Surely any protest is more effective and/or creditworthy if there is a degree of sacrifice involved for those doing the protesting? It seems pretty obvious that many would be missing the Colchester game anyway and it would be a hollow claim to say that if the crowd was down by, say, 12,000 from our average league gate this season, it was because of a fans boycott - indeed, all the club would have to say was that they expected such a low gate anyway and it would be impossible to argue with them.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:52

Far better for me that, if there is a match selected for a boycott, it be a league match which many would have paid for already - I'd certainly support any such boycott between now and the end of the season.

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Originally Posted by TruBlue wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:35

I agree. Loads of cup games nowadays have low crowds. No one bats an eyelid.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:31

With hindsight I have to say you were right and I was wrong.

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Originally Posted by lardy wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:10

I've always felt that the best form of protest was a sea of blue, but I now accept that a mass boycott, although challenging to organise, would've been the best solution.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:04

We've come a long way since that infamous Tuesday night against Brighton.

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Originally Posted by TH63 wrote on Tue, 06 January 2015 23:49

That was always going to be the way. Tan had the upper hand for a short time with the club in the Prem, he could be uncaring towards fans as it didn't cost him.

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman wrote on Tue, 06 January 2015 21:27

Now in decline, it's a different story because it is costing him.

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Originally Posted by Finally the fans refuse to turn up in decent numbers for a game. Finally Tan gets rattled. Who'd have thought it, huh? the other bob wilson wrote on Fri, 19 December 2014 05:54

I dont care if I get stick on here at times when all I give is my opinion but I have pointed out for months that we needed to do more than wave a scarf.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:52

The irony is however that is is simple apathy, much of it emanating from poor football (fans giving up and just walking away or threatening to) rather than anything else that has brought this to a head. Personally, I don't mind how we got there as long as we did. Let's hope it achieves the turning point that is so vital.

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Hopefully, it's now a time for looking forward rather than back though.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 01:20

Two things:

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Originally Posted by lardy wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 01:03

1. I like to,draw a line under it because I get incredibly bored by it. I Note your opinion, I'm just not bothered by it but thanks for your feedback. Cheers.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:52

2. How very interesting you are telling me tonight that the only thing Tan has paid any attention to is the lack of attendance for the Col,U game. You make me laugh. Reason being when I started a thread suggesting we boycott it and deliver allow crowd to send a message, you, as usual, were one of the first to wade in and rubbish it. Your words 'Loads of cup games nowadays have low crowds. No one bats an eyelid.'. Yeah, how right you were eh?

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As you say, it's now time for looking forward and not back, which is a sentiment you've made before. However, you still can't resist pointing out how you think you're better than 98% of fans. Someone pulled you up on this a couple of weeks ago and you said fair point but back to square one now.

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Originally Posted by lardy wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 01:38

Two things:

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 01:20

1. I like to,draw a line under it because I get incredibly bored by it. I Note your opinion, I'm just not bothered by it but thanks for your feedback. Cheers.

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Originally Posted by lardy wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 01:03

2. How very interesting you are telling me tonight that the only thing Tan has paid any attention to is the lack of attendance for the Col,U game. You make me laugh. Reason being when I started a thread suggesting we boycott it and deliver allow crowd to send a message, you, as usual, were one of the first to wade in and rubbish it. Your words 'Loads of cup games nowadays have low crowds. No one bats an eyelid.'. Yeah, how right you were eh?

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:52

Nite.

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Cheers

"I dont care if I get stick on here at times when all I give is my opinion but I have pointed out for months that we needed to do more than wave a scarf."

Nigel, the reason you get stick is precisely because of comments like this. You say "we should've done this or that" but you didn't.
I don't sit in a red seat, I walked straight past the pile of red scarfs, I don't buy merchandise, food or programmes...you've done no more or less to protest against the rebrand than I, or thousands of others have done, yet while it may be unintentional, sometimes your posts do give the impression that you are somehow different to the rest of us who continued to go to games.
I'm clearly not the only one to have picked up on this, can we all be wrong?

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Originally Posted by TH63 wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 06:37

"I dont care if I get stick on here at times when all I give is my opinion but I have pointed out for months that we needed to do more than wave a scarf."

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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 07:28

"I dont care if I get stick on here at times when all I give is my opinion but I have pointed out for months that we needed to do more than wave a scarf."

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Originally Posted by TH63 wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 06:37

Nigel, the reason you get stick is precisely because of comments like this. You say "we should've done this or that" but you didn't.

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Fair enough, but I'm not trying to be hostile, just trying to explain why there can be hostilities as I believe that Nigel honestly doesn't realise how some of his posts come across.

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Originally Posted by TH63 wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 06:37

"I dont care if I get stick on here at times when all I give is my opinion but I have pointed out for months that we needed to do more than wave a scarf."

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Like you, I most certainly am different to all those who did that and it was thousands, not hundreds. That's a reality even if some now make it convenient to be in denial. It doesn't make me better as someone foolishly claimed but it is different.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:04

The irony is however that is is simple apathy, much of it emanating from poor football (fans giving up and just walking away or threatening to) rather than anything else that has brought this to a head.

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The real irony is that this poor football is a by product of the very thing we're campaigning about.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 01:53

Two things:

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Originally Posted by lardy wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 01:38

1. I like to,draw a line under it because I get incredibly bored by it. I Note your opinion, I'm just not bothered by it but thanks for your feedback. Cheers.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 01:20

2. How very interesting you are telling me tonight that the only thing Tan has paid any attention to is the lack of attendance for the Col,U game. You make me laugh. Reason being when I started a thread suggesting we boycott it and deliver allow crowd to send a message, you, as usual, were one of the first to wade in and rubbish it. Your words 'Loads of cup games nowadays have low crowds. No one bats an eyelid.'. Yeah, how right you were eh?

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Originally Posted by lardy wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 01:03

Nite.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:52

And doesn't that make you wish you'd had the balls to chuck in your ticket in 2012? Because I sure as hell wish I had, and no amount of avoiding red seats is going to make me feel better about it.

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You are very proud of your own futile protests (merchandise, etc) whilst being down on the futile protests of others (waving the scarf at 19:27). I don't find the continued criticism of your fellow fans particularly fair. Perhaps you do.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 12:55

"I dont care if I get stick on here at times when all I give is my opinion but I have pointed out for months that we needed to do more than wave a scarf."

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Originally Posted by TH63 wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 06:37

Nigel, the reason you get stick is precisely because of comments like this. You say "we should've done this or that" but you didn't.

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I'm done here.

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Originally Posted by Steve R wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 13:17

The irony is however that is is simple apathy, much of it emanating from poor football (fans giving up and just walking away or threatening to) rather than anything else that has brought this to a head.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:04

The real irony is that this poor football is a by product of the very thing we're campaigning about.

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I think the club may have recognised that.FINALLY.

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Originally Posted by lardy wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 13:44

Two things:

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 01:53

1. I like to,draw a line under it because I get incredibly bored by it. I Note your opinion, I'm just not bothered by it but thanks for your feedback. Cheers.

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Originally Posted by lardy wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 01:38

2. How very interesting you are telling me tonight that the only thing Tan has paid any attention to is the lack of attendance for the Col,U game. You make me laugh. Reason being when I started a thread suggesting we boycott it and deliver allow crowd to send a message, you, as usual, were one of the first to wade in and rubbish it. Your words 'Loads of cup games nowadays have low crowds. No one bats an eyelid.'. Yeah, how right you were eh?

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 01:20

Nite.

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Originally Posted by lardy wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 01:03

And doesn't that make you wish you'd had the balls to chuck in your ticket in 2012? Because I sure as hell wish I had, and no amount of avoiding red seats is going to make me feel better about it.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 00:52

No, it doesn't. Many of my good friends quit back then and we remain friends, I respect them for doing that but only a mass boycott was ever going to,work.

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We might be back in blue one day, but how will some fans feel about sitting in a stadium again next to people that they find disgusting?

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Originally Posted by The Penguin wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 14:22

This sorry mess will be over one day and in the annals of history will be a blip on the history of our club. What i have always taken offence to is the criticism of fans by fans who have put themselves in these 'lofted' positions.

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Tell you what though, the idea of being sat next to you in any place at any time is pretty disgusting.

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Originally Posted by TH63 wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 13:58

"I dont care if I get stick on here at times when all I give is my opinion but I have pointed out for months that we needed to do more than wave a scarf."

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 12:55

Nigel, the reason you get stick is precisely because of comments like this. You say "we should've done this or that" but you didn't.

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Originally Posted by TH63 wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 06:37

I don't sit in a red seat, I walked straight past the pile of red scarfs, I don't buy merchandise, food or programmes...you've done no more or less to protest against the rebrand than I, or thousands of others have done, yet while it may be unintentional, sometimes your posts do give the impression that you are somehow different to the rest of us who continued to go to games.

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Anyway, I'm done with it too. Thanks.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 19:56

"I dont care if I get stick on here at times when all I give is my opinion but I have pointed out for months that we needed to do more than wave a scarf."

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Originally Posted by TH63 wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 13:58

Nigel, the reason you get stick is precisely because of comments like this. You say "we should've done this or that" but you didn't.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 12:55

I don't sit in a red seat, I walked straight past the pile of red scarfs, I don't buy merchandise, food or programmes...you've done no more or less to protest against the rebrand than I, or thousands of others have done, yet while it may be unintentional, sometimes your posts do give the impression that you are somehow different to the rest of us who continued to go to games.

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Originally Posted by TH63 wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 06:37

I'm clearly not the only one to have picked up on this, can we all be wrong?

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If not, in Tescos. http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/smiley.gif

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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 07:28

"I dont care if I get stick on here at times when all I give is my opinion but I have pointed out for months that we needed to do more than wave a scarf."

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Originally Posted by TH63 wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 06:37

Nigel, the reason you get stick is precisely because of comments like this. You say "we should've done this or that" but you didn't.

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See young Friday for the resumption after we are told red or dead http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/hardhat.gif http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/getmycoat.gif

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Originally Posted by Lawnmower wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 20:18

"I dont care if I get stick on here at times when all I give is my opinion but I have pointed out for months that we needed to do more than wave a scarf."

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 19:56

Nigel, the reason you get stick is precisely because of comments like this. You say "we should've done this or that" but you didn't.

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Originally Posted by TH63 wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 13:58

I don't sit in a red seat, I walked straight past the pile of red scarfs, I don't buy merchandise, food or programmes...you've done no more or less to protest against the rebrand than I, or thousands of others have done, yet while it may be unintentional, sometimes your posts do give the impression that you are somehow different to the rest of us who continued to go to games.

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Originally Posted by NigelBlues wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 12:55

I'm clearly not the only one to have picked up on this, can we all be wrong?

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Originally Posted by TH63 wrote on Wed, 07 January 2015 06:37

So what is your point? As I already stated, I don't go out of my way to do this but because I'm not afraid to give an opinion, it does attract some responses which I will reply to

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Hoping to be at either Sheffield Weds or Huddersfirld next month Tim. Failing that, Tescos it is! (-;