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paulatky wrote: ↑
Wed Jun 01, 2022 9:32 am
Good luck in getting any meaningful response.
Moor likely get another load of waffle

*more

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Blakesboots - Could I ask to what end you are posting on a fans message board? Is Alan Pace aware you are on here, indeed, is this something he has specifically tasked you with? What is the aim of the game, as you don’t appear to be willing (or able) to placate any of the concerns raised at any jun...

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TBH Spice, I think had there not been lessons that could only be learned in the hot seat, I’d be a lot more worried. I never see ‘learning’ as a problem, only denial that any lessons had been learned, would overly worry me. Absolutely agree. No one makes mistakes intentionally, if there’s learning ...

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Oh he gets plenty on here too and xenophobia and religious bigotry is bubbling under the surface of the comments of some his fiercest critics. Stick “yank” and “Mormon” in the search box and see his many hits there are. People very clearly believe his nationality and religion impact his ability to ...

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I've never, ever known us not publish the retain list before and we've been without a manager on other occasions. Can I and others please have an explanation as to why you are censoring reasonable questions and the follow ups. That is the decent thing to do as administrator of the board. It is also...

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northeastclaret wrote: ↑
Tue May 31, 2022 4:03 pm
Any form of abuse is unacceptable, but abuse from a tiny minority of moronic fans should not be used to stop effective communication with the vast majority of other fans.

Agreed

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joey13 wrote: ↑
Tue May 31, 2022 3:48 pm
Asking questions isn’t abuse .

You’re right it’s not Joey, and if that was the extent of the interactions then that would be great.

It’s not, and there are some very poor examples of abuse and intimidation available. To be clear, this isn’t a singular issue. It’s an issue social media wide.

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Quickenthetempo wrote: ↑
Tue May 31, 2022 3:41 pm
I don't think it would have been the initial plan but they have had a difficult time so far in football ownership.

There have been steep learning curves.

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dsr wrote: ↑
Tue May 31, 2022 3:33 pm
What do you think ALK's ambition is, if it isn't to sell the club?

After 1 season? That’s a bold claim!

The aim isn’t to sell the club in the immediate future.

Blakesboots

What is there to tell? The boards reaction to relegation with a positive statement of intent going forward. A positive statement to counteract the negative reports in the national press about the clubs finances. A positive statement about the clubs plan regarding out of contract players and future ...

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Tall Paul wrote: ↑
Tue May 31, 2022 2:36 pm
It looks like only one PL club has announced their retained list.

Exactly, let’s not the facts get in the way of good moan at the club.

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To be fair, after the vitriol aimed at him on Twitter that I saw in recent months, it’s no real surprise that he isn’t posting there. Although I do agree, a small statement of sorts post relegation was the least I expected. But I’m with aggi that I didn’t expect the retained list to be out there un...

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williamjblazkowicz wrote: ↑
Tue May 31, 2022 2:09 pm
Yesterday, Blakesboots was arguing that communication has either stayed the same as under the previous ownership or improved. I'm not too sure about that.

What is there to tell?

This board has whipped itself into a frenzy of second guessing. That’s nothing to do with the club.

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Since he's accepted your wager.... which of you is going to fly to the other's country? The winner of the bet or the loser? Since he's undoubtedly an American. Of course it's possible he lives in the UK and is an American. But just curious. There is no bet. Just an agreement that if we don’t return...

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Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑
Mon May 30, 2022 9:50 pm
Well done to Blakesboots, keep up the good work

Not my department

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paulatky wrote: ↑
Mon May 30, 2022 9:26 pm
I will look forward to that coffee in May 2023

Great, we’ve a deal.

Blakesboots

Surely you can make an exception,look at it as a donation to charity. You seem to duck out of all the big calls. As you are no doubt an American perhaps you have not heard of the phrase “ Put your money where your mouth is” You certainly seem to have a lot of mouth. I have heard it, no exceptions.

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paulatky wrote: ↑
Mon May 30, 2022 8:18 pm
Are you prepared to do a £500 bet at evens for Charity.
Can’t say fairer than as I don’t see us getting back to PL within 3 seasons

I don’t bet money, I will agree to meet you for a coffee if I’m wrong.

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Pickles wrote: ↑
Mon May 30, 2022 3:07 pm
Person to press send tweet is stuck on the bus.

My calendar is booked out 3:30pm - 6pm today.

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Several so far appears to be Birmingham who have become the first club to have had their Cat 1 status removed. They had some horrendous issues. I believe we were fine for Cat 1 at the time and would have passed the audit. I’d have expected nothing less with Pepper’s background. We can all believe t...

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Falcon wrote: ↑
Mon May 30, 2022 1:31 pm
All getting a bit 1984 in here.

Why do we need to 'out' another poster's real identity. I'd be weirded right out if it were me.

Totally agree.

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The difference is that the majority of fans that go to away matches know who Claret Tony is can have a chat with him. You are very reluctant to say who you are or to make yourself known to other fans. What have you got to hide ? No that isn’t a difference. That’s changing the discussion points. I h...

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Jamesy wrote: ↑
Mon May 30, 2022 12:58 pm
So where is Kompany then? I don’t see anything to suggest an announcement is imminent.

How has a manager appointment got anything to do with servicing a loan/debt?

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Really happy to be proved wrong and ALK get us back to the big time within three seasons but if they don't...... The doubters will be shown correct and to see the likes of Mercer and Beattie shown the front door seems from the outside bizarre Brexit-what is/was that? Another neologism perhaps with ...

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Alastair Campbell puts less spin on things than I have just read there. We do all make mistakes. But not one where the consequences cost our club many many millions of pounds. There’s no spin. It’s a literal discussion about your points and how they align with my own. Your right, the scales are dif...

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I'm all for dissenting opinions breaking echo chambers and cliques up but Im not sure that hyper partisan uncritical commentary one way is a solution to hyper partisan uncritical commentary the other way. I take your point. I don’t feel I’ve been ‘hyper partisan uncritical’. I offered caution about...

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What I do know is that under the previous ownership and with Jon Pepper, BFC had a Cat 1 academy. The ownership changed, Pepper departed shortly afterwards and it appears those who took over are not of the same calibre, hence the impending downgrade. I am not a believer in coincidence. The club was...

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randomclaret2 wrote: ↑
Mon May 30, 2022 12:15 pm
Aye, but who is he ?

A fan of the club, no more, no less!

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If I’m honest I don’t think the split in fan base stems from lack of communication. I think it stems from the debt and the subsequent issues arising afterwords. ALK have somehow got to get the fan base as a whole to get back supporting the vision. Not sure how they manage that tbh. I can see your p...

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I think this thread highlights the massive problem ALK have. To be successful you need everyone pushing in the same direction from the owners down to the Fans. Right now it definitely feels like there are two sides. Pro and Anti ALK I agree with the pull together sentiment and that’s the direction ...

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Without cause? The club has been on a downward spiral since the take over. We have no manager. We have been relegated. We are in debt. Tens of millions of pounds of debt. Our academy is at risk of losing Cat 1 status. Communication is virtually non existent. The website and online shop are an amate...

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Oh dear - herts is in trouble now. You still claiming to be a fan of the club. Why don’t you tell people who you are. Herts isn’t in trouble, those are your words. I have read many, many comments from you on this message board when you have called out people for using anything they can to hit out a...

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KRBFC wrote: ↑
Mon May 30, 2022 11:32 am
Why are you acting like a spokesman for the club?

What's the deal? Are you a club employee? fan with ''info''? a normal fan? a huge ALK fan? part of ALK? or Alan himself?

Like everyone here I am a fan of the club, no more, no less.

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We had. Then Alan Pace took over the club..... And comments like this is why people sometimes chose to close up shop. I can understand that fans are emotionally invested in their club and that’s a positive thing. Yet, they then take every opportunity, without cause or reason to swing away at the cl...

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Jamesy wrote: ↑
Mon May 30, 2022 10:09 am
It makes us desperate because if he cannot secure any, he/they cannot service the existing borrowing.

I don’t think that is the case Jamesy.

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Lancasterclaret wrote: ↑
Mon May 30, 2022 10:55 am
By moving forward positively, I take it you mean maintaining or getting back our Category 1 status?

We would all like to think that it is achievable that BFC should have a Cat 1 academy.

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Got to agree tbh. Even if you're frustrated enough to feel name calling is warranted or not it lowers the tone of the debate and also makes it easy for points to be disregarded and the discussion derailed into tit for tat insults. There's plenty of substantial ways to critique and challenge his pos...

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I have been certain from his very 1st post that Blakesboots is in fact Alan Pace or if not is directly posting on his behalf. Not in one sentence in any of his ramblings and waffle has he once in anyway criticised Alan Pace or ALK He has turned down many invites for a coffee ( as he doesn’t drink a...

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Blondeclaret wrote: ↑
Sun May 29, 2022 6:32 pm

I think the sarcasm has been missed.

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You'd been trying to rile me up previously and rather than engage with me in good faith just replied to a message with Ok boomer. Hardly the sincere, respectable debate you're claiming to champion. You'll also notice I literally just said that I nor I would imagine most fans are expecting any of th...

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boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Sun May 29, 2022 5:39 pm
For some of us that is a reality.

What job do you do Bill?

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You did it with me early on, resorting to "Ok boomer" nonsense when you couldn't get a rise with other provocative comments. Unless someone else was at the helm of the account at the time. Which given your consistent unconditional support of the ownership, and registration date, would make sense if...

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We’ve always had an interest in the youth side of the club here. We’ve raised thousands of pounds for the academy and I’m not having you coming on here like some academy King Dick telling us what we can and can’t discuss. You even ridiculously told us it was dangerous to discuss it, you’ve tried to...

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boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Sun May 29, 2022 12:20 pm
Kids?
Under23s aren't kids

They’re not but not all u23s are adults.

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Learnings and opportunities to get things right? This is a multi million pound business that has been running things for years. It's not a new business with no experience of safeguarding. No business sets out to make a mistake. Yet they all do, and these mistakes happen daily. If you’ve got the tim...

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And this is why we shouldn’t have someone coming on this board telling us what we can and can’t talk about. We’ve been through that, you were shown to be wrong in what you accused me of. It is right to offer caution about certain subjects. I have my own thoughts on the academy and what should remai...

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If one person on your street f**ks sheep on their front lawn. Someone not wanting to buy a house on that street doesn't mean they think everyone on that street f**ks sheep. Just one is enough. Sadly this still echos globally. A global market that is under pressure to demonstrate its commitment to i...

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If coaches is one of the reasons it doesn't surprise me. Even when Dyche was here we had only one outfield first team coach. U23s and u18s don't even have an outfield coach. Not many teens have operate with so little staff. In an era where teams have coaches dedicated to set pieces and ball control...

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The club could and should ensure that everything is in place to protect and develop the players in the academy. I know you’re likely to spin everything to deflect criticism from Pace and co. but this doesn’t sound good. I can agree with that. If there are failings then there’s learning to undertake...

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I do wish the club would at least try to improve communication with its fans as it seems, on a number of levels, that fans are becoming increasingly irrelevant. I don’t mean that the senior management have to report on every single event but on important matters like the academy silence is golden. ...

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