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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2016 20:30:12 GMT
Looking for attention?
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Post by mehewmagic on Sept 6, 2016 20:34:27 GMT
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Post by tinner on Sept 6, 2016 20:35:45 GMT
I am going to go again having been one of the orginal 2,888 the other week at the first game with my Father. I boycotted the Paint Pot game because I think the FA got it wrong and not just one individual. I think the FA have got a lot of things wrong and the main thing is the dominance of the Premier League which has ruined our national side and driven up the cost for the fan to watch football. But I am not letting one individual ruin my chance and our chances of supporting and cheering on our team. Yes it's a case of money but the truth is if we beat Chelsea and got Man United away then another 4,000 would have gone. I will take the £25 on the chin, I am not letting Lee Power stop me seeing us beat this lot. And us beating them and cheering on our side on is the best way to shut up Lee Power. Not many of our fans complained when we called off the Stockport game last minute on a Saturday to give ourselves a rest for the JPT game against the sh**. A lot of their fans travelled down that day, we soaked the pitch and I'm sure put pressure on the ref. These things happen in football and life, the league is our bread and butter and the team needs our support at Swindon. Lee Power might lose a few pounds by the boycott but it won't make much difference where as I think we can at the game. Absolutely spot on....well said |
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Post by spiess1 on Sept 6, 2016 20:35:52 GMT
Do you know the cost for Stocky's fans at the re-arranged fixture at the Mem that year then, Roadman?
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Post by amgas on Sept 6, 2016 20:36:20 GMT
Obviously your choice if you go - not sure you need to tell anyone to go or not as people will make their own decisions. I want to go but won't put money in his pocket so Radio Bristol for me.
The one thing that is certain is enough have said they won't be going to make sure the Swindon Chairman fails to cash in on the game in the way he had hoped. Sad that he has spoilt what could have been a good game which would have made him a decent profit even if he had offered £10 tickets.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2016 20:38:08 GMT
Looking for support for the team, I've toyed about not going and only on the weekend said I wasn't going. But I think the team needs our support where Swindon will again have a good support behind them and it's not like we are going to Barnet or Hartlepool.
So instead of a positive message of support being lost on a 10 page thread, if one person reads this and agrees to come, then that one persons support can make a difference.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2016 20:39:51 GMT
I am going to go again having been one of the orginal 2,888 the other week at the first game with my Father. I boycotted the Paint Pot game because I think the FA got it wrong and not just one individual. I think the FA have got a lot of things wrong and the main thing is the dominance of the Premier League which has ruined our national side and driven up the cost for the fan to watch football. But I am not letting one individual ruin my chance and our chances of supporting and cheering on our team. Yes it's a case of money but the truth is if we beat Chelsea and got Man United away then another 4,000 would have gone. I will take the £25 on the chin, I am not letting Lee Power stop me seeing us beat this lot. And us beating them and cheering on our side on is the best way to shut up Lee Power. Not many of our fans complained when we called off the Stockport game last minute on a Saturday to give ourselves a rest for the JPT game against the sh**. A lot of their fans travelled down that day, we soaked the pitch and I'm sure put pressure on the ref. These things happen in football and life, the league is our bread and butter and the team needs our support at Swindon. Lee Power might lose a few pounds by the boycott but it won't make much difference where as I think we can at the game. Good post. |
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Post by aghast on Sept 6, 2016 20:39:56 GMT
"I bought this new Iphone for £600 from you and it stopped working after 59 minutes. I'm not happy"
""We can offer you a replacement for £600......."
"Deal."
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Post by amgas on Sept 6, 2016 20:40:27 GMT
I have faith that if we are not well supported our boys will know why and I am confident they have enough character to raise their game because of the way the fans have been treated.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2016 20:41:30 GMT
Looking for support for the team, I've toyed about not going and only on the weekend said I wasn't going. But I think the team needs our support where Swindon will again have a good support behind them and it's not like we are going to Barnet or Hartlepool. So instead of a positive message of support being lost on a 10 page thread, if one person reads this and agrees to come, then that one persons support can make a difference. So you've chopped and changed your mind and have decided that people should go because you are? It's one game where principles need apply. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2016 20:42:11 GMT
Obviously your choice if you go - not sure you need to tell anyone to go or not as people will make their own decisions. I want to go but won't put money in his pocket so Radio Bristol for me. The one thing that is certain is enough have said they won't be going to make sure the Swindon Chairman fails to cash in on the game in the way he had hoped. Sad that he has spoilt what could have been a good game which would have made him a decent profit even if he had offered £10 tickets. What does a ticket on the supporters club bus cost a fan up to Manchester area? A car with fuel will be £50 even back then, it's 167 miles to Bristol and not far off a 350 mile round trip. For the rearranged game they bought a lot, the had won 11 games on the bounce and we beat them which was part of our run to promotion. If that game had been played, would we have beat them? Would be have beaten the sh**? I don't think we would have won both games and we beat Stocky by goal difference to go up or was it one point? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2016 20:46:37 GMT
Obviously your choice if you go - not sure you need to tell anyone to go or not as people will make their own decisions. I want to go but won't put money in his pocket so Radio Bristol for me. The one thing that is certain is enough have said they won't be going to make sure the Swindon Chairman fails to cash in on the game in the way he had hoped. Sad that he has spoilt what could have been a good game which would have made him a decent profit even if he had offered £10 tickets. What does a ticket on the supporters club bus cost a fan up to Manchester area? A car with fuel will be £50 even back then, it's 167 miles to Bristol and not far off a 350 mile round trip. For the rearranged game they bought a lot, the had won 11 games on the bounce and we beat them which was part of our run to promotion. If that game had been played, would we have beat them? Would be have beaten the sh**? I don't think we would have won both games and we beat Stocky by goal difference to go up or was it one point? Sorry if I've come across like this or maybe you've just read it wrong. My angle is the team, not saying I am greater or people not going are wrong not to. I am saying I won't let Lee Power stop me going, it's a decision I've wrestled with a lot. I actually think we will win there especially as we got out of jail in those 60 minutes on the pitch. The headline to this thread didn't mean to come across telling people they have to get a ticket, sorry guys. |
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Post by Russgas on Sept 6, 2016 20:49:17 GMT
Obviously your choice if you go - not sure you need to tell anyone to go or not as people will make their own decisions. I want to go but won't put money in his pocket so Radio Bristol for me. The one thing that is certain is enough have said they won't be going to make sure the Swindon Chairman fails to cash in on the game in the way he had hoped. Sad that he has spoilt what could have been a good game which would have made him a decent profit even if he had offered £10 tickets. If that game had been played, would we have beat them? Would be have beaten the sh**? I don't think we would have won both games and we beat Stocky by goal difference to go up or was it one point? It was goal difference but karma came back around for that arse Gannon. |
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Post by amgas on Sept 6, 2016 20:50:18 GMT
To be honest I really don't see what may or may not have happened at Rovers in the past is of any real relevance to the current situation. Just muddying the waters.
Regardless, I don't think anyone is knocking you if you want to go to Swindon, we all know plenty will, but I am sure the overall crowd will be much reduced. There must be quite a few who simply can't afford to go again at £25 a ticket regardless of principles.
The Swindon guy is pretty brainless as the best way for him to make some money would have been to pack the place even if it was at a reduced price - just the food and drink sales would have made money. Even a token reduction after all the fuss might have won people over, but what he did is not only taking fans for fools, but also poor business.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2016 20:56:54 GMT
You mention the past, why not mention it? I remember Jim Gannon asking the FA to get involved and we were all over the moon our players legs got a rest for the sh** game.
Lee Power is also not brainless, far from it. It's all ticket, we sell only 500 tickets and his Police bill is peanuts.........
500 X £25 - £12,500
1,500 X £10 - £15,000
Look at the difference in people to Police in terms of the bill and £2,500 on tickets receipts. I would say Lee Power has played this ever so well. They can Police 500 on the cheap, 1,500 is a major operation.
The caterering will be an outside firm, you've got to sell a lot of burgers and coffees to cover a major policing bill. No booze on sale, let's say the average fan spends £3 on food and drink as some don't and drink and eat ourside, on 2,000 they'd take £6,000 which includes and outside caterer doing it.
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Post by mehewmagic on Sept 6, 2016 21:02:15 GMT
Obviously your choice if you go - not sure you need to tell anyone to go or not as people will make their own decisions. I want to go but won't put money in his pocket so Radio Bristol for me. The one thing that is certain is enough have said they won't be going to make sure the Swindon Chairman fails to cash in on the game in the way he had hoped. Sad that he has spoilt what could have been a good game which would have made him a decent profit even if he had offered £10 tickets. What does a ticket on the supporters club bus cost a fan up to Manchester area? A car with fuel will be £50 even back then, it's 167 miles to Bristol and not far off a 350 mile round trip. For the rearranged game they bought a lot, the had won 11 games on the bounce and we beat them which was part of our run to promotion. If that game had been played, would we have beat them? Would be have beaten the sh**? I don't think we would have won both games and we beat Stocky by goal difference to go up or was it one point? it was 1 point, so not really fair to suggest it really made a clear difference. AND stocky came 8th, whereas we were 6th, so it's also not as if we clearly cost them 7th place either. They cost themselves a place in the play-offs, by having a worse GD than Shrewsbury (+22 to +11) BTW - they lost 7-2 at home just 4 days after losing to us. maybe they could have drawn that game and got into the play-offs anyway? |
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Post by amgas on Sept 6, 2016 21:04:30 GMT
An interesting historical discussion maybe, but I think you are trying to justify things to yourself. You don't need to justify your decision to anyone else - go if you want to go. If you feel comfortable handing over your money to help Swindon and their Chairman that is your decision.
Even if Rovers have made some mistakes in the past it does not alter the fact that lots want to send a message to the Swindon Chairman and the best way to do that is not to hand over our money.
Regarding your figures I am sure we could all come up with another set that paint a different picture - try 500 X £25 - £12,500 vs 2888 X £10 - £28,880 - easily pays the police bill and if he had charged half of the £25 it would have been over £36k.
Even many pay on the day Swindon fans are staying away, the policing costs won't vary that much especially with rumours of many going without tickets. Regardless, any half decent businessman will know treating your customers with contempt is a mistake in the long term, quite apart from the bad publicity Swindon have got in all the media for this.
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Post by Topper Gas on Sept 6, 2016 21:11:34 GMT
Ignoring the nonsense about the Stockport game but if fans don't make a stand against idiots like Power ripping them off then where does it all end? Hopefully Rovers & Swindon fans will boycott the game and hit Power in the pocket and he ends up making a big loss from the game.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2016 21:13:59 GMT
Ignoring the nonsense about the Stockport game but if fans don't make a stand against idiots like Power ripping them off then where does it all end? Hopefully Rovers & Swindon fans will boycott the game and hit Power in the pocket and he ends up making a big loss from the game. I don't think it will make any difference, this is all about the Police bill and he's made a very clever call. |
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Post by pudseygas on Sept 6, 2016 21:16:03 GMT
Is there no end to this shame?
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