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Post by Rod1883 on Aug 6, 2021 12:47:37 GMT
Just transferred for me and Mrs me - sorry a few days late this time.....
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Post by Rod1883 on Jul 29, 2021 7:45:47 GMT
Still a shambles. Wael's open letter refers to a statement that now has been removed. Whoever is in charge of club comms needs to sort themselves out. Wael's letter should have said that the 'victimless' part of Monday's statement was a mistake on the club's part and it would be removed (rather than tell us we had all misinterpreted it) - then the 'paper trail' would all still make sense....
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Post by Rod1883 on Jul 28, 2021 15:12:40 GMT
Tilly - come back please. I as many do, enjoy your posts and your views on Gas and life. We all have disagreements from time to time, don't take it to heart
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Post by Rod1883 on Jul 27, 2021 17:52:15 GMT
£1500 (inc the Gift Aid) already! Well done all
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Post by Rod1883 on Jul 27, 2021 17:42:50 GMT
Breech of contract? That would be the small matter of dragging the clubs name through every national newspaper and news channel in a negative way. I would be highly surprised if Wael had removed that clause from the clubs standard contract which is attached to every personal contract. I'm surprised a man with your experience in these matters spells the word breach as breech. I hope you never spelt it that way on one of the many contracts you drew up, because if you did you would be laughed out of court. ...perfect if you're going to fire someone
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Post by Rod1883 on Jul 27, 2021 17:26:30 GMT
As I said on the other thread I don't think it goes far enough in that it only refers to the (completely unnecessary to include, imho) victimless part of the statement as something that has been misinterpreted by us the great unwashed, rather than a mistake on their part. We have to break with Barton - guilty or not in this case, trouble and bad press follow him around Wael has provided an explanation and apology. For me, whether we break with Barton or not depends if he is innocent or guilty. You cannot just sack someone based on an allegation. Kev Of course it wouldn't be right to sack someone on a single allegation. I now believe though that the general climate that surrounds Barton with his history, the ongoing allegations, and his apparent inability to realise his responsibilities and avoid controversy means that BRFC, for the good of the club, needs to part company with him.
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Post by Rod1883 on Jul 27, 2021 15:18:26 GMT
As I said on the other thread I don't think it goes far enough in that it only refers to the (completely unnecessary to include, imho) victimless part of the statement as something that has been misinterpreted by us the great unwashed, rather than a mistake on their part. We have to break with Barton - guilty or not in this case, trouble and bad press follow him around
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Post by Rod1883 on Jul 27, 2021 15:10:48 GMT
Hmmm - good of him to come out with a letter, but it doesn't go far enough in saying that the content of the statement has been misinterpreted rather than a mistake. There are clearly good things going on in the club, but all that is being overshadowed by the dark clouds that hang over Barton and the club's poor statement wording that appears to ignore the groundswell of opinion. Wael needs to sack Barton now before it's too late.....
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Post by Rod1883 on Jul 27, 2021 14:41:38 GMT
As I said earlier, it is quite bizarre that the club felt the need to add that 'victimless' bit to the sentence saying they would not comment further. It is crass, insensitive, insulting, upsetting and completely unnecessary - and not in the character of the club I thought we were, or that frankly I want to be associated with. A couple of hours ago I sent the club a 'contact us' comment to ask them to remove that section. They really are letting us and themselves down massively.
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Post by Rod1883 on Jul 27, 2021 10:32:10 GMT
It really is a bizarre and poorly thought through statement. Amend it please - just put a full stop after "Accordingly, the Club is unable to make any further comment" and delete the rest of that paragraph. It really is poor judgment to include it.
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Post by Rod1883 on Jul 13, 2021 11:37:41 GMT
Taking the knee, in many people's eyes, has been taken over and/or is linked with the extremist elements of the BLM movement. IMHO BLM contributes more to racial division than it does to harmony in that its message comes across as Black Lives matter but others don't. Of course everyone's life matters but that seems to be lost. Football is tribal - our black/ginger/long haired/slightly overweight etc etc player is great - but theirs is a ########. What has changed is that there is a minority of racist people, now with the platform and medium of social media at their fingertips and probably not true football fans, that find any excuse to abuse our own players and people of different race to themselves in general.
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Post by Rod1883 on Jul 11, 2021 20:31:54 GMT
Terrible goal, but is there an argument that the Italy 3 was pulling Stones over?
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Post by Rod1883 on Jul 10, 2021 16:53:51 GMT
England v West Germany on Ch4 now - bother, those Germans have just scored.....
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Post by Rod1883 on Jul 8, 2021 16:28:02 GMT
Happy to lose a tight game to Italy and then win the world cup next year... A bit greedy to have both trophies. Funnily enough I'd accept that too, not that it works that way. Semi finalists in 2018, runners up Euro 2020 and then win 2022. 😃 Mind you, in '66 we didn't concede a goal until a 2-1 win in the semi final. Spooky. What chances a 4-2 win on Sunday? ...is there to be a Russian Linesman? On the laser pen and fireworks (and booing) - absolute disgrace and those responsible should be dealt with severely, but where was the Wembley security? If they could get these things in, then what else could have been smuggled in that could have caused a far worse scenario.
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Post by Rod1883 on Jul 7, 2021 21:36:24 GMT
Hurrah!
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Post by Rod1883 on Jul 7, 2021 21:27:02 GMT
Come on - we can't do this for another 10 minutes....
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Post by Rod1883 on Jul 7, 2021 21:14:05 GMT
Thank goodness for that! Just hope it doesn't go to pens, Schmeichel's too good, and you can't put the rebound in then......
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Post by Rod1883 on Jul 7, 2021 21:04:09 GMT
Getting fed up with Sterling running into blind alleys, but why didn't VAR look t that push on him?
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Post by Rod1883 on Jul 1, 2021 17:18:01 GMT
Matt Lund has turned down an offer from Rochdale and is now a free agent. We don't really need another Centre midfielder but in league 2 he would do a very good job. According to the Post we are still looking to sign another central midfielder. Lund would be a quality signing. Lund and McAleny sign for Salford (apologies if posted elsewhere). Guess we can't compete with the money they offer?..... www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57674638edit - brfc beat me to it.
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Post by Rod1883 on Jun 29, 2021 12:28:43 GMT
Might get the bus down to Broadmead to watch in the window of Radio Rentals or Rediffusion. Well, I used to do that back in the 1960s to see the football results on a Saturday. Was thinking along the same lines - nose pressed up against the rental shop window - those were the days! Really though I'll be on the sofa with a nice bottle or two of Spitfire (to shoot down those Fokkers Bombers.....) (Edit - strictly Fokkers were Dutch and the factories only taken over by the Germans after invasion. Really it should be Focke-Wulf, but that doesn't really work, although I could have said Fockers I suppose?)
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