Goodie Conway 2 wrote:

bowers wrote:

Goodie Conway 2 wrote:

I can't divulge any detail but I know that all this is having an effect on ST so to say that he couldn't give a shit that the fans aren't happy, is wrong.


 

GC2..
Have you been told that it is having an effect on ST by the same source that told you the family had been bought out a few month back?

 

Let's not go over that. Clearly whatever happen in Oz had a knock-on effect on that deal.

bowers wrote:

He knows the fans are not happy. But effecting him? i doubt it

Like I said, I know it is affecting him. You are free to believe what you like.
 

 
TBF, I don't doubt it's having an effect on him, but that's the pressure you take on in his position, if he can't handle the pressure he shouldn't be in his six figure salary job.

Tell you what happened.  Yanks wanted to buy. Stephen and his sister wanted 4 million for their shares.  Yank said bye bye.

Sieb22 wrote:

bowers wrote:

PatReilly wrote:

bowers and blackandtangerine, it’s not a situation of taking sides.
 
It would be naive to believe there are no financial issues at the club, just as it’s simplistic to think some folk are believed to be lying to suit an agenda. On a personal level, I have never been in favour of the Thompsons’ management of our club, and the appointments they’ve made (Levein apart), although Eddie was more of an enthusiast and gentleman than Stephen.  What I’ve done in the past, and this season, is write to the club with concerns, as I view this as more practical and potentially more effective than writing on a forum.
 
I’m simply suggesting that we wait until the position on the park is beyond rescue before recriminations, as I hope this will benefit us in the short term. 

Pat we raised concerns with the club and the public a year ago and told the truth about things we got branded liars and troublemakers. Too many are happy to have put and keep there heads in the sand regarding it.
These concerns didnt appear over night and are worse now than a year ago. 
We need Thompson to come out now and tell everyone exactly where we stand. Although i have my doubts that the truth would be told as he has proven so many times in the past its all lies.

This regime cant continue.
 

Bowers mate, who has called you liars and troublemakers on here.

One of the main reasons why I liked this forum so much, especially in the beginning, was that most of the posters on here were cordial, pleasant and had great banter between each other. We certainly didn't share the same opinions on a variety of things United related or not, but we still had a good camaraderie between each other, something that has been missing on here for a while for a variety of reasons.

I don't understand how things can be so black and white as in if you don't vent or stand up to here about certain issues then you suffer it, or support it. Pat has already mentioned that he has been pro-active about how he feels with the chairman and the running of the board, and that he has written him. Fooky has gone a step further and sat down with someone in the boardroom at Tannadice regarding both matters. And just because they don't post stuff about it doesn't mean to say they are burying their heads in the sand, just like a lot of other people on this board.

If you could find me a supporter or fan that thinks everything is going great and that there is nothing wrong then please I would like to meet him as well to tell him or her that I'll have what there having, as they are surely not seeing what most of us are seeing. Would I like to see a change in the boardroom and the running of the club? Fuck yes! Would I be writing about it and going on about the same old things ad nauseam, then no, but thats my personal choice.

Thinking about our club and the situation we are in is the bleakest that I can remember for a very, VERY long time, it hasn't always been full of roses but I find it hard to find any grains of positivity lately. I liked to come on here and commiserate with fellow posters, know that someone else out there is feeling just as shit about things, and maybe, just maybe we could make each other feel a wee bit better about things with having a laugh, do the off topic stuff, or just talking things through.

Lately there has been a feeling that there is a growing division on this board with the supposed 'Thompson head bury fans' and the people who want 'Thompson out'. This is not something I wanted to see happen, as most, if not all of the 'sand dwellers' would probably like to see change at the top as well. The more we get beat, doomed, and shite on and off the park, the more the division becomes. People get more angry about the situation and more people get defensive about the forum and it just ends in a no win tit-for-tat.

Tek put a post up recently about regular posters on TT, if you look at the top 10 posters in the user list, 4 have went AWOL and 4 others only have posted only a few times in the past few weeks, if at all recently. The reason I don't post much is that, as I mentioned before, I come on here looking to get cheered up, to commiserate with how shit things are and to try and get through this horrible feeling of every time I think about things at United it feels like the wind gets knocked out of me. Everyone on here cares! This is not a personal thing against you Bowers, I have so much respect for what you do on match days etc. and I have always been encouraging to you. It doesn't have to be a them against us because of things we say or don't say on this board, I just want this board to be a place where we can all go to and feel shit together and maybe even crack a smile about things. If its other peoples bag to try and get into fights or whatever then there are other boards that can serve that purpose if thats what makes them feel better about things.

And please, anyone who is reading this and doesn't contribute to any of the off-topic stuff then I implore you to please reconsider, it might help take your mind of things and also Tek puts a hell of a lot of hard work into it and I know it would be greatly appreciated. If the competitions aren't your thing then there is a lot more off topic stuff that you can look and contribute too, I told Tek I had to sit out of The Kinks and Bowie comps because I only know Waterloo Sunset from the Kinks, and the only David Bowie album I own is the Labyrinth soundtrack! Oh the shame! 

In closing, this is not a personal attack on anyone, I hope it doesn't kick off another round of back and forth. Trust me I want what I think everyone else wants on here and that is for United to be good again on and off the park, no matter what it needs to take, oh and more sunny days would be nice as well instead of this wet and windy weather pish!

Proud to be an Arab, just like everyone here. 
 

Superb post, Sieb.
 

Burn Thompson?........liking that,Tek excellent idea 

lifesanocean wrote:

Well said. The support and effort of the players at the Killie game was our club at its best. If things go tits up ST will deservedly get pelters. But we need another 15 Killie games from players and fans. Supporters tearing lumps out of each other because some want revolution right away whilst others either just want to go to the match or want to wait until the end of the season before assigning blame and looking for change is doing no-one any favours.

Absolutely, the most important thing right now is to support the TEAM in an effort to get out of this shit together.

The board can wait.


 

Tek wrote:

Been reading through this thread.Was actively going to avoid chipping in because my feelings on Stephen Thompson have been well stated on here over the past year and i doubt very much they will change now sadly.

A great post from Siebby and to be fair a fair and reasonable response from Bowers too.Everyone makes a fair enough point tbh.And therein lies the problem i face on here...there's not really a right or wrong answer.Just peoples opinions.

Unfortunately those opinions are getting re-hashed and regurgitated a thousand times now on all sides and maybe we all for the moment need to consider what Pat Reilly and one or two others suggested the other day,just purely focus on supporting the players for the time being and see how we go.If and (probably when) things go tits up and our season is over then any threads regards Thompson,Southern,protests or United For Change 2 etc will be fair game IMO.

Until then chaps i can only suggest (in the friendliest manner possible) that we put Stephen Thompson+Co on the back-burner for the time being.

I get what yer saying TEK but in my eyes what's going on behind the scenes is equally as important as what's happening on the field. Both go hand in hand.  the future of OUR club is at stake here!!
 

Shame the board are not supporting the team, just the standard selling off of players as per the last few years instead of strengthening to escape the drop

Arab_plumber wrote:

Shame the board are not supporting the team, just the standard selling off of players as per the last few years instead of strengthening to escape the drop

So, is your solution to be like them?

My only hope is to support the team the best I can to enable survival, then take it from there.
 

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TheShed wrote:

Can someone please tell me how someone posting something on an Internet forum about the board means that they can't/won't be supportive of the team?

Btw There's nobody having mass fallouts or tearing lumps out of each other, just some different viewpoints, I don't really see where the problem is?

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Think some are saying there's a time and place, right here right now we have to support the team 100%. If it's not enough, then that's the time for recriminations and change.
 

arabugsy wrote:

TheShed wrote:

Can someone please tell me how someone posting something on an Internet forum about the board means that they can't/won't be supportive of the team?

Btw There's nobody having mass fallouts or tearing lumps out of each other, just some different viewpoints, I don't really see where the problem is?

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Think some are saying there's a time and place, right here right now we have to support the team 100%. If it's not enough, then that's the time for recriminations and change.
 

It might be too late by then though. The club is being run shambolically.  We had to sell a player in January to get money in its that desperate. 
 

TheShed wrote:

arabugsy wrote:

TheShed wrote:

Can someone please tell me how someone posting something on an Internet forum about the board means that they can't/won't be supportive of the team?

Btw There's nobody having mass fallouts or tearing lumps out of each other, just some different viewpoints, I don't really see where the problem is?

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Think some are saying there's a time and place, right here right now we have to support the team 100%. If it's not enough, then that's the time for recriminations and change.
 

 
Posts on a forum mean nothing when it comes to supporting the team mate, that's done on a Saturday ( or a fucking Friday night or Sunday afternoon or whenever).

I severely doubt anyone on here won't support the team 100% regardless of what they've posted on here.

Sorry, it was more to do with focus than level of support.

HeggyHandshake wrote:

lifesanocean wrote:

If ST and the board went tomorrow what then? Who would replace them?

There is plenty people waiting until we hit Rock Bottom.

 
And surely that's not in STs interest?

If I was him I'd seriously be considering cutting my losses and taking what I could get.

HeggyHandshake wrote:

arabugsy wrote:

TheShed wrote:

 
Posts on a forum mean nothing when it comes to supporting the team mate, that's done on a Saturday ( or a fucking Friday night or Sunday afternoon or whenever).

I severely doubt anyone on here won't support the team 100% regardless of what they've posted on here.

Sorry, it was more to do with focus than level of support.

In think the Chairman is a very lucky man how little abuse he has had. Unlike some of our Young players, who seem to fair game for a lot of our fans. For some reason that seems to be OK?
 

Couldn't agree more on both counts, but the focus right now has to be support for the team?