No its fuck all to do with the display team!

Billy_Hainey wrote:

Is this what's being referred to?

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/dundee-united-fans-planning-we-9996414

​Aye. It's understandable that folk are frustrated, but it seems the support is divided about the timing of this. Putting it mildly.
 

Whether people agree on the timing we agreed to start the ball rolling on friday and its going ahead.

Thompson has to leave ASAP of that there is no debate, he's had enough time to sort things out but its crystal clear we're losing a ridiculous amount of money every week with no plan to stop this other than Andy Robertson being sold on.

Our club is on the brink so if you really care look into fans united and find out what we're about rather than getting anti us.

We want to put money into the club and assist any buyers taking over from Thompson.

For anyone saying this isn't the way forward, what is?

Sitting down, shutting up and watching the club die?
More time for the supporters liaison group to work? (Another group that Thompson doesn't even sit in the meetings with)
Pray?
Get Jim Spence in to fix it?

FFS of course it's not good timing, there isn't a good time but I'm glad this is finally happening rather than nothing happening and things continuing to get worse with nobody saying a word like the last 2 years.

As much as I don't like Thompson, would it no be better to have the protest before or after the game, even at half-time, rather than during the match.

Hope this doesna have a negative effect on the squad.

Just see the whole thing as unprofessional. Why are many people just finding out about the group now via a flyer? If this group has been proactive in trying to oust Thompson and have discussions with board members etc as I read on another forum, why have they been doing this in secrecy. I'm hearing the group has money to invest etc, why not disclose the plans/amounts etc?
The way things have been done is going to get very few Arabs back the group without details and the protest has many fans turning against the group at a very early stage.

Dirk Diggler wrote:

Just see the whole thing as unprofessional. Why are many people just finding out about the group now via a flyer? If this group has been proactive in trying to oust Thompson and have discussions with board members etc as I read on another forum, why have they been doing this in secrecy. I'm hearing the group has money to invest etc, why not disclose the plans/amounts etc?
The way things have been done is going to get very few Arabs back the group without details and the protest has many fans turning against the group at a very early stage.

 
So basically u don't like it cos nobody told u earlier about the fans group.

Unprofessional by the way is how the club is being run and unsustainable.  Clubs dying, it's time for people who care to help it survive.

When UfC started they had two mass meetings.  Firstly, at the University where about 500 turned up and secondly in the Caird Hall where about 1500 - 2000 turned up.  At both the organisers clearly spelled out their concerns about the running of the club, what they wanted to see happen and then took questions, many of which were from very sceptical fans.  They were also open to ideas and suggestions of the way forward.  One thing they did ask at the time (but said they felt it was the last resort) was if fans were willing to protest at games if the regime continuted to make a chunt of running the club and would not walk away.  Punters at the time if memory serves said they did not want to see this happen. It eventually happened over a year later but not in an organised fashion after the Hearts 4-0 game/wee Jim lamping John Barnes and was borne out of exasperation at all the South American shite wee Jim has brought in.  It wasn't organised it was more spontaneous. The Fans United group appear to be moving straight to Defcon 4 which for me is wrong:

a) because it is at a vital game where the team need everyone pulling in one direction.
b) the worry is that it causes angry scenes if people who disagree with it turn on those doing it or, vice versa.

Tbh, TEK had a 5 post exchange with them earlier on Twitter asking a few questions about the group and basically got spoken to as if he was fucking stupid.  If a nippy, aggressive attitude is all the group is going to display its not going to win over large sceptical sections of the support or going to make 'Fans United'.  This is just the same attitude displayed by several posters on the boards that have pissed a lot of folk off already despite many (like me) being fed up about the decline of the club and open to the idea of getting rid of Thompson.

Personally, I am sympathetic to the groups aims, but am yet to be convinced about their methods.


 

Last edited by lifesanocean (09/3/2017 8:26 pm)

lifesanocean wrote:

When UfC started they had two mass meetings.  Firstly, at the University where about 500 turned up and secondly in the Caird Hall where about 1500 - 2000 turned up.  At both the organisers clearly spelled out their concerns about the running of the club, what they wanted to see happen and then took questions, many of which were from very sceptical fans.  They were also open to ideas and suggestions of the way forward.  One thing they did ask at the time (but said they felt it was the last resort) was if fans were willing to protest at games if the regime continuted to make a chunt of running the club and would not walk away.  Punters at the time if memory serves said they did not want to see this happen. It eventually happened over a year later but not in an organised fashion after the Hearts 4-0 game/wee Jim lamping John Barnes and was borne out of exasperation at all the South American shite wee Jim has brought in.  It wasn't organised it was more spontaneous. The Fans United group appear to be moving straight to Defcon 4 which for me is wrong:

a) because it is at a vital game where the team need everyone pulling in one direction.
b) the worry is that it causes angry scenes if people who disagree with it turn on those doing it or, vice versa.

Tbh, TEK had a 5 post exchange with them earlier on Twitter asking a few questions about the group and basically got spoken to as if he was fucking stupid.  If a nippy, aggressive attitude is all the group is going to display its not going to win over large sceptical sections of the support or going to make 'Fans United'.  This is just the same attitude displayed by several posters on the boards that have pissed a lot of folk off already despite many (like me) being fed up about the decline of the club and open to the idea of getting rid of Thompson.

Personally, I am sympathetic to the groups aims, but am yet to be convinced about their methods.


 

Good post Nemo.

Was that Caird Hall meeting around 1999?
 

Yes it was. Eddie Thompson was in the crowd and spoke near the end.
 

Arabnophobia wrote:

lifesanocean wrote:

Yes it was. Eddie Thompson was in the crowd and spoke near the end.
 

 
I was there bud. Getting 1500-2000 together worked as I remember. Maybe need something similar in future to bring fans together and perhaps vote on the best way forward.

Nae offence to all Internet forum readers but the true opinion of the support is massively skewed online by a few maniacs more concerned about their own opinion than what's best for the Club.

 
Nobody who's protesting is doing so for any other reason than they're passion for the club.  Nobody wants this but what are the options?

The UFC went about things the right way. Maybe a few thing to be learnt from their professionalism for fans unite