Ok, that's quite enough now John.
If you think my post defends Ron then it's you that needs to open your eyes. Half the trouble on here is people reading other posts and interpreting it in a way that suits their agenda.
In no way do I defend him and there is nothing in my post that says that. However, all the protesting and continual outpouring of hatred towards him online hasn't exactly worked, has it? We are on the brink of extinction with a court hearing in just over 2 weeks, no-one is buying us before then and whilst we'll probably survive that date (only my hopeful opinion, no inside info), the future doesn't look particularly bright. And that, as a supporter of 54 years, breaks my heart (as I'm sure it does for you and most others on here).
The march yesterday was good, the scarves a great idea and top marks to whoever got the float done with the Martin mannequin on it, it was a stroke of genius and a ton of work. Great effort.
But the other protests have been less effective. The tennis balls raised a bit of awareness but the silent protest was a waste of time and the rats on the pitch not that great at an evening game as you couldn't see what they were (and I think the tennis balls had stolen their thunder). But hey, people are doing what they consider to be their best and it's all for the same cause.
We all want the same thing; the survival of the club and a change in ownership, but the survival of the club must be the priority as without that, the ownership is irrelevant.
Please therefore forgive me for trying to come up with different methods of achieving that priority, like focusing on getting money into the club to keep us alive and to come up with a different approach that is more within our control as opposed to just banging our head against a brick wall by trying to get Martin to sell the club and yelling that message into an empty void. In my experience, sometimes you have to think outside the box and change the approach if what you are doing isn't working.
And what we have done isn't working.
I suggested starting a fund to raise money to get the debts paid off, you know, a bit like the one Wrexham had to do once, only with a touch more notice than they had, but that had no support because "We've done enough".
I suggested also pressurising the buyer to try and increase the offer.
I've DM'd you privately about a possible protest idea and have financially supported every single cause regarding the protests and the Trust. But it's also no secret that I'm not a fan of shouting "Martin Out" during games he didn't attend (although the last few games where the whole ground gets going at least unites the fans) and neither am I particularly in agreement with attending protests outside his house, And I've been told that that's my right, I can choose to protest (or not) in any way I see fit.
But maybe not, eh? Apparently I can't have my own view without not just disagreement, but with some sort of action.
The last time I said anything about an alternative line of attack (I can't remember what it was and also can't be bothered to look) you stuck a label on my signature calling me a "Fanboy", which I let go as just a bit of banter and humour, I can take a joke and generally don't mind being disagreed with as it gives me an alternative view that I might not have considered and which may change my mind. I like debate and discussion and, like most people, I have my opinion which I think is right, but I'm also open to have that challenged and changed. After all, if we only ever hear the same message from the same people, then we all become very narrow minded and will never even consider that something else may actually be relevant.
I think it was you that posted the thread about us all being nice to each other and you may well have to do another one in the coming weeks as decision day looms. So remember, you and the other owners and mods have more power on here than the rest of us; please don't abuse that. You will well know how supportive I have been to all of you, how much of a great job I think you have done historically and how much support I have given the Zone in the past.
Anyhow that doesn't really matter now, we are where we are. But can you change the signature on my username back please. I didn't ask you to change it in the first place and as we are getting near the crunch, when everything will get a bit more testy, I don't appreciate the totally incorrect inference. Like everyone else, my mental health is suffering through all this and so please don't do it again.
And with that, I'll leave everyone to do and say whatever they feel they need to. I'm done on here for a while. It's too toxic a place for reasonable discussion.
