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Does anyone know why the message board has been taken off the main accy website ?




ACCY TILL I DIE.:alright::D:D:D:D:D:D

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Many may visit Fishy Site en route to this Forum via the handy link.

May mean less hits and perhaps therefore ultimately less advertising revenue unless and until its reinstated.

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I haven't been able to access the official site for about 3 days. I can't get into it from Google, or from my bookmarks.

I don't suppose I'm missing much, but it does seem strange as all other sites work perfectly.

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I have to enter forum via accy stanley message board,i find it strange that it just suddenly dissapeared.No explanation on the main web page from accy,now why doesn't that surprise me,we're like mushrooms,kept in the dark and fed a load of bulls**t lol.



ACCY TILL I DIE.:alright::D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

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:)If you right click on your mouse and go to were it says faverites and click yon it ou can add the stanley forum to your faverites and access it any time in stead of going through the message board on the stanley site or access the site from your history menu..:)

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I can't get the official site from work or at home. Very strange

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Sinister that it only seems to be you, TM :)

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If what we say is unofficial why do the press come here first when they need info?

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Very true. Maybe I'm on a black list? :D

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I should think so too!! Bloody TM coming on here with his opinions!!!

Tut tut Its going to be shocking when I have to start thinking for myself!!:eek:






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Don't worry just yet, I'm always willing to help you out. ;) :D

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Just noticed that the forum link is still on the pages where you view the match pics!!!!:)

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Had a quick word with Eric in the street at Bradford yesterday.

Later reflected that this was one of two issues I would have like to have asked him about.

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Must have been removed after your post:confused:

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Here i go Eric bashing.

He wants maximum attendances and what better way to do this than ;

Upset all the fans that use this message board - alot of whom do alot more than attend games.

Remove the landlord that turned his failing pub establishment around.

All without to explanation. Eric if you are reading this DO NOT KEEP US IN THE COLD.

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Eric is all that is good about the club

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Eric is all that is bad about the club

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Quite strangely it has!!!! Went on this morning to check up on pics and it was there, just been on now and its gone???? Sorry for the bad info.

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Well, Eric's hardly likely to come on here and explain, as he's not a member...

...so, Southern Red, it's over to you...

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Not that strange when the webmaster of the fishy site comes on here, you made it too easy for him.:(

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Caught me out there good and proper!!!

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Now then, Southern Red, while you're on-line perhaps you'd like to tell us why we've been excommunicated by t'fishy site? Has Eric decided we're a disruptive influence? :D

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...oops, too late, he's gone!

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there watching you! :)

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There always on but now they only come on as guests in case we might ask them a question that they can't or won't answer, I call them yes men with no balls.

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The club used to have such a brilliant relationship with the fans, back in the late unibond/early conference days. When the messageboard q&a was around and the frequent fan forums. Now the fan relationship with the club is dire.

Wake up Eric and smell the roses. Pay your staff to do something usefull like scour and answer questions via the forum rather than booking stupid holidays.

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its all gone to **** but we are accy the little tin pot of erick stanley

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Let's just face facts. All those who use this forum, whether to post or just to visit, are fans of the club and, as such, scum.

Our job is to buy our season tickets and merchandise, sign up to the Gold Bond, purchase our matchday programme, drink in the club's bars and keep our mouths shut.

We should just to be grateful that our Betters let us have anything to do with the club at all.

The whole thing stinks!

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Im agreeing with u all here, im getting a tad peeved & losing my faith rapidly with anything stanley atm [just my personal feeling] maybe lack of asfc re-enforcement, cancelled matches, lack of anything with regards to club > fan relationship in all aspects, lack of any enthusiasm & burnt out trying so hard over the past 18mnths.

If not remedied quick i feel a return to ashes history repetition happening soon! A change needs to happen & a new injection of real hope which wont happen under Eric im afraid.

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Don't let Quakerz see this - he'll think it's another excuse for calling the match off! ;)

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.. Its a shame there's been no explanation given as to why the link was removed...thought someone from the club could try to explain the situation to those of us that are curious/interested..unless there's a split 'within' about the issue and to enter into corrospondence on here could open a can of worms...Hmmmmm..the plot thickens...

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[quote=Kiwi John;671719].. Its a shame there's been no explanation given as to why the link was removed...thought someone from the club could try to explain the situation to those of us that are curious/interested../quote]


How they going to manage to get on here with no link to click on :D

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[quote=lancsdave;671723] :D:D:D... BTW..I still love that avatar,just sad about the colours..

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[quote=Kiwi John;671719and to enter into corrospondence on here could open a can of worms...Hmmmmm..the plot thickens...[/quote]

from the snippets I've heard here and there, I believe there is an issue regarding officials having to 'defend' their corners (man on each post? :p)
and getting drawn further into argument/discussions/debates than is necessary.

At the end of the day the various officials who do/did post on here, were fan based officials who agree that the fans need to know on various things, and quite rightly. But again the order comes from above.

But banning (if I 2 + 2'd things rightly) staff from using the message board still doesn't explain why the link was removed. The link is there for fans, or potential fans, from around the globe to find out where the gossip is.

Might I suggest that if you feel that visitors to the site should have a link to the main message board then send an email here [email protected]


I think it should probably be David but .......

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:o I hope my posts about the mascot hasn't brought about the removal of the link from the fishy site:sad8:

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I wouldn't flatter yourself mab. There's been more scathing criticism than that posted on here.

The club obviously wants to distance itself from this unofficial forum and that's their prerogative. Afterall, the club appears to want to distance itself from the fans in most other areas, so why should this be any different?

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Don't forget your 50/50 draw ticket :p :D

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I too have lost most of my belief in the club. Allthough I am fairly new to Stanley (the last 6 years) I have been a staunch supporter of them. Now, however, I really dont care if I go or stay away. The reason for this is quite simply that I no longer feel a part of the club. To say that the fans have been alienated is an understatement imho. No doubt the rose tinted glasses brigade will get upset by my comments but tbh I couldn't give a monkeys! I will continue to support the team but will not be putting my hard earned cash over the turnstile untill we have a change of attitude (read chairman). Very sad.
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It defies all logic to alienate the fans. Our most prominent 'unofficial' message board works with the club. At times some things are posted which the club ask to be removed but general critiscism isn't. We also raised just over £27,000 in various competitions, sponsored events etc over the past 12 months which is donated to the youth development of the club.

You've lost generations of fans ( no doubt somebody will tell me whose fault they claim that to be :rolleyes: ) and working with them is the only to recover that in years to come.

I've even had to persuade my Stanley mad partner to go to the game today, says it all really !!!

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did you need a bit of 'alone' time Dave? ;)

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It does seem sad that any new Stanley fans, as well as opposition fans, won't now be able to enjoy the forum's banter, if they aren't directed here from the official site.

I think if the club put a simple disclaimer with the link, that it is a fan's forum, and not necessarily the views of the club, their problem would be solved.

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this is so sad. i have been watching since the mid eighties. Everything is so negative at the moment. i dont go anymore out of principal due to everything concerned that i read on this forum (maybe thats why they dont want people to see it). the prices are extortionate especially the food bars around the ground, its a rip off and what they dont understand is that you may have reduced prices for kids (thanks) but the food is still expensive and when two children want drinks, chips, hot dogs whatever, it gets expensive. bet the club get commission. i have voted with my feet and i guess a hell of a lot more people will do as well as todays attendance proved 1056. I am a gold bond subscriber and im thinking of cancelling that as well. i feel sorry for the junior eagles as well and the discussions on here about it.

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the food is mostly beyond their control as it is franchised out.

The advantage is that they get a set amount of money every game be it a JPT 1st round against a nobody team or an FA Cup against Rovers.

THe disadvantage is they get a set amount of money every game be it a JPT 1st round against a nobody team or an FA Cup against Rovers.

If the club put on a specific promotional entrance price they can't recoup the losses on the ground as there is next to nowt to spend money on.

I have always advocated that the club should run the outlets via a catering manager (its only half a dozen hours at the most) but in retrospect, bearing in mind the lack of stock on the bars some times, maybe thats a bad idea!

But seriously, without direct control of the food, without stock (and lighting) in the alcohol bars, without a proper place to buy programmes, without a shop large enough for people to browse around then the club is never going to fully exploit the money that people may wish to spend on a matchday.

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I didnt want to go didnt feel like i used to about going to watch a match at the fes, once upon a time coppering up to get out the door, felt no excitment at all. Funny this thread was discussion on the terrace, general consencious in that despite the negativity of the club we do go & get behind our players willing the play for goal for 90mins or so then negativity soon returns once the footy stops.

Now i go to watch & will the team on because in the name of Accrington Stanley in the heart but nothing else regarding it behind the scenes - which is a shambles! Karma to the person that turned the tv up as the face novelty bird spoke LOL!! & also to ricky [nice rebellous announcement voice of the fans today] pmsl!

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Thing is Macca as u know only too well nothing will change because they simply refuse to listen - leading horse to water & trying to make it drink!

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WTF?

sounds ominous - dish!

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Eric would lead it to the water, make it drink, then charge its owner a quid!

This says it all imho. :(

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U didnt go to the match??? ah u missed a little treat then hahaha ricky made a few new fans today :D

That girl face of stanley!

Come on gal spill the beans!

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Just got back from today! I think that Stanleymad is talking about Ricky who I will best quote " And the referee UNBELIVABLEY has said that there will be a minimum of THREE mins of added time!!!!!!!!!!"


We were robbed of at least 10 mins of time today by the keeper and the ref for not taking charge of the match! To say it was a disgrace is an under statement.

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thank you for the enlightenment.
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I believe this to be the reason!! It may not be. You will have to confirm this with Stanleymad.

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I reckon the latest move (the removal of the link to this forum) is the latest phase of the Eric Whalley master-plan to get us back in the Conference. He's well known for his hatred of parting with money. If we were back in the Blue Square his expenditure would fall drastically. He's insulted the fans in the local newspapers by saying the Town doesn't deserve a league club, he's insulted the fans on TV when he said "Who'd pay money to watch this ****e?", he insulted the stewards when he said "Look at 'em, you wouldn't pay that lot lot with washers" and now he's further alienated a major source of the club's income, the fans, by removing the link to the message board. 1056 spectators, that says it all. As much as he's done for the club over the years Mr. Whalley is rapidly becoming a liability.

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In a nutshell as the plastic manc puts it. Under Mr Whalleys backward thinking we are going down in all aspects of the club.:(

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:( The messageboard was removed from the fishy site because of negativity and the constant criticism that the club gets on this forum:(

Well if you cant stand the heat.......



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Let's hope they don't start ejecting fans from the ground for the same 'offence'.

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Is that an official answer, Mab?

If so, that means the club feels that outweighs the constant support that also comes from the people who use the messageboard, including all those who criticise (constantly or occasionally)?

That would be a shame .....

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Isn't this what Robert Mugabe does ? get rid of the critiscism and leave the problems in place :rolleyes:

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Constant criticism? Makes you laugh really. There's been more positivity and creative thinking coming from many members of this forum, than I've seen coming from the club in years.

Fair enough if the club wants to ignore the fans and distance themselves from them, but the relationship works in both directions. With just over 1000 'fans' yesterday, I can't see how that can be a good idea.

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Just gets better.

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So they obviously think everything is sweet then :eek:

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The club don't seem to have grasped this yet, but a lot of the people on this messageboard are people who love and care about the club. They're the ones who are forever worrying and thinking about how the club can improve...the first ones to sign up to new schemes...the ones who want to buy new merchandise...the ones who turn up on cold mid-week nights, when the casual fans have stayed at home...the ones who are almost falling over themselves to praise any new initiative that comes out of the club.

If the club had any sense they would have turned this criticism/comment/call-it-what-you-will around and used it to their advantage. A prime example is Macca...he's forever posting on here with a multitude of fresh ideas about how to improve things. The club could have sat down with him, talked his ideas through and maybe some good things would have come out of it. But no, he's just an ordinary fan, so let's ignore him...what does he know about running a football club?

And now the club have just pushed their collective heads a little further in the sand, by cutting the link from t'fishy site. So now the messageboard doesn't officially exist, there's no criticism and everything's hunky dory.

...what the club may find harder to ignore are more gates like yesterday's..but, of course, as we all know, that's just the fault of apathetic Accringtonians! :rolleyes:

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A very good point well said/put!!!

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as a rovers fan, who attends the FES quite a bit more recently, it grieves me to see the club treating the fans like "DUNG" n as a stanley fan until 62 when accy had no team, i can never remember the "Old" club doing this, fer whats supposed to be responsible people running a club, i can say without compunction, ya couldn't run a p1ss up in a brewery. yer alienating damn good fans who have watched stanley through thick n thin, n as wynonie says spent hard earned money doing so, all cos ya can't take a bit of stick along with the good ideas posted on here which in the main ya ignore, either through arrogance or stupidity. take yer pick. IMHO.

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untill something is dun at accy my feet will stay at home just put sky sports on for sat from now save £30..

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:eek: What and miss all the fun and it is the Shrimps on tuesday after all:D

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The club has had a very negative affect on this messageboard for a few seasons now, if only it had shed the link before the mt heads had started posting. ;)

From being a 100% home goer, and about 25% away, it'll be about 4 games this year, if Eric's lucky.
Nothing to do with the team, just don't like being treated like crap.

Remember Lancashire Stanley Utd. that really did it for me. :mad:

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I suggest anyone with a gripe to e-mail Eric or Rob, I've just sent off a few but I'm not expecting any replies.

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Posted via Mobile Devicething is though ever since the post about the seats its been more negative than positive! Saying the club dont listen to the fans about puttin the seats where the fans want to put them! All this about most of the people on here sign up to things the club do! How many people have signed up to the sportmans dinner! Negativity about not getting players in! About players comeing back! About the club not careing about the fans! You just add to it by not turning up to games etc! What do u expect the club to invite all the fans to the meeting to talk about seating plans, talk about giveing money to spend on players! No so leave them to it! They are employed to do it whether they are good/bad at it than thats people opinions aint it! To me il be there on tuesday like every home game and most away games! I agree the macca has some great ideas about the bar and getting people onto the fes but thats up to them to listen! People talk about tactics and what should and who should be played but were just fans we dont see the players everyday and see what goes on behind close doors! Get behind the team! Win r lose! Have abit of a moan than forget it look foward to next game! Keep the faith! On stanley on! John n jimmys red and white armys!

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don't hold yer breath baggy, they know the gripes, they read this enough, so people tell me.:rolleyes: why else?

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Something I have noticed since the post about seats is fans like Willie Miller and Timmins haven't made their views known, not on here or the Ultras site, are you the Ultras spokesman, if so I would be interested to know one or two more views from our more noisier supporters.

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Well spotted, it's all a matter of opinion, but only if it's a good opinion :D

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6 guests viewing at the moment, I wonder how many of them work for the club?

Please feel free to join in Eric, Rob ect.

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Sounds like a your only going for the pee up, its just somewhere to go for u. RE sportsmans dinner - would love to but at £30 a shot & being in middle of a recession, times are hard to live atm. Funny that the club expect us to part with our hard worked cash & YET choose to ignore the fact that customer relations are important is purely ignorant & damaging for any business - yes stanley is a business when all said & done!

To ignore the fans that do go week in week out is pathetic even the regulars are sick to the back teeth - so what will happen then when gates go back to 300?!

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stanleymad dont let the children bug ya, probably blissfully unaware of the struggle to run a home, feed a family, etc in a recession.:rolleyes:

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Posted via Mobile Deviceam nt going because it does nt interest me i dont knw who the spokesmen is! And goin for the pee up i dont drink so i wouldnt be going for that! Ye i agree with the credit crunch etc but people did complain that the club didnt do enough to try and make extra money! And they are doing! The ultras they knew we had to have them no matter where they was! Whether we can put flags over them or wil the club want to display the muilty coloured seats! A positive is it will be more bunched more higher up makeing it louder!

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Cheers Cashy its not only children its the bigwigs at club that dont get it either lol.

Funny how a majority is singing from the same hymn sheet now that is worrying for the club in particular certainly those that once give the club all the patience & support, when once ideas flowed & we thought that the club was listening, in some cases even convinced us that they were, ie youth support - junior eagles, ie season tickets - yes cheaper this season but that was that, ie brand new stand where cowshed is - now to cheap old seats on the cheap & blue, put where people stand week in week out for yrs.................thats for starters:mad:

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What planet are u on?????? i dont want to stand too close to the drum for fear of going deaf - i like to hear it but not at expense of my eardrums - neither am i a kid wanting to be belly bounced in a disco. Not for me but dont object u guys doing it at all, yes fun to watch but preferably me not to be too near. Nor do i want to sit down being draped with flags either prefer that stood up:mosher:

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Mind u the club obviously listened to a little minority...........what was it ...oh yeh ..."U can stick yer accyweb up yer ar*e" chant:p

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Posted via Mobile Devicenothing wrong with that chant! Eric proberly joins in! Am nt saying you have to stand in the middle of us are right next to the drum! There is from cornor to cornor to stand at aint there! What about the cowshed fans what if they dont want sits in there because they like standing in same position they have done for years! The club cant win!

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yer right there MCR the club will never win with planks like you.:rolleyes:

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Posted via Mobile Devicethanks! I cant remember posting anywhere saying am never goin to watch football at stanley while the club dont respect the fans! And blah blah what ever else the fickle fans post on here! No wonder we cant get good players if they read some of the rubbish on here! No encouragement for the players comeing back from injury! Nothing just negative negative! Im a plank why just because i am the only person that doesnt agree with most of the stuff posted on here!

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no another example of you being a plank is written above.:rolleyes: the reason they can't get real good players is the facts they cannot afford em. or their wages, i would have thought a Brooke Bond Monkey would understand that. plus i'm certain players coming up to discuss terms n sign etc, will all of heard of accyweb. grow up.

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Posted via Mobile Device me grow up! Thats abit rich aint it! Yeh we cant afford them but the players we have might read this boared and the amount of negativity of the club and the players! That this boared says is amazing! Ok than if they come on loan and here about it from other players and read it than it not right encouragein whats wrote is it!

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the world is full of "IFs" a two letter word with much scope, the pantomime season is over, christmas is ended.:rolleyes: carry on, let other readers decide.:D

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They might as well stop playing football if they are looking for a club where the fans all behave like robots and think everything in the garden is rosy. I would think a fans message board is the last thing they would look at when signing for a club. Besides ever heard of google ? :D

This forum is actually very tame compared to most clubs, and shows the fans do give a toss. However because they give a toss doesn't mean they should be walked over, as you get a bit older and learn about economics you will find out that the money they pay is hard earned and they have a right to voice opinions if a business wants there support. Football clubs though take advantage of not being a normal business and 'use' the loyalty factor.

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Posted via Mobile Device yeah i agree its and open forum people can voice their opinions of the club and players on here if they like! But whats the positive things on here been posted about the club lately! The draw at bradford? The spotsmans dinner even that turned negative!

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i can see nothing negative in the sportsmans dinner thread, the only place anything else was said was in this thread after YOU commented that people should support the club by putting hand in pocket, n to me the comments were hardly negative, just stating fact with the recession. you really are a silly child.:rolleyes:

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The sportsmans dinner thread looks pretty positive to me...or have I missed something?

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...ner-44856.html

Other recent threads that have been fairly positive have been the away draw at Bradford and the three for the price of two match deal (although admittedly the latter doesn't seem to have worked!).

People WILL make positive comments when there's something to be positive about!

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Posted via Mobile Device we have a good footballing side! Have some really good players jimmy ryan, ewards, charnock, p mullin, turner! Were playing better football this season! Would you want someone else to take over the club who could possible run us into debt which we couldnt pay due to the gates we get! Everyone on here knows no matter what happens to the club league 2 or blue square will stil support them!

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Yes, we do have some good players, but overall the team just aren't cutting it. Not surprising really, considering the budget Coley has to work with, and therein lies the problem...Eric originally said he would step down once he had got us back into the league. He should have done so and handed the reins over to someone who would invest money in the club in order to strengthen the playing staff and improve the facilities so that an afternoon at Stanley would be a more attractive proposition for locals.

And, yes, Mcr Adim, if the club go down to the Blue Square, I'll still be there, you'll still be there, but I fear that many more won't!

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Posted via Mobile Device finally we both agree eric did say he would step down! If he did this in the summer we first got promoted it would of attracked alot of investment! Stanley famous little club in football league etc! I think just better facilites would be good as anyone read the training session paul mullins son did with the club when it started raining hard etc it finshed! Now if we he indoor pitches. Gym etc the could of carryed on! We would be able to attrack more players with these facilites! I read in the paper the club were working with the council to build our own training ground! It be hard to attrack new investment now with the current goings on with money!

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Despite the present economic situation, there are still people around who are investing in football clubs and, as you say, Stanley is a highly attractive proposition thanks to its famous name. Eric should put the club up for sale at a reasonable price and see what happens. The present situation where Eric wants investment, but still wants to control everything seems destined to attract no one.

And even if he doesn't sell, there are still many ways that the club could improve its relationship with its supporters...but the club don't want to know, because they can't accept criticism.

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Well any common sense would say - how about we meet with the supporters so this could be discussed without upset but in order to reach a comprimise :rolleyes: