Orient match thread

Lord Didsbury said:
Overreaction creeping in here, in my opinion.
The Stanley decision has some sense to it - we are not a rich club. however I do tend to agree, based on this discussion, that we should accommodate their collections in some way.

People running organisations have to make decisions all the time, they don't always get them right at first. Generally in situations like this sense prevails, compromise is reached etc etc. give it time to see what happens.
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You're right, we are not a rich club but I don't see what that has to do with anything?
Orient aren't asking the club to contribute to their cause, just permission to ask our fans to help out a little if they want to & that decision should be each person's - it should not be the club deciding for us!
Give it time you say? There isn't much time for the club to do a u-turn with the game being tomorrow night - I really hope they change their mind but even if they don't I wish the Orient fans the best of luck & if I see any of them with even a hint of a bucket I'll be putting my little bit in whether DB likes it or not
 
Lord Didsbury said:
Overreaction creeping in here, in my opinion.
The Stanley decision has some sense to it - we are not a rich club. however I do tend to agree, based on this discussion, that we should accommodate their collections in some way.

People running organisations have to make decisions all the time, they don't always get them right at first. Generally in situations like this sense prevails, compromise is reached etc etc. give it time to see what happens.
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Dont make excuses for that piece of crap LordD. If that clown has no idea of what we went through, then he shouldn't be anywhere near Stanley as far as i'm concerned.
 
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From DB twitter he's changed his mind and is getting in contact with the bucket collectors quite few people must of messaged him
 
deeayess said:
Being a rich or poor club has hee haw to do with it. For those who don't remember, this was what it was like in our hour of need http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f93/ultras-bucket-collection-49215.html

That is what real football is about not people like Burgess. Thank god he wasn't running the SoS campaign back then!

It's not as if they are asking for the money from the club is it?
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How much of the SOS campaign money went to pay the tax bill do you think then?
 
Glad to see common sense has prevailed, but this should never have been an issue in the first place. We are the LAST club who should be refusing something like this, firstly, because of the way other fans rallied to our cause in 2009 and, secondly, because of the heartbreak we went through in 1962.
 
stanleyhouse said:
How much of the SOS campaign money went to pay the tax bill do you think then?
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If we didn't need it why did we collect it and where is it now?

The state of the club then relied on a miracle not a bucket collection and luckily we got one.

Happy for you to elaborate on your statement!
 
stanleyhouse said:
How much of the SOS campaign money went to pay the tax bill do you think then?
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That's not really the point though Rob is it? We all know there were question marks about what money went where but in the end we came through it, obviously with the help of certain people & not entirely through the efforts of our fundraising campaign but this is about helping another club in a desperate situation in whatever small way we can & for most of us putting a few coins in a bucket is a way we can show our support - it's about trying to do our bit if we choose to
 
There you go. As predicted.

Anyone not made a bad decision before? As long as you have the good sense to listen to others and not be a stubborn arse about things then all seems pretty good to me.
 
Lord Didsbury said:
There you go. As predicted.

Anyone not made a bad decision before? As long as you have the good sense to listen to others and not be a stubborn arse about things then all seems pretty good to me.
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So has he listened to others or been Told by the Gods? you seem to know.:rolleyes:
 
Lord Didsbury said:
There you go. As predicted.

Anyone not made a bad decision before? As long as you have the good sense to listen to others and not be a stubborn arse about things then all seems pretty good to me.
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No, sorry - that just doesn't cut it, he should never have put our club in that position in the first place - to even try & make up for some of the damage he's done he should be volunteering to shake a bucket for them himself
 
AccyMad said:
No, sorry - that just doesn't cut it, he should never have put our club in that position in the first place - to even try & make up for some of the damage he's done he should be volunteering to shake a bucket for them himself
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He should be fined a weeks wage and made to put it in the bucket
 
He should have done this, he should have done that... well actually what has happened is that Stanley has now been shown to have very caring fans and a management that listens to them. Plus, Orient have more publicity for their campaign as a result and more likelihood of a better collection tomorrow.

Maybe this can be filed under "storm in a tea cup"?
 
And onto the job in hand.... unchanged team apart from Clark for Clare?
Orient will be desperate for points, but they will be up against the wrong team at the wrong time. 3-1 to us!
 
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