- Nov 26, 2013
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Be angry, Be hurt but if you think cancelling memberships is going to help the club go forward then you have no idea. You will just be contributing to the down fall of the club.
It worked with Richmond.
Just sayin'
The whole issue here though is that if members keep throwing money blindly at the club then the dumbasses who run the club at all levels take that as a mandate to continue in their positions.
Eddie and his buddies on the board along with Walsh and everyone in the football department don't even appear to think there is anything wrong because we are still the "biggest club in the land" and "not far away" (from what I'm not sure but still "we're not far away"). They also don't appear to want to do anything more than pay vague list service (at best) or be totally dismissive (at worse) when it comes to the feelings and opinions of the supporter base.
It's unfortunate but now we've seen all the spin, empty apologies, strategy and hyperbole that we need to see from those in charge and it's clear that we don't have anything else to show for it, apart from hitting rock bottom in a reputational sense after this disastrous trade period. I can almost envision them huddled together while concocting this "strategy" mumbling something like "the supporters will be angry but it will blow over quickly because they are loyal to the biggest club in the land" so it will all be fine.
If people start voting with their feet and it starts hitting the club in the back pocket then and only then will they have to face something both tangible and inevitable and hopefully start falling on their swords one-by-one (or be forced out).
The "biggest club in the land" is something that's built on performance, not mediocrity and it's clear that the latter is what we largely have to work with from Eddie and the board down. It's time for change at our club and it's clear that those in charge are incapable of facilitating it because they spend too much time living in the past, looking after themselves, giving each other pats on the back, and shifting the blame to anyone or everyone else they can.
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