Coley plea to stay away fans

Haggis316 · 20-02-2009, 16:48

Accrington Stanley boss: Where have fans gone? (From This Is Lancashire)

K-P · 20-02-2009, 16:54

win games.. crowds will come...
lose games.. crowds will stay away...

sorry but it really is that simple ..

Grimps · 20-02-2009, 17:26

k.p win games crowds come make new fans happy with nices ground and they will come if you seen a film called filed of dreams in it they will come

lancsdave · 20-02-2009, 17:33

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Originally Posted by K-P

win games.. crowds will come...
lose games.. crowds will stay away...

sorry but it really is that simple ..

As Shankly said """Football is a simple game made complicated by people who should know better", and what you said is as simple as it gets. The only thing I would add is that it takes longer to win them back than it does to lose them.

Another own goal from the Stanley school of customer services I think

cashman · 20-02-2009, 19:42

personally i think it was a good article, J.C. wasn't knocking people,just stating fact, like if ya go in a shop wi no money,ya can't buy nowt. if it had been done different then i could agree dave.

stanley convert · 20-02-2009, 19:50

What a statement to make "stay away fans responsible if stanley drop through the football league trap door" all I can say to that is b******s If we do drop back out of the league the blame must surely rest with the way the club is run both on and off the field don,t get me wrong I and many other are quite aware of what it takes in both time and money to maintain the club but with statements like that do they really expect people to spend hard earned money to get stabbed in the back?
God I,M bloody raving mad that mad that at this moment in time I could quite easily say b******S to it all

cashman · 20-02-2009, 19:56

be as mad as ya want, the guys right he wasn't knocking people if ya read it proper, just stating fact.

lancsdave · 20-02-2009, 20:15

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Originally Posted by cashman

personally i think it was a good article, J.C. wasn't knocking people,just stating fact, like if ya go in a shop wi no money,ya can't buy nowt. if it had been done different then i could agree dave.

Stating fact maybe, but how about he said " We need more people to come and support us so we can push on a bit more". Yes it's stating the obvious and will probably be ignored by a lot of people, but I can bet people will notice what he has 'allegedly' said about where the blame lies if they go down, which is a total negative and only gets peoples backs up.

The other thing to bear in mind of course is that it is a newspaper story, is it all directly quoted or 'interpreted' ?

MCR ADIM · 20-02-2009, 20:16

all he was saying was if he we had more fans equals more money than we could by better things. like instead of shopping in netto we could shop in waitrose! more fans means better wages to offer players who we make a bid for etc, means better football, better off the pitch things! and before you know it we will be lifting the premier league cup! after beating united 2-0 on the crown ground! ryan and p.mullin score!

cashman · 20-02-2009, 20:19

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Originally Posted by lancsdave

Stating fact maybe, but how about he said " We need more people to come and support us so we can push on a bit more". Yes it's stating the obvious and will probably be ignored by a lot of people, but I can bet people will notice what he has 'allegedly' said about where the blame lies if they go down, which is a total negative and only gets peoples backs up.

The other thing to bear in mind of course is that it is a newspaper story, is it all directly quoted or 'interpreted' ?

well yeh theres always dummies that think like that, but people who can read will get it.

shakermaker · 20-02-2009, 20:21

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Originally Posted by K-P

win games.. crowds will come...
lose games.. crowds will stay away...

sorry but it really is that simple ..

Must agree.

One thing's for sure. If we get thrown out of the Football League over these bloody seats, all we have to do is muck about in non-league for 40 years until we get another big gate

VALAIRIAN · 20-02-2009, 20:25

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Originally Posted by MCR ADIM

all he was saying was if he we had more fans equals more money than we could by better things. like instead of shopping in netto we could shop in waitrose! more fans means better wages to offer players who we make a bid for etc, means better football, better off the pitch things! and before you know it we will be lifting the premier leagumie cup! after beating united 2-0 on the crown ground! ryan and p.mullin score!

MCR You must get a job at the club

With your positivity we could go along way

We need more people like you to keep our spirits up

Look forward to seeing you on The Clayton End tomorrow

Keep smiling "Z"

madkev · 20-02-2009, 21:03

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Originally Posted by VALAIRIAN

MCR You must get a job at the club

With your positivity we could go along way

We need more people like you to keep our spirits up

Look forward to seeing you on The Clayton End tomorrow

Keep smiling "Z"

i agree

got to love a positive fella

Revived Red · 20-02-2009, 21:36

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Originally Posted by cashman

J.C. wasn't knocking people,just stating fact

But surely no-one can ignore the fact that the club seems to treat its fans so badly. The evidence is clear to see in so many other threads. Letters and emails unanswered, agreements not kept, etc, etc.

K-P is partly correct - a winning team will attract fans. The problem Coley seems to ignore is that loyal fans feel so badly treated that they no longer feel as committed as they once did. Some of those who would turn up, win or lose, are no longer doing so. The club MUST address that fact. We know that Eric Whalley is no Abramovich. No-one imagines that. But we would like to see him running the club in a way that shows its appreciation of the loyal fans.

cashman · 20-02-2009, 21:49

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Originally Posted by Revived Red

But surely no-one can ignore the fact that the club seems to treat its fans so badly. The evidence is clear to see in so many other threads. Letters and emails unanswered, agreements not kept, etc, etc.

K-P is partly correct - a winning team will attract fans. The problem Coley seems to ignore is that loyal fans feel so badly treated that they no longer feel as committed as they once did. Some of those who would turn up, win or lose, are no longer doing so. The club MUST address that fact. We know that Eric Whalley is no Abramovich. No-one imagines that. But we would like to see him running the club in a way that shows its appreciation of the loyal fans.

yep yer correct but as you have said its stated in other threads, but thats not the issue in this thread is it?