Redcar Rioja 5,872 Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 3 minutes ago, Changing Times said: Your experience as a fan of a club that came perilously close to going out of business itself. Maybe you wouldn't have been all that bothered about it, I really don't know. It meant we got rid of Charlie Amer and what ensued has been the most successful era of Boro's history. Link to post Share on other sites
Duvel 2,446 Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Redcar Rioja said: Calling people idiots or stating they need to grow up doesn't win any argument and quite frankly it's uncalled for on here, it isn't FMTTM Well said. I dunno why but we've got a few people on here who have free reign to insult people. When its a new member they get banned for it. Link to post Share on other sites
sanddancer 1,964 Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 9 hours ago, Bosco's Tuft said: I'm impressed. You must have LOADS of money. And you've played at ELITE courses in the UAE. Well worth mentioning in a football thread. I wish I had my friend. Point a taking. Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,211 Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 2 hours ago, Redcar Rioja said: It meant we got rid of Charlie Amer and what ensued has been the most successful era of Boro's history. But you didn't know that at the time, did you? It worked out well for us, it hasn't worked out well for a number of other clubs though. Assuming you were a fan back then, I take it you weren't that fussed if the club went under or not? I find that bizarre if that's the case. It's pretty simple to me, if it was Boro in that situation then I'd be concerned about it, and to use your rating system, it would be a lot more than 5/10 for me so why then wouldn't you be sympathetic to another club in that same situation? DS said it, there but for the grace of god. Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,211 Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 2 hours ago, Redcar Rioja said: Fortunately thanks to SG and the others at the time we will never know but others like Chester, Airdrie, Darlo, Halifax, Gateshead, Coventry, Accrington, Wimbledon, Scarborough, Leeds and Glasgow Rangers managed to salvage something and come back from Administration, winding up or going bust. Even Chelsea were on the brink before Ken Bates bought them for a quid or something, it's fair to say that they haven't done too badly since. Half of those clubs are non-league and below where they were when they got into trouble. Coventry took years to get back to our level and back into their own ground. Wimbledon still aren't back at that level. And those are what you view as success stories! 🙂 Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,211 Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Duvel said: Well said. I dunno why but we've got a few people on here who have free reign to insult people. When its a new member they get banned for it. You're right and I apologise. It's wrong to call people idiots who don't care about others. There are much better words for it 👍 Link to post Share on other sites
Uwe 3,543 Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 WBA v QPR well that didn’t take very long Link to post Share on other sites
Old Codger 3,039 Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 As someone who remembers 1986 vividly, I would not want to have seen us go under and have to fight our way back up, for every success, there are two or three examples of failure (so far) In the National League North, there is Gateshead, York, Chester, Darlington, Bradford Park Avenue, Southport, Hereford and Kidderminster.. there are about a dozen former league clubs in the National League... Barrow have just made it back after fifty years of struggling.. there are no guarantees that Derby are even going to be relegated and according to liquidators they are 95% certain of staying in business, so stories about them going to the wall need to be taken with a good helping of salt at the moment.. If they have to live the life of Sunderland for a season or two, then it won't be a new experience for many of their fans and unless they do get another deduction, it is very possible that they will stay up, so to all intents and purposes, they would have got away with it, so is that fair on Wycombe, Rotherham and other clubs that played it straight ... sooner or later, some chancer will try it again unless it is made crystal clear that if you cheat, then sooner rather than later, you will pay the consequences. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Denzel Zanzibar 6,931 Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 (edited) Bless Marten De Roon, offered to sign and pay for one of his shirts for the first three people to turn up to Atalanta's club shop....and nobody turned up 🤣 https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/marten-de-roon-atalanta-shirt-25056240 2 Link to post Share on other sites
TeaCider24 12,398 Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 3 hours ago, Denzel Zanzibar said: Bless Marten De Roon, offered to sign and pay for one of his shirts for the first three people to turn up to Atalanta's club shop....and nobody turned up 🤣 https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/marten-de-roon-atalanta-shirt-25056240 Poor guy. Feel really bad for him there. Link to post Share on other sites
Redcar Rioja 5,872 Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 15 hours ago, Changing Times said: Half of those clubs are non-league and below where they were when they got into trouble. Coventry took years to get back to our level and back into their own ground. Wimbledon still aren't back at that level. And those are what you view as success stories! 🙂 Who mentioned "success stories" I certainly haven't used that word? Like Boro those Clubs came back from the dead and still exist in one form or another, whether that is a success is down to personal opinion. In Boro's case I'd say it was, likewise Chelsea, Rangers and Leeds are free from their original baggage. Portsmouth and Bolton fans are probably lamenting their demise and decline but they still have an entity to support. No Club has a right to stay in the Premiership or Championship or at any other level. Like I said before, my sympathies are with the likes of Wycombe and Rotherham who were robbed and cheated. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Redcar Rioja 5,872 Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 15 hours ago, Changing Times said: You're right and I apologise. It's wrong to call people idiots who don't care about others. There are much better words for it 👍 So caring for Wycombe and Rotherham (and ourselves for being cheated out of a Play Off spot) over and above Derby is not caring? Carry on name calling or better still get yourself a season card for Pride Park if you feel that emotional and supportive for their current plight. Link to post Share on other sites
Old Codger 3,039 Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 feeling empathy for suffering is not wrong.. but it is best given to the more innocent parties 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Denzel Zanzibar 6,931 Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 *** Derby Link to post Share on other sites
Old Codger 3,039 Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, Denzel Zanzibar said: *** Derby think Morris already has... Link to post Share on other sites
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