Jacko51

Read Granville’s post on the first page of the thread as an example.

The problem was that some fans were not just expressing opinions but were actually making assumptions about various aspects of the meeting then reporting as if they were true.

I would say that if you produced a word cloud of the meeting “accountability”‘ would be front and centre in large letters.

Have you read Bede’s post above?

I would say the rift is probably smaller if the club has actually sat down with fans and listened to their concerns. As I asked another poster above, what more did you want to know about the meeting?

If dialogue has been opening the status quo has not been maintained.

I would suggest that those doing that are not the folk who had the meeting.

I think you should give them more than two days before you judge.

I can't understand why folk are saying the statement gave a total lack of information. It says that a considerable amount of the discussion was about the Director of Football. It says there was an acknowledgment from the club that communication with fans had been poor. It says there was a robust debate about accountability for football performance. What else did you want to know??

So do you just accept the problem or do you try to turn the ship round?

"If you were there, and by the way I would have loved to be there, I would have just gone, “David Flitcroft. Sack him” No politics. Just rhyme off every failure on the pitch he has made. Dropped my pint and walk out." And do you think the meeting would have lasted for approximately 3 hours if you had adopted that attitude? No it wouldn't and the various other matters that the supporters were concerned about would never have been raised. You say you would have loved to be there but you say you work nights so that was not an option for you.

I assume the aim was to open constructive dialogue with the club and try to begin healing the rift between club and fans.

Would you seriously have expected to have achieved that after one meeting? Would you seriously have expected the D o F to be sacked by the club after one meeting with fans?

Yeh, those in the fancy boxes.

You'll get in trouble for that Rory!!

Sorry mate. Just trying to lighten the mood but carry on being miserable if you prefer.

"A significant part of the discussion focused on the current football situation and the role of Director of Football". That's probably what everyone wanted to know.

My post was a joke. Chill.

So the club didn't select Carol or Matt Hancock either? Good heavens - they must have arrived by magic.

I am currently sitting at my laptop.

I would have thought that talking to people face to face is preferable to shouting at the internet.

What makes you think the fans insisted Patrick Shanahan was there?? I’ve seen no suggestion that was the case. There is so much rubbish being made up on this thread it will end up in the fiction section of the library.

I’m astonished you’ve taken that from the statement.

I’m intrigued you assume I was talking about you.

I love it when fans criticise some people who have tried to do something about the situation whilst sitting on their backside in front of a computer.