Re: where's the support : Wed Nov 02, 2011 9:00 pm
I too have visited this forum for just over 2 years but feel now I need to put my opinion across and put a few things straight !Firstly I am disgusted and outraged by your comment Music cougar "For once we don't have someone just wanting to make a lot of friends and flashing there chest off" - if that is aimed at me then I suggest you 'man-up' and say it to my face ... I was one of the 20 on Friday night and put over 2 hard years of work in at this club until I was made redundant - that being the only reason I would ever have left a place I loved to work ! I am not here to 'blow-my-own-trumpet' but I put many, many hours in and above my contract - even going in on Xmas Eve last year and hand-delivering shirts to fans as I didn't want them to be disappointed as they were xmas presents ! I started off as an employee but it became my life ! A lot of fans have put their time in for free and not necessarily been appreciated for it !
If it is not aimed at me the only other person I can assume is Helen. If so I am equally as disgusted - you clearly don't know the level of dedication and hard work she put into that club - not just throughout the working day but hours upon hours on an evening too ! How dare you judge someone without knowing the full facts ! I will not go into details but Helen has been blamed for no end of things at this club which I know were not her fault - you should be ashamed of yourself !
I totally appreciate the work Rob put in to get crowds through the gate towards the end of last season but may I just point out that crowds were even bigger the previous season but if you make the general/commercial manager redundant in the off-season and dont replace the position who was there to organise such entertainment and sponsorship when the season started again ......!!
In reply to your comment Captain Cougar regarding new players attending on Friday I believe the post was by 'At the bar again' .... is this even a staff member at Cougars or someone who was told by an official source ??? With regard to team members not being there my son and I actually bumped in to a prominent 1st team player on Saturday and I joked "where were you last night ?" to which the reply came - "I didn't know it was on !"
I totally agree a lot of effort was put in to Friday night but you cannot force people to come - Halloween doesn't appeal to everyone - coupled with International rugby on TV ! From experience I know its hard enough to get fans to stay after the game as they show their support in paying to see their team play - that's their passion !
I FULLY SUPPORT JD, THE STAFF AND THE TEAM but don't slag off the hard work and committment of previous staff that you know nothing about !!!!!!!