[ Sat 15th Sep ] v Fakenham Town KO 3pm FA Vase HOME

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Re: [ Sat 15th Sep ] v Fakenham Town KO 3pm FA Vase HOME

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Re the chants, I didn’t hear any racist stuff (but wasn’t at the away game mentioned). Of course this shouldn’t happen and I can’t add to anything already said as I wasn’t there so cannot confirm/deny.

What I would say though is that it’s the chants/singing that make the matchday experience so enjoyable. I for one love the chants and yes you do get the odd F word, but to me that’s part and parcel of the match and I for one am happy with that even though I have a young family. As mentioned and has been discussed on TalkSport this week, a swear word does make things more funny sometimes. Unnecessary continual swearing for the sake of is an entirely different matter but that’s not what we’re talking about here.

So please guys do carry on chanting, I love the sense of humour at football matches and have been in stitches many times as people’s quick witted sense of humour. Long may it continue I say. I remember a few years back going to Coventry (who are next to a large Tesco) and a few fans chanted “We’ve been to Moscow, you’ve been to Tesco” – which made me chuckle.

On a darker side, I’ve been to matches in the 80s that there was trouble at with Chelsea, although luckily I never got anything worse than being crushed on a tube or a surge at a match after we’d scored. However, I did go to Millwall v Wolves on a Friday night in 2001, when Wolves were vying for automatic promotion. I mention it because I saw Corby Diamond said he went to Millwall v Wolves but it could have been an entirely different match. I can honestly say that I’ve never been scared at a football match before, but I was there. The experience both before the match, at the match and after the match was to be honest quite scary. Nut hey that’s another story, and luckily our matchday experience is nothing like that.

On the match itself yesterday FABULOUS. We should have been home and hosed at HT after one-on-one’s in the first half. Second half performance before they scored wasn’t up to our first half performance and I did think perhaps ET might be on the cards. Happily we got another and then the floodgates opened. All in all, an extremely enjoyable match especially as my son was Mascot! Now Yaxley – where’s that?
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Re: [ Sat 15th Sep ] v Fakenham Town KO 3pm FA Vase HOME

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OK - time to talk about the game itself.

There were several players who had their best game for the club yesterday, and apart from 10 minutes in the second half it was the best team performance - and yet I still think they might have a bit more to show us. Alfie Taylor clearly deserved his MoM award, with 2 goals and 2 assists, but he did miss a couple of good chances early on. I don't think Peter O is in his best position on the left - he tried a couple of crosses with his left foot that weren't very good, but when he turned and used his right foot he looked far better - as he did when he cut inside. I noticed him and Jack didn't swap sides for once either. I don't think we'll be the sort of side that relies on crosses from the wings - more the sort of interchanges we saw for the third goal, one of the best we've seen so far.

Mark S made it clear that those on the bench will get a start on Tuesday, but it will be interesting to see how he experiments up front. Will he continue to try Ben Morgan out wide, or will he put him up front with Jake Newman.

They might have to work on the nicknames a bit if Jake Gillingwater and Jamie Gilsenan both play.
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stamboy wrote:However, I do feel that these posts are genuine concerns by fans and not just rants.
That is exactly what we are doing, raising CONCERNS and not just ranting. Ranting on about nothing is like me saying i saw someone leaving an empty chip tray on the terrace!!
Biggles wrote:Excuse me People but did a football game take place yesterday or was it a full scale riot, it must have been the 2nd option given the column inches given over to a bloke doing a mooney and a kid with a plastic bottle, maybe we should have interviews with them, sod the manager and players and the win.

Jesus a mole hill turned into the Himalayas.
Oh my god biggles you are missing the point completely, sorry but 100% disagree with your post... (and this is a debate by the way, not aggressive or anything)

Right this is a family club, one vote one community, so is advertised as a community club where we as fans can air their views etc. It dont matter whether it was simply a bottle, It could have been a brick ot a haribo... the fact is a 'missile' was thrown. And as its thrown in anger or aggression it is actually a missile.

It dont matter what happened, mooney or the bottle thrown, this must be stamped out whether we are in the UCL or playing on a sunday league field, as it will damage the reputation of a great club and give the wrong impressions about what we are about. We as fans are simply trying to air our concerns and try to get through that this is unacceptable...

The only other thing is me saying this is a family club, the club is lucky that most of the people will probably be back. But just imagine if there were newbies in the crowd with younger children and they went away thinking i'll not return. Im sure the club dont want to give the impression that its ok to lob things no matter how big or small because they can get away with it.

A great win, well done lads!!
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Re: [ Sat 15th Sep ] v Fakenham Town KO 3pm FA Vase HOME

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corby diamond wrote:
stamboy wrote:However, I do feel that these posts are genuine concerns by fans and not just rants.
That is exactly what we are doing, raising CONCERNS and not just ranting. Ranting on about nothing is like me saying i saw someone leaving an empty chip tray on the terrace!!
Corby Diamond - I'm agreeing with you, these aren't rants but genuine concerns as I said.

Incidentally were you at that match Millwall v Wolves in 2011 when Wolves were vying for promotion, but ultimately blew it?

I was genuinely shocked and scared as that game, West Ham v Chelsea had nothing on that game. Thank god I never went to a Millwall v Chelsea match is all I can say...
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I would suggest that we leave it there. The matter has been discussed and I'm sure everyone will learn from it and take it on board in future matches. ;)
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Re: [ Sat 15th Sep ] v Fakenham Town KO 3pm FA Vase HOME

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stamboy wrote:
corby diamond wrote:
stamboy wrote:However, I do feel that these posts are genuine concerns by fans and not just rants.
That is exactly what we are doing, raising CONCERNS and not just ranting. Ranting on about nothing is like me saying i saw someone leaving an empty chip tray on the terrace!!
Corby Diamond - I'm agreeing with you, these aren't rants but genuine concerns as I said.

That wasnt anything on your post, i was just pointing out that you and me are really raising concerns and not just ranting about nothing...

Im willing to put this to bed now and move on... 'Onwards and upwards' :D
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[quote="corby diamondCorby Diamond - I'm agreeing with you, these aren't rants but genuine concerns as I said.

That wasnt anything on your post, i was just pointing out that you and me are really raising concerns and not just ranting about nothing...

Im willing to put this to bed now and move on... 'Onwards and upwards' :D
Touché

Let's discuss it at the next Millwall v Wolves match! :twisted:
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Here's what happenned right in front of me. Taylor hit the post then their keeper made a great reflex save, the Fakenham fan ran in front of us all baring his big fat belly. He then turned had a go at Taylor who was injured on the ground, that's when the bottle was thrown. The Ghosts fan then continued to show his belly then mooned right in front of me and slapped his own arse and returned to his place, where an older Diamonds fan was having some banter with him anyway. Loved the bit when said Diamonds fan turned to him and said, did you see that magnificent goal ? It was all harmless if a little stupid.
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Three of Diamonds wrote:Here's what happenned right in front of me. Taylor hit the post then their keeper made a great reflex save, the Fakenham fan ran in front of us all baring his big fat belly. He then turned had a go at Taylor who was injured on the ground, that's when the bottle was thrown. The Ghosts fan then continued to show his belly then mooned right in front of me and slapped his own arse and returned to his place, where an older Diamonds fan was having some banter with him anyway. Loved the bit when said Diamonds fan turned to him and said, did you see that magnificent goal ? It was all harmless if a little stupid.
I have watched it again this morning, and yes the bottle shouldn't have been thrown, and yes the fakenham fan was an idiot running in front of the terrace, but no one was hurt and there were no further issues for the other 2 hours people were at the ground. Not only are we learning as a club in this league but also as fans, it's not like in the conference, we have to adapt and not react when provoked (which if they get a reaction like this will happen more often)

We as a board are really trying to do something positive with the think before you chant campaign can i ask you all to get behind it and think about your actions. We've had some fantastic comments from both Harrowby and Olney about how brilliant all the fans were and were a credit to the club. Thats the kind of response we want after a match we have a fantastic set of fans and we need to help each other.
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