No_Problemo Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 I don’t overly care about the smoke bomb statement, however I don’t recall many other sides putting out similar statements after pyrotechnic use - it is of course utterly bizarre how quickly the statement was made. Particularly as we haven’t had a match preview in weeks, have no idea how long Michael Hewitt is injured for and given the fan base had already been criticised by Duffy over the weekend. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsimButtHitsASix Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 I'm all for pyro at games but what was weird about the smoke bomb from your fans was how close it was thrown to your players. Nearly hit them. That was daft. Chuck it away from people and, ideally, not while in a wooden stand. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMIP Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 You can tell our support is in a bad place when folk start defending throwing a smoke bomb on the pitch. Bad enough in any context, but the fact it nearly hit one of our own players might make you think folk would engage their brains before attempting to defend it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeker Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 8 minutes ago, AsimButtHitsASix said: I'm all for pyro at games but what was weird about the smoke bomb from your fans was how close it was thrown to your players. Nearly hit them. That was daft. Chuck it away from people and, ideally, not while in a wooden stand. I’m all for football at games. You can stick your pyros up your..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 9 minutes ago, Seeker said: I’m all for football at games. You can stick your pyros up your..... So are we, but with the current squad and manager there's not much chance of that happening.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeker Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, honestly united said: So are we, but with the current squad and manager there's not much chance of that happening.. Probably need them because your team are all at sea. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryMc93 Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 The club probably did have some valid reasons to address the issue considering how close it was thrown to our own players some of whom were on the ground celebrating, the fact it was a wooden stand and that any fine the club receives could impact the playing budget heading into January. However the statement doesn’t really mention any of this and gives off vibes of someone turning up at work crabbit on a Monday morning and firing off angry emails to folk. Particularly at a time when its radio silence from the club about everything else, ideally the issue could have been mentioned in this week’s AP with a comment from a club source and it wouldn’t have got people’s back as much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finlay21 Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 3 hours ago, D'Jaffo said: It is their responsibility to call it out though. Yes , when reported by referee clubs need to show that they are taking action 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 23 minutes ago, HMIP said: You can tell our support is in a bad place when folk start defending throwing a smoke bomb on the pitch. Bad enough in any context, but the fact it nearly hit one of our own players might make you think folk would engage their brains before attempting to defend it. You are making things up - no one has defended it. Several people have simply pointed it the ongoing style of club communication. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finlay21 Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 1 hour ago, ComradeDiego said: It’s the Roberts era all over again, shite on the pitch and contempt towards the support from the boardroom Where’s the contempt from the boardroom ? Club safety officer having to tell fans not to throw flares onto the pitch , shouldn’t be needed 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Finlay21 said: Where’s the contempt from the boardroom ? Club safety officer having to tell fans not to throw flares onto the pitch , shouldn’t be needed The contempt couldn’t be more obvious at the moment. It might actually be more worrying if there isn’t any - as in that case it is a mix of incompetence and laziness. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUcal Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 No one should have been throwing flares, especially seen as we were in a wooden stand. Although tbh I was more bothered by the HIV chant that the same wee group seem to sing regularly. Pathetic. Don't care that other supports sing songs like that, it's absolutely awful and needs fired right in the fucking sea. Anyone at the game would know what I'm talking about. Get all the "paedo" patter to f**k as well, shouting that at any opposition players is really shite patter. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxanne's man Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 First thing that comes to my head when I hear Pyrotechnics (I'm sorry) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finlay21 Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 25 minutes ago, No_Problemo said: You are making things up - no one has defended it. Several people have simply pointed it the ongoing style of club communication. Believe it or not some people are not condemning it , even some fans debating it with the SLO saying it does no harm and is part of the atmosphere currently!!!!!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 Wrt. the lack of communication - Honestly, it wouldn't take much from the club to nip this in the bud by addressing it head on. The ostrich approach or hiding in your bunker isn't going to cut it Smith. It's time for a statement on twitter or a message on the club website. The silence is being interpreted as you not giving a f**k about what the fans think or the club's on the field predicament. Whilst I'm certain it's not the case in the absence of anything contrary the tension will just continue to rise. Leaders are supposed to lead not sit there idly as things go to pot. It's time for you to show some leadership and take control of the situation. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finlay21 Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 9 minutes ago, Trogdor said: Wrt. the lack of communication - Honestly, it wouldn't take much from the club to nip this in the bud by addressing it head on. The ostrich approach or hiding in your bunker isn't going to cut it Smith. It's time for a statement on twitter or a message on the club website. The silence is being interpreted as you not giving a f**k about what the fans think or the club's on the field predicament. Whilst I'm certain it's not the case in the absence of anything contrary the tension will just continue to rise. Leaders are supposed to lead not sit there idly as things go to pot. It's time for you to show some leadership and take control of the situation. Why don’t fans mail the Supporters Liaison Officer and ask him to raise this with the board , I know he has had no mails , we have that connection between fans and board yet nobody uses it 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxanne's man Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 (edited) Whilst we're going on about the severe lack of any communication from the club and moaning about pyrotechnics getting throw onto the pitch, I see that Morton had removed two spectators for racist abuse aimed at one of their own players. A sadly familiar story. Football is a diverse game. Anyone can play or give it a bash. Whether you're shit hot or just shit, football is there for everyone. Any age, gender, skin colour or religion. So please lets get this Racism rubbish to f*ck (and kindly take Jim Duffy with you.) Edited December 6, 2021 by Roxanne's man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 31 minutes ago, Finlay21 said: Why don’t fans mail the Supporters Liaison Officer and ask him to raise this with the board , I know he has had no mails , we have that connection between fans and board yet nobody uses it Where are they buried on the website? I have genuinely never heard anything from the SLO. Other than I recall Itzdrk quite fancied doing it a while back but that's probably 2+ years ago now. Do they arrange sessions with the fans? I've got quite a lot to get off my chest and that sounds quite therapeutic. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye the Gnu Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 (edited) Sorry to interrupt your happy debate but as Cammy posted earlier you are all cordially invited up to our place for our New Year Party. A warm welcome awaits and hopefully we can all enjoy some decent craic and some decent entertainment. Please come early, but not as early as we did at yours as there'll be plenty of room not leg room tho'. Best of luck on Friday and hopefully you do better on TV than we did. Merry Christmas. Edited December 6, 2021 by Hawkeye the Gnu 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 46 minutes ago, Finlay21 said: Why don’t fans mail the Supporters Liaison Officer and ask him to raise this with the board , I know he has had no mails , we have that connection between fans and board yet nobody uses it To be perfectly honest, I don’t think we should need a SLO to raise absolutely basic things. None of these things should require prompting or ideas sent to the board, just a tiny degree of professionalism. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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