What did we boycott for?

SeasideKurt

SeasideKurt

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Have I missed something? What did we boycott for? There are far bigger Blackpool fans than me. But I’ve never not been invested in this club every weekend of my life and every game day since 1995. Whether that’s refreshing teletext, an app, travelling to ** Hull from Wiltshire or watching every game during COVID.

I don’t remember boycotting to accepting medicore ** bollocks we are watching now. It’s extremely poor and the whole feel good factor has been lost.
 
SeasideKurt said:
Have I missed something? What did we boycott for? There are far bigger Blackpool fans than me. But I’ve never not been invested in this club every weekend of my life and every game day since 1995. Whether that’s refreshing teletext, an app, travelling to ** Hull from Wiltshire or watching every game during COVID.

I don’t remember boycotting to accepting medicore ** bollocks we are watching now. It’s extremely poor and the whole feel good factor has been lost.
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No idea why you boycotted. I did because the owners were clearly using the club as a cash machine and massively taking the piss.

I didnt boycott because I demanded success year in year out. If I wanted that, I'd support City or United or Madrid or whoever is the 'best' at any time.
 
SeasideKurt said:
Am I demanding success? Or am I not accepting mediocre ** nonsense every week from a team that should be doing better? I think that post is such a poor one which shows a complete lack of ambition for our football club.
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Performances and results of late have been disappointing but most of us boycotted so that we could get back to enjoying the ups and downs of football, vermin-free.

If that's not for you then I politely suggest that you belt-up, ya country bumpkin.
 
I boycotted because a parasitic, self-serving family where destroying my football club whilst at the same time, taking the proverbial and suing our loyal fanbase.

Totally different to what we are currently facing, which is basically football related.
It is totally frustrating but not worthy of a mass NAPM movement by the supporters.

If individuals feel that they can no longer stomach watching / supporting the current regime then that is their choice and perogative.
 
SeasideKurt said:
Have I missed something? What did we boycott for? There are far bigger Blackpool fans than me. But I’ve never not been invested in this club every weekend of my life and every game day since 1995. Whether that’s refreshing teletext, an app, travelling to ** Hull from Wiltshire or watching every game during COVID.

I don’t remember boycotting to accepting medicore ** bollocks we are watching now. It’s extremely poor and the whole feel good factor has been lost.
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Have I missed something?

I don’t remember boycotting with the caveat that we wouldn’t play shite or go through periods of being shite. Loads of people said they’d take us being in non-league. It’s called being a football fan and supporting a team. We had an amazing season back in the Champiomshlp. The Club has then made a series of bad appointments. It’s not intentional, but it’s sadly gone flat right now. That can happen. I want to be as high as we can & promotion should be the target, but so does 1/3 of the league.

We all boycotted because the club was being rinsed to prop up a family with next to none investment in anything behind the scenes.

The football now is poor, the systems and shape are crap, it’s frustrating as fuck, but this isn’t about the boycott and mentioning it just makes us look weak as piss mentally, just like 3/4 of our team. It needs sorting but it’s fuck all to do with boycotting.

The teams got fuck all resilience away from home and it seems some of our fans have.
 
I actually agree with Kurt

The current owner and custodian has to take some of the blame, we are no better off now than when he bought the club

Still no training ground or new stand and back in league one playing mediocre football In what is a really poor league

The transfer policy is shite and there doesn't seem to be any real plan except for selling our best players and replacing them on the cheap

I didn't just boycott I was also involved in several direct action protests as I wanted my football club clear of the parasites and I wanted us to be the best that it could be

I expected better with a new owner and I make no apologies for having some ** ambition

I've done two away games this week and what I've witnessed is no better than some of the shite we watched under the previous regime

Yes the manager is to blame for the tactics and team selections but the buck stops with the owner
 
I (and I suspect most) Blackpool fans don't expect we're just going to be continually successful, it's not how football works. But the fact is that all four main Lancashire clubs are of similar size and stature, and yet we've underperformed all the others consistently over a number of decades due to piss poor management and neglect. We have someone in charge now who I believe does genuinely care, but that doesn't mean he hasn't made some shockingly bad decisions.
I don't think we should make any apologies for having standards, or grateful for the odd season in the championship as the best we can achieve. Some people are talking of the championship season after promotion as some kind of 'season in the sun' whereas it should be standard for us. It does seem that the Oystons managed to slowly grind down and eradicate any kind of ambition from a significant portion of our fanbase.
 
Critchknows said:
I boycotted cos the previous ownership actions were suing fans, taking the piss and stripping the club illegitimately. Today we aren't winning a few games of football and sit in mid table. It hurts but fcuks sake cmon. That is what football is about, we have no god given right to be successful.
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Yep that's why people boycotted.

This season was a great chance to bounce back given the teams that came down aren't in the race. Home form great away form diabolical.

Very disappointing and the manager is failing, but nowt to do with what people boycotted for. To be nowhere near even the playoff pack with this squad is shite.
 
SeasideKurt said:
Am I demanding success? Or am I not accepting mediocre ** nonsense every week from a team that should be doing better? I think that post is such a poor one which shows a complete lack of ambition for our football club.
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I love the idea that recognising we will lose football games equates to accepting mediocrity. Your op was total horseshit the moment you referenced the boycott. As though this situation has any similarities to the previous. Or should we boycott every time we aren't getting the results we all want?
 
So every time pool have a bad spell or are not playing very well , are we all going to try and oust the chairman - what a stupid post . We boycotted , as many on here did , because of the way the owners rinsed the club out of millions for there own benefit - as far as I can see Sadler is actually putting lots of money in with not much back .
This is football , mistakes are made , ups and downs , if you don’t like it then feel
Free to not watch anymore . No one wants to watch shite football ,being beaten by lower teams , but we are not privileged to win all the time . Best home form in the league , just the away form that is bad - is Critchley the man for the job , maybe not , but as a club we are in it together . The form will come back , maybe with another manager ,maybe with Critchley , but we still support . Wonder how many on here were there on a Tuesday night vs Halifax , bottom of division 4 , freezing cold with a crowd of sub 1k
 
Tangman74 said:
So every time pool have a bad spell or are not playing very well , are we all going to try and oust the chairman - what a stupid post . We boycotted , as many on here did , because of the way the owners rinsed the club out of millions for there own benefit - as far as I can see Sadler is actually putting lots of money in with not much back .
This is football , mistakes are made , ups and downs , if you don’t like it then feel
Free to not watch anymore . No one wants to watch shite football ,being beaten by lower teams , but we are not privileged to win all the time . Best home form in the league , just the away form that is bad - is Critchley the man for the job , maybe not , but as a club we are in it together . The form will come back , maybe with another manager ,maybe with Critchley , but we still support . Wonder how many on here were there on a Tuesday night vs Halifax , bottom of division 4 , freezing cold with a crowd of sub 1k
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Well said.
 
NAPM never correlated to on-field success
It was solely focused on off-field issues - the misuse of the parachute payments for non-football related activities and later the owners actions towards the fanbase

No one can deny Simon has invested heavily over the last 4.5 years not just in the squad but also in infrastructure and in the appointment of off-field personel. Make no mistake it was a huge task tackling the condition of the club as was when the CAR went in.

Where we have fallen down for me in particular is with our managerial choices which ironically the Oystons ( particularly Karl ) got right more often than not.

The appointment of Grayson and Appleton in particular were spectacularly uninspired and polarised views from the outset.

Critchley should never have come back IMO as that appointment had the same effect. He has zero credit within a significant part of the fanbase and we are seeing the results of that now.

There’s a big call to be made. Stick or twist ! I’d stick ( just ) however I’d insist on a reshuffle of the first team managerial pack. Critchley needs football experience challenging him in the boot room not yes men who’ve never played at a decent level.
 
SeasideKurt said:
Have I missed something? What did we boycott for? There are far bigger Blackpool fans than me. But I’ve never not been invested in this club every weekend of my life and every game day since 1995. Whether that’s refreshing teletext, an app, travelling to ** Hull from Wiltshire or watching every game during COVID.

I don’t remember boycotting to accepting medicore ** bollocks we are watching now. It’s extremely poor and the whole feel good factor has been lost.
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only home games.They named it NAPM (not a penny more) if that helps.some went ,but most didn’t,we did travel to away games though.
 
TwelveAngryMen said:
NAPM never correlated to on-field success
It was solely focused on off-field issues - the misuse of the parachute payments for non-football related activities and later the owners actions towards the fanbase

No one can deny Simon has invested heavily over the last 4.5 years not just in the squad but also in infrastructure and in the appointment of off-field personel. Make no mistake it was a huge task tackling the condition of the club as was when the CAR went in.

Where we have fallen down for me in particular is with our managerial choices which ironically the Oystons ( particularly Karl ) got right more often than not.

The appointment of Grayson and Appleton in particular were spectacularly uninspired and polarised views from the outset.

Critchley should never have come back IMO as that appointment had the same effect. He has zero credit within a significant part of the fanbase and we are seeing the results of that now.

There’s a big call to be made. Stick or twist ! I’d stick ( just ) however I’d insist on a reshuffle of the first team managerial pack. Critchley needs football experience challenging him not yes men who’ve never played at a decent level.
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what you mean by invested heavily,was that the purchase of the club,which was a fair price.Where is the big money gone from bowler,yates and the fee off Villa for taking critch.The players coming in are no better than we already got at the club.We seem to get sick notes along with players no other club wants.
 
TwelveAngryMen said:
NAPM never correlated to on-field success
It was solely focused on off-field issues - the misuse of the parachute payments for non-football related activities and later the owners actions towards the fanbase

No one can deny Simon has invested heavily over the last 4.5 years not just in the squad but also in infrastructure and in the appointment of off-field personel. Make no mistake it was a huge task tackling the condition of the club as was when the CAR went in.

Where we have fallen down for me in particular is with our managerial choices which ironically the Oystons ( particularly Karl ) got right more often than not.

The appointment of Grayson and Appleton in particular were spectacularly uninspired and polarised views from the outset.

Critchley should never have come back IMO as that appointment had the same effect. He has zero credit within a significant part of the fanbase and we are seeing the results of that now.

There’s a big call to be made. Stick or twist ! I’d stick ( just ) however I’d insist on a reshuffle of the first team managerial pack. Critchley needs football experience challenging him in the boot room not yes men who’ve never played at a decent level.
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This is the real point. It was a bad move to reappoint Critchley because he was never going to be given time by supporters. Whether you like that situation or not is immaterial. That's how football works and always will. Far easier to understand that and run with it then stubbornly demand everything else changes and fight against the tide as things get negative.
 
straightatthewall said:
This is the real point. It was a bad move to reappoint Critchley because he was never going to be given time by supporters. Whether you like that situation or not is immaterial. That's how football works and always will. Far easier to understand that and run with it then stubbornly demand everything else changes and fight against the tide as things get negative.
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The maddest thing is, you’d have thought after the Appleton saga he’d have sussed that one.
 
straightatthewall said:
I love the idea that recognising we will lose football games equates to accepting mediocrity. Your op was total horseshit the moment you referenced the boycott. As though this situation has any similarities to the previous. Or should we boycott every time we aren't getting the results we all want?
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I shouldn’t have mentioned the boycott. But your, and a lot of other Blackpool fans lack of ambition for this football club is utterly unbelievable.

straightatthewall said:
I love the idea that recognising we will lose football games equates to accepting mediocrity. Your op was total horseshit the moment you referenced the boycott. As though this situation has any similarities to the previous. Or should we boycott every time we aren't getting the results we all
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I would say it’s a very good job that the majority of us did boycott because had we not then I have no doubt there would currently be no Blackpool fc as we know it. There is no way the Parasites would have sustained the club through and after covid as there would have been nothing in it for them. Clearly we have serious issues on the playing side at the moment but we have had worse in the past and still come through. I don’t think anyone thinks the club is going bust so they can concentrate on the job in hand of improving the playing side. We definitely need more investment in players and it looks like we need a new face at the top again, hopefully someone everyone can get behind and who plays a bit of effective and exciting football.
 
Arriedirk said:
what you mean by invested heavily,was that the purchase of the club,which was a fair price.Where is the big money gone from bowler,yates and the fee off Villa for taking critch.The players coming in are no better than we already got at the club.We seem to get sick notes along with players no other club wants.
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SS has invested more than double the original purchase price net of the sums you’ve mentioned and also stood the annual losses
 
SeasideKurt said:
I shouldn’t have mentioned the boycott. But your, and a lot of other Blackpool fans lack of ambition for this football club is utterly unbelievable.
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I don't have a lack of ambition for the club and frankly you've no idea what I think or don't think, so fuck off from telling me what I believe or dont you whiny little berk.

I'm as pissed off as you or anyone else with this lack of consistency and poor results away from home. I didn't like the reappointment of NC from day 1 and I think it's a bad mistake by SS and one that suggests he doesn't really get football.

But you mentioned the boycott when you had another hissy fit and I called you out on it being bollocks. Deal with it.
 
I boycotted because the only thing that the Oystons would ever respond to was losing money. Ultimately I made the decision that depriving them of money was more important than allowing them to exploit my feelings of duty to the club.

In the end it was Belokons lawyers that deprived the Oystons of enough money to force them out. Biggest mistake they ever made was to try and shaft Belokon.

It was never going to guarantee a new owner would deliver the promise land. What hurts is that he started right and seems to have lost the plot and adopted some of Karl Oystons “I know Best and you don’t” methods.
 
SeasideKurt said:
Have I missed something? What did we boycott for? There are far bigger Blackpool fans than me. But I’ve never not been invested in this club every weekend of my life and every game day since 1995. Whether that’s refreshing teletext, an app, travelling to ** Hull from Wiltshire or watching every game during COVID.

I don’t remember boycotting to accepting medicore ** bollocks we are watching now. It’s extremely poor and the whole feel good factor has been lost.
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Many people have given lifelong backing.

But the club must earn that support.

Fans appreciate Sadler's commitment.

Yet the head coaches he picks suck.

Villa and QPR proved Critchley's weakness.

The failure to fix losing tactics undoes him.

Season ticket boycotts helped axe Oyscum.

The decision to bottle them has bombed.

Boycotts could have won better coaches.

The owner feels no threat from stayaways.

Supporters remain complicit in decline.
 
TwelveAngryMen said:
NAPM never correlated to on-field success
It was solely focused on off-field issues - the misuse of the parachute payments for non-football related activities and later the owners actions towards the fanbase

No one can deny Simon has invested heavily over the last 4.5 years not just in the squad but also in infrastructure and in the appointment of off-field personel. Make no mistake it was a huge task tackling the condition of the club as was when the CAR went in.

Where we have fallen down for me in particular is with our managerial choices which ironically the Oystons ( particularly Karl ) got right more often than not.

The appointment of Grayson and Appleton in particular were spectacularly uninspired and polarised views from the outset.

Critchley should never have come back IMO as that appointment had the same effect. He has zero credit within a significant part of the fanbase and we are seeing the results of that now.

There’s a big call to be made. Stick or twist ! I’d stick ( just ) however I’d insist on a reshuffle of the first team managerial pack. Critchley needs football experience challenging him in the boot room not yes men who’ve never played at a decent level.
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Needs a quality number 2 if he is going to stay - and needs to realise that formations have to change to suit the game , it’s very strange he sticks with the same all the time
 
straightatthewall said:
I don't have a lack of ambition for the club and frankly you've no idea what I think or don't think, so fuck off from telling me what I believe or dont you whiny little berk.

I'm as pissed off as you or anyone else with this lack of consistency and poor results away from home. I didn't like the reappointment of NC from day 1 and I think it's a bad mistake by SS and one that suggests he doesn't really get football.

But you mentioned the boycott when you had another hissy fit and I called you out on it being bollocks. Deal with it.
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Oh, that’s the level you’re going to? Well, stay at home and keep your opinions to yourself you old senile daft **.
 
straightatthewall said:
Well your getting quite ticked off about it all. Probably because you've made yourself look a tit with a daft op.
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Nope, couldn’t care less. I am right with my point. 100%. Just didn’t articulate it properly in the moment after watching utter shite football for 10th or 11th time this season.
 
straightatthewall said:
No idea why you boycotted. I did because the owners were clearly using the club as a cash machine and massively taking the piss.

I didnt boycott because I demanded success year in year out. If I wanted that, I'd support City or United or Madrid or whoever is the 'best' at any time.
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This

Half the teams in each league would have no support half the season if we all spat our dummies out because of lack of results.
The Oystons situation was unique in every way. Any other boycott dilutes the effect of why we did what we did back then and would get virtually no outsider support.
Crap results are an unfortunate part of the game. Frustration and moaning are a normal response to that, not deserting your club.
 
SeasideKurt said:
I shouldn’t have mentioned the boycott. But your, and a lot of other Blackpool fans lack of ambition for this football club is utterly unbelievable.
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I think it's a fairly natural feeling and emotional response. When we have had to put up with the dross and disappointments of the last 18 months, we ask ourselves the question - did we give up over 4 years of following our team just to put up with this rubbish? It's an emotional response to something that has an emotional basis I.e. the ups and downs and frustrations of being a fan,base, particularly one that has had to make sacrifices to try to change things for the better.

The reality, though, is we'll all remain fans, there won't hopefully be a NAIFM* campaign, the wheel will turn, and either Critchley or likely somebody more tactically astute than him will get us playing consistently with heart and skill once again.



*notaninvertedfullbackmore
 
SeasideKurt said:
The idea behind the post, wasn’t comparing boycotting again was that what the fuck was it for if this is what we are having to watch?
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Shit idea wasn’t it 😂

To be fair to you, it’s not as shit as the tactics and system we are playing in away games but to even bring the boycott up was a poor doo. Guessing you was pissed up then it’s alright 👍🏼
 
Adams Kebab said:
Shit idea wasn’t it 😂

To be fair to you, it’s not as shit as the tactics and system we are playing in away games but to even bring the boycott up was a poor doo. Guessing you was pissed up then it’s alright 👍🏼
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Not really the more I think about it. What did you want out of a football club post boycott? It certainly isn’t last year. Or this year.

Or the lack of communication out of the club.
Or the lack of investment on the pitch.
Or the unimaginative managerial appointments.

I wanted a progressive football club, with a clear vision going forward. It’s currently absolutely lost that. So the message is right, the original OP wording not so much.
 
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