m62exile wrote:I'm absolutely fucking amazed to be honest, as reading this message board it was abundantly clear that Singh had hatched a plan where he was manoeuvring around all of us and Martin Gray to execute a business plan that was going to make him literally gazillions of pounds. As well as taking over the arena and knocking three stands down, he was going to buy Blackwell Grange to harvest overseas talent before selling on for a ginormous profit which he was going to wave in our hungry faces before thrusting us in to liquidation.
And because of that its hard to understand why he'd walk away after a few names on social media. I mean he was going to get to literally liquidate us again as well as making actually several gazillion pounds. How thin skinned!
Actually, I'm joking. A bit.
What's actually happened for the second time in as many months is we've had a lynch mob out to drive people away from the club before they've even had chance to say their piece. Before being able to judge anything, before even being able to send Raj Singh packing. Think how much better that would have looked. Think about the strength that would have given us.
And then in the same breath we say that actually we're open for investors oh and also we'd like to have some more commercial deals because we're a really great brand that your local company would like to be associated with.
If you don't follow Darlo all you've heard this month is 1. we didn't read the rules. 2. the directors resigned because they got abused off the fans, 3. we kicked the other fella out due to online abuse.
I don't like Raj Singh for what he did to us last time but I love the club more, so I found it ok to try and be a bit measured.
I read stuff from what could be perceived as fan's online accounts (save darlo etc) today who were prepared to judge despite the fact the board had invited the opportunity and despite the fact nobody had the foggiest slightest idea what was going to be proposed. It's was embarrassing. They have no mandate to try and represent fan's opinions, especially when there were some that wanted to hear more.
We're going to die from a thousand self inflicted wounds here fellas. We're managing to descend in to the rule of the mob.
Raj Singh's involvement was always going to cause grief. The moment he became involved it was going to become poisonous. I've said previously, there could never be a positive resolution to this. One way or another, it was going to end badly, either with the humiliation of accepting Singh's offer, or with Singh rejected and MG's position being in doubt.
Singh has always been sensitive to any sort of criticism. He was the same in 2012 - trawling through messageboards to see what people are saying about him.
Like it or not, people have a forum to express their opinion, via social media, messageboards etc. That can't be changed. A lot of the time, it's opinions we disagree with and dislike (think how many rows I get involved in). You live with it or ignore it.
There was nothing said about Singh that I didn't expect to see, and if Raj expected otherwise, he was extraordinarily naive. Personally, I think the online abuse card is being played too often. It's an easy out. Blame the fans by saying they've been horrible.
And it helps cover other reasons you might want out. Singh will have quickly realised he was never going to be welcomed back, and that's why he'll have pulled out. A multimillionaire businessman doesn't get where he is without pissing some people off, so why would a few angry comments on social media get under his skin?
Right now, we need unity, more than ever. There are more challenges to come, I'm sure of that. Every fan owes it to John Tempest and to Martin Gray - or whoever our manager is, to support them and help build this club up. It's a long road ahead, and we must be united if we're to succeed.