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Leap of faith!!?
- Thread starter IJN
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Whichever way it goes on Monday, I think a chant of
'James Brent's Green and White Army' would be appropriate - and appreciated.
'James Brent's Green and White Army' would be appropriate - and appreciated.
My choice of shirt on Monday was made some time ago, the last kosher away shirt from 2011/12 upon which I had printed the wartime city slogan 'resurgam'.
It was to mark the starting point of our fightback as a club, we were going to 'rise again'. We had no idea then that it would take five years to get to a game where we could go up but we're there now.
It's been too long for many, they gave up on the sustainable model almost as quickly as they forgot the debt repayment commitments we've had to pay alongside team rebuilding. I've not forgotten how close we were to not existing and that remark just double underlines it.
It's not been a perfect tenure, but I struggle to think who could have done a better job with the cards dealt. The difference between detractors and supporters of the sustainable model is just the difference between patience/understanding and impatience/lack of understanding.
Monday is not the culmination of the season, it's the culmination of five seasons. Resurgam doesn't happen overnight, but we're on the cusp of it now and even if the worst was to happen, we're another step further forwards to achieving it.
It was to mark the starting point of our fightback as a club, we were going to 'rise again'. We had no idea then that it would take five years to get to a game where we could go up but we're there now.
It's been too long for many, they gave up on the sustainable model almost as quickly as they forgot the debt repayment commitments we've had to pay alongside team rebuilding. I've not forgotten how close we were to not existing and that remark just double underlines it.
It's not been a perfect tenure, but I struggle to think who could have done a better job with the cards dealt. The difference between detractors and supporters of the sustainable model is just the difference between patience/understanding and impatience/lack of understanding.
Monday is not the culmination of the season, it's the culmination of five seasons. Resurgam doesn't happen overnight, but we're on the cusp of it now and even if the worst was to happen, we're another step further forwards to achieving it.
IJN":2b5zvedz said:
Yep. Much of the talk during that meeting was what league would we start again in and could we find a stadium.
AFC Wimbledon have their own story but so do we which seems to have been forgotten by the media including the local press.
Spare a thought on Monday for the players and staff from that time who all suffered financially so that the club could survive and have the chance of a trip to Wembley.
Also spare a thought for the local one man companies who took financial hits - a butcher, a dentist, car sales, a TV repair guy etc.
Curtis Nelson was present through all of this and the only player left from that time so it's fitting that he will lead the team out on Monday and hopefully lift the cup.
IJN":bzi5iqe4 said:
It does bring back dark memories and gratitude for all who did their bit but don't forget that Greg Clarke was not a friend of Argyle at that time, he was gunning to take us down as they needed and wanted an example. He didn't take calls from the Fans' Trust when we were looking for information and guidance, just issued dark threats indirectly. He ignored the fact that the FL is a representative body of its members (inc PAFC) not a regulatory or management body. So, kudos and thanks to the hundreds involved positively but don't include Clarke or the FL in that number.
IJN":i4ehtqvc said:
"To encourage the others" (definition: said ironically of an action (as an execution) carried out in order to compel others to obey or submit) is and was a thought still present in English life.
The theory that you can make an example in punishing some body, and so make others behave is still with us.
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Would they have made that example of us had AFC Heaney/Ridsdale been the only option?
With Ridsdale's record in football/business?
With Heaney's record in business?
I think the odds would have shortened massively, if not to a cast iron certainty.
So for all the belly aching about James Brent that has followed from many within our number, the alternative was far far worse.
With Ridsdale's record in football/business?
With Heaney's record in business?
I think the odds would have shortened massively, if not to a cast iron certainty.
So for all the belly aching about James Brent that has followed from many within our number, the alternative was far far worse.
There are still some genuine Argyle supporters who are prepared to put it around that there were other alternatives to James Brent.
I think today's statement puts that idea to bed. Unfortunately, they will still not be convinced.
I think today's statement puts that idea to bed. Unfortunately, they will still not be convinced.
