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« Reply #5295 on: Friday, August 18, 2023, 10:04:39 » |
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Lee Power was a charmer as an owner he was Brahma, There aint half been some dodgy bastards....Now that we've had some I'm sure that there's lots more to come.... |
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Frigby Daser
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« Reply #5296 on: Friday, August 18, 2023, 10:46:16 » |
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So tired of all this.
The sooner the Standing v Power case is heard the better. It may just create the conditions we need for the motley crew of fat bouncers, drug dealers and fraudsters to move on.
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« Reply #5297 on: Friday, August 18, 2023, 10:47:40 » |
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It was so much easier when Ranford was the dodgiest one in the box
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« Reply #5298 on: Friday, August 18, 2023, 10:49:06 » |
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It was so much easier when Ranford was the dodgiest one in the box I bet 'dodgier than Ranford' is a thug badge of honour round these parts. |
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« Reply #5299 on: Friday, August 18, 2023, 11:02:32 » |
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Club now getting pelters for new partnership with Quinn bet. Whilst not the best timing, I don't personally agree with the large-scale criticism given that the club is playing in SKY BET League 2...
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Mooneyraker
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« Reply #5300 on: Friday, August 18, 2023, 11:04:56 » |
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Agreed. Shit comms as ever. Just lay low FFS!
But we are talking about an advertising board. It is hardly on the front of the Kid's mini-kits.
Do I like it? Not really. Is it the biggest issue we have at the club? Absolutely not.
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« Reply #5301 on: Friday, August 18, 2023, 11:05:05 » |
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I bet 'dodgier than Ranford' is a thug badge of honour round these parts.
Not even the other dodgy thugs I know of can stand him. Although you could be right, maybe the other ones hanging around our club are the dodgiest of all the thugs. Perfectly plausible. |
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« Reply #5302 on: Friday, August 18, 2023, 11:16:02 » |
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and as someone pointed out, alcohol is also addictive to some and yet we have a stand sponsored by a brewery
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Peter Venkman
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« Reply #5303 on: Friday, August 18, 2023, 11:18:06 » |
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and as someone pointed out, alcohol is also addictive to some and yet we have a stand sponsored by a brewery
The amount of wankers we have in our fanbase maybe we should be sponsored by Love Honey. |
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« Reply #5304 on: Friday, August 18, 2023, 11:19:07 » |
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and as someone pointed out, alcohol is also addictive to some and yet we have a stand sponsored by a brewery
I think Arkells is possibly the longest sponsor of any club in World football (they donated for a stand in 1896) and has rather a different relationship with the town to "QuinnBet" but yes, the argument can be made! |
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Bob's Orange
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« Reply #5305 on: Friday, August 18, 2023, 11:24:37 » |
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Agreed. Shit comms as ever. Just lay low FFS!
But we are talking about an advertising board. It is hardly on the front of the Kid's mini-kits.
Do I like it? Not really. Is it the biggest issue we have at the club? Absolutely not.
I think it will be on boards as well as one of those big poster things covering the seats on the Stratton Bank so won't be completely invisible. Gambling companies are so divisive at the moment, i'm not really sure where I sit on the matter. As someone who finds being able to control 'vices' easily, i've always found addictions morbidly fascinating. I've been around someone that literally spent all their rent money on a roulette machine in Ladbrokes and seen another friend with a history of bad debt spending hundreds in a casino. I've never really understood why my off switch is set so much lower than other people's, it must be horrific for them. With that said, we surely have to be careful of other vices that are prevalent in football. Having a few drinks before and after the game (within reason) is part and parcel and Thatchers and Arkells are but 2 companies you can see around the CG on a matchday. Why isn't alcohol treated the same way? I truly don't know what the answer is, there are problems with gambling, of course there are and people need as much help as possible. The sad fact of the matter is that gambling firms clearly offer a huge income, I think almost half of Premier League sides are sponsored by them. And someone else mentioned the influence Sky Bet has. I do find it funny that 'football good guy' Jeff Stelling has spoken out about gambling issue in the past yet happily will take the lovely Sky Bet dough. |
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we've been to Aberdeen, we hate the Hibs, they make us spew up, so make some noise,
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« Reply #5306 on: Friday, August 18, 2023, 11:45:57 » |
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26% of people in the UK are obese so we should probably ban pies and pasties too.
(I'm not a fan of gambling adverts and don't gamble myself, but where do you draw the line of morality?)
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« Reply #5307 on: Friday, August 18, 2023, 11:48:29 » |
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The hoardings and stand cover were already in place for the Crewe game. Just lay low FFS, take the cash and don't make a song and dance about it.
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« Reply #5308 on: Friday, August 18, 2023, 11:52:18 » |
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No fans do meltdowns like Swindon fans.
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« Reply #5309 on: Friday, August 18, 2023, 11:52:37 » |
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I would presume it was a condition of the deal - in exchange for money you get this. Not something on my list of things to worry about.
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