Love the fact that the club has just pulled off a massive achievement in obtaining over 10,000 signatures for next year, yet people are still wanting this success to appear as a failure!

Given that many have stated they didn't pledge, but will buy, indicates we may increase members to over 11/12 thousand.

From me, round of applause to the club, specifically the marketing team.

After all, many estimates on the forum showed that not many people expected over 6000 pledges for next year!!

What a windy reply.

I've no intention of fueling your ongoing pomposity. But again, duly noted this collective "we" siege approach you continue with. Again Adey, speak for yourself not others.

The points I have made and eluded to are plentiful and very clear, I won't be repeating them for you.

I'm not interested in unpaid overtime etc etc, it all comes back to the same, simplistic point. Poor quality.

But then you know that.

And, once again, your total evasion of my questions and avoidance of the issue being discussed is "duly noted".

As for the epitome of pomposity, I suggest you look in the mirror.

Well this isnt good we will just have to broaden our horizons and go on the hunt for another pigeon

I had credited you at one point with having a degree of grey matter. It is more apparent that is not the case.

Ewen doesn't need you to fight his corner Cinderella, so pop the soap box away. If he is making a point, he has the ability to continue it should he wish, not you handbagging.

And, (my you're hard work) for the 4th time (it's like talking to a slightly affected child) I made my points clear on the OP. As for your increasingly spurious questions, because you ask them, it makes them neither salient or worthy of an answer.

Had you not got embroiled in somebody else's point and then failed to make your own, then you wouldn't be left in such a tizz. So chill out petal, I've no interest in your continuing windy approach.

Back on topic, despite your copper wire stealing, I've made my thoughts clear on the Pledge approach, AB, PH etc etc. Whether you like that or not, its' futile to continue and I will not indulge you any longer. Rather keep this thread free from our mutual contempt. It's that simple.

This is like reading Shakespeare

And so, after yet another largely irrelevant rant liberally interspersed with personal insults and hardly recognisable as being connected with the matter being discussed, was there anything actually relevant GB you wanted to share with us?

Makes me want to go home and read Macbeth

I'm pretty sure the point was that putting alot of effort and/or doing it for free is no defense for not being very good or make you immune to criticism. Which I would agree with.

I find answering criticism of the club/players with "do you think you could do any better" to also be an empty defense. The answer would reasonably be "maybe not but its not my job". Its the same line you take with all kinds of professionals otherwise you'd never hold any of them to account. Would you say "Its alright Mr Mechanic for messing up my car because, you know what I couldn't have done it either" - no you wouldn't.

Having said all that, given where we've got with the pledge, Mr Bennett has clearly done a good job again and should be getting some credit for it as should the club. Once again we have a good deal and can only hope the players decide to step up to the plate this time.

Your first point - nothing wrong with that as far as it goes. After all, no-one forced AB to take on that job, regardless of how good or otehrwise he is at what he does. And indeed, I criticised AB earlier for arguing with his customers, as you saw. More at issue I suggest was GB taking it to excess, appearing to be pursuing his own personal seemingly obsessive agenda against Hood and the club's marketing generally?

Your second point - the difference is you are PAYING the mechanic to fix your car (and not mess it up), so you rightly expect a decent job. If instead it was a mate or rellie doing it for free, maybe because you felt you could not afford a professional mechanic, and he messed it up, would you seek to hold him to account in quite the same way? Because that is a better analogy, I suggest?

Your third point is surely something that NO-ONE can take issue with?

No I wouldn't hold him to account in the same way but he wouldn't be getting the job again and I'd still be telling him he was useless!

The second point has been hanging around in my head ever since Andy Lynch's interview where he said we couldn't complain as we didn't understand what it was like playing Superleague. Its more that kind of comment that it refers to.

Is it just me or does one wish the supporters forum was now tomorrow night instead of last week?

Obsessed, much?? Had you not got embroiled in Ewen's point (who is perfectly capable of a repost himself) then you would have zero need to keep rattling on. This board doesn't need you as Archangel Adey.

Not to mention that you continually miss the point about AB, or rather you choose to ignore it. Standard. Whether he took it on free, paid or under any other terms is absolutely irrelevant, given that we are clearly debating his ability, or otherwise, to do the job. But your continual defence and your self appointed, message board Chancellor of the Bulls role, precludes you from having any clarity on the situation, that is clear. As is, your 300-esque flag waving of all things Bulls, largely in the false hope you will recognised for your unwavering loyalty.

Cue an apoplectic keyboard smashing from Cinderella "we can conclude this, that, the other".