I have been coming on this site for some time now and many a times nearly registered and felt the need to view my opinions but i am affraid friday night was the last straw, firstly i would like to say a big well done to the directors for finally thinking outside the box and bringing in rob. I have had the pleasure to talk to rob on the phone when getting my season ticket and on a few occasions at the ground and well, what a breathe of fresh air he is. For once we don't have someone just wanting to make a lot of friends and flashing there chest off. I really feel rob is the guy to take us forward in his role and so far i don't think anyone can disagree with this, the crowds grew loads by the end of the season with all his work in matchday entertainment, sponsorship is clearly coming in and with the season ticket idea and the fun nights at cougars arranged he really is putting his stamp on the club and trying to bring back the old days now i don't know if he is old enough to remember cougar mania but he's deffinately trying to create something agian.
Friday night was a joke rob and the club had clearly put a lot of effort in as the bar looked great there were families in and food, raffles, quiz and great music but unfortunately there were about 20 people there. I would be suprised if they made enough to pay the dj and staff. everyone comes on this site and a few times even previously people are sugesting social nights as a great way of supporting the club SO WHERE WERE YOU ALL. the club must have lost money on friday and by the sounds of it rob has a load more stuff planned, I ONLY HOPE EVERONE GETS TO SUPPORT THE CLUB NEXT TIME.
This is the first time in years and I mean years that we have people at the club that really believe in and care about the cougars in rob, mary and jd. Even jd was at the party with his family but i have to say that was alos a dissapointment as he was the only playing staff there which didn't look good. jd is the guy to take us to the top of the championship with his skills and most importantly his contacts which is already showing with his excellent signings, jd is a genuine guy and really has taken to the cougars, if you ever get the chance to call into the club he really does make you feel welcome, i bought a grand final shirt and he made the time to talk to me and even said there is a couple of new editions to come yet.
cougar mania is coming back and we all need to support the club as much as we can because without our support the club will not achieve and the biggest fear we have to think about is rob, jd going onto other clubs and not forgetting mary calvit now we have her back she is worth keeping hold of this time. rob and the club have big things planned so lets all start supporting what they do.

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Plenty of valid points on this thread and people are certainly showing unity in their support of each other as fans, this I would have said has probably put an end to music cougar feeling the need to visit this site again let alone post anything that could even remotely be taken the wrong way.

However, what we do need is music cougar coming down to the ground, paying the gate fee and standing on the terraces shouting for the cougars.

Maybe now would be a good time to lock this thread and move on, it is getting a little out of hand and certainly won't encourage any newcomers to get involved

My intention is not to discourage anyone from posting on this forum but just to defend a comment that I found highly insulting !

I understand that cougarshaz and as I said there are some very valid points including your own and like I mentioned earlier in the thread, everyone is entitled to an opinion and this is a forum so debate should be encouraged but this is a rather negative thread and it is certainly dragging on.

I certainly feel the need to move on - my option, granted

we should be ecstatic and posting about what JD and the Cougar management are doing for this club, not allowing ourselves to get wound up about a rather ambitious opinionated first poster, its already 3 pages long and we shouldn't give such a subject the time of day - we all know better

Again, my opinion, granted

Music cougar posted a very negative view, hell - I bet he/she even watches Eastenders, owt for an argument

I'm not going to comment on the previous posts as I see no need to fuel an already volatile thread.

However, from reading other threads it would appear the members on here clearly have different views on what their own definition of "being a fan" entails, i.e some feel attending social functions is a must for a fan, others feel they do their bit on the terraces, in Sharon's case it's about going beyond the call of duty for a club she loves. The new Champ TV deal has caused a stir with some possible code the obtain a reduced fee. This is just a flavour, but there are others.

To me everyone's points are valid in so far as this is their viewpoint on what being a fan is. Everyone's view will be different, but that's not to say it should be criticised or seen as the expected. As fans I'm sure we all give something to the club, some more than others for a whole host of reasons but this all goes to making our club what it is. If everyone was the same what a boring place it would be.

This is a forum for people to express views etc and one shouldn't be put off joining in, or feeling this is a personal vendetta. I'd love the know how many new members there have been in the last 3/4 months, but I bet there's a few which is all positive for the club. This if nothing else proves we have an increasing fan base.

I agree with Harry Al Hill. I think this thread may have run it's course.

Hi Sharon!!!