Fans Re-united / Go Green - Meet up and brainstorm - Lord Nelson 5/9/11 @ 7PM

[Woodchip]

pm and email sent Woodchip..... now back to work!

Thanks, that's some excellent work. I'll make sure those attending tonight are aware.

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[Ernest]

Just become aware of this - very good idea. Although, having followed the Plymouth saga, I must say that I am saddened by their (seeming) lack of focus, anger and personally directed vitriol at the people who are destroying their club. Petitions and marches are all very well, but it was the personal targetting of Archer and Bellotti which was essential to our success. That's not something we can do - they have to do it, and they don't seem to know exactly whom to target to begin with! Anyway, well done for showing support and I'll try and make it tonight. Silver lining of a frustrating long ago booking at St. Ives Festival, which means I'm missing the Leeds game, is that Home Park on the 24th is directly on the way home and I'll be there with bells on (not literally)

For the first time ever I agree with King Licker himself

 

[Bert365]

hey hope it all goes well tonight don't think I can get down let me know how it goes ill try and help in anyway. Don't forget gxsigns sponsored a few games maybe they'll help out with a banner or something

 

[Woodchip]

For the first time ever I agree with King Licker himself

So Argyle's problems is uniting Brighton fans. Blimey.

I do think they are suffering from apathy over the while thing, and only a relatively small percentage can see how wrong this is.

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[therealdsg]

Hope it goes well tonight people, give us an update once you're done. Already had plans for tonight or would have been there otherwise.

 

[Ernest]

So Argyle's problems is uniting Brighton fans. Blimey.

I do think they are suffering from apathy over the while thing, and only a relatively small percentage can see how wrong this is.

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What I've been saying from the start, if the lot of them don't start fighting they won't have a club to support and all the Fans Utd stuff is a waste of time if they won't do anything themselves

 

[chairman]

sorry cant make meeting the supporters club are willing to do a bucket collection at the leeds game if we can get permission from the club

 

[Working class pride]

Expect the club will get involved if asked and maybe they could hand out Green balloons for the Liverpool game and also get the press officer to brief the press why Brighton fans had released green balloons around the ground. Who knows, the scousers might even stop thinking about themselves and join in as well - tho' I wouldnt bet on it

 

[bn1&bn3 Albion]

Can someone who was their tonight post some of the key points made on here for those who couldn't make it.

 

[bassking]

sorry if been mentioned before but talksport this afternoon with hawksbee and jacobs did bring this to public attention about brighton fans going green at leeds game for the plymouth cause with a veiw of hopefully getting other clubs involved maybe

 

[16bha]

Visual impact is going to be the best bet, I dont think there will be enough knowledge from enough Brighton fans to get the stadium singing Plymouth songs.

I think banners would be the easiest way of getting visual impact, along with green and white day. Some massive save plymouth banners in the South eat and South West corners would look great, maybe one attached to the back of the north stand too?

Its just finding someone that will make them up cheaply and in a two week turnaround

I'm sure a repeated rendition of "Green Army" (a la Paul Whitehouse) would help with the impact, especially on the TV.

 

[Woodchip]

The turn out tonight was excellent. Thanks to everyone that turned up. Massive thanks to Buzzer for being an excellent chair. A special mention must go to Atilla, who clearly hasn't lost the spark for wanting right and proper people in charge of football clubs.

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[Giraffe]

Has anyone established what the aim is now? I'm fully supportive of whatever it takes to help Plymouth survive but I'm not sure what the objective is. As others have said it was relatively easy for us we initially wanted to save the Goldstone then we wanted Archer and Belotti out, then Knight in etc.

I'm just not sure what Plymouth want and maybe that's the problem they have and why they seem apathetic.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

We've taken the view to be supportive of whatever Argyle Fans' Trust is mainly wanting as the solution, which seems to be to back the Brent Consortium.

 

[Giraffe]

We've taken the view to be supportive of whatever Argyle Fans' Trust is mainly wanting as the solution, which seems to be to back the Brent Consortium.

Okay thanks. Are they the Knight equivalent? If so who is stopping them taking control? Administrators? Risdale?

Just think more will be on board if we understand the situation better

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Okay thanks. Are they the Knight equivalent? If so who is stopping them taking control? Administrators? Risdale?

Just think more will be on board if we understand the situation better

Agreed.

It's taken a while to get to an agreed vision of what we want to happen and that has held things back considerably. Some of the discussion was then about what was in our remit to do as Albion fans. I think it's fair to say that I was in a minority view when I said we should look at what we can do to influence the negotiating process in favour of the outcome that Plymouth fans wanted. It was said that this was 'not our fight,' that it was something Plymouth supporters had to do for themselves.

 

[Buzzer]

We had a really productive first meeting. I'll write up the minutes tomorrow morning and stick them on here, Many thanks to all that turned up esp Goldstone Rapper, Woodchip, Lush who provided a lot of clarity to the meeting.

 

[The Large One]

Agreed.

It's taken a while to get to an agreed vision of what we want to happen and that has held things back considerably. Some of the discussion was then about what was in our remit to do as Albion fans. I think it's fair to say that I was in a minority view when I said we should look at what we can do to influence the negotiating process in favour of the outcome that Plymouth fans wanted. It was said that this was 'not our fight,' that it was something Plymouth supporters had to do for themselves.

Which is the appropriate thing to do.

Buzzer, I look forward to reading the minutes - my head is a bit fuzzy.