Mixmasterreece said:
It really is a sad day, when you visit 3 or 4 league forums and have a read of whats being posted.
Whilst fans of other teams are debating the game and the players we are all tearing strips off eachother.
I think there are always going to be personality clashes between certain people with history on these forums. And lets face it at the end of the day I think a large majority of us would love to go face to face with the Warriors management and have our ideas heard. The stark reality is one man made the effort to do so and was welcomed in with open arms by the management. Its only natural that initially he would take along those he held in the highest regard. Im sure if I or anyone else here had be the one to take this thing by the reigns the faces would be different.
But the fact of the matter is he was the one who had the smarts and determination to do so and you cant argue with that.
At the end of the day once this thread is done and dusted and people from all sides join in other RUGBY LEAGUE discussions I do hope we can have some good old fashioned debtate about THE GAME.
I personally feel that this whole debate has only made us as a forum fan base even weaker, there were splits before but now it's alot more pronounced.
But hay what the f@ck would I know.
Agree with a lot of what you've said. There's been a whole lot of ego paranoia from what I've seen and I think at this stage it's best to stear clear of it all. FFS these places are places to post opinions, nothing more, nothing less. The sooner some get that through to their the top two inches, the better.
Now, Skinner me old mate, didn't read your post word for word admittedly - got a friggen accounting assignment due and god knows I don't like accounting much, but, as much as I understand sentiment over the ditch in South West Australia, us in the mainland (I'm being fececious) do often feel neglected by the club. I have a feeling talking to the whanau back in South West Australia that they feel much the same throughout the rest of New Zealand. It's a pity - I think we definitely need to harness Aucklander's opinions to get them through the gate, but lets band together over in Australia. GF's and major semis are going to be on over here, lets get a hardcore group together and drive it forward - it can only add to the bottom line in terms of merchandising etc.
jes (at least I think it was jes), yep, the feedback thing is there. But I agree with what you're saying, it could be more... accessible and easily available, and perhaps built upon that monthly feedback from the Media Manager appears on the main topics raised. My own personal feel about the "enquiry" thing is a little weak, there's been a few occasions when I've contacted the club RE: ticketing enquiries, and also sent a list of ideas to Mick Watson once or twice through it, but never got any returns to sender. One way to burn the bridges is to p!ss off the major stakeholder, the fans.
