| A message from Mark Ashton 20:03 - Mar 27 with 9586 views | SitfcB |
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| A message from Mark Ashton on 20:40 - Mar 27 with 1231 views | MrPotatoHead |
| A message from Mark Ashton on 20:38 - Mar 27 by HampBlue |
Shock.
People have asked him to say sorry, he says sorry and it’s not good enough.
He’s made a awful mistake, he’s now owning it (He should of since the beginning) But lets now move on.
It dosn’t have to be so black and white like the political argument is these days. It is possible to be disappointed AND want to move on.
He’s done a lot for this club, people are quick to forget what was before him. |
He hasn’t owned anything.
He apologised for how people feel and it’s all ‘we’. HE messed up and HE lied about it. Yet people lap up that nonsense ‘apology’.
He’s a coward. |  | | |
| I've fully behind.... on 20:41 - Mar 27 with 1228 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
| I've fully behind.... on 20:38 - Mar 27 by SitfcB |
I think it’ll be a soft exit which will see him go in the summer, when the timing is a bit more right. |
What will we do without his amazing player recruitment. |  |
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| A message from Mark Ashton on 20:41 - Mar 27 with 1224 views | itfcsuth |
I don’t particularly trust too much he says, but I also don’t particularly care. He’s made his apology, time to move on.
I care about McKenna, and the members of the squad that have so much to play for heading into the final stage of the season, and deserve nothing but our full support for the crux. |  | | |
| A message from Mark Ashton on 20:41 - Mar 27 with 1220 views | NedPlimpton |
| A message from Mark Ashton on 20:40 - Mar 27 by CrayonKing |
Honestly feels like an astroturfing campaign. Seems like a hell of a lot of people were ready to "accept the apology and move on" in barely the time it took to even watch the video and an equal number of usernames I don't recognise trotting out the "woke, far-left" cliches. Who knows though, maybe I give people too much credit and that really does reflect the fanbase. |
It's not woke or far left. It's far woke now, and I'm here for it! |  | | |
| A message from Mark Ashton on 20:42 - Mar 27 with 1210 views | ZapatasMoustache |
This is rubbish. Sorry for the ‘hurt and pain’ is definitively not ‘sorry for what I did’. Who has to learn? ‘The club’ not ‘me’. It’s corporate nonsense. |  | | |
| A message from Mark Ashton on 20:42 - Mar 27 with 1207 views | yorkshireblue |
| A message from Mark Ashton on 20:12 - Mar 27 by StroodBlue |
Surely he should have said he apologises to SOME of our fan base as there are lots of it who don’t think he has to apologise? Obviously whatever he says won’t be good enough for the far woke on here |
Woke doesn’t mean what you think it does…
https://dictionary.cambridge.o |  | | |
| A message from Mark Ashton on 20:42 - Mar 27 with 1191 views | Vic |
| A message from Mark Ashton on 20:29 - Mar 27 by StroodBlue |
Err none don’t actually have a drive way as I live in a good old working class terraced house. Nice to see stereotyping is going strong on here though |
What do you mean by 'far woke'? I've not heard that expression before. |  |
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| I've fully behind.... on 20:43 - Mar 27 with 1185 views | BondiBlue |
| I've fully behind.... on 20:38 - Mar 27 by SitfcB |
I think it’ll be a soft exit which will see him go in the summer, when the timing is a bit more right. |
Depends on the americans' politics maybe. If they are pro-trump, they will be wondering what all the fuss is about. |  |
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| A message from Mark Ashton on 20:43 - Mar 27 with 1171 views | bluelagos |
| A message from Mark Ashton on 20:38 - Mar 27 by Wallingford_Boy |
There you go.
If that doesn’t put a line under it and allow us to all move forward as one, nothing will.
Uppa Towen. |
An apology that doesn't give one detail of what he's apologising for?
Does sfa, he even put it on to the board ref the policy on political stuff as if he needed a policy to know that allowing Farage to use Portman Rd for a PR exercise is a bad idea.
Incompetent, dishonest and lacking integrity....saw nothing to make me think I got that description wrong. |  |
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| A message from Mark Ashton on 20:44 - Mar 27 with 1161 views | HampBlue |
| A message from Mark Ashton on 20:40 - Mar 27 by MrPotatoHead |
He hasn’t owned anything.
He apologised for how people feel and it’s all ‘we’. HE messed up and HE lied about it. Yet people lap up that nonsense ‘apology’.
He’s a coward. |
Does it occur to you that maybe he was not actually aware of the PR video reform were making?
Or someone else made the decision?
There’s plenty of times at work where I include myself in a “we” statement to take responsibility even though it wasn’t actually me. | | | |
| A message from Mark Ashton on 20:47 - Mar 27 with 1080 views | bluelagos |
| A message from Mark Ashton on 20:44 - Mar 27 by HampBlue |
Does it occur to you that maybe he was not actually aware of the PR video reform were making?
Or someone else made the decision?
There’s plenty of times at work where I include myself in a “we” statement to take responsibility even though it wasn’t actually me. |
So he gave them 6 shirts with Farage on for the hell of it! Rightyho. | |
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| A message from Mark Ashton on 20:48 - Mar 27 with 1081 views | BlacknGoldnBlue |
I'm sorry we got caught.
I'm sorry some media companies are doing their jobs well.
I'm sorry you got upset.
I'm not sorry for inviting a leader of a political party to the club and allowing them to use the club to amplify their message. I'm not sorry for giving the personalised shirts. I'm not sorry that I lied when we got found out. Im mot sorry that my first or second apology wasn't good enough. I'm not sorry for hoping that this just goes away if i don't say anything. |  |
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| A message from Mark Ashton on 20:49 - Mar 27 with 1047 views | itfcsuth |
| A message from Mark Ashton on 20:40 - Mar 27 by MrPotatoHead |
He hasn’t owned anything.
He apologised for how people feel and it’s all ‘we’. HE messed up and HE lied about it. Yet people lap up that nonsense ‘apology’.
He’s a coward. |
He literally said he apologised for the hurt caused to stakeholders, the lies that were fed as a cover up were a horrendous look, will take a monstrous effort to build them bridges again.
He doesn’t need to apologise for engaging with a leading political figure in the country, near all football clubs do it, and need to do it.
People were offended that it was Farage based on their own personal opinions, but that’s their own individual problem, that’s not Ashtons problem. | | | |
| A message from Mark Ashton on 20:50 - Mar 27 with 1027 views | StroodBlue |
| A message from Mark Ashton on 20:42 - Mar 27 by Vic |
What do you mean by 'far woke'? I've not heard that expression before. |
Literally just made it up - if you can have far right surely there can be far woke 🤷🏼♂️ Trade mark has been applied for | |
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| A message from Mark Ashton on 20:56 - Mar 27 with 938 views | bartyg |
| A message from Mark Ashton on 20:49 - Mar 27 by itfcsuth |
He literally said he apologised for the hurt caused to stakeholders, the lies that were fed as a cover up were a horrendous look, will take a monstrous effort to build them bridges again.
He doesn’t need to apologise for engaging with a leading political figure in the country, near all football clubs do it, and need to do it.
People were offended that it was Farage based on their own personal opinions, but that’s their own individual problem, that’s not Ashtons problem. |
He doesn't apologise or come clean for lying, in fact he says "I also understand that there are a number of mistruths out there on what's actually happened this week."
In tandem with the club claiming mistruths in the Athletic article it sounds like he's calling the reporting false, in which case why hasn't come clean with the truth? |  |
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| A message from Mark Ashton on 20:57 - Mar 27 with 920 views | Dubtractor |
| A message from Mark Ashton on 20:42 - Mar 27 by Vic |
What do you mean by 'far woke'? I've not heard that expression before. |
Its like woke, but further woke. |  |
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| A message from Mark Ashton on 20:58 - Mar 27 with 893 views | CrayonKing |
| A message from Mark Ashton on 20:56 - Mar 27 by bartyg |
He doesn't apologise or come clean for lying, in fact he says "I also understand that there are a number of mistruths out there on what's actually happened this week."
In tandem with the club claiming mistruths in the Athletic article it sounds like he's calling the reporting false, in which case why hasn't come clean with the truth? |
There *are* a number of mistruths out there. The original briefing was full of them, as was the statement released by the club. |  | | |
| A message from Mark Ashton on 20:59 - Mar 27 with 882 views | urbanpenguin |
| A message from Mark Ashton on 20:57 - Mar 27 by Dubtractor |
Its like woke, but further woke. |
So super aware, compassionate and ethical. I'm up for that. |  | | |
| A message from Mark Ashton on 21:00 - Mar 27 with 858 views | DecageBruce |
| A message from Mark Ashton on 20:40 - Mar 27 by CrayonKing |
Honestly feels like an astroturfing campaign. Seems like a hell of a lot of people were ready to "accept the apology and move on" in barely the time it took to even watch the video and an equal number of usernames I don't recognise trotting out the "woke, far-left" cliches. Who knows though, maybe I give people too much credit and that really does reflect the fanbase. |
I would have really loved to accept his apology. I am not getting into the politics of this and my personal thoughts but what happened has had a reflection on our club and made it the ridicule of the league at possibly the most important time of the season.
It was/is obvious that what happened couldn’t happen without senior sign off (and if did then we would see robust actions and communication). What we’ve had is a half hearted apology for the cameras which didn’t address anything specific other than ‘feelings’.
It sounded like a break up, ‘it’s not you it’s me’, or inappropriate joke, ‘well if you’re offended it’s how you’ve taken it’, angle. Neither of which address any accountability for me from senior members who take credit when it’s due but should also then address directly issues when the occur (and appear to be directly cussed by them).
Regardless of the reason for this issue, I personally don’t appreciate being lied to or taken for a mug. |  | | |
| A message from Mark Ashton on 21:03 - Mar 27 with 799 views | MrPotatoHead |
Funny how he uses ‘chairman’ when it suits, rather than CEO.
‘We’. Brilliant.
What a snake he is. | | | |
| A message from Mark Ashton on 21:04 - Mar 27 with 773 views | StroodBlue |
| A message from Mark Ashton on 20:59 - Mar 27 by urbanpenguin |
So super aware, compassionate and ethical. I'm up for that. |
Depends what your your ethics are | |
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| A message from Mark Ashton on 21:06 - Mar 27 with 752 views | urbanpenguin |
| A message from Mark Ashton on 21:04 - Mar 27 by StroodBlue |
Depends what your your ethics are |
No, "woke" has a specific meaning. To be awake to inequality and aware of others, to have empathy and awareness. I, for one, think these are good things across any community, and so "far woke" seems really fab. | | | |
| A message from Mark Ashton on 21:07 - Mar 27 with 721 views | RonFearonsHair |
| A message from Mark Ashton on 21:00 - Mar 27 by DecageBruce |
I would have really loved to accept his apology. I am not getting into the politics of this and my personal thoughts but what happened has had a reflection on our club and made it the ridicule of the league at possibly the most important time of the season.
It was/is obvious that what happened couldn’t happen without senior sign off (and if did then we would see robust actions and communication). What we’ve had is a half hearted apology for the cameras which didn’t address anything specific other than ‘feelings’.
It sounded like a break up, ‘it’s not you it’s me’, or inappropriate joke, ‘well if you’re offended it’s how you’ve taken it’, angle. Neither of which address any accountability for me from senior members who take credit when it’s due but should also then address directly issues when the occur (and appear to be directly cussed by them).
Regardless of the reason for this issue, I personally don’t appreciate being lied to or taken for a mug. |
It has been quite eye-opening to note how many of our supporters (and presumably by extension society) are so subservient to those with a bit of power. I can start to see why they get away with so much so easily. |  | | |
| A message from Mark Ashton on 21:10 - Mar 27 with 696 views | BackToRussia |
| A message from Mark Ashton on 20:57 - Mar 27 by Dubtractor |
Its like woke, but further woke. |
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| A message from Mark Ashton on 21:16 - Mar 27 with 624 views | budgiebasher |
Not a genuine apology, just a vacuous apology delivered through gritted teeth because it was needed for him to keep his job. Behind the camera I think he has disdain for us plebs. It will be interesting how he treats those who have dared to expose him, like Blue Action and Mark Heath. |  |
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