Let fenty run the fishy

i like how everyone seemsto think the last 10 years have been on the down hill since fenty took over BUT we were nearly promoted in 2006 which is less than ten years ago AND fenty was at the helm then. nice to know that that particular point (one of the highest in a long time) is glossed over

Quoted from STB

To be fair, you only have to ask some of the once die-hard fans why they do not attend anymore and their answer is nearly always the JF reason.
Maybe its because of the downfall of the club since he became involved.
I neither know nor care nowadays and just take each game as it comes.
Pre-season has been good so far and I'm going to Lincoln tomorrow.
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Hypothetically, if we were to become a decent team again, do you think they'd return even if JF was still involved?

Quoted from mariner91

Hypothetically, if we were to become a decent team again, do you think they'd return even if JF was still involved?

Absolutely yes x 1000,GTFC fans want success, many are loyal fans who would support any regime, but equally many are fickle who would  support GTFC when they are on the 'up' and d'ont care a toss about  who is in charge, look at Bournemouth the season before we finally got relegated, Fenty was carried shoulder high as the saviour  of the club by GTFC fans- i am Grimsby born and bred and proud of it, but we do have a high percentage of fickle supporters IMO.

Quoted from mariner91

Hypothetically, if we were to become a decent team again, do you think they'd return even if JF was still involved?

I hope they would but many have found other things to do instead of watching town.
I have only watched 5 competitive games since Burton. I'm hoping my town mojo has returned for this season but my worry is that even if we regain our league status, none of the business issues at the club will have been resolved. I'm just living in the vain hope that we find a new owner with a vision of creating a viable long term solution to our financial problems.
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Quoted from petethemariner

, look at Bournemouth the season before we finally got relegated, Fenty was carried shoulder high as the saviour  of the club by GTFC fans

Yes, that was quite the most pitiful thing I have ever seen  on a football pitch!  To call town fans fickle when they have been completely sh1t for over a decade is fucktardery of the highest order.  many of the potential fans of the last decade have never seen a decent side. . . Fickle? Muppet!

Wouldn't trust him to run a bath. The man's a @***

Quoted from SlouchyMetal

i like how everyone seemsto think the last 10 years have been on the down hill since fenty took over BUT we were nearly promoted in 2006 which is less than ten years ago AND fenty was at the helm then. nice to know that that particular point (one of the highest in a long time) is glossed over

You're right, that glorious nearly promotion was magnificent and offsets our slide into non-league football. I just ignore it because I know that to mention it is to acknowledge what an unqualified success Mr Fenty's reign has been.

Quoted from petethemariner

Absolutely yes x 1000,GTFC fans want success, many are loyal fans who would support any regime, but equally many are fickle who would  support GTFC when they are on the 'up' and d'ont care a toss about  who is in charge, look at Bournemouth the season before we finally got relegated, Fenty was carried shoulder high as the saviour  of the club by GTFC fans- i am Grimsby born and bred and proud of it, but we do have a high percentage of fickle supporters IMO.

I guess the vast majority of football fans want success and it's nothing new anywhere in the world of football for crowds to drop when teams are not doing well. A quick look at the stats for Town's attendances over the last forty years prove that. What we have here though is a STEADY decline with the brief exception of 2005/06 over the last ten years. Town historically have never spent very long in each decision so ups and downs have usually come in quick succession. They have enjoyed prolonged periods of momentum on the up BUT as soon as they've stagnated in which ever league attendances have dropped. (I remember watching Town play Port Vale at home in the 90's under Buckley (1st. spell) with less than 4000 fans in the ground). This didn't give time for disillusioned fans to fall so out of "love" for the club that they gave up altogether. It is my view that it will be very difficult to attract back people who stopped going anything more than half a dozen years ago. These people will have found other things to do and the cost of watching pro football these days is simply beyond the means of a lot of people.
I know some people tend to blame John Fenty and although I don't necessarily agree with everything said I can understand it. It is however a very easy thing to say "I don't go because of JF"- and may in a lot of cases mask other less easy to admit reasons.
Pete: I wish you hadn't used the example of JF being carried shoulder high at Bournemouth. That was the most bile creating episode I've endured in over 40 years of supporting the Mariners from all aspects.

Quoted from costa del cleethorpes

Not at all, im saying all views should be put forward without ridicule

That's ridiculous