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Post by exref on Dec 1, 2015 21:23:49 GMT
Having a wee trawl about various clubs forum sites, as you do and found this wee post from Nottingham Panthers site from back in 2012. I never new that Flyers had the own forum at one point, but it looks like keeping people quite who don't speak the way the club want them to speak is not a new thing.............
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Braehead Clan can confirm that both Ryan Campbell and Bobby Chaumont have been released from the club with immediate effect.
We would like to thank both Ryan and Bobby for their contribution thus far and wish them all the best for the future."
Wonder if Fife will sign either (or both) Ha Ha!
Flyers Fans can no longer post on the Club's Forum. Make of that what you will. Land of free speach. Not in Fife it would appear.
Of course, some of the attitudes and posts were bizarre but passionate fans deprived of success for almost a decade want more.
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icysmith
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Post by icysmith on Dec 2, 2015 9:58:55 GMT
Yes, there was exref. Up until about 3 years ago or something iirc. The guy that started this one will tell you better. When the other one closed down, I only found out about this one through a Clan fan, it was so secret
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Post by waterboy on Dec 2, 2015 10:33:33 GMT
Yes, there was exref. Up until about 3 years ago or something iirc. The guy that started this one will tell you better. When the other one closed down, I only found out about this one through a Clan fan, it was so secret My memory might be slightly fuzzy but this forum was no secret when it was started, Everybody who was on the old official one would have seen posts on that forum about this one starting up following the club's decision to try and control what fans could say (just like they still do on facebook). It was very open as I remember it.
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icysmith
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Post by icysmith on Dec 2, 2015 14:30:11 GMT
Yes, there was exref. Up until about 3 years ago or something iirc. The guy that started this one will tell you better. When the other one closed down, I only found out about this one through a Clan fan, it was so secret My memory might be slightly fuzzy but this forum was no secret when it was started, Everybody who was on the old official one would have seen posts on that forum about this one starting up following the club's decision to try and control what fans could say (just like they still do on facebook). It was very open as I remember it. Maybe I was banned off the last one before I got a chance to see these posts Can`t remember now But I was winding up exref since he didn`t know about the 'official' one. I did hear about it from a Clan fan though
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Post by happydaysdancer on Dec 2, 2015 15:51:36 GMT
The forum was shut down (from what I remember) due to some the content of some posts and if anyone took umbrage and went legal, the club would be implicated by means of it hosting the forum
It makes sense and is better to have a forum not connected with the club but have people from the club (like Allen does) comment where they think it is appropriate
I'm not on facebook but I can imagine it is frustrating being banned from commenting on things. I guess a social media expert in the club wouldn't go amiss
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Post by SectionE on Dec 5, 2015 9:08:03 GMT
The whole social media aspect around the club is embarrassing. The grammar and spelling leave a lot to be desired, but the fact that they are suppressing any negative criticism by deleting comments from fans who have the right to their opinion, especially during the whole #TakeThePowerBack farce! Also blocking fans on Twitter, acting like something akin to the North Korean Central News Agency.
My other gripe with our use of social media, is that it's 2015, other sports teams and specifically other teams within the EIHL, have made great use of other platforms such as Periscope, Vine, Instagram and Snapchat to show clips from training, sneak previews of jerseys etc. We have utter dinosaurs in charge of something which nowadays, really has to be on point from a business point of view.
The inner circle at Flyers is what hinders any chance of actually developing as a club, they are petrified of anything that is shiny and new, and a threat to their positions.
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Post by brunchie19 on Dec 5, 2015 9:52:13 GMT
Mate, I can honestly see the flyers announcing at the end of the season that circumstances including falling crowd numbers have made the EIHL no longer viable, that way they get to play amateur hockey, don't have to put the effort in on social media, don't need to spend as much money on imports and match night entertainment and most of all, they'll get to keep their golden boy in charge.
They know they have their loyal clique that will make them money no matter what, and how appealing does rolling a team full of cheap nasty locals sound rather than paying for 14+ imports.
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Post by SectionE on Dec 5, 2015 10:44:25 GMT
That is what worries me, the fact that some are quite content with the club and honestly think the sun shines out everything the club does, seriously delusional IMO.
They are poisonous and don't have any regard for how much better things can be done, if they would just let others in.
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Post by colinmcalpine on Dec 5, 2015 16:33:29 GMT
The cheap nasty locals you talk about are the flyers the rest are just mercenaries who dont give a **** as long as they are getting paid
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Post by joestoyanovich on Dec 5, 2015 17:06:57 GMT
The cheap nasty locals you talk about are the flyers the rest are just mercenaries who dont give a **** as long as they are getting paid I totally agree mate.The local guys whether they be good bad or indifferent are the Flyers. Apart from one or two exceptions the imports are just fly by characters here for a season or so to earn some bucks. They'll say all the right things at the right times but at the end of the day we are just a stop over for them until a better offer comes along or in the case of so many Flyers imports recently they retire.
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watcher
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Post by watcher on Dec 5, 2015 17:15:41 GMT
Mate, I can honestly see the flyers announcing at the end of the season that circumstances including falling crowd numbers have made the EIHL no longer viable, that way they get to play amateur hockey, don't have to put the effort in on social media, don't need to spend as much money on imports and match night entertainment and most of all, they'll get to keep their golden boy in charge. They know they have their loyal clique that will make them money no matter what, and how appealing does rolling a team full of cheap nasty locals sound rather than paying for 14+ imports. "Cheap nasty locals" is bang out of order! Kestrels "local players" play for the jersey and should not be put down because of it.
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Post by sparkymark75 on Dec 5, 2015 17:16:05 GMT
The whole social media aspect around the club is embarrassing. The grammar and spelling leave a lot to be desired, but the fact that they are suppressing any negative criticism by deleting comments from fans who have the right to their opinion, especially during the whole #TakeThePowerBack farce! Also blocking fans on Twitter, acting like something akin to the North Korean Central News Agency. My other gripe with our use of social media, is that it's 2015, other sports teams and specifically other teams within the EIHL, have made great use of other platforms such as Periscope, Vine, Instagram and Snapchat to show clips from training, sneak previews of jerseys etc. We have utter dinosaurs in charge of something which nowadays, really has to be on point from a business point of view. The inner circle at Flyers is what hinders any chance of actually developing as a club, they are petrified of anything that is shiny and new, and a threat to their positions. And as if by magic, Flyers now have a Snapchat account
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Post by bystander on Dec 5, 2015 18:45:08 GMT
Mate, I can honestly see the flyers announcing at the end of the season that circumstances including falling crowd numbers have made the EIHL no longer viable, that way they get to play amateur hockey, don't have to put the effort in on social media, don't need to spend as much money on imports and match night entertainment and most of all, they'll get to keep their golden boy in charge. They know they have their loyal clique that will make them money no matter what, and how appealing does rolling a team full of cheap nasty locals sound rather than paying for 14+ imports. New coach already been interviewed for next season , Todd stepping down end of season
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Post by nm1 on Dec 5, 2015 18:47:18 GMT
Mate, I can honestly see the flyers announcing at the end of the season that circumstances including falling crowd numbers have made the EIHL no longer viable, that way they get to play amateur hockey, don't have to put the effort in on social media, don't need to spend as much money on imports and match night entertainment and most of all, they'll get to keep their golden boy in charge. They know they have their loyal clique that will make them money no matter what, and how appealing does rolling a team full of cheap nasty locals sound rather than paying for 14+ imports. New coach already been interviewed for next season , Todd stepping down end of season Are his initials DS ? lol
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Post by bystander on Dec 5, 2015 18:54:46 GMT
Don't know if he's accepted position as of yet , I hope he does , he'd certainly need to keep d.s on as nbr 2
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