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It's time to stop moaning about Roy 'TheHodge' Hodgson. I've decided that things are good. We've finally got rid of Gillette and Hicks and I will have to trust to the new owners doing the right thing. Whether that involves the current manager or not is not up to me. I'm going to just go to the games. Support the team and hope we win.

 

As people have rightfully said all the upheavel, disappointment, anger and disgust at the previous owners have tainted everything. It will always be tricky for us all to return to what we actually want - which is 'just' being football fans and nothing else. For those that have met me, I think you'd agree I'm anything but militant in my regards and aims regarding the club. I just want to drink beer, talk s**** about the game, moan about the referee, ask people where their arms are, sing Karaoke and eat curry. Lots of curry.

 

Until today (Or even just before) I was beginning to wonder if that were ever to happen somewhere, but I think that everyone has to take a step back. Look at where we are right now. Today. Look at where we were just a month ago and compare the differences. Back then we had idiotic owners that appeared to be on a mission to destroy the club outright. We had Broughton and Purslow in charge and we had a man looking badly out of his depth appointed by them. We had angry mutterings all around - the fallout of the way in which pretty much every fan rallied together with one protest or another. Some writing letters and emails, some refusing to buy club merchandise, some boycotting the games. Most people did their bit and here we are today and that little bit from everyone seems to have done the trick.

 

We're here today with new owners that have yet to prove whether they are for good or ill. We have seen Broughton and Purslow removed from their positions and we've got an open door swinging in the breeze full of possibilities and full of potential. What can the future bring? What is around the corner?

 

I'm not sure about any of that. I'm just a fan, wanting to drink beer, eat curry, moan about the ref and slag mancs and the media off. I think maybe it's about time some of us stepped back a bit from the roles we've put ourselves into - it took a lot of time for me to realise that people were right about how much in danger the club was - and I'd daresay there are people out there that never realised just how close we came to real problems in the existence of the club. So. For me. It's time to hang up my 'rootin' tootin' boots'. Relax about who owns the club. Forget about who is in the boardroom. Forget about the whys and wherefores of who is in charge and why. Forget about the politics, the anger, the disgust, the vitriol and the need to care.

 

I'm getting back to just being a fan. Going to the game. Hoping we win. Hoping the manager can do well and getting behind him - whoever he is. This last part is going to be a struggle. We've all said things we can't take back. We all think things we can't rationalise and dismiss. But today is a new day and tomorrow is a new dawn.

Edited by Andy@Allerton

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