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He is indeed still a board member of LOFT, as am I. We've discussed little else since Saturday evening, both with and without him as appropriate (obviously he's recused from any LOFT response/actions in this matter).
Do you support general abuse aimed at the opposition?A Pedant wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 11:04 amHe is indeed still a board member of LOFT, as am I. We've discussed little else since Saturday evening, both with and without him as appropriate (obviously he's recused from any LOFT response/actions in this matter).
As such, I've just put something on our Twitter account, in response to his post of yesterday afternoon: "The rest of the LOFT Board expresses its full support for Mat. He has been a highly-valued board member for nearly 6 years after being an external director, none of his actions or interactions in that time reflect what he was accused of."
Its all coming out now. Anything else you would like to confess to?A Pedant wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 12:07 pm I do like to remind the opposition coaching staff quite vocally to stay in the technical area, when they go wandering off to the side of the pitch. Not to mention reminding the 4th official equally vocally to do their job in keeping them there. Pretty sure I've called various players over the years "dirty b*stards" for any number of dreadful challenges, and I've lost count of how much colourful language I've directed towards appalling standards of refereeing over the years.
Personally dont get riled by people wandering out of their area.A Pedant wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 12:07 pm I do like to remind the opposition coaching staff quite vocally to stay in the technical area, when they go wandering off to the side of the pitch. Not to mention reminding the 4th official equally vocally to do their job in keeping them there. Pretty sure I've called various players over the years "dirty b*stards" for any number of dreadful challenges, and I've lost count of how much colourful language I've directed towards appalling standards of refereeing over the years.
TBF you forgot that he is A PedantLong slender neck wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 12:19 pmPersonally dont get riled by people wandering out of their area.A Pedant wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 12:07 pm I do like to remind the opposition coaching staff quite vocally to stay in the technical area, when they go wandering off to the side of the pitch. Not to mention reminding the 4th official equally vocally to do their job in keeping them there. Pretty sure I've called various players over the years "dirty b*stards" for any number of dreadful challenges, and I've lost count of how much colourful language I've directed towards appalling standards of refereeing over the years.
Indeed. While someone noisily attracts attention to themselves, a much more serious issue is being overlooked...Smendrick Feaselberg wrote: ↑Sun Feb 06, 2022 12:06 pmI was thinking that. If loads of people were booing/generally aggy at the time they would have been focussed on themselves rather than what someone was saying. Plus it would have been noisy so easy to not hear anything among that.Prestige Worldwide wrote: ↑Sun Feb 06, 2022 11:07 am We're hearing from a lot of people about what definitely wasnt said.
But nothing about what was said. Curious.
Looks like The Orient Hour will be needing s new guest too.
none of his actions or interactions in that time reflect what he was accused ofA Pedant wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 11:04 amHe is indeed still a board member of LOFT, as am I. We've discussed little else since Saturday evening, both with and without him as appropriate (obviously he's recused from any LOFT response/actions in this matter).
As such, I've just put something on our Twitter account, in response to his post of yesterday afternoon: "The rest of the LOFT Board expresses its full support for Mat. He has been a highly-valued board member for nearly 6 years after being an external director, none of his actions or interactions in that time reflect what he was accused of."
Well, there was that time 30-odd years ago that I got chucked out of Stoke's ground for chucking a till roll on the pitch (during the paper chucking craze). Still got the ejection notice filed away.Max B Gold wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 12:18 pm Its all coming out now. Anything else you would like to confess to?
Ps what is an "external director"?
I think it was a typo. Matt is a renowned exterior decorator.
Many would agree.Lifelongfan wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 1:06 pm I am sure that no racist behaviour was used but OFF is a bit of an embarassment often calling out players young enough to be his son. Hope he reels in the abuse
His Son is just as vocalLifelongfan wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 1:06 pm I am sure that no racist behaviour was used but OFF is a bit of an embarassment often calling out players young enough to be his son. Hope he reels in the abuse
I've been pretty vocal myself over the years. Mainly aimed at lino's and ref's these days when they get decisions badly wrong. I fully accept that passions can run high (not so much lately though....). However, the lengths that Mat goes to are extreme, IMO. He will run up to the opposition bench and scream abuse directly in the face of their players and staff. I don't think this can really be condoned and I'm disappointed in the response from LOFT. You've been forced to make a call on this by Mat's continuous ridiculous behaviour - he's not 17 any more. I think you've lost credibility by "expressing full support for Mat". By all means say that you're pleased that there is no evidence of any racist comments but "full support" is unwarranted and not, I believe, a stance that most fans would agree with.A Pedant wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 11:04 amHe is indeed still a board member of LOFT, as am I. We've discussed little else since Saturday evening, both with and without him as appropriate (obviously he's recused from any LOFT response/actions in this matter).
As such, I've just put something on our Twitter account, in response to his post of yesterday afternoon: "The rest of the LOFT Board expresses its full support for Mat. He has been a highly-valued board member for nearly 6 years after being an external director, none of his actions or interactions in that time reflect what he was accused of."
20-odd years of being on the board of a fans' group has taught me not to suppose that what I think is what most fans think.
This just does not get any better.Story of O wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 1:32 pmHis Son is just as vocalLifelongfan wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 1:06 pm I am sure that no racist behaviour was used but OFF is a bit of an embarassment often calling out players young enough to be his son. Hope he reels in the abuse
In 2022, are you not concerned about abuse in football at all?A Pedant wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 2:40 pm20-odd years of being on the board of a fans' group has taught me not to suppose that what I think is what most fans think.
Personally I think it would be weird not to give our full support to a fellow board member when we've not seen even the tiniest hint of racism in anything he's said or done over the years on behalf of LOFT (a proudly anti-racist fan group, don't forget). If anyone wants to go all "grr, LOFT" over this, knock yourselves out.
100% agreeBoniO wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 1:53 pmI've been pretty vocal myself over the years. Mainly aimed at lino's and ref's these days when they get decisions badly wrong. I fully accept that passions can run high (not so much lately though....). However, the lengths that Mat goes to are extreme, IMO. He will run up to the opposition bench and scream abuse directly in the face of their players and staff. I don't think this can really be condoned and I'm disappointed in the response from LOFT. You've been forced to make a call on this by Mat's continuous ridiculous behaviour - he's not 17 any more. I think you've lost credibility by "expressing full support for Mat". By all means say that you're pleased that there is no evidence of any racist comments but "full support" is unwarranted and not, I believe, a stance that most fans would agree with.A Pedant wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 11:04 amHe is indeed still a board member of LOFT, as am I. We've discussed little else since Saturday evening, both with and without him as appropriate (obviously he's recused from any LOFT response/actions in this matter).
As such, I've just put something on our Twitter account, in response to his post of yesterday afternoon: "The rest of the LOFT Board expresses its full support for Mat. He has been a highly-valued board member for nearly 6 years after being an external director, none of his actions or interactions in that time reflect what he was accused of."