by Dronny » Thu Dec 09, 2010 10:02 am
With absolutely no apologies to John for plagiarising his eloquent riposte, here's my email to CTFC
Well done on beating Swindon in the Cup, a fantastic result!
I along with up to a dozen or so like minded souls - we support a Premiership Club but have a local Supporter's Club Branch in Mid Sussex with 80+ members - attend regular games at CTFC so that we can keep in touch with good quality football. We'll watch anything up to 6-10 games a season, sadly that will now not be happening.
Why????? We support Manchester City and are incensed with Steve Evans crass remarks about our owner in one of the "quality" papers, the Daily Star.
The comment "idiot Arabs" so defines the man himself as an idiot and typifies so much that is wrong with English football. Gobshite nobodies trying to get a step up by attacking what they see as an easy target, without any inkling of what they are talking about.
He clearly hasn't stopped to consider that the money our "idiot Arabs" have invested in the game is money that is new to the game that has come from sources outside the game. The investment of our "idiot Arabs" has benefitted the coffers of clubs, helped them balance their books, strengthen their teams and invest in their youth systems.
Would he rather our "idiot Arabs" did what the Glazers have done, milk the game for all its worth, take the cash from fans and divert it into funding their own other failing businesses?
Your very own "idiot" shows absolutely no respect for our club by his comments. A little research by him would show that our "idiot Arabs" have shown not only our club and its fans respect but also the local community by continuing to fund the youth, disabled and other community projects, of which our club is justly proud. If he happened to watch the England World Cup presentation, he could not have failed to note the successful impact of one of those projects on the lives of ordinary people. Funded, coincidentally, by our "idiot Arabs"
I don't expect a reply to my email, and as you're quite happy shelling out big money for players I'm sure the loss of £1,800+ a year will not be missed
Yours in disgust
Paul Dronfield