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Post by insideright on Feb 27, 2023 21:30:10 GMT
There has apparently been some discussion lately about the positioning of our remarkably understated celebration of our leading goal scorer.
Behind the Boothen end sounds fitting, but against a wall next to a bin is a disgrace!
I'm sure there's been other threads about this (I've been through three pages looking) but the is the Leader!
Outside the main entrance seems a common suggestion and I see the merit in that, but this man is LEADER of the Boothen end. Why not ON the Boothen end!?!?
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Post by generationex on Feb 27, 2023 21:34:53 GMT
People (quite rightly) have been complaining about this insulting placement since it was put there.
Too low, next to a bin and not properly lit. Should have been obvious to anyone with a brain.
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Post by onepara on Feb 27, 2023 21:35:53 GMT
I believe that it was mentioned at the last meeting between the Supporters group & the club Management.
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Post by insideright on Feb 27, 2023 21:59:16 GMT
I've seen that obviously but I've not seen any suggestion for placement other than the main entrance. For me John should be in with the fans!
On the Boothen would be perfect!
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Post by banksy1art on Feb 27, 2023 22:05:18 GMT
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Post by J-Roar on Feb 27, 2023 22:06:35 GMT
Put the plinth in the centre circle. The extra movement and ball control would be a novelty
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Post by insideright on Feb 27, 2023 22:06:45 GMT
Yeah, I've obviously seen that too😳
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Feb 27, 2023 22:08:45 GMT
This club is a joke, who on earth makes these decisions? It’s like The Apprentice. I despair that people are paid to make this kind of decision🤦🏻♂️
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Post by J-Roar on Feb 27, 2023 22:30:37 GMT
This club is a joke, who on earth makes these decisions? It’s like The Apprentice. I despair that people are paid to make this kind of decision🤦🏻♂️ We've got the best football statue in the country and they stuck it on the edge of a car park overlooking an incinerator. Fucking useless. |
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Post by banksy1art on Feb 27, 2023 22:37:40 GMT
This club is a joke, who on earth makes these decisions? It’s like The Apprentice. I despair that people are paid to make this kind of decision🤦🏻♂️ We've got the best football statue in the country and they stuck it on the edge of a car park overlooking an incinerator. Fucking useless. there’s not even a path down to it either, you literally have to walk across a car park. It’s embarrassing |
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Post by werrington on Feb 28, 2023 6:10:43 GMT
This club is a joke, who on earth makes these decisions? It’s like The Apprentice. I despair that people are paid to make this kind of decision🤦🏻♂️ We've got the best football statue in the country and they stuck it on the edge of a car park overlooking an incinerator. Fucking useless. The idea was that it could be seen from the a50 as it overlooked the city but the council then renegaded on their part of the deal and said it was too expensive to keep the bushes in front of it at a low level |
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Post by LGH87 on Feb 28, 2023 6:48:04 GMT
Just like everything with this club, it feels like an after thought.
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Post by Gods on Feb 28, 2023 7:54:52 GMT
We've got the best football statue in the country and they stuck it on the edge of a car park overlooking an incinerator. Fucking useless. The idea was that it could be seen from the a50 as it overlooked the city but the council then renegaded on their part of the deal and said it was too expensive to keep the bushes in front of it at a low level Shame, I like bit of trimmed bush! |
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Post by nott1 on Feb 28, 2023 8:34:36 GMT
What an insult.....get this sited in a prominent position. One thing for sure, non of the current crop of strikers will ever have a tribute built. They are not fit to lick Big John's boots!
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Post by Robo10 on Feb 28, 2023 9:28:59 GMT
Big Johns bust should be placed outside of Ricardos/Delilahs so its a focal point and noticed by all walking past - that bin next to it is a shocker of a decision but thats been said for years
No idea why Stans statue isnt front and central outside reception - there is loads of space there
Am sure the big idea originally was that you could see if from the A50 driving past, but the trees/shrubs have grown so big its lost
Banksys statue is perfectly placed, and fans - home and away - often stop for a photo at the top of the ramp
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Post by stokiejoe on Feb 28, 2023 10:02:11 GMT
30 goals in his first full season and 29 in the second. 81 goals in 135 appearances.
Oh for a John Ritchie now.
I wonder if we put his bust on the pitch he would score more than Gayle?
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Post by wherty on Feb 28, 2023 10:52:15 GMT
The bust has been there for over 15 years and only now people complain. Why were there no complaints at the time.... asking for a friend.
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Post by toppercorner on Feb 28, 2023 11:03:29 GMT
We should be celebrating all our players properly. No idea why the club don't line both sides of the road as you come in, or on the slope around the back of the away end with players from our entire history.
The Stanley Matthews statue should also be closer to the main stand. Yes, i know it's meant to face our old ground, but there's bushes in the way now, and it's just out of the way. If it had been left to me, i'd have raised higher, and placed it front of the main stand, and had benches around it, with some sort of styled topiary, to make it feel good.
It's madness to have put that John Ritchie one there, just insanity. Who thought it would be good there?!
Our clubs thinking off the pitch is so behind the times. No visual ideas, or direction at all.
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Post by chad on Feb 28, 2023 11:25:25 GMT
We've got the best football statue in the country and they stuck it on the edge of a car park overlooking an incinerator. Fucking useless. The idea was that it could be seen from the a50 as it overlooked the city but the council then renegaded on their part of the deal and said it was too expensive to keep the bushes in front of it at a low level How many groundstaff do the club have. Surely they can trim a few bushes a few times a year ? |
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Post by Robo10 on Feb 28, 2023 11:35:23 GMT
The bust has been there for over 15 years and only now people complain. Why were there no complaints at the time.... asking for a friend. People have complained about it for 15 years, including his family There are several threads on here from time to time from the moment it was put there (and its been moved once already from memory?), and Sentinel articles/letters |
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on Feb 28, 2023 12:48:22 GMT
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Post by flea79 on Feb 28, 2023 12:57:29 GMT
as i remember there was a right old rumpus when somebody used it as an ash tray at half time once
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Post by spiderpuss on Feb 28, 2023 13:53:41 GMT
The whole thing is badly thought out. A bust? For a striker? Really? It should be a full figure in flight trying to head a ball, not some shrunken head thing on a plinth. Then to put it next to a dustbin just adds insult to injury. It needs a complete reboot, melt the current embarrassment down, create a full figure like Banks/Matthews and start again by putting it outside the entrance. It's not that difficult people. Currently it's as much a tribute as that Michael Jackson thing.
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Feb 28, 2023 14:55:29 GMT
John Ritchie bust? Hoping it's not gambling debts.
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Post by peterthornesboots on Feb 28, 2023 16:06:16 GMT
The club's general approach and attitude towards it's own history is pretty rubbish to be honest.
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Post by boothenender on Feb 28, 2023 17:01:31 GMT
We may as well have 11 statues on the pitch.
Lack of movement, imagination and effort is a shinning example of how NOT to play football.
Big John, Sir Stan and Banksy must be spinning in their graves.
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Post by ab61 on Feb 28, 2023 17:06:16 GMT
The whole thing is badly thought out. A bust? For a striker? Really? It should be a full figure in flight trying to head a ball, not some shrunken head thing on a plinth. Then to put it next to a dust bin just adds insult to injury. It needs a complete reboot, melt the current embarrassment down, create a full figure like Banks/Matthews and start again by putting outside the entrance. It's not that difficult people. Currently it's as much a tribute as that Michael Jackson thing. Or maybe the running away with both arms in the air after putting us 2 up in the fa cup semi final. Always see that when I think of big John. I remember as a kid being at the old Victoria ground a guy never stopped moaning about what a donkey big John was. Then he went and scored. Not a lot has changed in supporting culture over the years! |
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Post by stokesaint1 on Feb 28, 2023 17:10:17 GMT
We should be celebrating all our players properly. No idea why the club don't line both sides of the road as you come in, or on the slope around the back of the away end with players from our entire history. The Stanley Matthews statue should also be closer to the main stand. Yes, i know it's meant to face our old ground, but there's bushes in the way now, and it's just out of the way. If it had been left to me, i'd have raised higher, and placed it front of the main stand, and had benches around it, with some sort of styled topiary, to make it feel good. It's madness to have put that John Ritchie one there, just insanity. Who thought it would be good there?! Our clubs thinking off the pitch is so behind the times. No visual ideas, or direction at all.
It's to match the thinking on the pitch. Prehistoric management from a board of dinosaurs. "What's all the fuss about?" |
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Post by march4 on Feb 28, 2023 17:28:20 GMT
The bust has been there for over 15 years and only now people complain. Why were there no complaints at the time.... asking for a friend. I always thought it was John’s family who wanted his statue at the back of the Boothen End. |
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Post by ab61 on Feb 28, 2023 17:33:34 GMT
The bust has been there for over 15 years and only now people complain. Why were there no complaints at the time.... asking for a friend. I always thought it was John’s family who wanted his statue at the back of the Boothen End. This is the problem. The family should also be contacted if this is being looked into as stated elsewhere, as I’m pretty sure they would be. My memory recalls the idea of its positioning was so John was behind the Boothen End looking toward the old Boothen End/Victoria Ground. If this was the family’s wish then obviously it should be explained why we now feel it’s time to move it. |
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