The (Sir) Alwaysright Gordon Road Stand Thread

Congratulations, brb - but, of course, you couldn't have done it without my help !

Not many threads on forums can boast over 100,000 'views.'.. But, of course brb, you knew it would attract much 'click bait' from me - and a share of much opinion I have on just about everything --- and it doesn't help when I have been unable to suffer fools gladly throughout my life ..... hopefully, I can continue to inform, entertain, amuse and ( most importantly ) annoy readers for a long time to come........ if I haven't yet bored everyone to death -- Happy New Prime Minister Day everyone - (( there'll be another one very soon. ))
nb - shouldn't this thread be elevated to the House of Lords? - you can be a 'Sir' or 'Dame' for just scratching your bottom these days !

 

It's an absolute disgrace - what the Hell is the Government doing to stop this nonsense ?

Well done, SHELL.. for announcing £8.2 Billion 'profit' in the last quarter ! - that equates to almost £ 33BILLION for a year!!! ..... and yet, Shell has paid no windfall tax !!! - --BECAUSE -it has 'invested' heavily - and not made an overall profit (( allegedly !! ))

I can actually believe that claim -- but -- I do not see it as anything about which Shell can be proud.... anyone can use the money given to them by customers, for ' investments.' - and - it would be perfectly legal to declare no profit - and therefore pay no Windfall tax.

... Well, SHELL, it might be legal - but is it morally right -- to screw the arse of the customer with ever-increasing tariffs, and the eye-watering daily charges - and then wash your hands clean by suggesting that you're not taking the cash to put in your pockets.... the public cannot afford to fund your 'investments' - we're struggling to pay for food !
Will your collective consciences be clear when people die because they cannot afford to heat or eat (( not just pensioners - who will probably be robbed of a reasonable raise to paltry pensions to pay for Truss's £150,000 for life.

...it all stinks - and is a disgrace.

 

Gills v Bees...... who do you think would win?
I bet you think that I'm referring to the game against Brentford -- actually, that might be easier than playing against insects... As can be seen, the little chaps have some decent ball skills !

 

Can you find eleven of them for Harris before tomorrow please.

 

Trust me - it won't be lager 'shampoo' !'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63562435

You just know that, after consuming the lager, the glasses will be refilled !! - 'golden' shower !!! - which is probably what was dropped on the Gills fans at Molenuex a few years back - - it was bad enough the team getting pissed on the pitch ( 0-4 ) - without the fans getting urine raining down on us.

..... Seriously - who, in their right mind, thinks it's a great idea for fans to be allowed to carry on drinking during the match ? - English football fan + alcohol = grief.

 

Thanks for nothing ! - .... and I'm not referring to the result of the game.

I have a couple of tales of woe for today - as well as the defeat . Both made the matchday more miserable (( Yes, it was possible. )) - Both relate to the care less attitude of the Club - and clearly show that fans don't matter.....The second 'tale' is quite 'dark' - and would result in criminal proceedings in any other setting !! -- I may save it until tomorrow - whilst waiting for the rain to stop in Australia !

Before today's game, I visited my younger son - who was able to say that he could attend the game..... So, ( about 12.15), I tried to purchase a ticket (( friends for £5 )) - but - all I could get uploaded was a completely wrong section of the ground.... This happened a couple of times - before I gave up and phoned the Cub.

I explained my 'problem', and asked to be put through to the ticket office - to make a purchase ....which I have done on several previous occasions - without drama - but - not today!

The chap to whom I spoke stated that he couldn't connect me to the ticket office - that I would have to go to the office - or buy online... I repeated why I couldn't ''buy online'', and that I had been accommodated in the past....... I might as well as been talking to a brick wall... '' You'll have to go to the ticket office.''

At this point I was becoming pissed off with the lack of help... I asked '' So, if 11582 people decided to buy a ticket for today's game - you'd expect them all to go and queue at the ticket office'' ?.... The question was too difficult for the poor chap - his silence was deafening.

 

Absolutely disgraceful........ OK, I won't make you wait !

If you thought my previous story was boring ( true ), this one beggars belief - and would be considered pure fantasy - if there wasn't so many witnesses!

The half-time 'entertainment' wasn't funny - or appreciated !

During half time the sprinklers on the pitch was activated... As usual, the pressure had been set 'too high.' - resulting in the first three rows (in front of me), of the GRS being drenched - along with a few unfortunate fans who were unable to avoid the soaking... This was definitely not appreciated by the victims....

A couple of the sodden fans tried to attract the attention of a 'chap-with-a-fork' on the pitch... He eventually started to approach the fans - so as to be able to hear their protest... The upshot of his response was that it wasn't his responsibility...... This did nothing to appease the complainants - who were further annoyed when the idiot smiled (widely), and walked away.

At this point, the matter could have subsided - with just a little disgruntled moaning - but there was much worse to come....

A few seconds after Mr. Smiley-Face had walked away, another one of the ground staff ventured close to the (still) wet fans.. A couple of their number spoke to this man. .. I could hear them making their complaint about being wet - but also added that Mr. Smiley-Face seemed indifferent to the situation........... Little did the 'pissed-on' fans realise that they would become even more 'pissed off' - by the shameful behaviour of the 2nd idiot to whom they spoke....... It transpired that the chap was Mr. Maintenance for the Club !

Mr. Maintenance didn't seem too interested... He tried to say that responsibility lay with Mr. Smiley-Face...but was met with the next complaint of the attitude of Mr. Smiley-Face... Mr. Maintenance then has a discussion - where he clearly didn't believe the accusation against Mr. Smiley-Face... and actually tried to mitigate the situation - claiming that Mr. Smiley-Face probably didn't know how to adjust the water pressure.

At this point I couldn't help myself from joining the 'dialogue.'.. I said to Mr. Maintenance '' If you're the maintenance man, I expect you know to reduce the water pressure.''..... Well -I think that all I succeeded was in raising the pressure of Mr. Maintenance's blood...
The 'main' complainants- chiefly a woman (( who I know to be a grandmother ) - continued to plead their case but - Mr Maintenance wasn't interested....

Mr. Maintenance man suddenly turned around - presenting his back to the complainers - and then stuck TWO FINGERS up in the air and walked away

This was utterly disgraceful... It left all of us in disbelief... Did we actually see a Club official tell the fans to F** O** ?? The answer was a definite ''Yes.'' There was absolutely no excuse for this behaviour - and it came as no surprise to me when Mrs Grandmother complained to a Supervisor.. Who was also approached by several witnesses - to confirm the allegation against Mr. Maintenance....

The Supervisor was a credit to the Club... He listened to the complaints - and went away to try to resolve the matter... He obviously spoke to Mr. Maintenance - who returned to our location... He tried to offer an apology - but refused to concede that he had given TWO FINGERS to the fans. He also tried to shift the subject on the reaction of Mr.Smiley-Face.... Mrs Grandma told Mr. Maintenance that it now wasn't about getting wet - but receiving disgusting treatment when he stuck up two fingers...

At this point, Mr. Maintenance continued to deny the accusation - now demonstrating with three upraised finger ( one of which he kept slightly bent. )... I was quite loud in telling him '' It was two fingers - there's plenty of witnesses - and it'll be on CCTV.''.....

Mr Maintenance walked away - but that wasn't the end of the fiasco...... A short time later, the Supervisor returned - to offer his apology to Mrs Grandmother... The Supervisor stated he would have to speak to his 'boss' after the match - because - when he tried to phone to report the incident to Ground Security, the phone call was 'cut off.'

...... at least the half time entertainment was a damned sight more interesting; than the game.

 

I don't know if any of those affected by this incident have a twitter account, but this is the guy that's now running the club on behalf of Scally,,,
Paul Fisher @Checkfish they could drop him a DM (direct message) - I don't know how often in the week he monitors his account, but he does seem to engage with people professionally, so always worth knowing.

 

brb - I don't 'do' Twitter -- I will give the details to Mrs. Grandmother when Gills get beaten at the Salford game... For now, I have sent an email to the Club... originally to the Ground Security officer - the message got automatically directed to [email protected] - however this email address was not 'found' !.... So I have forwarded it to the Safeguarding officer, Gary Newman...... I just hope he's not busy driving his 'Cars' (( I can feel brb cringing ! ))

edit - I have received a 'personal' reply from Gary Newman - he is appalled at the rude and aggressive manner of his staff - promising to sort it on Monday - - I have asked for consistency --- if fans can be banned for criminal behaviour -- etc

 

More 'till-roll' match day tickets.
I have recently reported nonsense at turnstiles - where the Club's technology wont allow for QR codes to always be scanned - and fans expected to then go to the ticket office - to be given a till-roll style ticket for admission ---- which, in the previous game, was abundantly evident - and several fans were late into the ground because of the extra hoops they need to negotiate...

Well - the same nonsense occurred yesterday - Yet again, my older son's phone couldn't be scanned... This time, after several attempts, the young girl in charge of the turnstile, used common sense **and allowed my son to enter..... She said the fault was with their scanners -which continued to be faulty on many occasions.....

I did see other fans holding till-roll tickets - obviously common sense isn't used by all the turnstile operatives.

** ... I might be tempted to suggest that she becomes the Club's 'Hosepipe Executive.'

 

It's good to know you got a reply from Gary.

 

Gills fans don't qualify !

At Saturday's game, GFC will allow STH from EPL and Championship clubs, to watch the game for £10...BUT NOT IF YOU ARE A GILLS FAN!

I understand the reasoning - to entice World Cup ( Last 16 ) , armchair fans --- so, good luck with raising more than 50 pence !..... However, isn't the offer, unavailable to Gills fans, a bit of an insult ?............. Let's face it, during the entire World Cup, lower leaguer clubs need to increase offers and promote greater attendance by its' own fans - First !................we've already got at least one Millwall fan (occasionally ) attending Gills matches.

....... mind you, anyone would be mad to pay even 10 pence for the 'entertainment' currently available at Priestfield these days..... And, only this morning I have offered to fund ( at full expense ), additional tickets for the Salford game - without any interest !!!

I will expect that Scally will charge (at least) £15 for the cup replay ( available free on BBC3 & iplayer ) -- and, if by some miracle we win the game, one can only speculate the cost of a ticket for the Leicester game.....................I wonder if Mr. Scally will then pull the same stunt as after the Sheffield Wednesday FA Cup a couple of decades ago !! ((( let's face it, I have used the term 'Administration' in other posts. )))

 

I thought my sense of humour failure was reserved for Priestfield ----- at least brb will have a chuckle !
This morning I was looking at my Southern Water online account - to make a payment.... All done . Initially, my debit card was shown as 'invalid' details... So I retyped the exact SAME details - which worked !

So - I then went to log out... Usually there is a link at the top RIGHT corner of the home screen -- but, on this occasion, it wasn't there !... I then proceeded to look for the link anywhere else on that page - but nothing ! so I looked amongst the other pages of my account - still nothing...

I returned to the Home screen - and scoured every inch of it (again) - still nothing.... At the same time, I was aware of a 'pop-up' from SWA's online chat assistants !....So, like an idiot, I thought I'd just type in my query regarding placement of the cursor / link to logout...that was my first mistake!

I typed in my query ; PLEASE CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE TO PUT THE CURSOR / LOCATION OF LINK, TO LOGOUT.... long before the end of the 'chat', I knew exactly where I would have liked to shoved the pointy end of the cursor !

The 'digital assistant ' asked for my Account Reference number....now for my 2nd mistake - I asked ''Why'- I only want to logout - I have no issue with my account.''.... Mr. D A (digital assistant), typed; I need your name and email address.'' ... my 3rd mistake now followed. I responded '' Why, mine is a 'technical query - not to do with the numbers in my account.''

Mr. DA typed ' Now I need your account number.' - top marks for continuous stupidity (( yes- I know that also applies to me. ))
At this point, I had decided that there was more chance of seeing a goal by The Gills than getting any sense out of Mr. DA (( I think Mr. Scally declined to employ him as a Ground Maintenance chap - in case he knew how to control the water flow! )).... anyway -

I gave in - I typed my account number.... Mr. D A then typed that the link to logout can be found at the top right of the Home page !!! (( you know - where I WASN'T able to see it - because it WASN'T there !!! ))
I decided to end the 'chat.' As usual, one is asked to rate the 'experience' --- I wasn't very complimentary !

I then returned to the HOME screen - and guess what - The bloody link WASN'T there !!.... However, all of a sudden, it appeared in the bottom right of the screen....... Now - before you tell me that my eyesight is 'shot' - let me remind you that my neighbour claimed that I can read the microscopic numerals of a mobile phone number on a business card - situated on her (far side) kitchen table - from outside her kitchen window..... My eyesight is perfect - but I still can't see from where the next Gills will come !

enjoy the rest of your day.

 

Weird, just be careful you don't get a dodgy link made to look like the people you normally do business with. Lot of fraud going on at the moment, specifically related to copying genuine traders. You were right to constantly say why, especially if someone is asking you to do something regarding account details or the transfer of funds.

 

You can hope to charge £20 for a game FREE on television - or - you can do something nice for the community
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63836014

.... Don't worry, Millwall - at least Mr. Scally likes you..... Well done for doing something decent for people - who probably haven't got 20 pence, let alone £20 for a sack of sick.

 

Gills are 80% Messi !.................................

........ Well - they can manage the 'Mess' bit.... The World Cup final was 'free-to-air' - unlike the Boxing Day game - and don't expect a cracker.

 

.....And I can save The Gills.......... Go on, have a look - you need a good laugh (( No - I didn't bother to read the article. ))
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-64160640
perhaps not as funny as this - the thick idiot !
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-64161433

 

A bit of mischief for you.....
A quick quiz - sadly the answer is too obvious for me to offer any prize...If you don't get it right, you should be more ashamed than the cry-baby.

Question; Who recently cried '' He keeps on hitting me'' ? (( pathetic ))

 

What is wrong with people ? - - or should I say 'persons '?
On ITV's The Chase, a contestant (man)** introduces himself, and states his occupation is '' Postperson.'' !!!........... what is wrong with 'Postman'?... WOKE - gone mad !

**In case you think that I made an assumption about his gender, the chap claimed to have a girlfriend ( which I assume is female ) -(( as opposed a 'personfriend' )), whose name was Chloe (( which I am assuming is a girl's name .))

 

I think I might need a gastric band !
My Diet Club has a new personal trainer......I have been told to shape-up or I'll be asked to leave !
Three years ago, I was with a Diet Club... I had several good days, where I lost some weight.... At the end of that year, I was embarrassed at the weigh-in... I had lost nothing and was bottom of the group... The manager of the Diet Club was quite unkind about my effort...and suggested that I try at a different diet club as I was a bad influence on the others in my group...........So,

Two years ago, I joined a different Diet Club... I know I've had some good days where I lost some weight..but - at the end of that year - when we had a weigh-in, I again had lost nothing -- and, again, I was bottom of the group - but, in my defence, the other members of the diet club were only a fraction less rubbish at weight loss than me... Some of my family were quite kind - and said that I had ''done good'' to even try to lose weight.... but this caused arguments between other members of family - who pointed out that I was still fat and had lost no weight, and that the reason why I was bottom of the members in consecutive years, was because I was (mainly) useless.... ''the scales don't lie'' was their condemnation.

About 6 months ago, my Diet Club started a new course - and allowed me, and my group to continue to try to lose weight... I thought that I was doing good - and on a few days, I had actually lost a bit of weight....but, about a month ago, the diet club announced that they had engaged a new owner.. The first thing he did was to have a weigh-in... I had lost nothing in this year - and, again I was bottom of my group . - - The new owner has told everyone that a new regime was being introduced... and that weekly weight checks would be conducted - and that any member who does not lose significant weight will be asked to leave....Bearing in mind my dismal record over the last two and a half years, can I really complain ?