WDYPTC?

Danson Mark wrote:

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WDYPTC?

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I know it is very clever and fashionable, but extremely unhelpful and I am almost tempted to reply initially and negatively.  I am more concerned about the increased capacity - so it could be quite unhelpful to poke fun at poor old Braintree's fixture congestion considering that, so I am told, the steel terracing is coming from Braintree. 

Maybe tests need to be done etc? I could have sworn i read the floodlights would be done within 2 weeks and it looks like they have been...

Does seem a bit of unreasonable requests and slagging off of the club by a few for the sake of it. If they do as they said in their statement wheres the issue? Should they update all the time or say oh Johnny Building Company cant make next friday so its going to be Thursday week etc on everything?

If they say the Lights are being done Wednesday and something goes wrong do they have to issue another statement when everyone gets wet knickers saying OH NO THE FLOODLIGHTS ARENT DONE.

I do not expect to have updates all the time, I just get fed up when a fellow exile asks if there has been any further work and gets the usual WDYPTC response.  We rely heavily on info on this site and on the official site for updates because we do not live in the area and have no immediate contact with those supporters who do and who can notice progress - surely it would be far worse if we bothered club officials?  Pleased about the floodlights, perhaps now BT will show one of our remaining matches?

MarkX wrote:

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Sorry if i am seeming like 'the select few'.......sorry i cant get to games right now or the anniversary dinner as i have an illness in my family.....all i ask for is to be told when things are DONE!

I cant just wander past the ground!!

I wont ****ing bother having any concerns then!!!

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As another exile it would be quite nice if someone, somewhere, did maybe a weekly update on the progress to date, just confirming what's been done or what's in the middle of being done. Having a pop at people who support the club and just want to be kept informed as to how things are going seems a bit harsh.  

Perhaps "the club" or the employees there of should listen to the thoughts and concerns of their fans/customers and effectively employers when they make reasonable statements about continued lack of communication in a reasonable polite manner on a public forum. Its not like anyone is being unreasonable/abusive etc. I give up. Honestly.

A long standing fan asks a reasonable question in a reasonable manner and it descends into a slagging match. Are we intent on alienating the few supporters we have?

Floodlights are not on other than when playing. We haven't had a home game in ages. I live next to the ground and don't know if works have been done. Mark lives 50-75 miles away. Is he wrong to ask?

"If they do as they said in their statement wheres the issue?"

There was none until someone decided to take the conversation into a "slagging the club off" direction. Get over yourselves. Communicate to your customers, some of who are owed money, or lose them. Choice is yours. Many are not local, and to assume they are able to find out the answers for themselves is naive. We don't expect constant communication, but a website update once in a while, if beyond a club at Conf Prem level, is pathetic.

Negative? No. Correct. Yes. This club has many great things about it as evidenced in times of adversity. But communication is so easy, and to not do so is ridiculous, or rude, or both.

I think this has blown up completely out of proportion to the issue. I may be mistaken, but I don't think Mark was looking for an official response from the club - just a bit of info from supporter chums on this forum. "WDYPTC" is not helpful, but we got the info about the floodlights and that was helpful.

I'm sorry my flippant comment has caused such distress. I posted on here on Monday saying that the mound by the gate had been turned to rubble and just wondered how much more people expected to have happened since. Only 39 spectators attended the E&B game on Tuesday so it's likely that none were Welling supporters therefore who could possibly have a further update.

We all want to see progress but with no games we just have to be patient. It doesn't matter if you live within the same borough or in another continent.

Danson Mark wrote:

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I'm sorry my flippant comment has caused such distress. I posted on here on Monday saying that the mound by the gate had been turned to rubble and just wondered how much more people expected to have happened since. Only 39 spectators attended the E&B game on Tuesday so it's likely that none were Welling supporters therefore who could possibly have a further update.

We all want to see progress but with no games we just have to be patient. It doesn't matter if you live within the same borough or in another continent.

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Mark, ordinarily I would not give a fig about "WDYPTC" - it has passed into common parlance on this forum.  However, knowing Mark X has not been able to come to games or the anniv dinner because of illness in his family, the response on this occasion "got my goat" as Nigel Ransom would say! Rant over and sorry if I upset anybody - and thank you for the information Matt.  When I ask if there is any news etc, Polo, it is not a three-line whip for somebody to supply information - just a request to fellow supporters on this forum (who have the time and inclination) if they have any information which they would care to share not just with me but with other forum users (in the case of ground improvements, anybody who has walked by the ground or had some reason to be there) that's all - or even a bit of banter in the form of speculation.  If I was really concerned, personally, then I would indeed PTC.