Black Bank

[Underwood]

Flags being confiscated and fans being ejected.

Great start

[dknward2]

Oh dear

[colincramb]

For what reason?

[les@donr]

Not good. I thought the South Stand was meant to have flags and a singing section to give the KM some atmosphere. What planet are these stewards on?

[graingrover]

I don't believe that ..are you in South stand yourself Frosty? If so could you explain the strategy ,supported by the club,  to the stewards please on our behalf.

[GazLaz]

It said "Big f**king German" in German.

[graingrover]

I would have cleared that through both the club and Stuckmann .

[dknward2]

Saw them post that on twitter the other day. Very sad if thats whats started it off

[Underwood]

Stewards making offensive gestures to sections of the South Stand as well.

[GazLaz]

I would have cleared that through both the club and Stuckmann .

Are you for real Brian? It's hardly offensive. I'd have gone mental if they had tried kicking me out for that. We need to make the Black Bank impossible to police.

[dknward2]

Stewards making offensive gestures to sections of the South Stand as well.

Hope someone has filmed them. Thought we are trying to work together to get a better atmosphere

[swintonrover]

I'm more interested to know how many stewards are fluent in German.

[les@donr]

The CEO needs to get a grip of this situation before it spins out of control. Not a good omen ahead of next weeks L1 KO.

[Askern_reds]

it will kick off one day far too many fans stewards well outnumbered f**king arseholes allways have been

[Underwood]

From what I've heard a certain person brought the flag to the attention of the police and stewards

[GazLaz]

Who?

[Askern_reds]

I'm more interested to know how many stewards are fluent in German.

none they've all on speaking English said it before there just glorified door men

[Underwood]

And how many times a season do away supporters come here and take the piss, with none visibly ejected.

[knockers]

I can't believe you of all people slag someone off for an inability to speak English 

[Copps is Magic]

Why did the stewards decide to wade in mid-game? Why not just wait till the end and and talk about it. I'm sure a compromise could have been reached. It's a pre-season game ffs!

I've got to say I'm not a big supporter of having swear words on banners whether in English or another language but the way club employees are conducting themselves is pretty terrible.

The club want a better atmosphere, while wanting to control every single move you make!

[Copps is Magic]

Flags being confiscated and fans being ejected.

Great start

Are you sure someone was ejected? The blackbank twitter account is not saying anything like that.

[swintonrover]

I've got to say I'm not a big supporter of having swear words on banners whether in English or another language

There wasn't a swear word on it! Turns out Google translate isn't the best for translation, the flag read big DAMN German!

[Copps is Magic]

According to google translate 'verdammtes' (on the banner) translates into 'f*cking'.

Do we have any German speaker on here who know better?

[Rich_The_Conisbrough_Rover]

Modern day football in afraid, can't step out of line or we all get shot, bugger them personally, let's get as many flags and many fans STANDING next week and I'm sure they'll feel overpowered, would be great for the south stand to be full and all stood up bouncing and chanting for 90 minutes and have the younger generation waving flags down at the front. It will take time but work definitely.

[Copps is Magic]

http://www.dict.cc/german-english/verdammtes.html

According to this it can mean 'bleeding', 'hell', and 'f***', depending on the context/use.

If it did turn out to mean 'big bleeding German' then that is the type of compromise we need.

[i_ateallthepies]

Well, whichever one of those it was intended to mean, if that slogan is the limit of the creative thought of the person who dream't it up then it's time to pack it in, and, if the decision makers in the Black Bank think something like that is worth spending funds contributed by others on then they need to grow up.

[Copps is Magic]

I believe that one was a home-made effort and didn't cost much. There is an update on the other forum about where they spent the money. The designed banners should be arriving soon.

[les@donr]

To give the KM a better atmosphere, why doesn't the give out flags for fans to wave for the firt game of the season? Turn a negative into a positive.

[drfchound]

That certainly added to the atmosphere for the Southend semi final.
It was fantastic to see all the flags.

[Chris Black come back]

We could have approved singing as well. Maybe have song sheets put on seats before the game, with songs cleared by the club board. Folk could also have buzzers fitted on seats to tell them when to clap and cheer. Perhaps also case for those magazines showing club memorabilia left in back of seats, like you see on aircraft. Get headsets left on seats with authorised match commentary from someone like Tim Lovejoy or 'Spoony' from Radio 5.

Just a few thoughts.