Richard_Cadette
The Realist
There is, I suppose, always going to be a lot of negative threads and comments on a forum such as this, and we've had our fair share of those over recent weeks and months, so thought I'd redress the balance slightly.
My son (which rather scarily i didn't have when i first joined this forum!) attended the Junior Blues Christmas Party last night at the Kursaal, and he was absolutely buzzing about the whole evening, and even this morning, was still going on about it.
The effort put in by the Shrimpers Trust to set the evening up was superb, and the buy-in from both the players and Phil Brown himself was different class. A massive well done to all involved and it just highlights that there are a lot of positives around our club and a lot of things they do well.
The players seemed to genuinely enjoy the evening, and their interaction with all the kids did not at any point seem false or forced, and I hope they realise what an impact that has - It will literally ensure support for the future.
I have a constant battle with my boy in terms of getting him to ignore the pull of the Premiership teams and Peer pressure from his mates who "support" the likes of Chelsea etc, but this kind of event really helps. Helps even more when I embroider the story even more by telling him he'd never get this kind of experience supporting Arsenal! :)
Big well done to Phil Brown too - He was fully involved in the evening and seemed to be having a really good time - Nothing seemed to be too much trouble.
Massive well done to all! :)
My son (which rather scarily i didn't have when i first joined this forum!) attended the Junior Blues Christmas Party last night at the Kursaal, and he was absolutely buzzing about the whole evening, and even this morning, was still going on about it.
The effort put in by the Shrimpers Trust to set the evening up was superb, and the buy-in from both the players and Phil Brown himself was different class. A massive well done to all involved and it just highlights that there are a lot of positives around our club and a lot of things they do well.
The players seemed to genuinely enjoy the evening, and their interaction with all the kids did not at any point seem false or forced, and I hope they realise what an impact that has - It will literally ensure support for the future.
I have a constant battle with my boy in terms of getting him to ignore the pull of the Premiership teams and Peer pressure from his mates who "support" the likes of Chelsea etc, but this kind of event really helps. Helps even more when I embroider the story even more by telling him he'd never get this kind of experience supporting Arsenal! :)
Big well done to Phil Brown too - He was fully involved in the evening and seemed to be having a really good time - Nothing seemed to be too much trouble.
Massive well done to all! :)
