GG Riva

So sad. Ross is the best Pars Chairman in my time as a fan and I go back 58 years. Hounded out by mindless morons who haven't the faintest idea of the countless unpaid hours he put in for his beloved Pars. His family will be pleased to get him back. Those of us who knew him will be gutted.

I haven't seen any specifics, either on here or dotnet, so I assume you're referring to other SM platforms? It would be quite wrong to discuss anything which may become the subject of a police investigation.

When all the facts eventually come out, you'll have a better understanding of how that came about, DA-go, but I agree with you, it was an error of judgement - as was the rest of the statement. The whole tone was confrontational and the last thing any business needs to do is alienate its paying customers....

Ditto for me, Stanza. I posted this on dotnet this morning as a plea to the more hysterical fans in our support, who just don't get the seriousness of the club's predicament. " This whole sordid, unsavoury episode has affected me even more than I originally thought. I woke up in the wee small hours and couldn`t get back to sleep, playing events over and over in my mind. Is this what we`ve come to? A lynch mob mentality in Dunfermline? Ross McArthur is not the richest Chairman in DA`s history, but he`s certainly the most hardworking. Anyone who thinks he just arrives at EEP, a couple of hours before the game and swans about with fellow directors in the Boardroom, before taking his place in the Directors Box, couldn`t be any wider of the mark. He has put in countless hours of unpaid time, in his tireless efforts to rebuild the Pars as a focal point of the local community, following our near fatal collapse in 2013. Elsewhere on this thread, fans have expressed a concern that our German investors may be so scunnered by these attacks that they might withdraw their support. That would be a sad day for the Pars, but if Ross decided he`d had enough of the abuse from his fellow Pars fans, it would be an unmitigated disaster for the club we all claim to love....." And this:- "I can categorically confirm that the entire statement was written after the attacks. It's a safe bet that the BoD - including our German friends, of course - were less than impressed by the unacceptable behaviour of a small number of (presumably Pars) fans." And this:- " Quote: DA-go Par Adonis, Fri 8 Oct 11:36 I`d prefer they man-up, contact the club to apologies in person and ask if there is something positive they can do to help the club. As we know, we always need volunteers to help out with things, so there`s no doubt something that the perpetrator could offer which could be of benefit. It doesn`t need to be publicised either. I`m sure neither the guilty party/parties nor Ross want a lynch mob or to bring this further into the public eye. That's very magnanimous of you, DA-go. I have to assume you're not aware of the gravity of the attacks? I wouldn't rule out the possibility that if those responsible were to contact the club, apologise and offer to make some kind of restitution, by means of voluntary work, the Chairman and BoD might decide not to press charges, but I wouldn't hold my breath. Those responsible will probably have convinced themselves that their attacks were perfectly justified, on the grounds that the BoD are persisting with the manager, even though we sit at the bottom of the Championship."

You've been around long enough to know fitbaw disnae work like that, Yorkie. The Pars were awful in previous league games, so ICT, who are top of the league, could have reasonably been expected to wipe the floor with us. Instead, they got a very hard game and going by their time wasting near the end, were happy to escape with a point. I hope the Accies are awful again next week, but they could equally get their act together and give us a hard game.

I try not to get too despondent when results and performances are poor, although it's been especially tough recently. By the same token, I don't let myself get carried away after one good performance, but at least we can look forward to the next game with a degree of optimism. PG will not necessarily be sacked if we lose, but it would heap some more pressure on him. If we really have turned a corner and go on a good unbeaten run, calls for his head will disappear.

My memory of these events is a bit hazy. I remember going to the first meeting at Legends and meeting guys like Piracy, his brother and Superally for the first time. We were also told the club needed to find £80k immediately to avoid going bust. I said surely 80 of us could find a grand each and everyone looked at me with astonishment. I thought everybody must be really poor, but maybe they were all far more clued up than me. By the time I went to the meeting at the Vine, I had a much better idea of Masterton's shenanigans and thought we were well and truly screwed. I wouldn't be too hard on some of the folk who were urging us to buy into a share issue. I think their love of the club was blinding them to the fact that wee Gav was a complete chancer and had duped them into thinking his scheme was a credible solution.