Toxic club - an inconvenient truth about our fans

[Spanner73]

13 hours ago, Voll Blau said:

Fully agree. We need to pull together to get the worst owner in our history out of our club.

100% !!! 

[orangecity23]

37 minutes ago, NextPlease said:

Of which 10 of those years under current ownership 

In those 69 years, only 2 have been spent in the third tier of English football. One of those is under the current ownership...

[coolhandfox]

Most fans don't turn toxic without a reason. Right now, the club is rudderless, trapped in a culture that accepts failure and lacks both standards and accountability. We are seeing total mismanagement both on and off the pitch, paired with little to no communication. I don't understand why it's so hard for people to see that the leadership is directly responsible for this disconnected and toxic fanbase.

Edited 11 hours ago by coolhandfox

[Sol thewall Bamba]

There's no "toxicity" at the women's games.

 

They got relegated too.

[SafewayFox]

8 hours ago, smudgerfox said:

"Using agencies to do our business as we are too lazy to do any real scouting."

 

is there any evidence for this? It's an accusation that's often thrown around - but surely if this was the case you'd see a pattern in our signings (Southampton is the only one I can see). 
 

i had a look when Jake on BSLB (maybe a year ago) mentioned that  an insider told him we have a scouting department but it's often ignored in favour of a couple of agents. I looked up some of the most inexplicable signings and could find no common thread (though not all agent info is made public)...

 

I'm a retired journalist and happy to follow up any credible leads on this.. 

How about the crazy agent fees paid, yet we didn’t spend a single penny on transfer fees?

[Chrysalis]

On 19/06/2026 at 14:27, peach0000 said:

The fans on this forum or at least a very vocal minority are toxic and seem to genuinely enjoy criticizing everything and being negative. Foxes Talk has never represented the majority of fans who are much more level headed reasonable people in my experience. I read the forum from time to time but I rarely participate anymore due to the toxicity of a minority who I feel don’t let genuine debate take place with their absolutism (in a negative way) about everything. 

What gives you the impression people are enjoying it?

[Chrysalis]

On 19/06/2026 at 19:52, Raspeir said:

 

The OP makes a very good point, which it really feels worthy of considering - not that we are to blame - but that we do genuinely have the ability to impact the situation and the outcome of a game and season.

 

We are all in a position, each time we take our seats, that we (as individuals) have almost no control over the outcome of the matches we are watching. That's the hardest thing about being a fan. However as a collective, we genuinely can make a massive positive difference. The die-hard fans are the most vocal, and the ones that generally set that tone for the whole stadium, and those are the people with the biggest opportunity to shift the narrative.

 

That's not to dismiss the pain of sitting through what we've all witnessed. It was horrible, and has been for some time. We've all got the same frustrations with the lack of respect both club and fans have been shown by players and senior management alike. That however can now be consigned to history, if we put it behind us.

 

We now, have an opportunity to shift that narrative. Each of us, and we as a collective, get to make a choice as to how we greet the new season, each player old and new, and the team as a whole. If we get behind them, we can make a huge positive difference. 

 

We get a chance at a fresh start - just as others at the club get. Shifting our collective mindset and the overall narrative could genuinely be the difference between an amazing season, and another painful one.

 

How do you have a fresh start without having a fresh start?

The fans pretending everything is ok doesnt remove Top from the club.

You think its just about having a good football season, you dont recognise the mess with the finances, the appointments, the squad building, the bad style of play the owner wants?