Argyle Fans' Trust founder quits after Pilgrims' troubles affect his health

“You have to wonder what was actually written on the Facebook page that prompted all of this?
Did the author believe he was safe and amongst his Facebook friends and therefore wrote some unsavoury comments about someone at the club?
Did then one of his Facebook friends become concerned at what was written and passed the comments onto the victim?

It's then possible that once the comments became public knowledge outside of the Facebook page the author had no choice but to resign his position as vice-chairman of the Trust.
Someone then needed to be blamed for passing on the information and to detract from what was actually written on the Facebook page, an immature, vocal and somewhat dim person was selected to get someone's name out into the public arena and bingo, the story is about that person rather than the Facebook attack!”

“Caring about the individual is more important than playing the blame game, you always feel that James Brent seems to be the eventual target of certain commentors on ADT, Pasoti or the herald. You guys need to learn to grow up and be grateful that you have a club at all and by the way JB is not a custodian he is the owner, but the kind of man he is he probably seems himself in the custodian role. Argyle fans should be happy they have an owner like him and supporters like John Petrie.”

“The most important thing is that John gets better soon .
Hope you feel better soon John and look forward to seeing you in your seat at the next home game .”

“A badly written headline. The behind-the-scenes games by certain supporters, (including some in positions of responsibility at the club and including some close to the board), as well as abuses perpetrated by or given tacit acceptance by the club's board need to be exposed and stopped. It is getting past a joke.

The recent action by James Brent in refusing to work with the democratically elected Fans Trust is ridiculous especially as he said from the beginning that he wanted to engage with the supporters. At the first whiff of criticism he shuts up shop! He said originally that he didn't "get" football. He still hasn't learnt that it isn't his club - he is merely the present custodian. The club belongs to the fans.

When good people who have devoted themselves to saving the club during the admin period like John Petrie have to step back due to the stress of it all and he is the victim of a hack into his Facebook account (not the first person similar has happened to), then those involved - whatever their position - have to take a long hard look at themselves and their actions.”

“I can only agree with the other comments on this. It is clear that for whatever reason (and readers can only guess why) that you have chosen to direct John's resignation directly to the performances on the field. It is clear from John's resignation statement that not only has someone senior at the club orchastrated this move but that the evidence required to do this was provided by accessing privately set facebook pages.

What exactly does this board at PAFC have to fear from its supporters?

Shame on the person who accessed John's facebook, shame on the person at the club (iddesleigh maybe?) who forced John's hand and lastly shame on the Herald for seeming to ignore the truth and follow any basic rule of journalism. Spineless.”

“Report the whole story Herald, not just the bits that suit!”

“This announcement seems to reveal another underhand instance amongst an element of the fanbase. I read both ATD and PASOTI as well as other Argyle-related sites and I seriously wonder what is going on with some of our "fans" - is there a mafia-style group trying to manipulate things? I no longer live in Plymouth so have no direct contact with other fans and it worries me when I read of incidents such as John Petrie's.

Perhaps the Herald could do some real investigative journalism instead of reporting only what seems to suit.”

“So much for unbiased reporting. John Petrie's full statement made it very clear that a very large part of his decision was due to the treatment he had received at the hands of certain individuals including some on the PAFC Board.

'It is not just for my own personal health, but for the health of the Trust that I feel I must step away. I have been made aware of a personal grudge and feelings of anger towards me that I believe will hinder the relationship of the Trust and the club's Board were I to remain involved. When copies of my Facebook page, which is set to viewable by friends only, are being forwarded to and kept by a person who is not a friend of mine on the site, it has perhaps gone too far.'

Shame on you for reporting this in such a biased way. I would suggest that you post an amendment and report the real truth.”