Lofty the Lion: Good thing or bad?

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Worth a vote. Nowt else happening.

[Bruce Rioja]

We can land on a fecking comet yet still we have a grown man parading round as a lion. It's ridiculous.

[Worthy4England]

Can we have a vote on whether grumpy owd bastards are a good thing or a bad thing too?

[bobo the clown]

Can we have a vote on whether grumpy owd bastards are a good thing or a bad thing too?

You can f'cough.

[Riviman]

We can land on a fecking comet yet still we have a grown man parading round as a lion. It's ridiculous.

I bet Father Christmas used to s**t himself when he came to your house !!

[Prufrock]

Spose this fits better in here:

I'm surprised at myself but I actually quite like the lion. Firstly it's good for the kids - my brother fecking loved it when he was younger.

More importantly though, I think it's the complete opposite of an embarrassment. It might be an embarrassment if we were the only ones doing it, but every club has one, and theirs are ALL shit. Instead of being a shit alliteration on our ground (Deepdale Duck) a Hammer with eyes or a fecking dinosaur, ours actually represents something - the greatest fella to ever pull on that shirt, and arguably his greatest performance.

Keep Lofty!

That Lofty Jnr can f*ck off though, he were shit.

[Gary the Enfield]

Good thing. Although I wish (he) would do more to get the crowd going. His Elvis routines and his bodybuilding poses always got the crowd going during flatter parts of the game and my daughter loves (loved) him.

Better than fireworks, drums, mosaics or fat feck* with flags.

Our very own Lofty has to stay.

Totally agree about Lofty jnr. though. nice person.

[LeverEnd]

Good thing. Although I wish (he) would do more to get the crowd going. His Elvis routines and his bodybuilding poses always got the crowd going during flatter parts of the game and my daughter loves (loved) him.

Better than fireworks, drums, mosaics or fat feck with flags.

Our very own Lofty has to stay.

Totally agree about Lofty jnr. though. tw*t.

Scrappy doo syndrome.

I voted for, because he's generally quite popular. don't think that before this discussion I would have noticed if he'd suddenly stopped turning up.

[Gary the Enfield]

Good thing. Although I wish (he) would do more to get the crowd going. His Elvis routines and his bodybuilding poses always got the crowd going during flatter parts of the game and my daughter loves (loved) him.

Better than fireworks, drums, mosaics or fat feck with flags.

Our very own Lofty has to stay.

Totally agree about Lofty jnr. though. tw*t.

Scrappy doo syndrome.

I voted for, because he's generally quite popular. don't think that before this discussion I would have noticed if he'd suddenly stopped turning up.

Don't really see the point in jr. Is he there to appeal to the kids? If so, what the feck is Lofty proper for?

[StaffsTrotter]

Good thing. Although I wish (he) would do more to get the crowd going. His Elvis routines and his bodybuilding poses always got the crowd going during flatter parts of the game and my daughter loves (loved) him.

Better than fireworks, drums, mosaics or fat feck with flags.

Our very own Lofty has to stay.

Totally agree about Lofty jnr. though. tw*t.

Scrappy doo syndrome.

I voted for, because he's generally quite popular. don't think that before this discussion I would have noticed if he'd suddenly stopped turning up.

Don't really see the point in jr. Is he there to appeal to the kids? If so, what the feck is Lofty proper for?

the grumpy old git demographic - which judging by the above he's struggling to hit

[Harry Genshaw]

We can land on a fecking comet yet still we have a grown man parading round as a lion. It's ridiculous.

I bet Father Christmas used to s**t himself when he came to your house !!

[Lost Leopard Spot]

I voted bad thing for these reasons:
He's a thing.
He's a top predator supposedly, so he needs some teeth.
If I voted it in as a good thing then I'm not sure I could still comfortably fit into the grumpy old git demographic - and I'm happy there.

Now, what I really want is for mascot battles at half time... Lofty, f'rinstance, ripping the (stuffed) innards out of Rammy the ram. That'd be educational for the kids...

[Worthy4England]

If I voted it in as a good thing then I'm not sure I could still comfortably fit into the grumpy old git demographic - and I'm happy there.

I reckon you'd have been able to wing it, on that score LLS.

[nelson66]

Does Lofty have to pay to get in ??

If he pays - I vote hes stays
If he gets in for free - then I say bin him off, nothing worse than a Lion that doesnt pay its own way

[jonnycooper]

He,s part of the Match Day experience(especially for younger ones)! Culling him would be like putting one of your kids up for adoption cos they bug you a bit.Lay off Lofty,he,s a part of the BWFC Family!

[Worthy4England]

He,s part of the Match Day experience(especially for younger ones)! Culling him would be like putting one of your kids up for adoption cos they bug you a bit.Lay off Lofty,he,s a part of the BWFC Family!

[twilight]

I voted for.
Nothing else to say, obviously we're bored cos there's no football for a while....BUT stop picking on Lofty for goodness sake! He's for the KIDS!!! Fuuuuuture generation of our support!!

Said on another thread, those who voted a bad thing should be ashamed of themselves

[Bruce Rioja]

We can land on a fecking comet yet still we have a grown man parading round as a lion. It's ridiculous.

I bet Father Christmas used to s**t himself when he came to your house !!

You believe in Father Christmas? Am I to be the one that has to break this to you?

[thebish]

OTHER clubs' mascots are naff and embarrasing - ours is ace.

[Always hopeful]

Completely agree with all the positive comments made about him. Lofty in!

Mind you, if he were to accidentally wear his shorts the wrong way around there'd be uproar.