Will now be there for my first game this season. Imo the protests need to be more personalised against the regime. His business interests and her, well just her really!!!!
I understand very well the desire to do more at the Rochdale game but it's too short notice for many of the stay-away fans to get down to the Valley now. And the point about casual fans is well made too. They will inflate the proportion of non-protesters in the crowd and anything organised for that day will appear low impact.
However, for anyone who is going to that game (I'm not) just do whatever you can to show them the protests are back. Black and white, anti-regime chanting, letting Meire/Keohane know as they arrive what you think of them - anything.
Then, please please everyone who supports the protests make a special point of coming down to the Valley on 15th October. I totally respect those that are boycotting and the "not a penny more" fans, but we need now to show the regime that they haven't won any battles, let alone the war. We need everyone there for a very large, very vocal display of our feelings. Please don't leave it to others. A small turnout will see the smirks return to Meire's and Keohane's smug faces - let's not let that happen!
I'll be there! And I'll drag some mates along too! Worth travelling back from uni for!
Is it worth advising people whether to buy a ticket *cough* child's *cough* for the game or not? We don't want loads of people buying match tickets only to find the protest is outside the ground?
Is it worth advising people whether to buy a ticket for the game or not? We don't want loads of people buying match tickets only to find the protest is outside the ground?
Or would that give the game away?
Further communication to come soon. I think we can give sufficient information to help with this decision without giving the club any clues.
Is it worth advising people whether to buy a ticket for the game or not? We don't want loads of people buying match tickets only to find the protest is outside the ground?
Or would that give the game away?
Further communication to come soon. I think we can give sufficient information to help with this decision without giving the club any clues.
As I understand the ticketing process, should I attend, I will be buying an adult ticket for me, a £5 ticket for my son, and as many of my son's friends who may want to attend.
He's still asking around at school about how many of his friends want to come.
Any other friends or parents who we have missed out there are welcome to let me know and I'm sure we can block book.
I posted this on the crowd watch thread, I think maybe it would have been better suited here.....
I still think staying away is playing into their hands. They havent lifted a finger to try and pacify us Peasants.
If people go along even just to protest and make some noise, then this has got to be better than letting those smug bastards have a quiet Saturday afternoon.
The money from attendances makes no difference to this twat either way as he is using it as a tax write off for Staprix.
We shouldn't be laying down quietly, we should be turning the clocks back and battle for the Valley we all love.
I was in favour of the boycotting of season tickets as we know a (normal) club needs the cash flow in close season....well, we arent a normal club, we are part of a mechanised business machine and staying away is of no consequence to them. So, pay on the day and cause as much legal disruption as possible.
Slade and the players will probably throw everything including the kitchen sink at Rochdale and we do have at least 5 players (Ajose, Holmes, Jackson, Magennis, Lookman) that will find the back of the net if we attack and create chances rather than allow ourselves to get bogged down on the half way line and pushed back. I suspect CARD could well have now missed the boat by not protesting Tuesday night.
Slade and the players will probably throw everything including the kitchen sink at Rochdale and we do have at least 5 players (Ajose, Holmes, Jackson, Magennis, Lookman) that will find the back of the net if we attack and create chances rather than allow ourselves to get bogged down on the half way line and pushed back. I suspect CARD could well have now missed the boat by not protesting Tuesday night.
Blimey. That beats the world record for short-term thinking.
We are fighting an insidious regime here. Not deciding match to match if they're ok or not.
I would suggest that one effect of protests is to cause expense and to piss people off as much as possible. There ought to be a route for the uninterested to go and watch a game, but otherwise everything is fair game. It was impressive how much the car park protest had an impact, and also events that really get under the skin of the blue jacketed thugs, and also getting bodies into the inner sanctum of the west stand is something they fear. I hope any protests cost rich Roland a lot of money and sour things for Miere, Cojones, Joynes, Eager, Sue Parkes and some others. If anti protest Charlton fans want to stage counter protests all the better, their voice csn be heard too.
I understand very well the desire to do more at the Rochdale game but it's too short notice for many of the stay-away fans to get down to the Valley now. And the point about casual fans is well made too. They will inflate the proportion of non-protesters in the crowd and anything organised for that day will appear low impact.
However, for anyone who is going to that game (I'm not) just do whatever you can to show them the protests are back. Black and white, anti-regime chanting, letting Meire/Keohane know as they arrive what you think of them - anything.
Then, please please everyone who supports the protests make a special point of coming down to the Valley on 15th October. I totally respect those that are boycotting and the "not a penny more" fans, but we need now to show the regime that they haven't won any battles, let alone the war. We need everyone there for a very large, very vocal display of our feelings. Please don't leave it to others. A small turnout will see the smirks return to Meire's and Keohane's smug faces - let's not let that happen!
Fully supportive of protests with Coventry which I'll join as long as it does not include disrupting the game. My view is that this would create a deeper divide with fans that CARS want to bring on board.
Slade and the players will probably throw everything including the kitchen sink at Rochdale and we do have at least 5 players (Ajose, Holmes, Jackson, Magennis, Lookman) that will find the back of the net if we attack and create chances rather than allow ourselves to get bogged down on the half way line and pushed back. I suspect CARD could well have now missed the boat by not protesting Tuesday night.
Blimey. That beats the world record for short-term thinking.
We are fighting an insidious regime here. Not deciding match to match if they're ok or not.
Although if the protests improve results everyone's a winner
"Given the likely make-up of the crowd for Saturday’s Football for a Fiver match against Rochdale we do not propose to take any disruptive action this weekend, but further announcements about the Coventry match will follow."
The problem you have there is that most people won't bother coming to protest and not get to watch the game, some will, but most won't, and a lot will only go to games if they are at a significant discount because they don't want to give them any more money than they absolutely have to. This is especially the case as a lot of people were going to games anyway as they had season tickets and there was no extra revenue for the regime to gain by them going to protest.
I will not be going to a game to protest which is at full cost. And now I won't be going to Rochdale either.
I also think mass protest at a game which is meant to make people want to come back to the Valley again and again would have upset them the most...
The problem now is that given that a lot of the people who are minded to protest would not have renewed, there is now a real chance of the protests actually being the 2%... There certainly won't be widespread disobedience in the ground like last season.
Same sentiments here, I'd rather we protest both in and outside of the ground, before, during and after the game.
Stress balls, Beach balls and paper planes etc should all keep occurring.
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Hope it goes well though.
Or would that give the game away?
He's still asking around at school about how many of his friends want to come.
Any other friends or parents who we have missed out there are welcome to let me know and I'm sure we can block book.
We can also discuss our little overseas trip.
I still think staying away is playing into their hands. They havent lifted a finger to try and pacify us Peasants.
If people go along even just to protest and make some noise, then this has got to be better than letting those smug bastards have a quiet Saturday afternoon.
The money from attendances makes no difference to this twat either way as he is using it as a tax write off for Staprix.
We shouldn't be laying down quietly, we should be turning the clocks back and battle for the Valley we all love.
I was in favour of the boycotting of season tickets as we know a (normal) club needs the cash flow in close season....well, we arent a normal club, we are part of a mechanised business machine and staying away is of no consequence to them. So, pay on the day and cause as much legal disruption as possible.
Protest for a fiver is the ideal starting point.
We are fighting an insidious regime here. Not deciding match to match if they're ok or not.
There ought to be a route for the uninterested to go and watch a game, but otherwise everything is fair game.
It was impressive how much the car park protest had an impact, and also events that really get under the skin of the blue jacketed thugs, and also getting bodies into the inner sanctum of the west stand is something they fear.
I hope any protests cost rich Roland a lot of money and sour things for Miere, Cojones, Joynes, Eager, Sue Parkes and some others.
If anti protest Charlton fans want to stage counter protests all the better, their voice csn be heard too.
Good luck though.
Stress balls, Beach balls and paper planes etc should all keep occurring.