Everyone is entitled to their view and protest in this country.
However, the only way to get Roland out of the club is to find a buyer. That will need a lot of money and not another Mark Hulyer.
Relegation means that a lot of the players will leave and income will be reduced. This will affect the number of academy graduates retained. Consider your actions before going over the top and get the club in trouble with the Football League.
As the Brighton poster said, get organized and prove the club is worth buying for the future.
I think the club did their best to prevent ending at the West Stand Car Park.
I went in there, to get into the west stand funnily enough. The gates were open and there were no stewards stopping anyone going in. I mean, they couldn't really on a matchday anyway, could they.
It's one thing to provide access to supporters entering the ground, another to allow a purposeful procession, like the march. All I'm saying is that the march ended where it ended for logistical reasons. As I understand it.
I thought the march was well attended but I agree the chanting was less powerful than at the coffin march. It was still pretty good sporadically though and it's much more difficult to get many more people chanting simultaneously.
I think it was very good although I am beginning to wish I hadn't had my son on my shoulders the whole way as my knees are now killing me.
And I've got more of the same tomorrow so the boy can see my ex running in the London marathon.
Ice packs all round
Thought the balloons looked great, was a shame the wind was blowing from the Jimmy seed stand.
Had to leave after 5 minutes to take son to best friends birthday party so missed the rest but what I've seen of the directors box protest looks good.
Well done to everyone who helped organise or attend.
Difficulty with circa 5000 in the march is to keep all in sync with the chanting, one way is to agree before the march, what the 'running order is' and have a head of a 'section' to keep the chants in time.... like on the Poll tax and Junior doctors rallies
I wasn't at the funeral march so cannot compare but was there today and found the numbers involved impressive.
The point was emphatically made and thanks to Brighton fans for their contribution to that both inside and outside the ground today.
Criticism is churlish in my view but if one is to be made it is the hiatus between approx 2:35 and kick off. That said we had to get into the ground and blowing up those balloons and beach balls took time (allegedly!)
Useful to remember that these protests are arranged by volunteers with, in comparison with what the club has spent countering them, a very small pot of cash.
It's an impressive pot of cash. But very tiny if you consider the number of reasonably high paid consultants and security looking to block the efforts.
If we have to take this on again next year, I think chant sheets and lead chanters as suggested by @Redmidland above would be a step on we should think about.
I hope the efforts so far are enough. If they aren't, I'm very sure more actions will be taken.
I suspect that the regime are now banking on getting to the end of the season and the protests dying out, ideally after a few early wins. That will be the test of our resolve ... if we are in the top third by October will there still be protests?
I suspect that the regime are now banking on getting to the end of the season and the protests dying out, ideally after a few early wins. That will be the test of our resolve ... if we are in the top third by October will there still be protests?
I suspect that the regime are now banking on getting to the end of the season and the protests dying out, ideally after a few early wins. That will be the test of our resolve ... if we are in the top third by October will there still be protests?
I really wouldn't worry about that ...
I appreciate your confidence, but I think the concern is legitimate. There will be way fewer customers there to participate next season and we're already seeing how hard it is to keep the protests fresh, for want of a better word. We might even win a few games next year, which would draw some more away, though admittedly that's less likely with no players, management or leadership.
I suspect that the regime are now banking on getting to the end of the season and the protests dying out, ideally after a few early wins. That will be the test of our resolve ... if we are in the top third by October will there still be protests?
I really wouldn't worry about that ...
I appreciate your confidence, but I think the concern is legitimate. There will be way fewer customers there to participate next season and we're already seeing how hard it is to keep the protests fresh, for want of a better word. We might even win a few games next year, which would draw some more away, though admittedly that's less likely with no players, management or leadership.
Of course, concern is justified, but I think the point is that RD has demonstrated that he will never recruit and retain competent management, both because he won't pay the going rate and because he wants to interfere in day to day operations. Interfering is his raison d'être. This means that ultimately he will always fail and that he will burn more and more money doing so.
At some stage there will be a tipping point, regardless of the extent of protests and even if they fade. He may well do a great deal more damage in the meantime. We may be in a similar position in December 2016, just a division down. But he will continue to lose money. And eventually he will have to cut his losses and sell, because there is nothing in it for him to continue.
There will be a tipping point and it will probably come when he realises League One is as difficult as the Championship, with more financial losses. This is a war of attrition, but we are fighting it on our home turf, with the belief that we will eventually win, and we will. He bought the wrong club.
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Was all a bit quiet and then seemed to fizzle out. I was near the back mind you, so maybe I wasn't getting the full effect.
I think it was very good although I am beginning to wish I hadn't had my son on my shoulders the whole way as my knees are now killing me.
And I've got more of the same tomorrow so the boy can see my ex running in the London marathon.
Ice packs all round
Thought the balloons looked great, was a shame the wind was blowing from the Jimmy seed stand.
Had to leave after 5 minutes to take son to best friends birthday party so missed the rest but what I've seen of the directors box protest looks good.
Well done to everyone who helped organise or attend.
The point was emphatically made and thanks to Brighton fans for their contribution to that both inside and outside the ground today.
Criticism is churlish in my view but if one is to be made it is the hiatus between approx 2:35 and kick off. That said we had to get into the ground and blowing up those balloons and beach balls took time (allegedly!)
It's an impressive pot of cash. But very tiny if you consider the number of reasonably high paid consultants and security looking to block the efforts.
If we have to take this on again next year, I think chant sheets and lead chanters as suggested by @Redmidland above would be a step on we should think about.
I hope the efforts so far are enough. If they aren't, I'm very sure more actions will be taken.
Hoping for a change of regime well before then so more an issue with the new regime.
If they stay, no chance of being in the top third of any division we are in.
At some stage there will be a tipping point, regardless of the extent of protests and even if they fade. He may well do a great deal more damage in the meantime. We may be in a similar position in December 2016, just a division down. But he will continue to lose money. And eventually he will have to cut his losses and sell, because there is nothing in it for him to continue.