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not a dig at those that partake in this,
but i dont think it will make any difference at all.if things dont move on(as i expect) only a full boycott will make an impact imo.
discuss!

i think people are already starting to vote with their feet....5462....thats a fucking rubbish attendence

i disagree but abstain from giving a reason as you're the new gary stanley

burn the witch

The attendance has probably got more to do with the shit results we've recently  had, than what's going on off the field.

dont credit me with as little intelligence please

hehehehe any excuse for a put down

i doubt they'd be the direct reason for the board leaving, however it's good and positive and gets the point accross.

like i said bennett.not a dig at those that do and all that

i thought i'd offer my part to the discussion or are we not allowed to discuss the positives of this action?

you're worse than sonic

I dont think anyone expects the board  to go just because there is protesting outside the Arkells.Its more about keeping the presssure on.

do you think total boycotts of matches will need to be made to drive the message home?

can't be boycott stuff in the summer?

Agreeing with a Yeovil Red post? In my situation? Spose there aint anything else to do on a Saturday night.

No because it wont work,you wouldnt get the numbers.

Exactly, just making voices heard is what counts right now.

Spot on that man.

13 last week.

46 this week.

200+ for Accy?

Let's quadruple it each time.

Get your arse along next time Yeovil.

i think a boycott of buying burgers programs and other things would hit the board in the wallet as its been sugested someone on the board owns the catering company for the matchday concessions and also the printing and suply of the match program. just think every burger £1 goes straight out the back door into the corrupt bastards pockets and history says hit them in the pockets is the way to hurt them. 30 or so fans gobbing off aint going to make them change their opinions.

Arriba, did you not say a few weeks back more direct action was needed?
Im not having ago, just wondered, I maybe wrong.
Also, were you there today behind The Arkells?

As stated before, i wont be forced to stay at home and miss the Footy by the current regime we have in place.

If standing at the back of the Arkells gets some sort of point across then thats the way im going to go about it.

Direct action in the form of protests is in my opinion the best thing to do.

I don't understand some of the people that do not protest, we need to put the board under heavy pressure and try and force them to talk to the consortium.

Doing nothing is going to achieve nothing, not protesting means the board will be laughing and they would be under no pressure to sell.

The more people that protest the better, hope to see alot more behind the arkells after the accrington game.

you fuckers better sing up at accy. :D

welcome to the TEF

I think arriba should be forced to change his screen name to "up the ante" - a few weeks back it was "Orange hats are shit, demos behind the Arkells are the only way to make em listen", now it's "Demos are shit, boycotts are the only way forward". Roll forward a few weeks to "Boycotts are shit, tactical nuclear devices must be deployed".  :D (only jossing, arriba - clearly, as a Trust person I know full well that long meetings are the way to achieve results  :D )

I think Bob Holt would say arriba didn't exist and obviously I would be inclined to believe him

What you have to understand about arriba is that in many ways he's like a house in that he, erm, .... has a chimney and windows and things? I hope that makes the situation clearer - if not I'm sure Mr Andronikou would be happy to clairfy any remaining arriba-related matters (subject to his discretion, of course)

yes partly. but you have to look at the fact that before the turn of the year we were still getting over 7000. since the turn of the year we haven't even had 7000 i dont think. and results in January were going our way. so make of that what you will...

If I'm honest, I was slightly disappointed with the turnout behind the Arkells yesterday.  I counted 45 of us - so that's less than 1% of a very poor over all crowd.  But then again the Trust has not given its backing to these more direct protests...and I spoke to a number of people yesterday who said they would be there if/when the Trust gives the OK.

Having said all that, I think we did get our message across.  Several people who I assume were hospitality guests were looking out of the window with some surprise.  At least the board are not going to be able to bullshit corporate sponsors with the line that all is well at STFC.

As we said yesterday...We'll be back again next week.  And the week after, if necessary.  And the week after that.

Amen.
I was happy with the turnout to be honest, obviously I'd have loved there to have been three hundred of us but considering we'd just won and gone into third, and like you say the Trust haven't backed this, then I thought 45-50 was ok.
Everyone brings someone else next time, which isn't out of the question, then we've got 100 making a noise.
Also, we didn't really get started until most of the fans had left the ground. If we were to be out there and singing "one Bill Power" as all the town fans are filtering past, we're bound to pick up more people joining in.
Onwards and upwards, the futures bright, the futures orange :beers:

As I've said, I thought it was a good idea to wait until the trust decided to protest.  However, the more I think about it the more I think it's a good idea to have protests without their backing, as it shows the strength of feeling without antagonising the board against the consortium further.  Or at least they can't put the blame onto the FC when things are still hopefully progressing(however slowly), if you see what I mean.

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i thought the orange hats didn't really have much effect,but dont remember saying standing outside the arkells was the way to go.i am not saying demos are shit either, but you need far greater numbers to have an effect imo.i dont want to boycott but i think it would really have an effect. desperate times may call for desperate measures. i am hoping that things will get sorted by the solicitors and the right thing can be done to take stfc forward.then there will be no need for any form of protest.fucking unlikely  though.

really i am just confused by it all if i'm honest ,and am just thinking out loud when posting on here.

As we said yesterday...We'll be back again next week.  And the week after, if necessary.  And the week after that.[/quote]
Be a pretty pointless exercise next week I would imagine, all the directors would have piled into MikeyD's motor and gone to Stockport!  There again they might just be at the CG preparing the long overdue accounts! :lol2:

I think the main thing is we need to start somewhere. The orange has continued to happen and we've gone onto active protests. Hopefully this is the beginning of something that will work.

We know for a fact we've rattle the Board with our cva chants etc etc, hopefully more and more people will be encouraged along. I can't see many (if any) who protested at the last game not doing the same again.

I think the idea of being out there at FT is good if you want to catch people on their way out. Even if people don't join in atleast they will see that actiona is being taken

I think the numbers that showed up were pretty good considering that it was really only discussed via forums.  

What surprises me is that across the forums, so many people are moaning about the current board, know the protest plans and say its a good idea then don't show up! (Understandably people who were unable to make it have stated they would have been there otherwise).

I do however, think a lot of people are nervous of being in the minority protest wise (not in the minority of wanting the board out of course), but when a significant number show up, I'm sure they'll join in pretty quickly.  

I think bigger numbers for Accy and think its a pretty good all round effort to those who turned up.

I couldnt make it as i have been having needles stuffed into me since friday having been told ive got a fuck off big DVT behind my left knee! :shock:

Warfarin and heperin injections for the next couple of weeks and NO Alcohol :shock:  :shock:

Well done to those that WERE there.

All being well, i will be there for the next one. :wink:

we can have a "special wing" of the protests for you n leggett if you want? i'll get some cones and nappies in  :D

I  had to shoot off & pick up the ball & chain, but would've been fine until ten past five.

Has to be straight after the match finishes !

I think the key problem is communication. The reason only 1% of the attendance were out the back of the Arkells stand is because i bet not much more knew something was planned.

Get a few thousand fliers printed stating what we are protesting, why we are protesting, where and when we are protesting. To have an effect and make the board wake up you need numbers. And to get that we need better communication.

On another note, I cant see it happening, but a sit in would be interesting. After a match no one leaves the ground. Not sure if this would work but if it did it could be effective. Whatever we do, communication is the key!

Cunt. :D .. Im not on crutches though... :(

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