Rico

Just heard this on the BBC news. Long overdue, but fantastic news. \o/

That's true enough. The wording probably caused some responses to go one way rather than another. I find it hard to believe that so many people would select United as their "second club".

Yes. If you look here, you can see the full results. Incredibly, United polled FOURTH! Everton are down in 13th.

I'm no expert, but I think you have too many players on the pitch. No more than we deserve, mind.

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It really made me cringe. If I didn't dislike him before, I do now. If you're going to sing along and pretend you care about the club, learn the f*cking words!

O2 doing the Torres song too. Well in!

Kuyt's everything Torres should've been!

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I thought about them today, and read through the names on my permanent Web page in their memory. Truly, never forgotten. May they rest in peace.

This Torres lad's not bad.

Aye, I must admit; if it were happening to United or Chelsea, I'd be absolutely loving it.

She was suitably apologetic, and "repaired" the handle with super glue. I don't have confidence in the repair though, so I may repay her by accidentally breaking her Doctor Who mug. I don't want to be too harsh on her; she didn't complain when I stuck my This is Anfield sign above the stairs.

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Count me in for a Torres shirt. I still wear my Cisse one. My wife broke the handle of my YNWA "5 cups" mug. =/

Aye, well that's why I asked what proportion of the ground is given over to season ticket holders. If it were 10%, that's not that much, but 50% would be a more significant message. Even so, it does rely upon the vast majority of ST holders to be on board. If it's 50%, that's the bulk of 20,000 people to try and reach. No small task, although I expect it's something that has already been considered.

OK, but if you mean a Premiership game, doesn't my first point hold? That ST holders have already paid, so while there may be empty seats, it's not going to hit Hicks in the pockets.

What proportion of the ground is given over to season ticket holders? They've already paid for their Premiership tickets; their seats aren't reserved for CL games if they don't buy a ticket, are they? Now, refusing to renew their season tickets... now that might make him sit up and take notice, although I expect not as all those that have been on the waiting list for 5 years will leap at the chance to step in.

I don't think a boycott is realistic. Not of home matches, at least. I think the number of fans willing to step in and fill any void is too large. I've been to every home CL game for the past few seasons, but after failing to get a ticket for the first home game this season, I've managed to get to none this year. I've also failed to get any tickets to Premiership games. If a load of people boycott a home CL match, that may be my chance to get to a game this season. Whether I would, I don't really know. I'd like to think I'd show solidarity with the protesters, since I am similarly pissed off at Hicks. But the prospect of finally getting a ticket to a home game is attractive. As for a merchandise boycott; well, I'm not going to tell my 5-year-old he can't have a new strip, and in any case merchandise is a low throughput channel, unlikely to make much of an impact isn't it? Any merchandise boycott would have to be orchestrated on a grand scale, and continued for a long period before it'd be noticed. A few hundred forum users (or even a few thousand) not buying a new shirt one season probably doesn't amount to much, not when the majority of fans in the UK probably don't visit Liverpool fora and will be blissfully unaware of any such drives. I understand the rationale behind the boycott ideas, but putting it into practice is another matter.

I don't think you're the real Tigger. =(