Boycotting a match ?

[Guest Snorky]

Would you boycott a match if things haven't improved ?

[Guest PaulMcC]

No.

 

Someone else would just buy the ticket.

[Knox_Harrington]

No.

 

Someone else would just buy the ticket.

I'd say it was about buying the ticket and not going.

[Dan]

Would you boycott a match if things haven't improved ?

 

Yes but it would be pointless. There would be thousands of other simpletons who think that Hicks and Gillet are doing a good job and would love to go to the game.

Edited January 14, 2008 by DS77

[Guest PaulMcC]

I'd say it was about buying the ticket and not going.

 

They wouldn't care. They'd still have the money.

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

Ultimately, it sends a message. Buy a ticket & don't go, or don't arrive until 10 mins in, shows that we can organize. And if we can organize, we can stay away en-masse. If we can do that, the value of their investment will suffer

[Maldini]

Yes but it would be pointless. There would be thousands of other simpletons who think that Hicks and Gillet are doing a good job and would love to go to the game.

 

This forum is a pretty big sample, I don't think anyone on here thinks they're doing a very good job. Do you know anyone who does?

[Knox_Harrington]

They wouldn't care. They'd still have the money.

I think thousands of empty seats would send a message and the negative publicity would be astounding.

 

However I disagree with the initial post in general simply because such an idea would be very hard to organise right now and probably at any point in the forseeable future.

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

I just can't decide whether it's a bit 'Spurs' or 'Newcastle'

[smithdown]

Yes, but definitely not over this.

[Maldini]

I think thousands of empty seats would send a message and the negative publicity would be astounding.

 

...if the media didn't interpret as frustration about our recent results it would, I don't trust them to make that distinction.

[RafaShanks]

...if the media didn't interpret as frustration about our recent results it would, I don't trust them to make that distinction.

 

If there are fans outside in the form of a group canvessing the remainder of fans going into the stadium, I'm pretty sure they'll be able to make that distinction.

 

Boycott won't work on it's own. Fans need to be seen with additional forms of protest outside Anfield like a march/demonstration while the game is going on etc

Edited January 14, 2008 by RafaShanks

[Sion]

...if the media didn't interpret as frustration about our recent results it would, I don't trust them to make that distinction.

Good point, never thought of that. Can imagine Jim White now 'Liverpool's once loyal fans abandoning the club as the struggle for form'

[Dan]

This forum is a pretty big sample, I don't think anyone on here thinks they're doing a very good job. Do you know anyone who does?

 

David Johnson?

 

Seriously, we could fill a stadium twice over with day trippers who are pretty oblivious to the daily tribulations of our beloved football club. They'd probably dislike rotation though.

[chrisbonnie]

David Johnson?

 

Seriously, we could fill a stadium twice over with day trippers who are pretty oblivious to the daily tribulations of our beloved football club. They'd probably dislike rotation though.

 

fair is fair, im from Ireland, so yeah, a day tripper, just because we dont live in Liverpool doesnt mean we havent got a clue

[Mullah_Owen]

How about setting up a new club, FC Liverpool? Just a thought.

[RafaShanks]

How about setting up a new club, FC Liverpool? Just a thought.

 

AFC Liverpool in Milton Keynes?

[ricflairandy]

Would you boycott a match if things haven't improved ?

 

Well id not go and leave my seat empty , yes.

 

Wouldnt do any good tho would it, those b******s wouldnt give a toss.

[smithdown]

How about setting up a new club, FC Liverpool? Just a thought.

 

 

Nah, I support Liverpool FC.

[Dan]

fair is fair, im from Ireland, so yeah, a day tripper, just because we dont live in Liverpool doesnt mean we havent got a clue

 

Maybe the wrong choice of term then, didn't mean offence. All I'm saying is that there are a lot of people who are not as passionate and much less in tune with the finer details of the day to day comings and goings of the club who would go to a game regardless of the regime - you're clearly not one of these people.

 

Internet forums constitute a minute fraction of our fan base. Thousands of our fans form opinions based on bullsh*t fed to them in the tabloid press and on Sky soccer saturday unfortunately - which can cloud the judgement somewhat.

Edited January 14, 2008 by DS77

[Sion]

What's the latest you can return tickets at the TO and get a refund? Could we all not leave it really late, returning our tickets at the last minute, no money for them and an empty seat. Could picket the TO to stop losers trying to buy the returns.

[Guz]

IF you wanted to make a stand, a mass protest like before the Porto game, or lots and lots of banners in the ground would get a message over better.

[oakie bob]

if Season Ticket Holders where to boycott a game there would be thousands of empty seats as the club cant sell them................it could be done

[stressederic]

My concern is that it would in a sense punish the team as well.

[RafaShanks]

My concern is that it would in a sense punish the team as well.

 

Not necessarily. Less people shouting your fecking s****.