AndreasB - my support and love for the club goes back to the 1970s. there is no reason to play in Northampton its financial suicide and deliberately engineered to distress the fans, CCC/ACL into to trying to get the Ricoh complex on the cheap, SISU are unique in football club owners who deliberately reduce their support whilst others try to grow their fan base. If fans don't go on principle you need to review your stance. 1,000 home supporters in a crappy stadium in the third division and it could get worse.
Ive only been a fan for 10 years - when we have been shit.so obviously you are more qualified than me to know whats right and wrong. I have reviewed my stance, I dont like Sixfields but i will continue to proudly go and protest from the inside and will encourage others to do so.
There hasnt been a protest in Sixfields yet because there hasnt been a game since Christmas. Everything is a conspiracy for some of you isnt it?
There hasnt been a protest in Sixfields yet because there hasnt been a game since Christmas. Everything is a conspiracy for some of you isnt it?
I am aware that there hasn't been a game since Christmas, which is why I was asking now as to how the banners were coming along. Straight forward question in response to you mentioning protesting.
No having a protest would require a degree of conspiracy and as you're adverse to a bit of conspiracy:thinking about:
You must post some pictures up on here tomorrow for all to enjoybanners ready.
Shall be watching with interest
banners ready.
No conspiracy, th protest will be visible, open and honest. Enough is enough, get us back to the Ricoh and stop going on about new grounds.
Are the Sixfield lot going to show the WHY? placards? If you are serious about protesting inside the ground about the madness of playing in Northampton, now is the time.
I don't agree, who is going to see it and what will it achieve?
Against Arsenal yes, it was on TV and against Arsenal.
At Sixfields where the cameras won't see it and the crowd is scattered about, would be pointless.
Who will see it? Mr Fisher and his associates. Not pointless at all. There are media inside the ground too you know. They'll pick up on it.
Honestly Nick - you do sit on the fence.
It would show that the people who go to Sixfields but dont want to be there that they don't want to be there,because up to now have they shown this?
So what would it achieve? Nothing to do with sitting on the fence. Yes Tim Fisher might see it (depends where abouts in the ground) and what will happen then? Will he suddenly move us back?
Fair play for Andreas if they have made a banner and will show it.
The only people demanding this is other fans like you. Most people know that no city fan wants to be at Sixfields, why would somebody protest just to keep you happy?
Anyway, might be worth making a Protest at Sixfields thread
The only people demanding this is other fans like you. Most people know that no city fan wants to be at Sixfields, why would somebody protest just to keep you happy?
Anyway, might be worth making a Protest at Sixfields thread
How could it hurt, Nick.
Anything that keeps up the pressure on the owners and the FL/FA, and keeps this in the public eye, has to be a good thing.
Doesn't it?
Nick, Andreas did state a few weeks ago that he would be prepared to display banners in the ground, as long as they were unbiased and focused on the time away from Cov (I paraphrase slightly). He may be taking the pi** of course and sitting back now enjoying himself at the discussion - fine. But the idea seemed a good one at the time and wouldn't do any harm (can't recall the thread title). This was prior to the "Why" protest at Arsenal and Notts County, which to most seemed to raise some awareness as to our situation.
Why the hell are some people mocking those who are trying to protest inside of sixfields? Isn't this what everyone wanted and now you are blood mocking them?
Never fucking happy
What other fans do or don't do is up to them and show me where I am demanding anything. What are "fans like me" like Nick? Let me tell you Nick I've nothing to hide and I'm not ashamed of anything I've done unlike some on this site and by the way the ashamed bit has nothing to do with attendance at Sixfields
I just think sometimes if things are milked it ruins them. The protest at Arsenal looked good and it made an impression, to try and do the same thing every week with a few fans scattered around the ground out of view of the cameras wouldn't achieve the same. I am not saying I am against protest, just that method.
It is like saying a Mexican Wave is amazing at Wembley and then trying to do it at a ground with people scattered about, it just doesn't have the same impact with that sort of protest.
I just think sometimes if things are milked it ruins them. The protest at Arsenal looked good and it made an impression, to try and do the same thing every week with a few fans scattered around the ground out of view of the cameras wouldn't achieve the same. I am not saying I am against protest, just that method.
It is like saying a Mexican Wave is amazing at Wembley and then trying to do it at a ground with people scattered about, it just doesn't have the same impact with that sort of protest where volume is the key.
By "fans like you" I only meant people who assume everybody is happy unless they hold up a bit of paper in protest. I don't think a single CCFC fan is actually happy about us physically playing there and would love for us to be in Coventry. (Unless they are on a wind up).
I don't think any fan prefers driving down the m1 over walking into Highfield Road for example in terms of the feeling you get.
If we were talking about another WHY protest I'd agree, but surely you can't be stating that simply recognising that we're still not happy with all the actors in this little play is "milking it".
There should've been banners and protests from day 1 in Sixfields. If this happens today I applaud Andreas for actually doing something towards moving both sets of fans to common ground rather than the constant sniping that gets us nowhere.
So what would it achieve? Nothing to do with sitting on the fence. Yes Tim Fisher might see it (depends where abouts in the ground) and what will happen then? Will he suddenly move us back?
Fair play for Andreas if they have made a banner and will show it.
Sixfielders might just get some respect from the stay away fans for starters. I suspect if there had off been some form of protest since day one (which there should have been imo) less people would be calling them scabs, nodding donkeys etc and I dare say a few more might be willing to go if they felt that they would be making their voices heard as part of a group of people who ain't happy to be there.
Like I've said on a few occasions, it doesn't have to be while the game is on. Pre match, half time and post match are available.
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