Similar reasoning has been put forward on here. It doesn't make it any less nonsense when it appears in the CET.
strangely enough, i was thinking a a long these lines myself some time ago, I viewed it a little like the miners strike where, when they had 'lost' their battle they marched as one back to the pits.
slightly different and I dont believe we have lost the battle but would it not be a thought to pick a particular 'home game' all city fans go to Northampton, pack it to the rafters, pack out the hill with those who cant get tickets and chant things like " look what you could have had" etc.
I know i am about to get slagged off by the usual suspects - NOPM etc but in my defence I will not be going to sixfields unless something like this was arranged.
At least the article offers a reasonably objective view. He's right, we should sell out Northampton, and protest against SISU/ACL at the game. If we did that we would show how strong the fans are at this club.
As it is, we're not going, which does absolutely...nothing. The media noted it at first, but the novelty will wear off. SISU are prepared to cope with the losses, so what does not going achieve in terms of protesting against the current situation?
are sisu prepared to cope with the losses... no hedge fund can sustain continued losses for the next x years
Yeah but they had money coming from ticket sales to help mitigate those losses, they've got a fraction of that coming in now. How many season tickets have they sold so far?Didn't stop them the last 6 years...
At least the article offers a reasonably objective view. He's right, we should sell out Northampton, and protest against SISU/ACL at the game. If we did that we would show how strong the fans are at this club.
As it is, we're not going, which does absolutely...nothing. The media noted it at first, but the novelty will wear off. SISU are prepared to cope with the losses, so what does not going achieve in terms of protesting against the current situation?
Yeah but they had money coming from ticket sales to help mitigate those losses, they've got a fraction of that coming in now. How many season tickets have they sold so far?
strangely enough, i was thinking a a long these lines myself some time ago, I viewed it a little like the miners strike where, when they had 'lost' their battle they marched as one back to the pits.
slightly different and I dont believe we have lost the battle but would it not be a thought to pick a particular 'home game' all city fans go to Northampton, pack it to the rafters, pack out the hill with those who cant get tickets and chant things like " look what you could have had" etc.
I know i am about to get slagged off by the usual suspects - NOPM etc but in my defence I will not be going to sixfields unless something like this was arranged.
I like this idea we should pick a fixture
Sheffield utd games on sky.....
Would rather a mass Coventry protest where we can watch the game on Sky as part of it, maybe even get cut aways to the crowd.
Still think a protest in Northampton about not wanting to go to Northampton is a bit silly mind.
I can't believe what I am about to say, but I agree with the CT that's what the fans should be doing not for the benefit of SISU, however nothing has worked so far with regards to all the protests, ribbons and so on. if 10,000 people (our average home attendance last season) made the trip to Northampton for a couple of games things would go pear shaped.
Why? I genuinely don't understand your argument. Why would a full house cause things to go pear shaped.
Imagine 6000 City fans turning up to Sixfields and 4000 fans being on the hill, plus all the traffic and congestion that would bring if that number amount of fans turned up they'd have to call it off for Safety Reasons, because 3 or 4 Police Officers on the hill aren't going to be outnumbered by a thousand to one..
I agree. Makes about as much sense as NOPM working. It patently won't.
He's right about one thing though; fans will moan if we have to sell our young stars, despite wanting to "starve them out".
I agree. Makes about as much sense as NOPM working. It patently won't.
He's right about one thing though; fans will moan if we have to sell our young stars, despite wanting to "starve them out".
5000 protested. It was ignored. 10000 signed the petition. It was ignored. 8000 went and protested at the Charity match. It was ignored. We spent game after game at the Ricoh singing Sisu Out. It was ignored.
Yet you think if we protest whilst giving them money for the privilege they will listen?
I'm fascinated to hear your reasoning.
1)You will never get 4000 people to travel to Northampton to protest. - Maybe they won't but all the protests so far as you have said yourself, have been ignored we need something new.
2) Why go inside the ground at all? - If we all stay outside the ground what's the point in that?? You want to show that the ground isn't big enough, you need people to pack Sixfields and for other fans to protest or make a big hoo har about not getting in the ground, what are 50 bobby's in Northampton going to do if 4000 fans are protesting outside the ground? They could try and get them to walk away but if fans don't go quietly they could disrupt traffic flow and other situations in which would force the Police to call the game off.
Edit: regarding traffic, see my post about Saints.
Also, what's to stop the Police just cordoning off the hill? - Let them do that only makes things worse IMO.
Did people think the club was really going to come back after two games? Sisu are stubborn, to the point of fiscal madness, but that doesn't mean nopm wont work, it just needs time.
As I've asked before many times, if the club get decent crowds over there, what is the incentive for sisu to move back?
I'm not suggesting that they will listen, but at least we'd give them something to listen to.
If they can cope with the losses, which as far as we know, they can, then what is the point of the NOPM campaign? Surely it becomes redundant? A silent protest doesn't do much good, therefore I think packing out the ground, supporting the players and protesting against SISU would be far more effective. If nothing else it would unite the fans, and the fans and the players.
So were you left fascinated, or are you typing condescending posts elsewhere?
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