Liverpool protest ?

[Ron Manager]

Mr Lambert could buy himself a little more time with the fans if he plays Carles Gil from the kick off and Senor Gil looks like a player who can improve us. As Carles seems to prefer the left hand side of the pitch to weave his magic that means Cissohko can concentrate on his defensive
play. He seems to be confident in this aspect of his performance each week.

However no doubt Mr Lambert will bring Carles on for the last few minutes (just to ease him in gently) when we are losing 2-0!

[Ads]

I seriously doubt a few thousand people will be involved.

[dave.woodhall]

I have a feeling that any type of crowd hanging around underneath the concourses will be asked to go to their seats or be ejected, at which point they will complain that the club are being unfair in not allowing them to create a hazard.

That wouldn't happen at all though. A few thousand people aren't going to be ejected. They'll just wait for the eight minutes to elapse and let the people take their seats again. Trying to throw that many people out could get pretty ugly and create a far bigger hazard. Better to wait a few minutes and let it all blow over.

Personally I wish the protesters well. Better that the fans start doing something than just meekly accepting whatever shit is served their way. We've been doing that for far too long.

You reckon the police will happily let crowds gather without doing something?

Yes.

If it went on significantly longer than eight minutes then of course  they might do something. But otherwise they'd let it play out. It is only eight minutes afterall. Trying to eject a few thousand people could easily make things a whole lot worse. Police prefer 'soft policing' these days in these situations.

It wouldn't start with thousands so as soon any groups begin to gather they'll be moved on.

[pauliewalnuts]

On the bright side, if all the Villa fans are in the concourse rather than their seats, it'll make spotting undercover daytripping gloryhunters much easier to spot.

The stewards could send in snatch squads.

[pauliewalnuts]

Is anyone else getting a bit tired of the general "stand up / applaud / take a swig of your Bovril / pick your nose / leave your seat / take your seat on x minutes where "x" is a number with some relevance to what ever they're referring to" thing?

This protest is a stupid idea because, even if you can get over the whole thing of how it will be perceived and what it will actually achieve, the "8" doesn't even have any relevance to what they're complaining about.

I am as depressed as the next man at the last four years and the increasing pointlessness of our situation, as well as the dreadful "leadership" shown by Lerner, but of those eight years, the first four were absolutely nothing to complain about.

And I hereby predict that that "8 years they're saying, but what about the first 4" is precisely the thing these dimwits will get picked up on in the media, which will only increase external support (think Joey Barton last week) for Lambert.

it all looks pretty fucking stupid to me, on a number of levels.

[OzVilla]

Just seen this thread. Totally pointless exercise.

About as pointless as predicting who they new manager might be should the one with the brand spanking new 4 year contract is sacked by the owner who couldn't be bothered to attend games.

[Damo70]

On the bright side, if all the Villa fans are in the concourse rather than their seats, it'll make spotting undercover daytripping gloryhunters much easier to spot.

The stewards could send in snatch squads.

I am pretty sure I borrowed a video called Snatch Squad from a kid at school in the eighties who had nicked it from his older brother's collection. Starring Ginger Lynn Allen and Big Johnny Holmes if I remember correctly.

[aj2k77]

Well then I propose a booing for 4 minutes. 1 minute for each poor season we've had in a row. Or 11 minutes, 1 for each goal we've scored. Or boo non stop until the 82nd minute signifying the players of 82 turning in their graves at our plight.

[Brend'Watkins]

Agree Oz. It serves no purpose other than to make us look like Newcastle.  We're shit at the moment and have been for some time.  We know why we're shit too but if the owner isn't  willing to address that now we would be better off getting behind the team from the start.  That's what I'm going to do anyway.

[dave.woodhall]

Well then I propose a booing for 4 minutes. 1 minute for each poor season we've had in a row. Or 11 minutes, 1 for each goal we've scored. Or boo non stop until the 82nd minute signifying the players of 82 turning in their graves at our plight.

I can see an obvious flaw in the latter.

[Chris Jameson]

Well then I propose a booing for 4 minutes. 1 minute for each poor season we've had in a row. Or 11 minutes, 1 for each goal we've scored. Or boo non stop until the 82nd minute signifying the players of 82 turning in their graves at our plight.

I can see an obvious flaw in the latter.

Why isn't there a memorial at Villa Park?

[saunders_heroes]

Is anyone else getting a bit tired of the general "stand up / applaud / take a swig of your Bovril / pick your nose / leave your seat / take your seat on x minutes where "x" is a number with some relevance to what ever they're referring to" thing?

This protest is a stupid idea because, even if you can get over the whole thing of how it will be perceived and what it will actually achieve, the "8" doesn't even have any relevance to what they're complaining about.

I am as depressed as the next man at the last four years and the increasing pointlessness of our situation, as well as the dreadful "leadership" shown by Lerner, but of those eight years, the first four were absolutely nothing to complain about.

And I hereby predict that that "8 years they're saying, but what about the first 4" is precisely the thing these dimwits will get picked up on in the media, which will only increase external support (think Joey Barton last week) for Lambert.

it all looks pretty fucking stupid to me, on a number of levels.

Yes it's all a bit stupid but at least it draws the media's attention to the atrocious way Aston Villa is run from top to bottom. We hardly get a mention in the media these days so anything that shines the spotlight on the damage Lerner and Lambert are inflicting onto the club is fine by me.

[Gareth]

I don't get the protest - I can see Randy wants to sell & equally can't see a public queue of billionaires wanting to buy so what is the message? Give it away?

If the protest was to get rid of Lambert then I would understand as that can happen.

I hope it doesn't turn into the embarrassment that the anti-glazer Norwich scarf wearing one did, where the TV showed a Newton Heath fan in his scarf as a proud anti glazerite wearing his Nike Man Utd shirt, eating his Man Utd pie, drinking his Man Utd coke - must have really hurt them.

[Chico Hamilton III]

It's interesting that the media have only seemed to "get" the state of Villa under lambert after the fans gave him some stick last weekend. Before then, we were getting the usual, ignorant "he's doing a good job with his hands tied" type of lazy analysis from pundits. So, in that sense, protesting/booing etc can raise awareness. And, in my opinion, sitting quietly and meekly accepting the pile of absolute shite that we regularly get served makes it look to outsiders as if we don't want any change

Not that I can talk, I'm strictly an away fan these days, so I won't be there against Liverpool 

[saunders_heroes]

It's interesting that the media have only seemed to "get" the state of Villa under lambert after the fans gave him some stick last weekend. Before then, we were getting the usual, ignorant "he's doing a good job with his hands tied" type of lazy analysis from pundits. So, in that sense, protesting/booing etc can raise awareness. And, in my opinion, sitting quietly and meekly accepting the pile of absolute shite that we regularly get served makes it look to outsiders as if we don't want any change

Exactly!