Liverpool protest ?

[simboy]

Am i pissed off by the chairman and the governing structure of the business? Yes, but as a fan that isn't my point of main frustration.

like many on here i work hard for [most of] the week. I want to do something with my "leisure time" that i enjoy.

I want Lambert gone, i want to see some entertainment for my money, i certainly don't want another Ellis style fiefdom in place at board level... unless it brings total success of course... I doubt many Chelsea fans worry overly much about their Chairman, how he got his money etc - they are more concerned about the trophies.

So i want to protest, i want my feelings and frustrations to be added to the common collective. After the game i will tell Lambert what i think about him. But i see this 8 minute thing as a misconceived idea. Brilliant if we were protesting against the balls-up Sky have made at a full-on televised game, but not here to achieve the objective i want.



     

[peter w]

The nub of it for me has been mentioned. That the 8th minute thing misses the point. Yes I think just about all of us want Lerner replaced but even if an Arab billionaire was to take over I doubt Lambert would produce a team capable of much more than this. If Lambert goes and Lerner is still here I'd expect many managers would be able to do more with the players we currently have.

The team is packed full of current internationals and as a team should be top 8 at least. That's the only thing that has any links to this 8th minute thing for me. We can't fight to change the owner. There's either someone willing to buy or there isn't. We definitely can influence the managerial situation though. For those going and seriously considering doing this I'd just urge you to think of the battle that we can try and win. Lambert must go. That is clear. Lets make it clearer and not bother with 8 minute protests but be vociferous in our dislike for Lambert.

[silhillvilla]

Last Saturday was very vocal against lambert . The fans have turned. Anymore crap today and lambert will get it again as he will every week he churns out turgid shit.

[andyh]

I absolutely agree that this proposed 'protest' has missed the point and should be clearly against the manager not the chairman, who wants out anyway.
But, if things aren't going our way today, I think there is still too much apathy around for an outburst against Lambert.
For a start there will be too many half and halfers.
Then,  there will be a great many who will use the old augment that we shouldn't expect to be beating the 'big boys' anyway.
I think it will be the usual collective shrug and sigh as people traipse out of the stadium, trying to get back to the warm as quickly as possible.

[silhillvilla]

Agree today was a bad choice to hold a protest. Wrong opposition , wrong demographic in the stadium etc
Stoke at home is the better option as it will be half empty anyway.

[Nastylee]

I reckon it will pass with hardly anyone noticing. I predict a damp squib. I just hope those supporting the team aren't harassed for their choice. Personally, I would prefer any protests to be outside game time.

[Rudy65]

If nothing else this protest has got media attention. Guys I work with who have only a passing interest in footy have mentioned it. 5 Live and Pat Murphy similarly have given it some coverage, albeit, not as much as continually talking about Arsenal's shite defence.

For the first time ever Lamber is feeling it from the media. This has to be good if nothing else.

If we are losing and playing badly after 30 mins the atmosphere could get nasty

[Witton Warrior]

I just hope those supporting the team aren't harassed for their choice.

How about "I just hope those supporting the demonstration aren't harassed for their choice" - which was my experience at the Bolton match under TSM!

Don't think either will happen

[Nastylee]

But as mentioned,  Liverpool (who beat us at home regularly) is not the right game to go toxic. Much better to choose a game that we should be winning, especially since we have games in that category approaching.

[Nastylee]

I just hope those supporting the team aren't harassed for their choice.

How about "I just hope those supporting the demonstration aren't harassed for their choice" - which was my experience at the Bolton match under TSM!

Don't think either will happen

which is why protests during games should be avoided. They will always divide opinion and prove contentious.

[JUAN PABLO]

Seems the protests are getting as confused as lamberts tactics.

[SamTheMouse]

From the Telegraph website:

Have Villa fans reached tipping point?

If Villa’s 1-0 victory at Anfield in September represents both peak beard and the high watermark of the brief Paul Lambert/Roy Keane partnership the last six winless matches have returned the club to its habitual status under the Scot’s management of joy-sapping, dismal tedium. It’s one thing to lose it’s quite another entirely that your paucity of ambition and ability to entertain seems uniquely designed to dispirit your fans comprehensively, No team in the four divisions has scored fewer league goals. The orchestrated ire of Villa fans who saw off David O’Leary with the unimprovable banner - “we’re not fickle, we just don’t like you” – has been absent in patient understanding of the difficulties Lambert is enduring since Randy Lerner’s disillusionment with the game until now despite plenty of grumbles. But on Saturday a fans’ initiative to leave their seats empty for the first eight minutes of the match, a minute for each of the years of Lerner’s ownership, is scheduled to proceed even if Lambert is desperately trying to persuade them to call it off. It is more important than anything that happens on the pitch and will probably be more rewarding.

[JUAN PABLO]

The only protest you can do for lambert is no fans , just like his no goals totals in matches.

[Steve67]

We keep saying this though don't we? Get these next couple of games out of the way and we have easier games to play? We played last year's top six, lost five of them, play QPR etc and lose to them as well. Sunderland, Swansea, Leicester, Palace, to a degree, Blackpool. Not a win or a goal in sight in most games.  Lambert cannot motivate the players. He is the short term problem, protest against him. Lerner is the longer term problem, wants out anyway, so what else can he do for us other than find us a decent Manager? Get a new Manager in, THEN moan about Lerner.

[JUAN PABLO]

And the defeat against our local team who were below us.