AGM - Protest

[Chico Hamilton III]

After months (years?) of campaigning to deaf ears, Blackpool fans invade the pitch twice and finally get all the publicity they were looking for.

Invading the pitch has been reported in the same places as all their earlier protests. You've probably still not seen it as the lead story on Sky Sports News or on the back page of any newspaper, just as their earlier protests haven't been. The thing that's generated the most publicity by a mile was one elderly bloke slagging off the owner on Facebook.

These occasional pitch invasions are still having the precise same impact on removing the Oystons as if they had hadn't bothered in the first place.

A premier league game abandoned after a pitch invasion would be the main story in all media. It would have no impact on Lerner, as I've said, but would make a lot of fans feel a lot better about taking control back from the club for a short time, before we disappear into the pisspot league where nobody gives a shit what the fans do. Would for me, anyway.

Well as Dave is fond of pointing out to SH, organise it then if it would make you feel better.

I'm an ideas kind of man, a big picture kinda fella. I'll leave organising it to those with appropriate skills. What would be your chosen method of expressing your frustration? other than slamming other peoples'?

[Richard E]

The only problems with a pitch invasion would be a) that it's a criminal offence; and b) organising it (and possibly participating in it) would get you banned for life from VP.

Although b) may not feel like much of a "problem" at the moment.

 

[Chico Hamilton III]

The only problems with a pitch invasion would be a) that it's a criminal offence; and b) organising it (and possibly participating in it) would get you banned for life from VP.

Although b) may not feel like much of a "problem" at the moment.

 

Villa Martyrs

[Richard E]

How many people fill the following criteria?

1) still have the scarf;
2) are willing to throw it away;
3) sit close enough to the pitch to reach.

Just smacks of Newcastle to me, protesting to be seen rather than for any purpose. If everyone connected with the club is not fully aware already of how pissed off fans are then they are that thick that there isn't anything that will persuade them.

Posting them back en masse would be better. It would have quite a dramatic impact if thousands of the things suddenly arrived back at the Club.

[Dave]

After months (years?) of campaigning to deaf ears, Blackpool fans invade the pitch twice and finally get all the publicity they were looking for.

Invading the pitch has been reported in the same places as all their earlier protests. You've probably still not seen it as the lead story on Sky Sports News or on the back page of any newspaper, just as their earlier protests haven't been. The thing that's generated the most publicity by a mile was one elderly bloke slagging off the owner on Facebook.

These occasional pitch invasions are still having the precise same impact on removing the Oystons as if they had hadn't bothered in the first place.

A premier league game abandoned after a pitch invasion would be the main story in all media. It would have no impact on Lerner, as I've said, but would make a lot of fans feel a lot better about taking control back from the club for a short time, before we disappear into the pisspot league where nobody gives a shit what the fans do. Would for me, anyway.

Well as Dave is fond of pointing out to SH, organise it then if it would make you feel better.

I'm an ideas kind of man, a big picture kinda fella. I'll leave organising it to those with appropriate skills. What would be your chosen method of expressing your frustration? other than slamming other peoples'?

Not endorsing the current regime by giving them any of my money. Not really something I'd consider a protest, but I'm happier with this than anything else that has been suggested.

And I wouldn't have said that I have 'slammed' any of your ideas. At least twice I've said that if you think if would help then you should do it.

You just seem strangely keen for other people to risk their jobs and their future prospects rather than actually following through with your plan that you think would help.

[peter w]

But it has to be seen to be effective. Posting back the scarves is a bit effete. Maybe not pay the postage?

[walsall villain]

The only problems with a pitch invasion would be a) that it's a criminal offence; and b) organising it (and possibly participating in it) would get you banned for life from VP.

Although b) may not feel like much of a "problem" at the moment.

 

Well we couldn't be hit with much of a points reduction.

[Jimbo]

Since when has a protest ever had to have a discernible outcome? The Iraq war protests didn't stop the bombs and bloodshed in the Middle East. The austerity protests haven't put a stop to savage cuts. I doubt any of the participants thought they would. But that doesn't mean those protests didn't have meaning.

Whether somebody organises something or not, if this hopeless streak continues, fans will show their ire in some form or other, and it'll probably be a lot less pretty than a few scarves lobbed on a pitch.

[CJ]

Just heard on Beeb local news that there's a protest march along Trinity Rd being planned before the Palace game next Tuesday. First I've heard about it

[Legion]

WE WANT OUT VILLA BACK!

[saunders_heroes]

Go for it!

[aj2k77]

Think I'll turn up, if anyone wants to say Hi i'll be the one in the balaclava setting fire to a Randy Lerner picture. If you've run Lerner down hard on here, here's the chance to vent your frustration, no excuse really.

[Legion]

I'm protesting by not going to the game in the first place (as per PWS). It's a school night, anyway.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

im not going as i just cannot be arsed

[ez]

We saw last season how pitch invasions are nor interpreted, if we do it again they will probably relegate us 2 divisions.

Hopefully they'd just give us a points deduction