AGM - Protest

[Chico Hamilton III]

I sense the crowd is extremely close to losing it, another error strewn performance next week and it will happen I am sure. This will have far more impact than anything manufactured.

I think you're right. There were a couple of times under Lambert when it got really close - aways at Millwall and Palace ( must be a South London thing) and I reckon there could well be an impromptu "protest" at The Emirates during the last game. Which would be ironic, given that The Emirates Stadium was the first game under Lerner's regime. It's symbolic, like closing the circle. Could come earlier, of course, but it will come.

[Kingthing]

Just what the hell do you think hankies, balloons, protests, turning your back, etc etc will achieve?

The grand sum of fuck all.

Correct! I'd just like the look of it (turning your back) going on marches and chanting at some empty offices doesn't really appeal.

[peter w]

I won't turn my back on the team. They're crap but it's not their fault that they're crap. Some are not good enough, some will be in a year or two, and all are playing with brittle confidence. We need someone in charge who understands football, understands the leagues, and understands who is needed, why and when. We won't be able to get a billionaire throwing x amount at it so we need an alternative.

As for protests it is pointless as we know Lerner wants to sell. A lack of money will also hurt us so not going or buying merchandise again only hurts us and won't get us sold any quicker. So we have an owner who wants to sell and a CEO who understands money but not football. I think more than anything its time for calls for someone like a director of football to handle the football side of the business because the legacy of Lerner's reign will be that there was a huge chasm between the business and the football side of things.

[kippaxvilla2]

Only the CEO clearly doesn't know that much about money seeing as he is acting like Comical Ali with glib statements about increased shirt deals and revenue whilst forgetting the fact that all that is reduced and then some in a lower league.

[tomd2103]

I won't turn my back on the team. They're crap but it's not their fault that they're crap. Some are not good enough, some will be in a year or two, and all are playing with brittle confidence. We need someone in charge who understands football, understands the leagues, and understands who is needed, why and when. We won't be able to get a billionaire throwing x amount at it so we need an alternative.

As for protests it is pointless as we know Lerner wants to sell. A lack of money will also hurt us so not going or buying merchandise again only hurts us and won't get us sold any quicker. So we have an owner who wants to sell and a CEO who understands money but not football. I think more than anything its time for calls for someone like a director of football to handle the football side of the business because the legacy of Lerner's reign will be that there was a huge chasm between the business and the football side of things.

If it were up to me, I would see about the possibility of trying to get Dan Ashworth away from his role at the FA.  He put some good structures in place during his time at Albion and got some decent players in for relatively small fees.   

[Lucky Eddie]

What an eternal pity a few thousand more of you couldn't be arsed to join the anti Mcleish protest on the steps of the Holte.

[Chris Harte]

Just what the hell do you think hankies, balloons, protests, turning your back, etc etc will achieve?

The grand sum of fuck all.

Correct! I'd just like the look of it (turning your back) going on marches and chanting at some empty offices doesn't really appeal.

We might as well all give up then. *Sigh* Well, at least the club gave up first, I s'pose.

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

I totally agree with protest of some description but will not be surprised in the slightest when the media portray us as whining, fickle Brummies throwing our toys out of the pram. They won't care for the previous years of shite served up post Moscow, they just see football fans stamping their feet.
To get our message over that the club has been run to the ground from the top down needs an eloquent spokesperson and an organised campaign.
Unfortunately I fear that like kicking in your photocopier when it doesn't work, the pleasure of a successful protest is short lived.

[sirlordbaltimore]

The only real way to protest is to not show up at a match. Most people seem convinced we're down anyway so it'll hardly have any morale effect on the players

Have an afternoon/night off and go to the pub instead

Or turn up, put a white hanky on your set then leave

[eamonn]

Only the CEO clearly doesn't know that much about money seeing as he is acting like Comical Ali with glib statements about increased shirt deals and revenue whilst forgetting the fact that all that is reduced and then some in a lower league.

I'm sure he does but by trumpeting the finance deals he can/has directly affected i.e sponsorship, it makes him feel more confident in these interviews when the team's abject performance is the number one talking point which he obviously wants to discuss as little as possible. Being less kind, you could say he says it for self-preservation.

[Witton Warrior]

I totally agree with protest of some description but will not be surprised in the slightest when the media portray us as whining, fickle Brummies throwing our toys out of the pram. They won't care for the previous years of shite served up post Moscow, they just see football fans stamping their feet.
To get our message over that the club has been run to the ground from the top down needs an eloquent spokesperson and an organised campaign.
Unfortunately I fear that like kicking in your photocopier when it doesn't work, the pleasure of a successful protest is short lived.

Waiting for the phrases "sense of entitlement" (by Albion fans) and "unrealistic expectations" (by the media) to be trotted out - unrealistic to expect more than 1 win in half a season? What a bunch fickle whining barstewards we all must be...

[Chris Harte]

Or seeing as their precious commercial department is doing so well perhaps it is in the hands of the supporter to see that it doesn't do so well. Maybe then the board will be focused on what really matters.

[Durham58]

As for protests it is pointless as we know Lerner wants to sell. A lack of money will also hurt us so not going or buying merchandise again only hurts us and won't get us sold any quicker. So we have an owner who wants to sell and a CEO who understands money but not football. I think more than anything its time for calls for someone like a director of football to handle the football side of the business because the legacy of Lerner's reign will be that there was a huge chasm between the business and the football side of things.

I can't see why it's pointless because he wants to sell. At the price he's asking he's unlikely to sell in the near future. So to me it's irrelevant. He owns us and  any protest would be about the way he has chosen to run the club, which is basically wilful neglect.

[kippaxvilla2]

Talking of Smethwick mentioned above.  I heard a rumour that they are planning a minutes applause in the 8th minute of the derby in celebration of our points haul this season.  In the words of Keegan 'I would just love it etc....'

[achilles]

Sign this if you interested enough:

https://www.change.org/p/lerneroutrandy-lerner-and-his-administration-out-of-aston-villa-now