Out the door on 74

[UK Redsox]

Call me a traditionalist, but if you want to vent emotions then boo at the end.  'Protest because we're shit' just doesn't work.

I'm in favour of the booing approach as well.

I'm there to watch football, so why should I walk out ?

My favourite football booing story comes from Fred Macaulay. He does a longer version in his live shows but here's the shortened version from Mock the Week

[DeKuip]

Take no notice of this so-called walkout - it's just something's that's been engineered by the club to get our fans to stay as late as the 74th minute.
Most are normally gone by then.

A bit like the "Tray of chips on 36" campaign.

[Chris Jameson]

The Anfield walk out was effective because it was well publicised and something all football supporters could relate to but also very visible as it took place in a packed stadium where suddenly thousands of empty seats appearing is always going stand out. There are already thousands of empty seats at Villa Park so any walk out isn't going to have much of an effect on any watching on TV.

[KevinGage]

Villa Fans are great when it comes to getting behind the club. Petrov's minute of applause was envied and copied by other clubs.

We copied Bolton.

[Jimbo]

The Anfield walk out was effective because it was well publicised and something all football supporters could relate to but also very visible as it took place in a packed stadium where suddenly thousands of empty seats appearing is always going stand out. There are already thousands of empty seats at Villa Park so any walk out isn't going to have much of an effect on any watching on TV.

Stop being so sensible.

[DaveD]

It's got to be better than the Anfield walkout because there's fuck all chance of us throwing a two goal lead away.

And congratulations to UK Redsox and DeKuip for a brace of LOLs.

[stuart445]

1) The Liverpool was a marketing exercise, they were never going to charge £77 they did it to get a reaction which they did, they then announced they weren't going to do that so now the fans will buy more stuff from the club because they feel the club have given them something.

2) Our protest is quite possibly the most pointless protest you're ever likely to see it has 0% of success. Step back and look at it without emotion what the protest is saying is Lerner who wants out we want you out. Walk out on 74 minutes it won't make a wealthy new owner appear Lerner will still be here he will still want out and we will still be relegated. Unless someone knows a a person who has a few billion pounds and can convince him to buy us there is nothing us fans can do.

[KevinGage]

One individual protest isn't -in isolation- going to give Lerner second thoughts.

But all these things can have an accumulative effect.

That said, I think this particular idea is ill advised, for the reasons mentioned elsewhere in this thread.

[Jimbo]

Step back and look at it without emotion what the protest is saying is Lerner who wants out we want you out.

Eh?

[Chris Jameson]

1) The Liverpool was a marketing exercise, they were never going to charge £77 they did it to get a reaction which they did, they then announced they weren't going to do that so now the fans will buy more stuff from the club because they feel the club have given them something.

Of course it was organised by the marketing brains at Liverpool!

[CJ]

Rather than just leaving on 74 minutes we should stay away from our seats til the 18th minute, then leave on the 74th. That'd show them

[Chico Hamilton III]

Step back and look at it without emotion

Impossible.

Just because Lerner doesn't give a shit about how we feel doesn't mean we shouldn't remind him of it. Is there such a thing as pointless protest anyway? it's people showing their feelings. Anyway, it's either Lerner getting it from both barrels or Garde. Somebody will be on the end of some dogs' abuse once relegation is confirmed. Will solve nothing but might help a few dozen, hundred, thousand Villa fans let off some steam after being taken for absolute mugs for the last few years

[Comrade Blitz]

5, 4, 3, 2
I'm a better supporter than you

Sheep, goat, donkey, cow,
I'm a better supporter than yow

[stuart445]

Step back and look at it without emotion

Impossible.

Just because Lerner doesn't give a shit about how we feel doesn't mean we shouldn't remind him of it. Is there such a thing as pointless protest anyway? it's people showing their feelings. Anyway, it's either Lerner getting it from both barrels or Garde. Somebody will be on the end of some dogs' abuse once relegation is confirmed. Will solve nothing but might help a few dozen, hundred, thousand Villa fans let off some steam after being taken for absolute mugs for the last few years

Again read what you are saying. We are protesting to try and get an owner of a limited company who wants to sell to sell. For example if you put your house up for sale if you don't get any offers then you can't sell your house.

[AVH87]

I'm all for some sort of protest, but won't be participating in this.

On a Tuesday night in our current form there will be 30k there max to start with, so even if it was successful and a few thousand left after 74, Fox n Co. would just shrug their shoulders.

If we are a couple of goals or more behind, then the media will just think it's like when people left early against Liverpool, e.g being fed up.

If the game's tight and poised at say 0-0 or 1-1 after 74 then we go on to lose, we may feel in some way responsible that our lack of support for the last 15 mins contributed.

Unfortunately I don't have the alternative solution, but can't see the benefit in this, I'd rather watch all of the game.