Seats on 7

[Pete3206]

Bet Richards is 'injured' before Saturday.

[Pete]

I'd love to see the game held up while they clear thousands of white towels from the pitch.

Ha! Fantastic idea. Seconds after kickoff. There'd probably he a fine to the club for 'failing to control supporters' or some such, but, what the hell?

[Steve67]

They have done well so far. The banners got fantastic coverage. I don't want to miss the first 7 minutes though. I'd rather vent my spleen with telling some of the players how crap they have been.

[West Derby Villan]

I do feel a bit guilty about the enjoyment I got "venting my spleen" last Saturday, but not enough to stop me repeating the exercise this coming Saturday

[peter w]

And to be fair to the group I never thought I'd witness a plane kamikaze assault to rival Coventry in my life time. Well done.

[Skerra]

I really have appreciated what the group have done. Just the banners last week must have cost a fortune. I may not always be in agreement with them but, at least they are doing something not just talking like a few on here.

Lads, as true supporters, we are all in this together so, please show some appreciation for their efforts. I for one don't see them as trying to say "look at me" as, I genuinely believe they are doing their best to at least come up with some ideas, whether we agree with them or not.

[claret and blue blood]

How about we all take a sheet of paper in and construct our planes and throw them on 7 mins?

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

After watching a documentary on the Second World War, I'm going to build a full size glider during the game and fly over the pitch in the 74th minute.

[Dante Lavelli]

It's all coming across as a bit Princess Diana to me, clubs get relegated every year.

[richl]

Tens of thousands of tennis balls on the pitch, easy to throw and need to be moved. Although I think Charlton threw a few a the weekend. Looked effective !!

[gpbarr]

I just think this is so simple - get as many down there as possible, full capacity, and do two things the whole match.

1. Sing the Villa name with pride - show the world what our fans are like even in the darkest despair
2. Boo and chant against the players on the pitch - show them we don't need them and we don't want them

I'd love to join alas, will be 3000 miles away under the duvet!

[Marlon From Bearwood]

I'd love to see the game held up while they clear thousands of white towels from the pitch.

Agreed. Maybe for the Southampton game?

[Jimbo]

I'd love to see the game held up while they clear thousands of white towels from the pitch.

Agreed. Maybe for the Southampton game?

Yep. Delay your entry and you deprive yourselves of 7 minutes of something you've paid through the nose to watch. Chuck stuff on the pitch and you interrupt the game, you demonstrate the power of fans. Ultimately that's what all this is about. Hello, we're here, we're not passive, we're mad as hell and we can make life difficult for you.

[DeKuip]

I think they're running out of ideas. As Edwyn Collins sang, 'too many protest singers, not enough protest songs.'

You come up with something then

How about everyone who cares dearly about the the great name of Aston Villa and the pride we have in it, buy a ticket, pack the place out and create non-stop noise for 90 minutes in what could be the lowest point in our recent history.
Make your feelings known and protest about the players, the owner, whoever by being there and being vocal.
Bournemouth is the team we had 48,000 at Villa Park for in a 3rd Division fixture remember, so trying to draw attention to a few more empty seats in a half empty stadium is a bit feeble.

[Chris Harte]

It's all coming across as a bit Princess Diana to me, clubs get relegated every year.

Not this club, though (although the custodian has had enough warnings over the last five years).

I've not partaken in the protests to date but I've no issue with those who have. These last few years have been utter shit and so it's a wonder the protests didn't start sooner. Also it's a wonder that we're still getting the gates that we do, although if Bournemouth don't sell out their allocation on Saturday it will surely dip under 30,000 for only the third(?) time this season.

All this said, I'll probably have to leave early on Saturday anyway so it may look like I'm doing a solo out the door on 74 protest.