Mick Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 I don't see what good at all it will have on the club/players playing in a near empty St James' with 5,000 Leeds fans there, short or long-term. I disagree, I'm not saying it will change anything over night but it will send a message to Ashley that the fans are no longer going to bend over and take it. At the minute he will think/know he can piss all over us and we'll thank him for it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 I don't see what good at all it will have on the club/players playing in a near empty St James' with 5,000 Leeds fans there, short or long-term. If they're professionals it shouldn't matter whether there are 3 or 30,000 NUFC fans there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 In fairness, we'd just be ruining the cup run before Pardew/the players/the person doing the draw have a chance to ruin it for us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 As if we are going to win a cup under Pardew (not laughing at you O-N, just the idea of it) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 As if we are going to win a cup under Pardew (not laughing at you O-N, just the idea of it) If Alex McLeish can with Birmingham anyone can Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Less money through the turnstiles would mean more players sold to make up the shortfall imo. He simply doesn't give a fuck. I'm up for the idea of driving him out but don't think a boycott would be particularly effective. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 I don't see what good at all it will have on the club/players playing in a near empty St James' with 5,000 Leeds fans there, short or long-term. I disagree, I'm not saying it will change anything over night but it will send a message to Ashley that the fans are no longer going to bend over and take it. At the minute he will think/know he can p*ss all over us and we'll thank him for it. Ashley does what the fuck he wants knowing we don't like it. The only way a message like that would work is if it happened week-in, week-out. One empty stadium is not going to make him think, "shit, they're pissed off now, let's sell up". Ashley will sell when someone pays the value of the club, I can't see anything making him sell for under that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 You can hazard a pretty good guess that if attendances did drop next time we sold someone it'd be mentioned by the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Less money through the turnstiles would mean more players sold to make up the shortfall imo. He simply doesn't give a fuck. I'm up for the idea of driving him out but don't think a boycott would be particularly effective. my honest opinion barring somehow a fans group getting the near £300m to buy it (calling this scenario unlikely seems an understatement) theres nothing that can be done that will force him out. The main problem as always is finding a buyer of which theres none. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Less money through the turnstiles would mean more players sold to make up the shortfall imo. He simply doesn't give a f***. I'm up for the idea of driving him out but don't think a boycott would be particularly effective. He does, he hated when the fans were singing "Fat Cockney Bastard" and he'll hate a boycott because he'll know it's against him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 I don't see what good at all it will have on the club/players playing in a near empty St James' with 5,000 Leeds fans there, short or long-term. If they're professionals it shouldn't matter whether there are 3 or 30,000 NUFC fans there. That's true, but if you look at people like HBA, some of his interviews suggest it's the fans that make him enjoy it here. Do you think he likes the lack of investment, Kinnear, etc? If the fans don't show up then people like him will think what's the point, more than Ashley being likely to want to sell up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Ashley does what the f*** he wants knowing we don't like it. The only way a message like that would work is if it happened week-in, week-out. One empty stadium is not going to make him think, "s***, they're p*ssed off now, let's sell up". Ashley will sell when someone pays the value of the club, I can't see anything making him sell for under that. Ashley does what he wants because he knows we'll still turn up. I don't think he'll sell up because of a one off boycott but I do think it will make him think about what he's doing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 That's true, but if you look at people like HBA, some of his interviews suggest it's the fans that make him enjoy it here. Do you think he likes the lack of investment, Kinnear, etc? If the fans don't show up then people like him will think what's the point, more than Ashley being likely to want to sell up. I think the players would understand what was going on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Ashley does what the f*** he wants knowing we don't like it. The only way a message like that would work is if it happened week-in, week-out. One empty stadium is not going to make him think, "s***, they're p*ssed off now, let's sell up". Ashley will sell when someone pays the value of the club, I can't see anything making him sell for under that. Ashley does what he wants because he knows we'll still turn up. I don't think he'll sell up because of a one off boycott but I do think it will make him think about what he's doing. I don't think it will, because he'll know the next home game there's going to be over 45000 again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Sorry Nut but that's the best reasoning yet. Don't boycott because it might upset our best players and they'll leave They'll leave if we do nothing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 http://forum.rangersmedia.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=257398 They'll deserve every thing they get Aye. Thing is, once they get back to the SPL it'll pretty much guarantee constant, yearly, European exposure for Sports Direct. Lets hope that's in the fat cunt's anyway. The cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 An empty stadium, even for one game, would show that we mean business. It would certainly get the media listening. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakie Doke Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Ashley would hire a SportsDirect Rent-a-Crowd. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 The idea of staying away from a league cup game is not a bad one in itself, I just think the Leeds fixture is the wrong game at the wrong time. They are a former big club who will bring 5000 fans itching to have another crack at the big time. It's one I would rather see our supporters turn out to back our team against their rabid fans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 It's basically not going to happen because the crowd's pretty divided, people are pissed off but a lot of them still want to go to the game and there'll be a lot bringing their kids. There'll be between 20 and 30 thousand there I reckon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 The idea of staying away from a league cup game is not a bad one in itself, I just think the Leeds fixture is the wrong game at the wrong time. They are a former big club who will bring 5000 fans itching to have another crack at the big time. It's one I would rather see our supporters turn out to back our team against their rabid fans. We will always find a reason to turn up, next round it will be a different reason but we'll find one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeloEmre Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 The idea of staying away from a league cup game is not a bad one in itself, I just think the Leeds fixture is the wrong game at the wrong time. They are a former big club who will bring 5000 fans itching to have another crack at the big time. It's one I would rather see our supporters turn out to back our team against their rabid fans. We will always find a reason to turn up, next round it will be a different reason but we'll find one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Ashley runs the club from London, and so long as we are in the Premiership he has no reason to be ambitious, buying a club that you have no emotional ties to is done for money and I think he hates us as much as we hate him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 I'm not a big fan of boycotting like, it's a bit like cutting your nose off to spite your face. If it was to happen though, fans should gather outside the ground and support the team (as crazy as it might sound). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfast Mags Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 I'm really not sure a boycott is going to make a button of difference to him, would he even notice? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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