polkaDot Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Don't underestimate the general hatred of SD around the country. His latest store in Brixton has not gone down well locally either. If this snowballs all the better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_69 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Everyone who retweets the hashtag #ifRafaGoesWeGo is being blocked by Sports Direct on Twitter. They're already well aware of what's going on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 So let's just do nothing? That type of attitude is why nothing ever happens, we need to target SD I'm just pointing out that there is a general misconception in the relative size of the businesses and that the support base will largely have a limited scope for 'action'. An empty SJP for half a game would have much more of an impact. To be honest, I don't think Ashley will give a shit. He's had this before and everyone came back so why should he think differently now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 We should start ordering shit loads of stuff and return them. And repeat. The only person to lose in this scenario is you as SD don't do refunds but instead give you store credit so ultimately you're still giving them your money one way or another. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonTastic Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 We should start ordering s*** loads of stuff and return them. And repeat. The only person to lose in this scenario is you as SD don't do refunds but instead give you store credit so ultimately you're still giving them your money one way or another. You have 14 days to return goods purchased online to claim a refund. You would have to pay postage costs however. Different rules to in store. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 So let's just do nothing? That type of attitude is why nothing ever happens, we need to target SD I'm just pointing out that there is a general misconception in the relative size of the businesses and that the support base will largely have a limited scope for 'action'. An empty SJP for half a game would have much more of an impact. To be honest, I don't think Ashley will give a shit. He's had this before and everyone came back so why should he think differently now? What sort of massive impact will an empty (lucky if we’ll ever get it to half empty) SJP for a half have? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NobbyOhNobby Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 We should start ordering shit loads of stuff and return them. And repeat. The only person to lose in this scenario is you as SD don't do refunds but instead give you store credit so ultimately you're still giving them your money one way or another. They do refunds, but they make you pay to post it back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_69 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 We should start ordering shit loads of stuff and return them. And repeat. The only person to lose in this scenario is you as SD don't do refunds but instead give you store credit so ultimately you're still giving them your money one way or another. They do refunds, but they make you pay to post it back Can't you return it in store? That'd really piss them off Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
polkaDot Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 So let's just do nothing? That type of attitude is why nothing ever happens, we need to target SD I'm just pointing out that there is a general misconception in the relative size of the businesses and that the support base will largely have a limited scope for 'action'. An empty SJP for half a game would have much more of an impact. To be honest, I don't think Ashley will give a shit. He's had this before and everyone came back so why should he think differently now? What sort of massive impact will an empty (lucky if we’ll ever get it to half empty) SJP for a half have? a mass walk out after *insert number here* minutes during a live TV game would have some impact. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 So let's just do nothing? That type of attitude is why nothing ever happens, we need to target SD I'm just pointing out that there is a general misconception in the relative size of the businesses and that the support base will largely have a limited scope for 'action'. An empty SJP for half a game would have much more of an impact. To be honest, I don't think Ashley will give a shit. He's had this before and everyone came back so why should he think differently now? What sort of massive impact will an empty (lucky if we’ll ever get it to half empty) SJP for a half have? a mass walk out after *insert number here* minutes during a live TV game would have some impact. What exactly tho? It’ll have people talking and his advertisement won’t look great but apart from that what Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 What sort of massive impact will an empty (lucky if we’ll ever get it to half empty) SJP for a half have? A willingness to stop attending games would have a much greater impact than requiring Ashley to hire four more people to spend all day blocking folk on twitter. Of far greater impact of course would be fans working out how to buy Ashley out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 What sort of massive impact will an empty (lucky if we’ll ever get it to half empty) SJP for a half have? A willingness to stop attending games would have a much greater impact than requiring Ashley to hire four more people to spend all day blocking folk on twitter. Of far greater impact of course would be fans working out how to buy Ashley out. Ah see you’ve changed it now from empty for half a game to people to stop attending games. Personally I have no enthusiasm to go to a game under Ashley with team with no investment but plenty will Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasper Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 I think that it's completely the wrong attitude to discuss different forms of protest from the perspective of "is this going to get rid of him?" There's NOT going to be any one thing that does it. We just need to create a toxic environment for him and the SD brand. It's not going to happen over night or with any one protest. It has to be a combination of things and it needs to keep going until he'll decide that it's not worth it anymore. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 What sort of massive impact will an empty (lucky if we’ll ever get it to half empty) SJP for a half have? A willingness to stop attending games would have a much greater impact than requiring Ashley to hire four more people to spend all day blocking folk on twitter. Of far greater impact of course would be fans working out how to buy Ashley out. Buy him out? Do you have £1bn? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Ah see you’ve changed it now from empty for half a game to people to stop attending games. Well as long as people keep attending happily, nothing will change. My point is that the threat is there. It's not that you go from attending every game one day to full-on boycott the next. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
polkaDot Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 So let's just do nothing? That type of attitude is why nothing ever happens, we need to target SD I'm just pointing out that there is a general misconception in the relative size of the businesses and that the support base will largely have a limited scope for 'action'. An empty SJP for half a game would have much more of an impact. To be honest, I don't think Ashley will give a shit. He's had this before and everyone came back so why should he think differently now? What sort of massive impact will an empty (lucky if we’ll ever get it to half empty) SJP for a half have? a mass walk out after *insert number here* minutes during a live TV game would have some impact. What exactly tho? It’ll have people talking and his advertisement won’t look great but apart from that what It'll have people talking and his advertisement won't look great is a good start. Who knows where it could go from there. To quote one John Edward Thompson "Only those who attempt the absurd are capable of achieving the impossible" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Ah see you’ve changed it now from empty for half a game to people to stop attending games. Well as long as people keep attending happily, nothing will change. My point is that the threat is there. It's not that you go from attending every game one day to full-on boycott the next. How much does match day income bring in to the club out of interest? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Would be class if they go 24 hours without tweeting If you want to jump in the moment they do tweet make sure to click the notification bell. Keep the pressure on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnonel Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 I think that it's completely the wrong attitude to discuss different forms of protest from the perspective of "is this going to get rid of him?" There's NOT going to be any one thing that does it. We just need to create a toxic environment for him and the SD brand. It's not going to happen over night or with any one protest. It has to be a combination of things and it needs to keep going until he'll decide that it's not worth it anymore. Could not agree more. Support every single thing, no matter how big or small. We lack coordination. We dont need a qualification process for protests. Lets back each other in every single idea. In aggregate, our little droplets will make waves ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 If this all makes him want to sell- there still needs to be a buyer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_69 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 If this all makes him want to sell- there still needs to be a buyer. There was one. Ashley moved the goalposts - we need to make him move them back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 I know it's not much, but preventing SD from tweeting at all is a pretty cool start. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 We have his address. We should have a few protests outside his house. He might not care, but I bet his neighbours will bring a few complaints to him and a lot of them around there will likely be people in powerful positions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Villa were absolutely dicked, and got sold pretty much straight away. Every other club manages to get sold when they are up for sale. There would be a buyer, he doesn't want to sell it. Staveley is waiting in the wings. She was prepared to bid £300m which was what he wanted until she actually bid that much. There is buyers for us, we just need him to sell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordiedean Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Villa were absolutely dicked, and got sold pretty much straight away. Every other club manages to get sold when they are up for sale. There would be a buyer, he doesn't want to sell it. Absolutely this and I've said it all along any Premier League club would sell if it was genuinely up for sale and people were notified/interested It's his sick way of playing with us. There's not many I would wish hell on earth upon but this despicable Bastard I wish the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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