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Broad Sword said:
I’m not a fan of doing anything which affects the players, just my personal choice. Don’t get me wrong I’ve been on Lowthorpe Road protesting back in the day.
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Well to be honest the players don’t seem to care much how they affect us, they can’t be bothered 90% of the time. They need to be held to account too.
 
MBcha said:
It's probably a good shout but when we have an opportunity to be seen and heard I think we should take it.
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I totally get what your saying @MBcha but Ridsdale is that arrogant that any protests and screaming at him will be like water off a ducks back.

Hit them where it hurts, the back pocket and an empty stadium vs Spurs would be embarrassing for the ‘top boys’ at the club (Especially live on TV, that would get people asking questions) and would speak louder than any protest or waving of any banner.
 
Joanpne said:
Well to be honest the players don’t seem to care much how they affect us, they can’t be bothered 90% of the time. They need to be held to account too.
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Guinness said:
After some of the half arsed performances of late I couldn’t give a stuff about the players to be honest.
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Lwigmore said:
Don’t agree, it’s definitely the time and place especially with the BBC there 🤔
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I agree performances are awful and totally share your frustration. I think the players do care but problems are not of their making. I also respect your position.
 
ShankleyKop said:
I totally get what your saying @MBcha but Ridsdale is that arrogant that any protests and screaming at him will be like water off a ducks back.

Hit them where it hurts, the back pocket and an empty stadium vs Spurs would be embarrassing for the ‘top boys’ at the club (Especially live on TV, that would get people asking questions) and would speak louder than any protest or waving of any banner.
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Thing is Shank, we'd never reach enough fans in a fortnight to get the message over not to attend. Plus there will be no shortage of casual fans happy to take our places. Whereas if we're all in the building and the banners were waving and chants going, those fans who even know a little bit about the club may well join in over the course of a game.

That said, your point is very valid and we should definitely find a way to hit them in the pocket in the long term.
 
Maybe if Craig is a fan and is serious about taking the club forward he should look to forming a consortium of like minded people to take the club out of "the family's" hands.

At their first board meeting they could fire off Ridsdale and replace him with someone with high regard in the football world.

I think this is what Jack Walker did at the plastics when he was throwing money at it but couldn't attract the better players, he signed up Dalgleish and their recruitment improved.

With the death of the owner and the state of football in general PNE is at a crossroads and at the moment we are short of a driver.
 
MBcha said:
Thing is Shank, we'd never reach enough fans in a fortnight to get the message over not to attend. Plus there will be no shortage of casual fans happy to take our places. Whereas if we're all in the building and the banners were waving and chants going, those fans who even know a little bit about the club may well join in over the course of a game.

That said, your point is very valid and we should definitely find a way to hit them in the pocket in the long term.
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I can’t argue your point there, totally agree @MBcha there will always be fans that will attend no matter what and like you say the casual fans coming for the bigger game experience for the stadium to be empty and make that kind of statement. Shame really. 🤷‍♂️

I like the for sale sign idea. 👌
 
Walton said:
I think this is what Jack Walker did at the plastics when he was throwing money at it but couldn't attract the better players, he signed up Dalgleish and their recruitment improved.
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Exactly. Walker knew that he had that one season to get Blackburn promoted before the Premier League began. They had Don Mackay as manager and tried to sign Gary Lineker from Spurs for £1.8million. Massive, massive money for anybody, let alone for a second division team back then. It got laughed at and he went to Japan instead...

A month later they installed Dalgliesh purely for his name and soundbites while Ray Harford did all the work. Everybody then wanted to go there a) for the money, and b) to work for Dalgliesh.
 
After yesterday I'm not wasting another penny on the club. Six decades of underachieving... Only the baxi era gave hope.
To get national coverage unfortunately requires an extreme act that sadly I don't think will happen. I. E. Mass walkout or turning back on pitch or like, at Blackpool where a pitch invasion took place... But it is a golden opportunity to get our displeasure across... Just how to do it legally and not make us look like twats
 
Circa 15k ST holders don't go to the fa cup game = circa 15k folks from Preston and the surrounding area who have absolutely no interest in North End attend - which equates to the square root of fuck all impact to the creditability and pocket of the owners.

Those that are leaving games early are making a point, but staying to the bitter (or should that be shitter) end and making their frustration known would make the hierarchy squirm far more than empty seats could.

I'm off to check Amazon* for an inflatable cushion - don't think the old farmers would appreciate a good old Lowthorpe Road sit in these days.


*other retail outlets are available
 
Id hope the general feeling amongst most of our fans is that of anger and frustration to the ownership, and I'd hope most want them out. The number of times though I've shouted Hemmings or Ridsdale out from the AKTE only for people to look back at me in disbelief is frustrating. Half of our fans are a bunch of nodding dogs, and you see that with the number of pro Hemmings/Ridsdale accounts on here/Facebook/twitter.

Everyone who's fed up of our current situation really need to rally together now for the rest of the season - perhaps organisation for protests and the like can be coordinated on here. Hopefully once a good number of fans start chants / protests the majority of the rest fall in line.

Let's get these leeches out of our club.
 
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