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Protests

JK said:
The national media and wider football world will not understand the nuances of the issues at our club.
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A quick look at twitter shows that many of our fans don't either.

I despair.

If we don't protest I won't attend. I've no interest in the actual game.
 
Tommmm12345 said:
I wonder how many season ticket holders will be buying there seats for the deadline on Thursday before they come available for said game🤔
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And why shouldn’t we buy tickets? These are the games that don’t come round that often. Hopefully it will take our minds off our League performances and you never know (though I doubt it) we might spring a surprise.
 
MBcha said:
A quick look at twitter shows that many of our fans don't either.

I despair.

If we don't protest I won't attend. I've no interest in the actual game.
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It's the same old four or five people that just point out the same old bollocks and pretend everything is rosey in the garden.

Latest line is taking the piss out of our efforts withe the flags... all a bit odd.

I understand your frustration but we've seen down the M55 and M65 how if you don't quite get things things right they blow up in your face.

Any protest needs to be organised, impactful and understood - that takes time.
 
Mighty Whites said:
God imagine if we were bottom 3 and certs for relegation! This could still happen, but it could all be a lot worse! Yes - SHIT day yesterday, but it was for many clubs, Liverpool, Everton, etc - so perhaps stay balanced and look forward to the next game, that we could win it (given how unpredictable the Championship is).

Thus, calm down - its football, shit days happen, just like good ones (1-4 away at Plastics).

Replacing the board (clearly a piggyback off Everton yesterday) is like asking someone else to come in and lose £9m a year - NOT gonna happen!

Balance.

PNE
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Talk about missing the point massively.

This isn't just down to one bad result and performance yesterday, this is all down to the overall piss poor management of the club from the top down.

We aren't in the bottom 3 at the moment but with the way things are going and the way the club continues to be run, it's a distinct possibility in the future.
 
I agree these are the games against the so called top teams you look forward to. And as you say don't come around very often. Just interesting that's all. I do think a lot of Season Ticket holders will be buying theirs this week
 
Mighty Whites said:
Replacing the board (clearly a piggyback off Everton yesterday) is like asking someone else to come in and lose £9m a year - NOT gonna happen!
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Yep.

Before yesterday, no-one had ever thought of replacing the PNE board - or mentioned it on here.

🤦🏻‍♂️

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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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Perhaps a bit self defeating, wouldn't look too good to any potential buyer (an empty stadium)
It won't happen, there are too many casual supporters as we all know who are not interested in all the politics of the club.
Yesterday was pretty horrific performance on the field a repeat against Tottenham would probably spark plenty of walk outs and derision.
I get the feeling somehow we will put on a show .
What is needed is new buyers for the club, the family will probably be forced to sell sooner rather than later.
 
europne said:
I totally understand your frustration but Deepdale could be plastered with for sale signs and it wouldn’t make the slightest difference.

Unfortunately loss making smaller clubs are not high on investors agendas, and I’m not seeing any super rich fans banging on the boardroom door either.

Who is going to want to buy and fund PNE?
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I think these For Sale signs are a great idea as it's something that speaking personally I've never seen before at a televised game. Add this to Risdale/Hemmings out banners plus the turn your backs in the 13th minute will do more than just raise awareness
The For Sale signs though, definitely a great idea
 
Mighty Whites said:
God imagine if we were bottom 3 and certs for relegation! This could still happen, but it could all be a lot worse! Yes - SHIT day yesterday, but it was for many clubs, Liverpool, Everton, etc - so perhaps stay balanced and look forward to the next game, that we could win it (given how unpredictable the Championship is).

Thus, calm down - its football, shit days happen, just like good ones (1-4 away at Plastics).

Replacing the board (clearly a piggyback off Everton yesterday) is like asking someone else to come in and lose £9m a year - NOT gonna happen!

Balance.

PNE
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Not one like since you posted this 28 mins ago.
What's that telling you?
 
Mighty Whites said:
God imagine if we were bottom 3 and certs for relegation! This could still happen, but it could all be a lot worse! Yes - SHIT day yesterday, but it was for many clubs, Liverpool, Everton, etc - so perhaps stay balanced and look forward to the next game, that we could win it (given how unpredictable the Championship is).

Thus, calm down - its football, shit days happen, just like good ones (1-4 away at Plastics).

Replacing the board (clearly a piggyback off Everton yesterday) is like asking someone else to come in and lose £9m a year - NOT gonna happen!

Balance.

PNE
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If you think people want to protest based on one game yesterday, it's you who lacks the "balance".
 
tcinders said:
Perhaps a bit self defeating, wouldn't look too good to any potential buyer (an empty stadium)
It won't happen, there are too many casual supporters as we all know who are not interested in all the politics of the club.
Yesterday was pretty horrific performance on the field a repeat against Tottenham would probably spark plenty of walk outs and derision.
I get the feeling somehow we will put on a show .
What is needed is new buyers for the club, the family will probably be forced to sell sooner rather than later.
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@tcinders agreed not good look for potential buyers but would any protest or mass fall out send a good impression to a potential buyer🤷‍♂️

I agree with others that perhaps a new buyer isn’t easy to find at this point but forcing the owners to relieve Ridsdale of his duties would be a good result of any mass action/protest. Find somebody with new fresh ideas, somebody with a realistic forward thinking plan, has a good idea of recruitment and how to build a squad to compete with the finances that are available to us rather than the Ridsdale clueless wasteful approach. 🤷‍♂️
 
Libertine said:
The Plastics threw a chicken on the pitch in protest at the Venkys. I’m trying to work out how to smuggle a race horse into the Tottenham game. Also not sure how I’ll get him over the advertisement hoardings. Help required please.
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Maybe a couple of you could just manage the head, and maybe a pillow?
 
MBcha said:
It's time, isn't it?

Disquiet on here and social media has no effect other than a few arsey comments from 'Lunchtime Pete'.

Organised attempts to engage with the club are seen as an inconvenience, we get a few soundbites but ultimately, we're fobbed off again.

Our next home game is prime time BBC One. The Hemmings family, associated trustees and Peter Ridsdale deserve to be shamed for the negligent way they run our club. As fans it is our responsibility to hold them to account, I'm no organiser, but I'd suggest something along the lines of;

Pre-match; #WAVEASCARF #WAVEAFLAG Support the players, they're not good enough but it's not their fault they're not good enough, in my opinion they should have our support. Put on a show, show the world that we're proper fans which should also further drive home that WE DESERVE BETTER.

Throughout the match; A sustained, loud RIDSDALE OUT, HEMMINGS OUT chant for 90 minutes. Make sure the people at home hear it, do it for so long that the commentators have no choice but to mention it. Shame the hierarchy in front of their guests at the game, let them know that we've had enough.

Post-match; A sit in, flags and banners out in opposition to the family and board. The BBC will still be broadcasting from Deepdale, create as much noise as we can to again shine a light on what's going on here and how we won't stand for it any longer.

Obviously this is one game but a great opportunity to be seen and heard. Following this game every home game should have the chants and banners, no form of democratic engagement with the club has had any impact at all, I for one have moved past apathy and I'm angry, a show of force and aggression is all that we have left.

If some of the more prominent voices in the PNE community take this forward I am completely on board.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

HEMMINGS OUT. RIDSDALE OUT.
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What/who are we putting forward as an alternative to Hemmings and Risdale? Otherwise, are we not in danger of trying to move the club into a state of unfunded limbo?
 
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