I weighed up the options, tried some different things and made my ultimate decisions last year. It's a sad reflection on what our club and fan base has become, but so far, for me I'm happy I made the right choice. As you rightly say, the respect is lacking from various quarters.
I didn't fully realise that the fence had three sides. Pay up and shut up, pay up and try and do something about it or walk away. Only two real choices for me, despite the performance against MK Dons.
As we've seen previously, the Allams treat football as a commodity / product. In their business world, if your competitors are offering the product cheaper, your 'customers' could / should **** off and buy the product elsewhere... Except we won't, and they know it. It's all well and good to roll out the 'running a football club as a business' line when it suits, but knowing full well you've got a captive market rather than a free market makes the removal of concessions rather insidious.
You don't need time to think about. It's a **** scheme. Anyone can see that the abolition of concessions is wrong.
What I need time to think about is what to do about the scheme. How good my health is and how to stop the evictions and the withdrawal of concessions happening. Or at least try. I've asked for a few days to think things over. Please be a little patient.
Apologies if I came across impatient. Maybe a little time to reflect is what is needed. Right done that, it's still a **** scheme
You missed of the clincher...'Repsect - not in our Community but with the continued support of the Allams'.
Other than stop going - nothing can be done. The Allam apologists on the name change issue, and to a lesser extent the feeble acceptance on moving fans out of E1-E3 made sure of that. I just hope that the majority of customers being put out over this issue are ones that voted for "Allams to stay".
There is always something you can do. There are more options then sitting back and accepting it or giving up and doing something else. Its just finding them and that takes a little thought and people willing to do it. Like I said I need a few days to think things through.
I would suggest a mass boycott of a televised match (this season) with a demo outside (not inside so he cant ban participants) but that's easy for me to say as I decided last year not to let this odious family have one more penny of my money and stopped going. I will not return with them in charge. I still care passionately about the team but I decided enough was enough. Remember, if we do not secure promotion our "doctor" friend is 70-80 big ones down. If attendances fall, he has a problem
Until current season ticket holders see the confirmed cost for next season in black and white (which I assume will come with the new membership packs) I'm not sure much can be done. We're not even sure yet if this is the final draft are we ?
Everyone to head for the concourses at 19.04 mins in the televised Wolves game? Followed by everyone making a racket in support of the team a couple of mins later when they come back. That visual stuff on televised games always gets newspaper coverage.
Didn't OLM say that the zones and prices are fixed and that any adjustments for families will have to come afterwards? I don't see why they can't come before. Presumably the computer and pass system can cope with changes in subscriptions each year. We know the concessions are going and that upper west pass holders are being evicted. Under the new system there is nothing to stop upper west being given a price zone and for existing pass holders to be given a seat, at least until the away fans move in. If the police ever allow that to happen. The more organised we are the more chance we have of success. I still need a little thinking time, but my colours get further up the mast with each passing hour.
I've no idea how fixed things are, I'd hope they'd review them sooner rather than later, but until the full details are released next week, we don't know what they'll say. The prime reason for moving pass-holders out of the West Upper, is so that they don't have to open it if we don't need it. The moving of the away fans is a longer term aim, it's not the prime driver now. It's highly unlikely that they'll change their minds.
Easy for me to say not being there, but outside events don't get the coverage like those inside the ground. I know there was an on going thing about ticket prices but the Liverpool walkout before the end of the game with Sunderland ? seemed to be the final straw for the Premier League bosses and not long after came the 30 quid maximum away ticket thing.
