Easily resolved Simply get together with likeminded individuals and arrange a green card counter protest Easy to determine feeling then (very much like old school cookery shows) Then if there are more green cards held aloft you'll be able to quite rightly come on here and tell everyone you were right Game on?
i took the red cards into the corporate area and plenty of us were holding them up, as you'd know if you'd actually been there. CSM
It might be cheapish for an established PL Club. It isnt for a club that doesnt own its own Amphitheatre.
I was gutted when Steve Bruce was sacked/resigned. He is most successful manager the club have ever had and he will missed and be difficult to replace. He obviously considered leaving pre Wembley and perhaps he should have done which would have brought all this to a head a lot sooner. I'm not desperately trying to defend the indefensible at all, I'm just looking at both sides. The Allams will look upon their reign at Hull City as the most successful owners in the club's history and in time the results on the pitch will be hard to argue against. In the record books the Allam reign will be looked upon as a very successful time for City. Everything else is just a side show and will quickly be forgotten. Look how the David LLoyd reign is remembered. He rescued the club after the miserable Chris Needler/Fish and Dolan days, gambled with his own money, lost, then got the blame for locking us out of Boothferry Park when all he did was rescue us again from the thieving hands of the Sheffield Mafia who were fleecing the club on a daily basis. Lloyd actually did us a favour. I don't think the pending sale is a rumour at all and you may be correct about the desperate way the club appears to have been run recently, it certainly looks that way. But I maintain that Steve Bruce was good for Hull City and we were good for Steve Bruce also the Allams, despite their many faults and the manic way the club has been run, delivered on the pitch and as a result the club will be sold as a going concern and playing in the richest league in the World. No other owners have managed that and all have left the club penniless on the verge of bankruptcy. That will not be the case this time. I just hope the hand over happens sooner then later.
I know. I was responding to his assumption that if the Leicester fans didn't join in (which they odds are they will as they are aware that there for the grace of God...)that somehow that backs up his assertion that most of the ground wouldn't be joining in. The last protest the national media commented on how many had joined in. Even RH and the HDM were surprised by it. This numpty seems the only one not to have noticed.
For me, the planned trust protests seem sensible and will htherefore be well supported (not by all, but you cannot win every battle). It will get decent media attention. There may also be some fractured protests that may not get media attention on their own, but may strike a chord with some fans on the day. The problem is that the protests are a bit of an experiment in that they have not had the chance to evolve over a period of time with regular games. We are coming at this problem after a 3 month break. I predict that Saturday's protests may not be the most unified or effective, but will give a good indication of what worked and what didn't. From there, they should evolve into a much more effective and coherent protest in the coming months. Saturday isn't do or die, it is likely to be the start of a prolonged campaign - the Allams are likely to be in charge well into the season and will no doubt continue to make unpopular decisions. Let's not get too caught up in the pressure of one game, but see what works and carry it through to future games. If on Saturday, those that are unhappy with the way the Allams run the club take part in the protests in whatever way they want, the overall protests will be a success. If people only join in if everyone else is, I'm not sure. Done be a sheep and get stuck in. Also, protests at away games will be easier to unify, more passionate support, smaller numbers, all in one area of the ground etc.
**** flag I just don't get the thinking the behind it? It serves no purpose at all other than to put off excisting/future players or perspective owners?
In some respects you're right. The last protest didn't change the membership scheme, and this one will not force a regime change, and the Allams won't be that bothered. However, that's only one measure of the protest. Another measure of success could be fans feeling actively involved, and united in a general desire to show that they're not happy with how things are being run. Hopefully it will encourage people to become better organised, and open up ways for supporters to talk and work together to improve things. I still maintain there's more supporters can do on our own, irrespective of the owners, and making them less relevant, and look more ridiculous and incompetent than hated will hurt them more than cards, but the cards are what we have at the moment and don't prevent things building.
I agree in terms of results they've been the best owners, which is why it's such a shame they've tarred it with the rest. And I don't think it will be quickly forgotten, nor should it be. The original name changing idea was ridiculous, then the subsequent actions nothing but vindictive, and the resultant support split is toxic. Yes, results were good, but that sort of stuff can't be washed away easily. Some prices aren't worth paying, and I'm glad a sizeable number refused to. I think the ill-feeling within Hull City supporter ranks will endure for years to come, and that's a negative a unnecessary legacy to leave, but they wanted it that way. They have Steve Bruce to thank for so much, holding it together so fans could enjoy what was happening on the pitch while they set about disrupting everything off it, another reason why his treatment at the end was so shoddy. I just refuse to ignore that bad stuff, because it's that bad. Can't understand those that do.
