HCST Protest Plans

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And all it will achieve is to harden the Allams resolve against the protest group. The harder one side pushes the harder the other side pushes back. The only people to suffer are the team and all the other supporters.

The protest group?

You mean Hull City fans?

I believe there's double the amount of cards to hand out for this one, there's barely any of you 'I'm happy to sit back and take this ****' types left.
 
What's really daft is that there is no common agreement as to what it is the HCST is actually protesting about. Is it the membership scheme? Is it the lack of a Manager? Is it the lack of signings? Is it simply that some people hate the Allams with such venom that they will protest regardless? Or is it just to get on TV?

I want to go and watch and support my team & I'm going to have to put up with a group of people going off on a half-cocked protest for a variety of individual reasons. To those who say it will not affect the team's performance then I say you are talking rubbish - of course it will.

I am no Allam apologist - I have experienced far better owners and far worse owners - but apart from the time when I was actually locked out of the ground by David "bastard" Lloyd I wouldn't dream of protesting during a football game just to get myself on TV.

I expect to get the usual abusive comments & drivel posted in response (water off a ducks back) but I'm seriously pissed off by my excitement at a brand new season kicking off being dampened by a group of so called "fans" simply making matters worse.
What a stupid, naive, arse licking moron you are. The team is being decimated by the actions of the owners, the only way it can improve is for the Allam's to piss off immediately and let proper owners make the necessary investment. Thousands of fans can no longer afford to go because of the Allam's yet all you are bothered about is your excitement being dampened. What an utter, utter, fanny.
 
The media will cover what they want to cover irrespective of how big the protest is UNLESS they cannot ignore it by it interfering with the game kicking off on time or it is obvious just before or during the game e.g. red card / banners / tennis balls .
Anything away from the ground has a high likelyhood of not being covered Nationally.
Nobody cares what's in the HDM or on RH , they are both small time.
Depending on the sentiment in the media they may decide to cover it and say 'Heartless Hull City fans turn the screw while their owner is dying of ......' with a picture of a very ill A. Allam.
Protest yes , I prefer the red card , but def not any pitch invasion.
 
Protest Group Mr Waggy ?

Don't be silly.

Think as lammy man stated those NOT protesting will be a tiny minority so you will have to put up with the anger that will flow against the owners.

Name change
No concessions
Seat moves
The way Steve Bruce was stabbed in the back

Some will protest for all those reasons.

Some for one or two reasons.

I can't wait to protest.

Im looking forward to it more then the game

:)
 
I hate to say it but the biggest news of the weekend will be Lineker presenting in his undercrackers.
It'll be the opening gag for Match of the Day and they'll forget about it for the rest of their show.

Also, Sky aren't going to publicise that.
 
The protest group?

You mean Hull City fans?

I believe there's double the amount of cards to hand out for this one, there's barely any of you 'I'm happy to sit back and take this ****' types left.

And what have the protests achieved so far - have they made the situation better or worse? Be honest now!
 
And what have the protests achieved so far - have they made the situation better or worse? Be honest now!

and what has your endless whinging achieved so far, apart from making it clear what a brown-nosed self-righteous self-serving clueless tosser you are? be honest now!
 
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It could be worth sounding out other clubs for ideas.

I know Leeds Supporters Trust have a lot of experience in ousting chairmen, having replaced Ridsdale with Bates, then Bates with Cellino and they're now working on Cellino.
 
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Accelerating the exit of the owners, by leaving them in no doubt about how unpopular they've become.

I hear what you say but in my view CTWD - now renamed HCST - and the Allams are equally to blame for the current situation. The more one side has pushed, the harder the other side has responded. Meanwhile the remaining supporters (the vast majority) who just want to carry on supporting their team are caught in the middle along with the (acting) Manager and the team. A very sad state of affairs with each group blaming the other but in reality both are equally to blame. And what are the protest group doing about it - that's right, trying to escalate things even further!
 
I am no Allam apologist - I have experienced far better owners and far worse owners - but apart from the time when I was actually locked out of the ground by David "bastard" Lloyd I wouldn't dream of protesting during a football game just to get myself on TV.

I expect to get the usual abusive comments & drivel posted in response (water off a ducks back) but I'm seriously pissed off by my excitement at a brand new season kicking off being dampened by a group of so called "fans" simply making matters worse.
So you do agree with protesting during a game then...its just that you haven't reached your own personal bar for the protest
Other people have reached theirs and so will protest
Just suck it up, and live with your excitement being dampened, but realise others will have a different view. In fact some might be more excited by the protest than the game. We're all different
 
I hear what you say but in my view CTWD - now renamed HCST - and the Allams are equally to blame for the current situation. The more one side has pushed, the harder the other side has responded. Meanwhile the remaining supporters (the vast majority) who just want to carry on supporting their team are caught in the middle along with the (acting) Manager and the team. A very sad state of affairs with each group blaming the other but in reality both are equally to blame. And what are the protest group doing about it - that's right, trying to escalate things even further!

CTWD opposed the name change with a respectful campaign whose aims were nothing more than to prevent the name of the club from being changed.

So I'm afraid your attempt to rewrite history won't wash.

The owners have refused to engage with the fans since day one and have got progressively more objectionable in the manner in which they've behaved.

Things can't escalate any further, pretty much everyone would now like to see them gone and absolutely none of the current issues at the club will be resolved until that happens.
 
I think the protests are a good way of making a point and should be supported, but they're unlkely to achieve an objective on their own. They need to be part of a wider action, and the reasons for the protests need to be clear.

Protests didn't stop the name change, the FL's rules did, so we need to look at ways of driving the outcome. Helping market the club and finding a buyer is one possible way. The protests could be used to show the potential for quick improvements.