BSM March before Swansea

[LDB]

Signing up and will come to the march if I go to the Swansea game

[Redsenga1]

Just signed up after reading the cavani story and the fools comments from yesterday's dismal excuse of a performance, we need change and fast.....

[N1Goon]

Bring the fabled banner

[SteveO 35]

I'm happy to come along but obviously I'm not setting foot inside that place - yuk

Where's the best place to watch the game afterwards?

[Redsenga1]

A bedsheets with AW just fuck off might be an idea but suggest you might need some back up, maybe armchair still has a banner somewhere....

[Reg Niseth]

There are many on here and other sites that would not be unhappy if Wenger left, myself included. And if someone wants to arrange a Wenger out march then I may well be on it along with many others.

But The BSM is not about that. We want to challenge the board and ask the questions others won't. Our target is the people running the club. If the manager left by whatever door, those greedy bastards would still be in charge, doing the same as they always have.

So lets take a look at the various scenarios:
1. The board have given no money to Wenger and he's doing the best he can with shit players - who then is better at achiebing what he has with fuck all? - therefore that's the boards' fault
2. The manager has all the money he wants but chooses to buy shit - the board should be on his case and tell hiim to get it sorted or fuck off.
3. We have to sell our best players to comply with FFP - that's the boards' fault for having no plan B.

Personally I think it's a combination of all three and Wenger will not sign his new contract. If that happens the BSM will go from strength to strength. If we call for his head, the support the BSM has acheived recently will be gone by the end of the season.

Fans are looking at the BSM to question the board. They've been hit with a couple jabs and are starting to reel. The march will get them on the ropes. They would be foolish to ignore us. The media are all over the unrest amongst fans and there is more to come.

The walk of a thousand miles starts with the first step.

Keep faith with the BSM

[skizz_b]

Bring the fabled banner

someone was asking on twitter about it as it goes, think they wanted to bring it to the reading away game but they also had a "Kroenke out usmanov in" banner to bring

[topgoon]

I'm happy to come along but obviously I'm not setting foot inside that place - yuk

Where's the best place to watch the game afterwards?

The 12 pins,it's a shit hole but you get a decent atmosphere in there for home games. I will warn you though every now and then some twat starts up with a one AW . The Herbert Chapman as well but it's the dullest pub I've ever been to in my life.

[potter]

Very much the danger here is that some unfurl a Wenger out banner. It will be jumped on by the press and completely destroy the credibility of BSM . Kicking Wenger out is like killing one of the snakes on Medusa's head , he goes they get another one . If you can get rid of the board chances are that he will go as a consequence.

[SWLGooner]

Where's the best place to watch the game afterwards?

The Wig and Gown.

[franksav63]

Very much the danger here is that some unfurl a Wenger out banner. It will be jumped on by the press and completely destroy the credibility of BSM . Kicking Wenger out is like killing one of the snakes on Medusa's head , he goes they get another one . If you can get rid of the board chances are that he will go as a consequence.

Hmmm.. I wouldn't be 100 pct on this as Usmanov has never really criticised Wenger, in fact didn't he actually praise him in a statement after RVP's leaving one? I know Dein has severed his links with R and W holdings but don't forget that Dein and Wenger are still friends and if Usmanov brought Dein back that may still give Wenger a lifeline in his position... (just saying it may)

[potter]

There is always the possibility that in the time that it would take to oust the present regime , his contract may well have expired and he might not renew , especially if R&W / Usmanov had other plans for him in the set up. This will have to be a gradual takeover and the removal of PHW is only the first step . If the march on December 1st is a success , they are not going to be gone by Christmas , ( mores the pity ).

[safcftm]

An e-mail has just gone to all BSM members about a walk we're holding on 1 December before the Swansea game.

We need BIG numbers for this one, so please spread the word to yours and come to join us on the day. Same route as before - starting at Cannons, going past Highbury then down to Bear Roundabout.

Here's what was in the e-mail...

BSM walk on 1 December (before the match with Swansea)
We are calling for a gathering of BSM members and supporters on 1 December, before the Swansea match, to join us on a walk to ‘Bear Roundabout’ outside The Armoury.

The objectives of this walk are to heighten the Board’s awareness in the following areas:

We want Stan Kroenke’s commitment not to take money from the club.
We want Peter Hill-Wood off the Board. He has become an embarrassment to the club and its supporters.
We want Red & White Holdings to be offered a seat on the Board. Ivan Gazidis called for us to all come together and work in the same direction but how does this work when a 30% shareholder in the club doesn’t get to have a say? In what other large business would this blocking of a major shareholder happen?
We want action from the club to stop poor allocation of our money. From wasting money on players we have to write off a year later, to handing out huge contracts to players who we can’t then sell on because nobody will match what we pay. It’s mismanagement and it’s the fans who get hit in the pocket because the club fails in other revenue generating areas such as commercial deals.
We want the club to deliver the initiatives we’ve previously put to them, which would greatly benefit match going fans. These include:

A ‘lite’ version of a season ticket with no cup credits
A short-term staged repayment scheme for season ticket renewals
The ability for season ticket holders to downgrade to Silver membership
Move away fans to the upper tier, thereby providing cheaper seats for Arsenal fans
Introduce season tickets in the Clock End at Emirates; recreate the atmosphere of the famous old stand at Highbury and improve the Emirates atmosphere on matchdays.
Introduce safe standing. This continues to be investigated by more and more clubs across the country but continues to be ignored by Arsenal.
Cheaper tickets at Emirates Stadium. If you can afford to sit on £70m of cash in the bank, you don't need to charge fans the highest ticket prices in football.

On 1 December we will be meeting at 1.30pm outside Cannons public house on Blackstock Road (opposite The Gunners pub). The walk will start at 2pm and take us past our beloved Highbury and down to Emirates Stadium where we’ll end at ‘Bear Roundabout’.

Come and join us and let the Board know that change is needed. That the Board needs to listen to its core support. Tell your friends and help spread the word. Come along, let’s make a stand.


Please do all you can to drum up support for this. We're working the media channels to get coverage, so we need numbers on the day.

Sounds like a good set of aims tbh, good luck with it lads. Obviously the cynical side of me thinks that none of this will do any good, the club don't seem to overly care what the fans think, but its worth trying. Do Arsenal not currently do any sort of payment option (other than "pay in full up front") for season tickets? Thought most clubs did an interest free option by now? Ours involves paying in installments (I think its June, August, October and December) and seems like a decent way to let fans spread the costs

[1989]

Fair play to the BSM. Hope it's a great turnout and if all is well I too plan to join in on the walk hopefully.

Let's get our Arsenal back.

[Metalheadz Gooner]

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