PROTEST At Reading Game! - ARRIVE 30 MINS AFTER KICK OFF!

Post by **SPUDMASHER** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:44 pm

Nobody says it does Kipmonster, but you're suggestion would have a far greater negative effect on the team than it would on the board or manager. It is a stupid idea. I see where you are coming from but your suggestion is a million miles away from reality.

RaM · Post by **RaM** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:47 pm

If you spent some time reading this forum you will find that the majority of us on here are not 'nodding dogs'.

Your idea of action however leaves much to be desired....

IW8Goalmachine · Post by **IW8Goalmachine** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:47 pm

awful awful idea. i agree with the idea of arriving 10mins early and chanting our hearts out

corkbarry · Post by **corkbarry** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:54 pm

Kipmonster wrote:I have been a passionate fan for 35 years & always will be but that doesn't we have to blindly accept everything without protest. A fantastic opportunity has been allowed to slip by the club this season simply because the manager wouldn't spend money & add strong experience to the squad which was clearly missing. Ridiculously an excellent player Diarra was allowed to leave without being replaced when the squad was already threadbare.
Moving to the Emirates was meant to allow the club to compete financially at the top level but we are not doing so. Why bother moving from Highbury then ?!
Fans pay a fortune to be entitled to show disenchantment.
To be a loyal fan doesn't mean you have to be a nodding dog !

I agree with what you have just said, it's a pity your first post was so stupid and thoughtless.

steve1987 · Post by **steve1987** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:58 pm

corkbarry wrote:
Kipmonster wrote:I have been a passionate fan for 35 years & always will be but that doesn't we have to blindly accept everything without protest. A fantastic opportunity has been allowed to slip by the club this season simply because the manager wouldn't spend money & add strong experience to the squad which was clearly missing. Ridiculously an excellent player Diarra was allowed to leave without being replaced when the squad was already threadbare.
Moving to the Emirates was meant to allow the club to compete financially at the top level but we are not doing so. Why bother moving from Highbury then ?!
Fans pay a fortune to be entitled to show disenchantment.
To be a loyal fan doesn't mean you have to be a nodding dog !
I agree with what you have just said, it's a pity your first post was so stupid and thoughtless.

Here, here.

The nodding dog analogy is a good and interesting one.

If we turn up against Reading and make a cracking atmosphere, for a lunchtime kick off against a poor side with little to play for what a great advert that would be for the club. Not very nodding dog - if you like, it can be you saying 'we might have fucked up royally but I'm still here cheering the boys on because they're Arsenal, and I love Arsenal, and will always support them.'

If you're one of those that thinks the players don't try hard enough, turn up and sing and show an example of what it means to be Arsenal. To put everything into your support - and try and transmit that to the pitch.

Your idea of effectively withdrawing your support for 30 minutes of a game is ridiculous, and does a disservice to the loyal fans of the club.

Criticise by all means, but not in this way.

Post by **g88ner** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:59 pm

Kipmonster wrote:I have been a passionate fan for 35 years & always will be but that doesn't we have to blindly accept everything without protest. A fantastic opportunity has been allowed to slip by the club this season simply because the manager wouldn't spend money & add strong experience to the squad which was clearly missing. Ridiculously an excellent player Diarra was allowed to leave without being replaced when the squad was already threadbare.
Moving to the Emirates was meant to allow the club to compete financially at the top level but we are not doing so. Why bother moving from Highbury then ?!
Fans pay a fortune to be entitled to show disenchantment.
To be a loyal fan doesn't mean you have to be a nodding dog !

Mate, I feel your frustration, but I have to say....what you're suggesting by boycotting the first 30mins of the Reading game...is, in my opinion, a terrible idea.

The players have worked their socks off for us this season, and I'm very very proud of every last one of them.

You're right that moving to the Emirates was supposed to free up some cash...but I think that's the long term plan. We are, like it or not, heavily in debt. Yes, its under control, but the noises from Arsene Wenger recently seem to be that although money is available...we cannot pay top dollar....yet.

Give it time mate. Its a frustrating time for all of us...but please just try and give your full backing to the Arsenal players on Saturday...as they truely deserve it

steve1987 · Post by **steve1987** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 4:01 pm

oh, and read this thread/ watch the video if you want to know how best to support your team:

http://www.onlinegooner.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=6169

Post by **g88ner** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 4:04 pm

stevie_b_19 wrote:oh, and read this thread/ watch the video if you want to know how best to support your team:

http://www.onlinegooner.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=6169

Yep, well said Stevie

here's a more "direct" link......

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=55MFxXS-Ans

truely wonderful stuff lads!

Basil is a Gooner · Post by **Basil is a Gooner** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 4:15 pm

There is no reason to arrive late - like TS said, they already have our money and it will just make us as fans look like we don't support our team just because they haven't won anything this season.
Surely this is MORE of a reason to be there and sing our hearts out. Remember, some teams and their fans dream of ending up in the position we will finish in.
Of course this is disappointing for us but we just have to look forward to next season instead with our glasses half full.....

Block 18 row 2 · Post by **Block 18 row 2** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 4:19 pm

What exactly would we be protesting against?!
Letting Diarra go? He wanted to go and said so. Why would we cling on to a player who didn't want to to play for us? Was he even that good? He then went on to say Portsmouth was just a stop-gap for him. Not the kind of player we'd want really. Arsene believed our squad was good enough. It's not as simple as going to the players and saying "you, you and you aren't good enough so clear off" and then going out and buying better players. There are undoubtedly better players out there than some of the ones we have but where's the guarantee they'd want to sign for us. The right player has to be available for the right price at the right time. This is reality, not some f**king ProEvo Master League game. There can only be one winner in each competition and this season United will deservedly take the league title because the table doesn't lie. Had we not had horrendsous, unforeseeable injuries things would have been different but what exactly is it that we all have a God-given right to expect just because we pay to watch Arsenal. The choice is clear: if you don't want to watch them then don't come. Because plenty of others so and you won't be missed.
Protest?! What a joke!

Wembley Gooner · Post by **Wembley Gooner** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 4:33 pm

haha what a prick

gus ceasar is a legend · Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:20 pm

I think it is a very good idea and for this reson I will be turning up for the Villa home game tomorrow!

My incredible lateness wil surely make the powers that be sit up and take notice!

THIS IS NOT EVOLUTION.....THIS IS REVOLUTION!

Wayno · Post by **Wayno** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:42 pm

I'm gutted that our season is over and we are again without silverware but this is no time to protest

I am taking my two 8 year old sons, Chaz & Gee to this match and this will be there first Arsenal match, I want this one to live long in their memories due to the atmosphere and not because the stadium is empty for the first 30 minutes.

Scrap your protest and please sing loud and proudfor our team

gus ceasar is a legend · Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:45 pm

Wayno wrote:I'm gutted that our season is over and we are again without silverware but this is no time to protest

I am taking my two 8 year old sons, Chaz & Gee to this match and this will be there first Arsenal match, I want this one to live long in their memories due to the atmosphere and not because the stadium is empty for the first 30 minutes.

Scrap your protest and please sing loud and proudfor our team

Chaz and Dee?

WHEN YOUR OLD GIRL WON'T STOP TALKING....SHE WONT GIVE IT A REST!

YOU GOT MORE RABBIT THAN SAINSBURYS...WHY DONT YOU GET IT OFF YOUR CHEST!

Have you produced bearded gypsy Tiny Totts Wayno?

Joking!

Wayno · Post by **Wayno** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:49 pm

Charlie & George, otherwise known as Chaz & Gee, imagine singing after inhaling the helium out of a balloon and that is what they will sound like singing on Saturday

I think they are gonna love the Rocket

PROTEST At Reading Game! - ARRIVE 30 MINS AFTER KICK OFF!

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Huh?