Protest at Swansea Match

arsenal1970 · Post by **arsenal1970** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:12 pm

As a season ticket holder for over 10 years now, and a follower of our beloved Arsenal Football club since 1978 I have had a gut full of our Manager and Board turning us into a feeder club for Man City and Barcelona then charging us an extra 6% for the pleasure.

With the lost of Fabregas, Nasri, Clichy, this season not to mention the sales of players like TH14, Toure, Ade (letâ€™s not go there) Petit, Viera, Overmars to name a few.

I think a proper protest in the ground where we can be heard is needed unless The nutty professor splashes the cash soon.

I propose with the help of the Red Action group, meeting outside Block 6 at 2.30 before the Swansea game and walking round and entering Block 1 behind the bench at 3pm to a chorus of spend some fucking money or other appropriate chants that make it clear how we are all feeling.

I appreciate there is a large section of fans who will still not have a word said against the boss or board as it showed on Saturday when a couple of fans chanted â€œspend some fucking moneyâ€

Post by **HashKads** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:15 pm

[quote="arsenal1970"]As a season ticket holder for over 10 years now, and a follower of our beloved Arsenal Football club since 1978 I have had a gut full of our Manager and Board turning us into a feeder club for Man City and Barcelona then charging us an extra 6% for the pleasure.

With the lost of Fabregas, Nasri, Clichy, this season not to mention the sales of players like TH14, Toure, Ade (letâ€™s not go there) Petit, Viera, Overmars to name a few.

I think a proper protest in the ground where we can be heard is needed unless The nutty professor splashes the cash soon.

I propose with the help of the Red Action group, meeting outside Block 6 at 2.30 before the Swansea game and walking round and entering Block 1 behind the bench at 3pm to a chorus of spend some fucking money or other appropriate chants that make it clear how we are all feeling.

I appreciate there is a large section of fans who will still not have a word said against the boss or board as it showed on Saturday when a couple of fans chanted â€œspend some fucking moneyâ€

TeeCee · Post by **TeeCee** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:16 pm

Unless Wenger brings in 3 very good players, Swansea will be my last game until after Christmas. That will be my protest.
Crowds of 40,000 are realistically the only thing that will get the boards attention.

bradders · Post by **bradders** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:25 pm

Shouting spend some fuckin money when the transfer window would have finished is stupid

would be laughed at making the fans look as silly as the club. If that's possible

6% ya avin a laugh is so much better

Revgoon89 · Post by **Revgoon89** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:36 pm

Red Action won't help you mate. Need to organise it on your own or with out like minded fans.

RoscommonGooner · Post by **RoscommonGooner** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:36 pm

[quote="arsenal1970"]

I appreciate there is a large section of fans who will still not have a word said against the boss or board as it showed on Saturday when a couple of fans chanted â€œspend some fucking moneyâ€

Gooner Gus · Post by **Gooner Gus** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:44 pm

i rekon we could get this going. not with "spend some fuking money" though, need something that says something along the lines of YOUR MUGGING US RIGHT FUCKING OFF!!!

bergkamp10 · Post by **bergkamp10** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:46 pm

TeeCee wrote:Unless Wenger brings in 3 very good players, Swansea will be my last game until after Christmas. That will be my protest.
Crowds of 40,000 are realistically the only thing that will get the boards attention.

Crowds will still be well down after the holiday season, and many season tickets holders are not willing to travel to each home game. So 45/50000 will probably be the norm.

Not sure any protest is really going to have any effect...

Percy Dalton · Post by **Percy Dalton** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:50 pm

RedAction backing a protest against the club and its hierarchy???????

What planet are you from?

worthing_gooner · Post by **worthing_gooner** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 6:01 pm

Simple protest, don't go to the home game. Or loads of likeminded fans sneak a small banner in. if the stewards tell you to take it down, say no. if they kick you out, all leave together. That kind of thing gets noticed. Chanting is just brushed under the carpet.

Post by **Barriecuda** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 6:10 pm

worthing_gooner wrote:Simple protest, don't go to the home game. Or loads of likeminded fans sneak a small banner in. if the stewards tell you to take it down, say no. if they kick you out, all leave together. That kind of thing gets noticed. Chanting is just brushed under the carpet.

Have to agree; make a scene, but do it politely and do it within your rights. If you look like a bunch of angry drunks, no one will take you seriously; if you look like a group of concerned fans standing up for their right to protest a currently shitty team in an overpriced stadium, that's another thing entirely.

arsenal1970 · Post by **arsenal1970** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 6:20 pm

In response,
Bradders- agreed something along the lines of "6% then selling the team" may be more appropriate.

Revgoon89 and Percy Dalton- Your right Red Action group do certainly lack any Action other than to kiss the clubs arses.

Roscommongooner- There where a couple of attempts to start a spend some fucking money chants on Saturday but they where shouted down before they could gain momentum (probably by the mentioned kiss arse red action group!!)

Worthing_gooner- I am not proposing just chanting but entering Block one all together at 3:05 which is behind the dug out so as to be noticed.
Carrying banners would also add to the whole affect.

NBN · Post by **NBN** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 6:22 pm

The best way to be herd is to get a load of people plotted up outside the entrance to the directors box early doors and make a lot of noise. Needs to be properly organised though with everyone singing off the same hymnsheet.

arsenal1970 · Post by **arsenal1970** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 6:26 pm

NBN wrote:The best way to be herd is to get a load of people plotted up outside the entrance to the directors box early doors and make a lot of noise. Needs to be properly organised though with everyone singing off the same hymnsheet.

Been done against Aston Villa but nothing inside the ground

DUFFMAN · Post by **DUFFMAN** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 6:41 pm

Please please read the civil war thread. If you think wankaction will allow you to say a single word against dear leader than you're mistaken!

You shall be ordered at once to ye lane where you shall become a y!d at once and also you may not stand up for yourself, punishment will be an eternity of Danny Dyer-isms from children called JD and transexual ladyboys called herd.

Protest??? Haha

Without people like the noise at Highbury these days it's more about who can shout fuck off you y!d the loudest.

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