: Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:47 am  

How else are the support supposed to get their feelings across?

If they don't turn up, they are slammed - if they boo during or at the end of the game they are slammed, so if people think the way for them to get their opinion across is to have a protest then fair play to them.

It's funny because the usual complaint is that the support, and public, is apathetic - yet they are not supposed to show any discontent either.

I'm still not sure the club have grasped how hacked off a lot of the fans are at the moment, if something like this happens and gets the message home then good luck to them.

: Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:48 am  

RTB wrote:

I know the point you are trying to make, but in all seriousness, how?

I would wager that if people that want McNamara out started boycotting home games, it would have more of an effect and quicker than them all turning up en mass, then simply leaving at the end..much like everyone else in the ground.
way to show your feelings lads, round of applause please, Macca will be out on his ear before he knows it!

Someone who doesn't show up when they have no reason why they can't (i.e. they're working, live miles away etc), in my opinion, doesn't have the right to call themselves a "supporter". The very definition of a supporter states that you SUPPORT the team, through thick and thin. You don't just stop bothering to turn up because you don't like someone, or whatever other excuse you can think of to cover up the fact that they're just not winning all the time.

I don't disagree with people if they want to protest, as long as it's not violet or vindictive. I personally wouldn't go that way, but if they want to, that's up to them. People who stay away from the game altogether though are not helping anything.

: Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:51 am  

Where didn this rumour come from and what sort of protest is it going to be?

: Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:54 am  

RTB wrote:

I would wager that if people that want McNamara out started boycotting home games,

Isn't that what's happening already?

: Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:56 am  

tigertot wrote:

Isn't that what's happening already?

No, people aren't going because we aren't winning.

People can pretend it's because of a boycott all they like, but I don't buy that for a minute. People who aren't going when they have no good reason, are not going because they don't like to support a team who aren't winning.

: Thu Jul 16, 2009 12:00 pm  

Maccbull_BigBullyBooaza wrote:

Where didn this rumour come from and what sort of protest is it going to be?

I read it on the telegraph website a few days back.

: Thu Jul 16, 2009 12:04 pm  

DILLIGAF wrote:

Someone who doesn't show up when they have no reason why they can't (i.e. they're working, live miles away etc), in my opinion, doesn't have the right to call themselves a "supporter". The very definition of a supporter states that you SUPPORT the team, through thick and thin. You don't just stop bothering to turn up because you don't like someone, or whatever other excuse you can think of to cover up the fact that they're just not winning all the time.

OK. If thats the way you want to play it. I'm not a supporter. I am a fan though. and there's a difference.

To get back on topic a little - I would back a protest, dependant on how it was carried off. I have no problem with people getting their point across in that manner. lets hope it works if it does happen.

: Thu Jul 16, 2009 12:14 pm  

DILLIGAF wrote:

No, people aren't going because we aren't winning.

People can pretend it's because of a boycott all they like, but I don't buy that for a minute. People who aren't going when they have no good reason, are not going because they don't like to support a team who aren't winning.

I would wager there is a direct correlation between those not attending & those wanting Macca out. I've spoken to a number myself. The last part of your message is also accurate.

: Thu Jul 16, 2009 12:25 pm  

dependant on the form this supposed protest takes i may back it at the time.

personally i think that if something like this is planned then it shows true heart and commitment to the club from the fans. we've taken as much of mcnamara's crap as we can and we'll not stand for it any more.

: Thu Jul 16, 2009 12:27 pm  

I think it should be a nude protest in the middle of the pitch.