onlyonedavidhirst

I'm similar. 51 consecutive years, cut short my honeymoon 1 day to go to a preseason friendly. Still plan holidays around games but I'm not renewing. Obviously, some will, but I think a large majority wont.

So far Ive followed what the Trust have asked for. I still happen to think that the away fans help our cause in as much as it keeps the situation on the agenda and really brings other supporters along with us, which hopefully all adds to the pressure that will be brought on DC. Perhaps Im being selfish. For balance, I've had a season ticket since 1974, boycotted the Leeds & Grimsby game, will boycott the Middlesboro game and joined the demonstrations such as travelling to the Thai embassy. I will also not renew if an early bird is offered whilst DC is in charge. If the Trust ask me to boycott away games I will, I feel like we should in the main all be backing their calls for action as they have more knowledge of what's happening behind the scenes than we do.

No they dont. They just have a different opinion to me and you about the boycott. As for the random 10500, why worry about the actual figure, lets focus on the positives. Most fans seem to be joining in with the boycotts and theres real momentum. I read a lot about what Reading or Blackpool managed, but we shouldnt forget theyd been at it for years and their boycotts didnt remove the owner, weve realistically been at it for about 15 matches and may be the first club whose owner leaves due to a complete lack of funding, if the regulator doesnt act first.

So you are telling us that we should believe everything he says?

Explains why those top fans at Bournemouth get all they've got including Semenyo.

I get your point, however that first person might get a lifetime ban from the ground if not followed by other fans so that alone could dissuade them. I took the view at the start of the protests I'd broadly follow what the Trust recommend, of which Im a paid member, hence I didn't buy tickets for Leeds or Grimsby, went to the Thai Embassy etc but Id only go on the pitch if lots were going on at the same time. It is a battle I agree, but at this stage this isnt the crucial roll of the dice although I am not against it.

Genuine question if I'm understanding your implication that ticket staff are more at risk due to boycotts. What about the long game, aren't the Trust employing tactics that hopefully secure the long term employment, hopefully under a better regime of the ticket staff? Especially given that the owner has decided to start this season with insufficient players to give us a chance to stop up. With him at the helm, he may do that in league 1 and league 2 and what right minded footballer will want to play for him next year? Plus once hes cut playing staff, other staff may follow? With DC, nobody knows what he might do next because it defies general logic.

Theres another thread currently sat next to this all about hate on hate to other fans. Think you've shown how much its still happening. To suggest the away fans are as bad as Chansiri - just mental. By the way, life doesnt work along the lines of getting what you deserve or tolerate, unless you think the Hollocaust or Twin Towers etc got what they tolerated. Must also mean Bury fans were culpable for what happened to their club.

Sorry to disagree also but most people I know who have season tickets have decided not to renew. The rest aren't sure either way, Ive not come across a single person who has said they will definitely renew. The pics you saw from Saturday were isolated points in the ground. Entering the ground I saw 1 person drinking something that had been bought and half time I walked down a thurd of the North Stand concourse to chat to some mates amd I spotted nobody drinking. There probably were some but its very low numbers. Whars more, on the back of the win against Portsmouth, there must be 4000 season ticket holders at least that are not even attending now. If he put out an early bird this week I would be shocked if 3000 bought it. Including myself, of the 8 people I know really well who have season tickets, none would buy.

Monday we can hold our head Tuesday, Wednesday, stay in bed Or Thursday watch the Blades instead On Shitstorm Friday, we're back in love

I enjoy watching non league, but Im not passionate about it. I only get that from watching Wednesday.

Just a nod to the people who regularly post in these threads, Malek being the obvious one. It is greatly appreciated, I just wish the club did more as well.

He's played in the Champions League, won promotion to the Premiership with Luton and played 10 games for USA. Clearly hes had some good seasons in the past and he's 30, so a reasonable age for a keeper. Its not a bad CV for a 4th choice goalie at Cardiff, though he's been very inconsistent so far.

Yes, he played in the middle of the 3

I know its only 6 games in but I reckon if you were even close to predicting that table at the start of the season you deserve to be a millionaire. Soton & Ipswich on 6 points, Pigs 0, us 4, Preston 5th & Stoke 2nd, the list goes on.