Morepork

Changed to it. It hurts my eyes but the suffering feels appropriate

Not annoyed given the circumstances.Positive results and hope will 100% lead to people holding off protesting and that is not in this clubs best interests.

Plus the numerous other mitigating factors. Honestly, you can’t make any meaningful criticism of players. I’d say I want to see effort and endeavour as a minimum but even that is a pass if they’ve not been paid IMO.

Sat here thinking the same which is pretty much the ultimate insult inflicted on us by the owner. Thinking you need a good battering to wake some people up……..

I’d like to think The Trust are in contact with the players, at least the senior leadership. Make sure they know fans would be behind strike action. Those players could end our plight significantly faster by refusing to play tonight.

It's mental isn't it, sitting there thinking show me you care, show me some passion but please lose......It's only defeat after defeat that will get through to those intent on pretending nothings wrong. Ironically, if we had more fans behind the protest we could afford to win some........

He’ll try to pull something I’m sure of that.

Perversely, I reckon Utd's league position has been a "crutch" for some of our fanbase. Wilder's appointment will change that pretty quickly and seeing them climb the table and return to bantering us again may focus some of those minds. Anyone who thinks we aren't finishing bottom is a f@cking halfwit at this point. We have a points deduction impending it's just not being applied yet in order to facilitate an ownership change as far as I understand.

May it get bad enough that those who paid to go tonight actually notice..........

Dm's

They appear to be stating the number of tickets sold (ST/POG/Away) and not the actual attendance on the day which was massively lower.

The Trust have explicitly asked on numerous occasions that those fans who don't see the value in a particular protest method or wish to join in with it simply refrain from dismissing its value. If it's not for you, or you don't see the merits in it then leave it at that. It must be pretty soul destroying to be spending hours of your free time on this daily only to see people dismiss it's value in a throw away comment that took a time commitment of seconds..... From what I've seen they are perfectly capable of judging what's effective.

I've read about plenty of other successful fan protests at various clubs and we are not unique. Buy-in takes time, you do not need every fan on board. Keep the pressure on, remove fan funding wherever possible, keep your protest alive in the media and maintain momentum. It will happen. We do not need to be in conflict with our fellow supporters to be successful. And you could make a pretty good case that reaching a resolution that leaves a lasting scar and division in the fanbase isn't a success.

The best thing to happen today is the result, that's the sad truth. It's kind of tragic, but I think some people are essentially "institutionalised", not necessarily to accepting poor ownership in general but because they are only able to see the match as this thing they always do and on match day their behaviors are set in stone. One dimensional thinking..... Bad results and performances are what will eventually get through to those fans who are oblivious, apathetic, reluctant or just fearful of what fills the Chansiri void. They can pretty much ignore all the "noise" around the club but they can't ignore the results if they remain as they almost certainly will, poor.

Feel free to take a p!ss with your head held high though