GSK_AFC wrote:Royal Gooner wrote:lexalove wrote:TheArsenalPost wrote:Royal Gooner wrote:TheArsenalPost wrote:This may not be a very well received comment but here goes.
I would say that personally that I wont attend games until I see REAL change. The board need to take notice and the only way they will is when the money stops flowing in. The empty seats around the Emirates will show more than a few fans being annoyed on a forum/Facebook/606. I love this club, just not the direction it is going in.
The problem with that is that if you don't go, there will be several around to take your place from plastics and tourists. There does need to be a large movement to do it but I do believe that these recent protests do have something to do with the drop in form, look at what happened with blackburn last season (OK we won't get relegated) but the straight out protests caused more trouble then they're worth. Well thought out ones work but not ill-thought out ones that just straight out have a go at the club.
I agree there needs to be a mass movement, not just me.
I also know of course they would need to be well thought out but something needs to be done. Soon.
Totally agree with TAP...
I don't go to games anymore, and I don't buy official merchandise either. The only way to get rid of the yanks and wenger is to hit them where it hurts... in their pocket.
I agree that there will be plastic fans who will take the place of the true Arsenal fan but imagine what will happen if nothing changes. When we no longer have European football each season and no quality players after Theo, The Ox, Santi and Wilshere have left due to the lack of success and ambition showed at the club the plastic fans will soon loose interest and stop going.
It's the only way to force change... we the TRUE fans have to show our disgust with our feet.
Sadly, you do have a point we will need to lose CL football in order to get the plastics out
Lexalove.. What's your definition of a plastic fan?
In my opinion, If you don't support the team and not want them to do well than your not a fan so I don't understand how you can be a true fan.
GSK_AFC... Plastic fan = someone who's only interested in the club because it's doing well, it's in the champions league, it's fashionable to go and support them and we have a fancy new stadium.
I've been an Arsenal fan for over 30 years in the days when we finished 10th in the league, drew so many games each season I lost count, would go on a decent cup run and win something now and again. I went when football was unfashionable and didn't have the profile it has now. The real so called "hard core" of supporters will know where I'm coming from.
I don't object to the fact we lost today because that's sport you win some you lose some. What I object to is being lied to by the board and then being taken for a mug with the ticket pricing and non investment in the team.
Hope that clarifies it for you.