PROTEST

[Ryn]

So it's business as usual then?

[Terminal Boardom]

Turning our backs on play could be an option.

How do you do that sitting in your seat?

You'll do your back in..............

You stand up and face the pitch. You then turn 180 degrees to your right and face the back of the stand.

This may piss off the stewards though which is not necessarily a bad thing!

[Dorset-Knob]

I'm going to turn up on Monday to watch the game !

And possibly smile at those getting all over excited becasue they are 'protesting' despit ehaving no idea why or what for.
Why not be radical and just shout and scream in support of the team.

It would be effective becasue it's not happened for a while and may actually have some results.

I'll be pretty unhappy if the game gets destroyed by some childish cartoon activity (no, not the players)

If people actually do protest, I would hazard a guess that it may be about the fact that their team has been turned from a top half premiership ship side to a steaming pile of division one bound shyte in just two and a bit seasons. Just a hunch.

You may be right, sounds the sort of woolly, pointless nonsense that would get a few people joining in with some cliched chants....

The insertion of the word 'turned' is a telling one.

Would have been interesting to have been at the meetings that the plans were put together.

It is more than a bit sad that there seems to be no idea that as fans we can do anything to make a difference. The attempts to co opt Pants Day show people have short memories about what that was all about.

I would dearly love to know what you think PANTS DAY was about?

[Terminal Boardom]

PANTS Day - Players Are Not Trying Sufficiently

HTH

[Dorset-Knob]

"You can't really "organise" a protest though. It has to be spontaneous or it'll be crap"

I'm sorry my friend you are completely wrong! PANTS DAY most certainly was organised and it took a small team of very dedicated fans and a huge effort to achieve the 'spontaneous effect that it had!

The key to any protest is keep it simple & amusing and hope that it captures the imagination.

I would agree with Terminal Boredom amongst others, who suggest, leaving at, or just after half-time, or turning your back on the game, (harder to do) because it requires you to stand, which in itself is a protest against over zealous regulation!

Most effective chant, "WE'RE SHIT AND WE'RE SICK OF IT"

[brendywendy]

ill sing that 2nd half , if we are 2 - 0 down, and still looking like never scoring

[sawyers left arm]

Madejski out, madejski out

[howser]

Make it very loud and clear to the man responsible for out present plight...... Madejski !!

[Forbury Lion]

Im looking forward to a good old fashioned protest. We haven't had one for 10 years, and the last proper one was at Elm Park after the Port Vale game.

Pants Day was post Elm Park and that was a proper one.

I'm determined to get my money's worth this season so will ram raid the megastore in protest.

[handbags_harris]

A different protest last season in Holland, Feyenoord fans not ver happy with the way their club was run or the performances on the pitch (sound familiar?). They decided, at one game, to not celebrate if a goal was scored. They scored a 1st half Roy Makaay equaliser and nobody celebrated. Kind of got the message across pretty effectively. It was an away game, but still carried a big effect.

I also believe that Roma fans did this as well a few seasons ago, but they did it in the Stadio Olimpico.

[No Fixed Abode]

LOL @ Protests.

I agree. Surely people have better things to do.

[Ingham]

A different protest last season in Holland, Feyenoord fans not ver happy with the way their club was run or the performances on the pitch (sound familiar?). They decided, at one game, to not celebrate if a goal was scored. They scored a 1st half Roy Makaay equaliser and nobody celebrated. Kind of got the message across pretty effectively. It was an away game, but still carried a big effect.

I also believe that Roma fans did this as well a few seasons ago, but they did it in the Stadio Olimpico.

With our scoring record we should be hailing a miracle if we score not ignoring it!!

[Mad Dog's Ghost]

H Block-style dirty protest?

[Ryn]

A different protest last season in Holland, Feyenoord fans not ver happy with the way their club was run or the performances on the pitch (sound familiar?). They decided, at one game, to not celebrate if a goal was scored. They scored a 1st half Roy Makaay equaliser and nobody celebrated. Kind of got the message across pretty effectively. It was an away game, but still carried a big effect.

I also believe that Roma fans did this as well a few seasons ago, but they did it in the Stadio Olimpico.

With our scoring record we should be hailing a miracle if we score not ignoring it!!

That's precicely the point old fruit.

[Hugo Boss]

LOL @ Protests.

[brendywendy]

i predict hugo will protest by going to the concourse at half time and not returning

[Sun Tzu]

I would dearly love to know what you think PANTS DAY was about?

There was a pretty positive side to PANTS DAY. I recall the gentlemen who 'organised' it were a fairly smart pair and made the point that it was not just an 'anti' thing. I wonder what happened to those two guys, probably retired to the seaside or something....

[Alan Partridge]

Mine had 'Gurney 18' on them. ALOL @ Reading giving Torquay £100,000 for that joke.

[Dorset-Knob]

I would dearly love to know what you think PANTS DAY was about?

There was a pretty positive side to PANTS DAY. I recall the gentlemen who 'organised' it were a fairly smart pair and made the point that it was not just an 'anti' thing. I wonder what happened to those two guys, probably retired to the seaside or something....

[Hugo Boss]

Mine had 'Gurney 18' on them. ALOL @ Reading giving Torquay £100,000 for that joke.

Gurney > Kebe