Boycotting games & merchandise

Just a thought really

i know we all hate hicks and gillett with a passion, but surely boycotting things will only make things worse?

the attendance at the west ham game was pathetic, i know there was some sort of petition to stop people going, and a majority of them were season ticket holders, but the people who didnt buy tickets just make things worse!!

as for the new kit, shirts etc, if you support your team you will buy it, the first adidas shirt with the collar, after the reebok CL shirt, was our best selling shirt in years, and those two bellends were in charge then..

lack of sales = lack of money generated, it will only damage the club more!!!

i wont stop buying stuff as they are in, because i dont want to make things worse

boycotts will only damage us further, and now we're so behind the pack, lets not stay there..

go out and get the shirts, support your team and soon enough those gobshites will be gone,

be part of the solution, not the problem!

I don't put a penny into this club any more, directly or indirectly for I'll be damned if I prop H&G up.
It may well hurt the club in the short term but it is the long term which matters

I don't put a penny into this club any more, directly or indirectly for I'll be damned if I prop H&G up.
It may well hurt the club in the short term but it is the long term which matters

and with fans not buying shirts etc, thats going to look an attractive option for any potential investment?

Well I think that people are boycotting the games and merchandise to make Hicks and Gillett realise that their not making enough money from the club, therefore they will sell the club, problem solved. But knowing these two a***holes, they could keep the team until the club is near death and then sell when it's too late, you could be right.

and with fans not buying shirts etc, thats going to look an attractive option for any potential investment?

Well what d'you suggest - sit back and do nothing?

Still protest against them, but dont damage the club financially, what happens if we dont like the next owners? same scenario, we're starting to look an unattractive purchase due to the fans boycotts

Well what d'you suggest - sit back and do nothing?

The Yanks would never stop me from supporting my team, I don't understand why people would boycott games. My love for the club is greater than my hate towards them.

The Yanks would never stop me from supporting my team, I don't understand why people would boycott games. My love for the club is greater than my hate towards them.

Thank you!

The Yanks would never stop me from supporting my team, I don't understand why people would boycott games. My love for the club is greater than my hate towards them.

Just what I was about to write - totally agree.

What boycott are you on about? I never heard of one.

What boycott are you on about? I never heard of one.

Really?

Buying official stuff from the offal is supposed to be one, as it puts money directly into the Yanks' pockets.

This is exactly why H&G bought the club (brand), piled on debts and refuse to invest any money into it.  They know that no matter how badly the team does, how much we slip down the league, whether we get relegated or not the fans will continue to spend our hard earned money giving them a viable business.

Read up on Hicks - it's been his business model all through his life.  He knows a sports brand has lifelong fans that will follow their team through thick and thin and whilst the business is still trading he will make a profit - even if the business isn't.  Football isn't a cleaning product, a drink or a make of car where the customer has a choice - it's a lifestyle, it's in our DNA.  Unless you're a glory hunter of course.

You might want to read an article from todays Mirror that I've posted in the takeover/investment thread which I'm questioning if H&G through Purslow are once again trying to manipulate the fans.  It ties in with the sentiments in this thread.

If the money isn't being spent, they can't take it out.

We already know money's not going back into the club - it's going into their pockets.

So the only question here is how much money do people want to put in their pockets?

All those 35 quids add up to a nice little sum, and it goes nowhere near the team or the club.

It's hypocrisy, pure and simple, to moan about them taking money out of the club whilst buying THEIR F***ing MERCHANDISE - THE MERCHANDISE BELONGS TO THEM AND THEY PROFIT FROM IT, NOT THE CLUB.

Really?

Buying official stuff from the offal is supposed to be one, as it puts money directly into the Yanks' pockets.

I meant the boycott of the West Hame game hes going on about.

If the money isn't being spent, they can't take it out.

We already know money's not going back into the club - it's going into their pockets.

So the only question here is how much money do people want to put in their pockets?

All those 35 quids add up to a nice little sum, and it goes nowhere near the team or the club.

It's hypocrisy, pure and simple, to moan about them taking money out of the club whilst buying THEIR F***ing MERCHANDISE - THE MERCHANDISE BELONGS TO THEM AND THEY PROFIT FROM IT, NOT THE CLUB.

i find it very strange that you can support the club but boycott it in every way possible?

I find it very strange that you can support the club but boycott it in every way possible?

I find it strange you can support the club but line H&G's pockets......

I find it very strange that you can support the club but boycott it in every way possible?

It equates to the old saying "you have to be cruel to be kind".  It's a temporary thing which doesn't mean you love something any less but it's in it's best interest to stifle it for a while.

I find it very strange that you can support the club but boycott it in every way possible?

In some cases, supporting the club means doing everything possible to get rid of the leaches, not paying lip service to it on an internet forum whilst piling more money into their pockets.

I'll say again - you are not buying from the club, you are buying from the yanks, and putting even more money in their pockets.

Every single revenue stream means more money that they take OUT of the club.

THEY ARE THE OWNERS, THEY ARE THE ONE'S PROFITTING, NOT THE CLUB.

So don't try and give me a guilt trip because you want a shiny new F***ing shirt to impress your mates.

So don't try and give me a guilt trip because you want a shiny new f**king shirt to impress your mates.

i beg your f**king pardon? new shiny shirt to impress the mates?! , its not that at all, its supporting the club, i support liverpool whoever is in charge, i dont care if its the yanks, moores, whoever, but i will not stop buying things which WILL damage the club to protest against the owners..

I beg your f**king pardon? new shiny shirt to impress the mates?! , its not that at all, its supporting the club, I support liverpool whoever is in charge, I dont care if its the yanks, moores, whoever, but I will not stop buying things which WILL damage the club to protest against the owners..

You're NOT supporting the club - you are lining the pockets of the yanks.

Is that so hard to understand?

How the f**k is NOT giving money to the yanks damaging the club?

That's just a f**king cop-out.

So here's the thing - if you're still intent on giving money to the yanks at the expense of the club because of some sense of misguided loyalty, then you haven't got a clue what's been happening the last few years.

ok, what ever you say... i think its bullshit, but its all about opinions!

ok, what ever you say... I think its bullshit, but its all about opinions!

It's not an opinion - it's a fact.

You are paying the yanks to rip off the fans.

That's the reason they are here - to make money off us.
And every time someone buys merchandise, their shark smile gets just a little bit wider.

so the point that people seem to be failing to get is....

boycotting the club merchandise /tickets etc


WILL DAMAGE THE CLUB!!!!