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Highbury suggested this should be a separate thread, so here it is.
A call to arms if you like, but Blades should boycott season tickets unless there is a reduction in price.
It's pretty much the only power we have and it's one we should now use.
 

Ahh if only football were a democracy?

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I suppose if we all bought in by shares then you may get nearer your wish. Now that call to arms, I'm off to Leeds arms see you there.
 
Apart from the obvious, to achieve what precisely?

Fan is an abrieviation of Fanatic

Len is an abrieviation of Berkley Hunt
 
If someone decides not to buy or renew a season ticket for next season, that's their personal decision and fine by me.

But why do they have to come on here bleating about it? Do they want a medal?
 
mickerz-blade said:
Ahh if only football were a democracy?

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I suppose if we all bought in by shares then you may get nearer your wish. Now that call to arms, I'm off to Leeds arms see you there.
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Be great if that was a way forward in the future, fans owning much more if not all of the club.
As for the usual empty comments, it's about making a point, not going along with the chronic mismanagement of our club any longer.
It's a simple but effective statement to make.
 
I won't be boycotting, I'll just be seriously reconsidering buying one ;)

I said last season that if my Kop season ticket was more than £300 then I wouldn't renew, this season is the same, although I fully expect the club to reduce the prices... but deep down I doubt they will.

Its not about whether I can afford it or even if the football is worth watching, I just don't think that the Kop is worth more than £300 a year. I don't think any where in the Championship is worth more than £300 a year.

If we go down, then next season the club will need my support even more, whether they treat me like shite or don't give me Euro football in 5 years isn't the point, its not about clapping or agreeing with the club on every subject. Its about me supporting my club, because I can.

For a number of years, including the PL season i've not been able to get back as often as I wanted because of work, so i take every opportunity I can with the restrictions that I have, to make it back. My weekends home are planned purely around United games!

Some of you may not agree, but its what I like to do and I still enjoy the days at the footy, plus with a ST, I get a guaranteed seat near my mates.

Unfortunately I'll probably then have to boycott the club in another way... I know, i'll boycott the vegetarian pies!
 
Exactly the same as me Swiss, my limit last year was £300 and they got me by a quid, my limit next season in league 1 will be about £250, though I know I'll go upto £300 again when they send me the final renewal lett5er but anymore and they can just F off, Tevez money should be subsidising our season tickets
 
Don't worry lads, st's wont be going up.

Investment's just around the corner!

Honest guv!




PS. Lenners, I understand the point you're trying to make, but it wont stop me renewing. Personal choice you see. I want to help the club in their hour of need. Whether that's wrong or right really is irrelevant.

You see, no st sales, no football club. I don't want that and I suspect many other blades don't want it either.
 
I've made the same point before and I'll say it again, how exactly will boycotting the club make the team play any better?
 
As with all such 'demonstrations', it would only have the desired effect if 1) the club knew it was going to happen (by including our new PR friend) and 2) a significant proportion of the 15K (or however many it is) ST holders took part. 30 or 40 posters from a forum boycotting isn't going to have any effect whatsoever and as some have said, what good would it do anyway ?

Even without a boycott, if the prices do go up, and even if they don't, I reckon we'd struggle to get 10,000 renewals next season and what, close to a 50% reduction in 2 years should make enough of a statement in itself. I get the feeling Birch's request to hang fire on the recriminations until after the season hasn't taken account of the fact the ST prices may bring that forward much earlier than he thinks.
 
I am going to renew, however £50 hike for people like Swiss makes a big difference. He doesn't make all the games so it will not end up worthwhile.
I moved from the South Stand to the Kop this season due to the price rise (there were quite a few of us who did). Nowhere to go now except not getting one.
A price rise will be a disaster, while keeping them the same will be bad enough
 
Season ticket boycott?? WTF? Making a personal choice not to renew is one thing but calling on others not to renew is absolutely pathetic.

I'm far more concerned about the lack of ambition & investment from the Board, the poor quality of some of our players and MA's inability to win a game than I am about whether they put a few quid on ST prices. I hope they don't of course, but if they do and our prices are still in line with other similar clubs (which they will be unless prices are increased massively), I won't be too fussed.
 

I think loyalty should be rewarded so s £50 hike to new ST holders is about right.
 
Absolutely agree Lenners.

I took part in last year's unofficial ST boycott when 5,000 Blades said enough was enough. It was a shame that was not an orgainsed protest as the club may have listened and done something to prevent the shameful loss of so many of the clubs fans/paying customers.

For those that sit on their backsides and just go along with the status quo claiming nothing can be done or 'what does that achieve' all I can say is if you do nothing you will end up with a club in the mire for another decade, with a small and shrinking fanbase and very much living in the shadow of our neighbours.

At some point the fans need to wake up and start holding the managers of this great club to account instead of accepting our lot.

The language McCabe and Birch understand is the language of finance. They will only truly listen to the fans if they think it could affect the club's finances.

It's a pretty simple scenario here. If United freeze or increase ST prices anything between 2,000 and 5,000 Blades will not renew. That has massive implications in many ways and that means 7,000 to 10,000 Blades will have walked away in a year. Are we really just going to let that happen?

We can either stand aside and say - well that's just the way it is - or we can try and do something about it.

Fans are going to boycott STs anyway if prices aren't cut - we may as well call it official as it may have some impact on getting the club out of it's shocking apathy and defeatism.

Mind you I am starting to wonder if the fans have got the stomach for a fight anymore - seems the days of BIFFA and when fans mobilised and refused at accept their lot maybe is gone,
 
Tuns said:
For those that sit on their backsides and just go along with the status quo claiming nothing can be done or 'what does that achieve' all I can say is if you do nothing you will end up with a club in the mire for another decade, with a small and shrinking fanbase and very much living in the shadow of our neighbours.
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So you stay away and ensure the fanbase shrinks a bit faster and the club is a little bit poorer?

No problem with people making personal choices to not buy season tickets for whatever reason but it seems that some people won't be happy until they've encouraged others to do the same. Perhaps to satisfy their own consciences.

As a matter of interest Len, did you have a season ticket?
 
Flatulent_Bob said:
Not if renewal prices stay at a reasonable level.
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That's the least I expect following a relegation - it wouldn't feel like a reward. If they do want to put prices up then I'd like:

1, A full explanation of the financial decision making that led this sorry state.
2 A full explanation of how the increase is unavoidable.
3, A full explanation of how we're working to avoid it in future.

Total honesty is required to rebuild trust in the regime and its strategy.
 
Linz said:
So you stay away and ensure the fanbase shrinks a bit faster and the club is a little bit poorer?

No problem with people making personal choices to not buy season tickets for whatever reason but it seems that some people won't be happy until they've encouraged others to do the same. Perhaps to satisfy their own consciences.

As a matter of interest Len, did you have a season ticket?
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Had a season ticket for 25 years.
The money United get from season tickets is a drop in the ocean compared to what they're going to lose with relegation. Does anyone really care if 'we', which actually just means McCabe, are a 'little bit poorer'?
What difference is it really going to make financially? Virtually nowt in the overall scheme of things.
But thousands saying no, we're not accepting this shit anymore, would certainly make a difference.
 
I think jumping to conclusions about a price hike for renewals rumoured on facebook might make you look a little foolish.

Not much longer to wait though, I hope you have your hankies ready.
 
Flatulent_Bob said:
I think jumping to conclusions about a price hike for renewals rumoured on facebook might make you look a little foolish.

Not much longer to wait though, I hope you have your hankies ready.
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Bob, we need an imaginative season ticket system, with reduced prices, lots of incentives and encouragement to welcome back those who've lapsed.
I look forward to being foolish and will be delighted to be so when United deliver this in a couple of days.
 
lenners said:
Bob, we need an imaginative season ticket system, with reduced prices, lots of incentives and encouragement to welcome back those who've lapsed.
I look forward to being foolish and will be delighted to be so when United deliver this in a couple of days.
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You don't need to look forward to being foolish len, you've turned it into a perpetual state.

A season ticket boycott's tailor-made for you, you don't have to do anything, it's just a point of principle. I propose there should be a meeting held to discuss the boycott, to take place in the Copthorne, which will make it easy for you, you can decide not to attend, on a point of principle like.

How do you cope in real life, being the only one who sees what's wrong and what needs to be done (without actually doing anythinga, just flailing about and stamping your feet), whilst surrounded by imbeciles who don't know whioch way is up?
 
Trig, tut tut, a personal attack.
I thought that kind of thing wasn't allowed on this forum.
Perhaps you should have an official reminder to deal with the topic of the discussion.
 
Trigger Blade said:
How do you cope in real life, being the only one who sees what's wrong and what needs to be done (without actually doing anythinga, just flailing about and stamping your feet), whilst surrounded by imbeciles who don't know whioch way is up?
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Len in action...

[video=youtube;JRVfGMjdGh8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRVfGMjdGh8[/video]
 
lenners said:
Bob, we need an imaginative season ticket system, with reduced prices, lots of incentives and encouragement to welcome back those who've lapsed.
I look forward to being foolish and will be delighted to be so when United deliver this in a couple of days.
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I just think you have plenty to be hammering the club for at the moment including the crazy managerial process and appointment. You don't need to get a bee in your bonnet about something that isn't going to happen.
 
Like I said Bob, I look forward to being foolish when the club announces an imaginative season ticket programme aimed at maximising sales and encouraging the thousands who've lapsed back into the fold.
 

You are changing your tac Len, I was talking about renewal prices not prices for those that have already left.

It doesn't matter what the club do you aren't going to get 19,000 ST holders in league one, even if they were £150 a go.

I think the renewal price will be competitive and comparable with the league we are in and certainly will not be £50 additional.
 
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