Protest v Wolves

Tim of the Oak said:
There’s a fair bit of that going around mate. On the protest pics with the flag the other day I recognised Dante and possibly Nico. Nick Might have been on it but I couldn’t see the full image.
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I'm at the back on the BBC banner photo :) Yeah Dante was deffo there
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
To be fair city matters - Alex and quite a few others have been taking a stand. Boycotting meetings and openly supporting statement and protests.

It’s the OSC who never seem to do anything.
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Are they supporting this one, they seem to have gone quiet since the first one, or do they think they are getting somewhere?
 
Tim of the Oak said:
It’s a good job we live in a democracy where people / groups can express their views. I will be joining the protest but I can also see the City Matters / OSC viewpoint.
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I agree with you, Tim. And I wasn’t suggesting any of the parties concerned aren’t entitled to voice their opinions.

I was just (clumsily) trying to make the point that at this critical stage it might have been better for the OSC to voice their concerns behind closed doors, so it at least looks like everyone’s singing from the same hymn sheet.
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
It’s think it’s fine to disagree with the statement, but why is an organisation like that doing it publicly. It’s bizarre and it undermines all the great work these groups have been doing.

On plenty of the big issues I’ve seen barely anything publicly from the OSC over the last couple of years.
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Agreed. There is space for both groups to apply pressure.The OSC only represents a small fraction of our fanbase. It’s a mistake to criticise the 1894 group in public. Surely everyone supports lower prices for younger fans to protect our future fanbase.
 
Centurions said:
The modern polarised world in a nutshell, if you're not with us, you're against us, no free thought allowed.
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you’re allowed to disagree with the statement. For me a professional organisation shouldn’t be doing it publicly/ online a few days before a protest. Whilst at the same time barely commenting on any of the other main issues

What are they gaining from it? We’re all on the same side
 
blueparrot said:
Are they supporting this one, they seem to have gone quiet since the first one, or do they think they are getting somewhere?
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Some progress is being made through the collective efforts of fans / fans groups / City Matters etc. This includes the freeze on season card prices and someone told me that flexi-golds can now transfer a few tickets per season. There’s a lot more to be achieved including on match day tickets and the flexi-gold set up fees.

Where I can see OSC’s rationale to an extent is that the people on here pushing for the protests to further and faster mostly don’t go to the first game / protest. Also, we don’t know what could get agreed at the next City Matters meeting.

The odd thing has got worse though including the OSC allocation for the semi final and the 10 game rule is better or worse depending on your situation and how you see it.
 
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What's the point in the OSC relying on a meeting after the ticket information for next season has already been announced.
The chance of city changing pricing or making any changes to the details already released are as close to zero as you could get.
 
117 M34 said:
What's the point in the OSC relying on a meeting after the ticket information for next season has already been announced.
The chance of city changing pricing or making any changes to the details already released are as close to zero as you could get.
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It isn't about next seasons SC prices is it? they've already been frozen. It's all the other stuff now that isn't decided.
 
Tim of the Oak said:
Where I can see OSC’s rationale to an extent is that the people on here pushing for the protests to further and faster mostly don’t go to the first game / protest. Also, we don’t know what could get agreed at the next City Matters meeting.
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How do you know that? I think there’s actually quite a lot of people on here who attended the Leicester protest. I also think you don’t need to attend games to be upset about pricing or want something to change. A lot of the people who didn’t attend have been priced out. Should we not be listening to them? Isn’t that a big part of what this is about.

Secondly why wait until the meeting to do anything. We’ve done that previously and it’s achieved nothing. I’d argue the only reason there was a price freeze was because of fan pressure from months earlier and the protest - because they couldn’t ignore it.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
Because City Matters are in discussions with the club on this and are hopeful of getting further concessions.

And while 1984 have a reasonable mailing list, the other two groups are self-appointed spokespersons for the fans. No one even knows who these Trade Union Blues are.

They think the protests are winning concessions from the club but, having worked closely with the club for 4 years on CM, and Points of Blue before that, they'll do whatever they want.
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If you truly think the 9 minute protest didn't have any influence on the seasoncard prices being frozen, you need to give your head a wobble mate.
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
How do you know that? I think there’s actually quite a lot of people on here who attended the Leicester protest. I also think you don’t need to attend games to be upset about pricing or want something to change. A lot of the people who didn’t attend have been priced out. Should we not be listening to them? Isn’t that a big part of what this is about.

Secondly why wait until the meeting to do anything. We’ve done that previously and it’s achieved nothing. I’d argue the only reason there was a price freeze was because of fan pressure from months earlier and the protest - because they couldn’t ignore it.
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I’m going off the comments on here in the days straight after the first protest where many of the most vociferous critics of the Club said they couldn’t make it. Of course everyone is entitled to their view. It included season card holders.

Reading between the lines, I reckon more progress has been pitch rolled for the next meeting and the OSC might be worried that this particular protest might unravel what’s been agreed in principle. We don’t know but it seems strange the OSC would comment like this without what they think is a good reason.
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
How do you know that? I think there’s actually quite a lot of people on here who attended the Leicester protest. I also think you don’t need to attend games to be upset about pricing or want something to change. A lot of the people who didn’t attend have been priced out. Should we not be listening to them? Isn’t that a big part of what this is about.

Secondly why wait until the meeting to do anything. We’ve done that previously and it’s achieved nothing. I’d argue the only reason there was a price freeze was because of fan pressure from months earlier and the protest - because they couldn’t ignore it.
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The club don't really speak to us anymore as just fans that aren't part of OSC's etc

The days when they attended supporters clubs meetings with Q and A's long gone. When they abandoned supporters clubs and started charging that was me done with doing Q and A sessions.
 
Dogtanian said:
These OSC statements are getting embarrassing now, not even sure why I'm a member anymore as I jacked in going away games to save money, I certainly don't feel as though they are speaking for me
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I resigned from the OSC when I realised they just appear to be there for the people who want travel to the home and away games and aren't really interested in anything else. Rarely a meeting unless they have ad hoc ones when they were gathering for the match day coach. What good is that for those who don't/can't travel on their coach?
 
Tim of the Oak said:
I’m going off the comments on here in the days straight after the first protest where many of the most vociferous critics of the Club said they couldn’t make it. Of course everyone is entitled to their view. It included season card holders.

Reading between the lines, I reckon more progress has been pitch rolled for the next meeting and the OSC might be worried that this particular protest might unravel what’s been agreed in principle. We don’t know but it seems strange the OSC would comment like this without what they think is a good reason.
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Then why didn't they join in with the other groups?
Kevin Parker's statement....I am currently in conversation......
should be we are in meetings surely?
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
Because City Matters are in discussions with the club on this and are hopeful of getting further concessions.

And while 1984 have a reasonable mailing list, the other two groups are self-appointed spokespersons for the fans. No one even knows who these Trade Union Blues are.

They think the protests are winning concessions from the club but, having worked closely with the club for 4 years on CM, and Points of Blue before that, they'll do whatever they want.
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1894 group have just aged! The only one on CM I am aware has done much is Alex. The others in CM may be doing things I don’t see or hear
 
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