I won’t bore you with the reasons, they are well documented. Unless we make a (legal) stand against WAGMI and let our feelings be known (and gain wider publicity), we stand back and watch our club nose-dive out of the football league. I am not prepared to do that, are you?
I am not suggesting the violent and disruptive, ground-breaking protests football has historically seen. That’s one of the last things the club needs right now.
Of course, any fans unrest is likely to affect the players and we all need to get behind every player that puts on the red shirt; but as fans we will be here long after players have departed. I urge you to give the players, manager and coaching staff your full support. Like it or not we appear to be ‘stuck’ with the aforementioned and they need all the support and help we can provide.
However, fans protest against owners WAGMI. Me and few football friends had a chat about this at the pub and they (non are Crawley fans) said Crawley fans haven't got it in them, well have we?
Last Edit: Jan 25, 2023 0:37:06 GMT by nick22webster
Discontent with WAGMI is reasonable, but I'm hearing nothing about alternatives. If I'm understanding correctly, WAGMI had to show an ability to fund for two years when they bought Crawley Town. It's difficult to see anyone else wanting to buy the club currently - heck, they would struggle to give it away. Therefore, we seem to be stuck with WAGMI at least for about another 14 or 15 months unless we have any wealthy supporters.
Discontent with WAGMI is reasonable, but I'm hearing nothing about alternatives. If I'm understanding correctly, WAGMI had to show an ability to fund for two years when they bought Crawley Town. It's difficult to see anyone else wanting to buy the club currently - heck, they would struggle to give it away. Therefore, we seem to be stuck with WAGMI at least for about another 14 or 15 months unless we have any wealthy supporters.
Thats the terrible position we are in. Stuck. Hard to take, sit back and do nothing, but with no viable alternative. I suspect as the end of the season draws closer protests are inevitable.
We are in a relegation battle. Support the team, not the regime. We need all the points we can win. Can we try to keep any protests to before and after the match.
Post by Northgate Red on Jan 25, 2023 10:54:38 GMT
I'm not sure Wagmi will take any notice of protests tbh. They don't seem to understand anything about football in this country - the traditions, the history, the culture, the fans, the game itself, so they probably don't think they are doing anything wrong.
Some fans protesting before and after the Salford game won't unduly bother them - they are too bone-headed thick skinned to care. If they suddenly lost 50,000 followers on one of their social media platforms they would take notice. That's where their interests lie, whatever actually happens at CTFC football-wise is secondary to their "social media experiment".
Post by broadfielddave on Jan 25, 2023 20:16:30 GMT
I obviously understand the concerns people have and am far from happy with what WAGMI have been doing myself, but 'owners out!' protests should really be reserved for those who are deliberately damaging their club. WAGMI's poor decision making has just been down to incompetence, and personally I don't think that warrants this kind of action.
Selling Nichols was baffling but clearly just an ill-thought out attempt at moving on a player they didn't see value in. I think the owners are well aware of the fan displeasure at that, and seeing Tom doing what he's doing at Gillingham should be warning enough about being so short-sighted in future.
WAGMI have to do MUCH better than they are right now, but turning what will probably be a fierce relegation fight into an us vs them battle that will inevitably cause nothing but ill feeling and distraction would be completely counter-productive. Whatever happens, as has been mentioned, it is highly unlikely there is anyone else out there stupid enough to buy the club. The new manager and the players need our full support, so any energy wasted on anti-owner sentiment could be far better used to back the lads on the pitch to get us out of this mess.