gROFLeen & goLOLd

[floyd__streete]

LOL @ a load of gurning self-satisfied home counties prats in jesters hats and replica shirts twirling their gROFLeen and goLOLd scarves in 'protest' at the ownership of some northern franchise as if their actions make any difference.

[Franchise FC]

The biggest LOL is at the idea that the Glazers are actually bad for them.

Under their ownership they've ONLY won the PL three in a row, the League Cup two in a row and the Champions League.

What, exactly, do the fans think they should be doing that's better ?

[Smoking Kills Dancing Doe]

Or that the Glazers would ever sell the cash cow that is Man Utd.

[AthleticoSpizz]

its commonly known as hysteria

[soggy biscuit]

United are victims of their own success here I think. The passionate fans that care are well behind it and seemingly not doing a bad job of publicising their protest, unfortunately every 14 year old from Surrey now thinks it's cool to be behind the campaign and those southern plastics that have so long boosted the finances of United and helped them get where they are are now making this campaign look a total mockery.

[AthleticoSpizz]

....yes even Beckham is a southerner


as I say..hysteria (and typically British)

[Platypuss]

I'd be more impressed if they did the G&G stuff elsewhere and left OT empty.

[swansea jack]

Or that the Glazers would ever sell the cash cow that is Man Utd.

Apparently they own a number of sheep farms and a dye factory in welsh Wales. Sales of wool and green & gold dye have gone through the roof lately.

[AthleticoSpizz]

Or that the Glazers would ever sell the cash cow that is Man Utd.

Apparently they own a number of sheep farms and a dye factory in welsh Wales. Sales of wool and green & gold dye have gone through the roof lately.

sounds like a ready made fan base too

[Jerry St Clair]

I'd be more impressed if they did the G&G stuff elsewhere and left OT empty.

They claim that because they've paid for season tickets it wouldn't make any difference to Glazer's pocket. Though I'm not sure what was stopping them renewing every season since 2005.

Oh, a string league titles!

[prostak]

The biggest LOL is at the idea that the Glazers are actually bad for them.

Under their ownership they've ONLY won the PL three in a row, the League Cup two in a row and the Champions League.

What, exactly, do the fans think they should be doing that's better ?

Perhaps not asset-stripping the club?

[Dirk Gently]

Ok - I'll take the bait (as you no doubt thought I would, eventually).

Firstly, this is virtually the perfect football protest, because it allows supporters to still support their team whilst making a very real and visible protest to the owners. I wish I'd have thought of an idea like this, and I've got nothing but admiration for the guys who did (and I've told them so, too.)

In some ways it's similar to "pants day" in concept - go along and support your team, but make a non-violent and effective protest at the same time. Why should anyone actually boycott the ground? - regardless of whether they've paid for STs or not, people first and foremost want to support their team (the players) so it's only something extreme like Chester or Wimbledon where a boycott is every likely to work. The sea of green and gold is as effective as rows of empty seats – and quite apart from that if people didn’t attend and protest those seats would probably be sold off to football tourists at a tenner a seat and the PR war lost.

The most striking thing about Green & Gold is just how much it's been taken up - and how much of a service this is doing to all supporters. Prior to this, there were relatively few who "got it" about debt and sustainability in football. Thanks to Portsmouth and Green & Gold so many more people understand it now, as well as the media. A few weeks ago I heard an interview on 5Live where respected commentators were virtually rubbishing what David Gill was saying, and then talking to the MUST people for what the financial figures really were. Like it or not, what happens at Man Utd gets noticed by the press in a way that things at other clubs just don't, so the service in awareness-raising that Green & Gold is doing to supporters at all clubs is absolutely immense. People now largely understand the financial situation and debt and club ownership is now very much on the media and political agenda – and this is going to make a *very* real difference.

So, while it's so easy to sneer and make superior comments on a message board about what supporters at other clubs are doing, I think it's absolutely superb what’s happening at OT - the number of people who have at last realised what has happened to their club and are making their voice heard.

Just think what could be achieved if supporters of all clubs worked together, but while people much prefer to deride what other supporters are doing primarily because they’re other supporters then we’ll continue to be in a divided and ruled

[Dirk Gently]

The biggest LOL is at the idea that the Glazers are actually bad for them.

Under their ownership they've ONLY won the PL three in a row, the League Cup two in a row and the Champions League.

What, exactly, do the fans think they should be doing that's better ?

Not being in a situation where they have to pay interest payments of £76M each year just to stay still?

[Very near...far away]

I'm surprised Narge City haven't made a bit of money out of this.

[Jackson Corner]

I doubt the Glaziers even know there is a protest. They have no interest in watching the team, they just sit in there big Florida mansion counting all the money they have fleesed out of United.

[Franchise FC]

The biggest LOL is at the idea that the Glazers are actually bad for them.

Under their ownership they've ONLY won the PL three in a row, the League Cup two in a row and the Champions League.

What, exactly, do the fans think they should be doing that's better ?

Perhaps not asset-stripping the club?

Asset stripping is running a business down to take the value out.

Which part of 'this is as successful as they've ever been' is difficult for them to understand ?

[Dirk Gently]

And are none of you aware what has happened to ticket prices at OT? This extra money to pay the financial institutions has to come from somewhere .....

[Silver Fox]

and as long as people continue to pay those ticket prices no amount of green and gold scarves and big banners will change a thing

I read a bit about the preposterously monickered Red Knights yesterday and their promise to fans that if they tear up their season ticket renewal forms the red knights will keep their seats for them. Well what if someone else buys that seat? Maybe even more approrpriately, what happens when the Red Knights don't actually buy the club because the Glazers seem completely unitnerested in selling?

[Wax Jacket]

you've got to hand it to the Glazers really

[No Fixed Abode]

The biggest LOL is at the idea that the Glazers are actually bad for them.

Under their ownership they've ONLY won the PL three in a row, the League Cup two in a row and the Champions League.

What, exactly, do the fans think they should be doing that's better ?

The same could be said of Reading though. When things aren't going so well, it's all about blaming Madejski and the board. Realistically where do Reading see themselves? I mean, it's not likely you'll ever win the PL and for the size of the club and financial backing surely Championship level is a good level for you. So what do you think they should be doing that's better?

Many fans moaned on here about the board etc when the team were stuggling, but nobody had the guts to protest. If United fans want to protest about how the club is run, let them. I'm sure they know the club better than you.