If you want Tinnion and Manning to go then.....

[The Constant Rabbit]

Don't renew your season ticket until they are dismissed.

 

No-one will take your seat, as I'm pretty sure there won't be a queue to watch another year of this rubbish!

 

Make SL take notice.

 

The only way he will be forced to act is if people DO NOT RENEW until those two are sacked.

 

I guarantee you if only 4-5000 people renew in the first month after tix go on sale, SL will show both of them the door.

 

What's it come to - we used to gather in the players car park and surround the staff entrance, vent our feelings and force all of them to listen. Chanted at matches for change. The paper and radio would be swamped.

 

I get that times change - so apparently the only thing Stephen Lansdown will react to is a hit to his back pocket.

 

So don't renew.

 

 

 

 

[noize]

I agree with you, however, i dont think people will listen.

A lot of people just go and enjoy the day out, some with the kids, regardless of the score.

With some people I've noticed its almost like a "badge of honour" to be able to tell people how you continue to support and go every week regardless of the results.

I am not saying who is right, or wrong in this situation as everyone's lives are different, but from my perspective i am truly fed up of the club, but deeply emotionally invested, so i dont want to abandon it, but i do want change. Also, i dont want to watch the crap being served up right now.

I wont be going to ashton gate next season, unless Manning finally figures out a style of play that works (which i doubt), or as you said, the clowns are thrown out.

[Granty]

MyselAf and 3 others will not be renewing for exactly this, it's with an extremely heavy heart this decision has been taken.

 

Supported since late 70s and season ticket for 20 years, I will continue to support from afar but not lining their pockets in the assumption I'm happy with the running and direction of the club.

The life has slowly been sucked out the club and matchday experience is dreadful, no excitement or buzz, waking up Sat buzzing to get down the gate, seeing mates, few beers and enjoying the footy, it's frankly become a chore, and an expensive one at that.

 

I know my protest will not hit them hard but it's my only option of "two fingers" to the current hierarchy

[Capman]

4 minutes ago, Granty said:

MyselAf and 3 others will not be renewing for exactly this, it's with an extremely heavy heart this decision has been taken.

 

Supported since late 70s and season ticket for 20 years, I will continue to support from afar but not lining their pockets in the assumption I'm happy with the running and direction of the club.

The life has slowly been sucked out the club and matchday experience is dreadful, no excitement or buzz, waking up Sat buzzing to get down the gate, seeing mates, few beers and enjoying the footy, it's frankly become a chore, and an expensive one at that.

 

I know my protest will not hit them hard but it's my only option of "two fingers" to the current hierarchy

Good for you. I have a fairly simple view of life, I am not going to support people who lie to me. Why would I give money to those who deceive?
The board lied about the reasons for the changes they have made this year, I don’t trust them and refuse to give them money to reward their dishonesty. 
Steve needs to get off his backside and do something, but at the moment I don’t think they appreciate how angry lots of people are. Hopefully good people making a stand will make that clear to them. 

[redsquirrel]

31 minutes ago, Granty said:

MyselAf and 3 others will not be renewing for exactly this, it's with an extremely heavy heart this decision has been taken.

 

Supported since late 70s and season ticket for 20 years, I will continue to support from afar but not lining their pockets in the assumption I'm happy with the running and direction of the club.

The life has slowly been sucked out the club and matchday experience is dreadful, no excitement or buzz, waking up Sat buzzing to get down the gate, seeing mates, few beers and enjoying the footy, it's frankly become a chore, and an expensive one at that.

 

I know my protest will not hit them hard but it's my only option of "two fingers" to the current hierarchy

ive never had a season ticket but did pay a fair bit in for tickets,shirts and food etc over the years, you dont have to miss out on the match day experience either, get your mates together and go and enjoy a game elsewhere,you can still shout and cheer,swear at the ref,eat crappy food and go for a beer if you want to. all you miss out on is the shite on the pitch and the lies this rabble like trotting out week after week. this time was the last time for me, too many rip it up and start agains after you have bought into plans for a few years

Edited March 17 by redsquirrel

[Numero Uno]

I will certainly wait until the deadline that’s for sure. They can stick their free ticket draw up their arse!!

[GrahamC]

If results & performances don’t improve I’m not sure Manning will be here next season anyway.

Sadly we only get rid of Tinnion when the Lansdowns sell up & that appears a long way off.

[fisherrich]

57 minutes ago, Granty said:

MyselAf and 3 others will not be renewing for exactly this, it's with an extremely heavy heart this decision has been taken.

 

Supported since late 70s and season ticket for 20 years, I will continue to support from afar but not lining their pockets in the assumption I'm happy with the running and direction of the club.

The life has slowly been sucked out the club and matchday experience is dreadful, no excitement or buzz, waking up Sat buzzing to get down the gate, seeing mates, few beers and enjoying the footy, it's frankly become a chore, and an expensive one at that.

 

I know my protest will not hit them hard but it's my only option of "two fingers" to the current hierarchy

Same here, not going after 50 years of supporting the club. This is as bad as it gets IMO. 2 fingers to the Lansdowns ridiculous mistakes over the last 10+ years. The whole club is toxic currently.

Desperately needs new owners. Changing the coach won’t make any difference.

Edited March 17 by fisherrich

[Mike Hunt-Hertz]

I'd rather felch Arthur Mullard's arse than give those feckwits any of my money.

[Street red]

1 hour ago, Granty said:

MyselAf and 3 others will not be renewing for exactly this, it's with an extremely heavy heart this decision has been taken.

 

Supported since late 70s and season ticket for 20 years, I will continue to support from afar but not lining their pockets in the assumption I'm happy with the running and direction of the club.

The life has slowly been sucked out the club and matchday experience is dreadful, no excitement or buzz, waking up Sat buzzing to get down the gate, seeing mates, few beers and enjoying the footy, it's frankly become a chore, and an expensive one at that.

 

I know my protest will not hit them hard but it's my only option of "two fingers" to the current hierarchy

Two of us not renewing the owners need to wake up this has been coming for a long time it hurts like hell but in our own way of protest. 

[Sir Colby-Tit]

18 minutes ago, Mike Hunt-Hertz said:

I'd rather felch Arthur Mullard's arse than give those feckwits any of my money.

Well, that's put me off my cornflakes.

[Numero Uno]

6 minutes ago, Street red said:

Two of us not renewing the owners need to wake up this has been coming for a long time it hurts like hell but in our own way of protest. 

There is always a lot of hot air on season ticket renewals but I said that the club would lose possibly hundreds. The longer this goes on the more that view may need to be revised.

Last two home games I’ve skinned out at 70 minutes and 60 minutes because I find what Manning, Cardiff and Swansea delivered between them to be anti-football tbh.

Things do feel different than the annual hot air caused simply by poor results. The football itself is actively turning people off. It is actually rubbish. The more that Liam produces this shite the less people are inclined to believe that giving him a pre-season, let him have a few million and buying a ST is something they “want” to do.

[P'head Red]

I think they'll be in for a rude awakening this week, I for one will be holding fire on renewing, and so are many people that I know, people that have been going for decades.

Edited March 17 by P'head Red

[Red-Robbo]

1 hour ago, noize said:

With some people I've noticed its almost like a "badge of honour" to be able to tell people how you continue to support and go every week regardless.

 

It is, and it is with me. That said, I never criticise those who don't renew or have an ST or give up watching for whatever reason. It's not military service: it isn't compulsory.

I've seen us with worse managers and worse players in worse leagues. But that's just me. Four generations of Robbos have been going along to watch City (and maybe Bristol South End before that) and to moan and gripe about us but have occasional moments of great elation. I will continue to go. 

This year, I'll postpone renewing for as long as possible. 

[Granty]

1 hour ago, redsquirrel said:

ive never had a season ticket but did pay a fair bit in for tickets,shirts and food etc over the years, you dont have to miss out on the match day experience either, get your mates together and go and enjoy a game elsewhere,you can still shout and cheer,swear at the ref,eat crappy food and go for a beer if you want to. all you miss out on is the shite on the pitch and the lies this rabble like trotting out week after week. this time was the last time for me, too many rip it up and start agains after you have bought into plans for a few years

Good shout, might well go and take in some on league games instead, been a while since ive stood on old fashioned terraces

[Abraham Romanovich]

I maybe old school but for me nothing brings home the desired message more succinctly than a few well placed bedsheets

Exhibit A

 

[Mike Hunt-Hertz]

Just now, Abraham Romanovich said:

I maybe old school but for me nothing brings home the desired message more succinctly than a few well placed bedsheets

Exhibit A

 

I'd change that to "Johnson In", it's that bad!

[Galley is our king]

1 hour ago, Capman said:

Good for you. I have a fairly simple view of life, I am not going to support people who lie to me. Why would I give money to those who deceive?
The board lied about the reasons for the changes they have made this year, I don’t trust them and refuse to give them money to reward their dishonesty. 
Steve needs to get off his backside and do something, but at the moment I don’t think they appreciate how angry lots of people are. Hopefully good people making a stand will make that clear to them. 

Wow, sums up my feelings perfectly!

I said in another thread, I don't suffer fools gladly and I can't abide liars.

Both apply here so it's a definite NO from me...

[ZumerZetSmithy]

I will postpone till the last minute.  

I be up for a silent protest where everyone stands up and turns round  . But it won't happen.  

The forum is a percentage of fans and even on here there are people  who who would not .    I have a non league team 10 min walk from my house.  Cheaper bear  no fuel . We can find somewhere to have breakfast or brunch . City is an option  a bad one at the moment. 

[redsquirrel]

1 hour ago, Mike Hunt-Hertz said:

I'd rather felch Arthur Mullard's arse than give those feckwits any of my money.

yus my dear

[milo1111]

1 hour ago, Numero Uno said:

I will certainly wait until the deadline that’s for sure. They can stick their free ticket draw up their arse!!

I’m not renewing. But if people want to then please please please (if you are unhappy with the way the club is run) wait until the deadline !!!

[Sir Geoff]

2 hours ago, The Constant Rabbit said:

Don't renew your season ticket until they are dismissed.

 

No-one will take your seat, as I'm pretty sure there won't be a queue to watch another year of this rubbish!

 

Make SL take notice.

 

The only way he will be forced to act is if people DO NOT RENEW until those two are sacked.

 

I guarantee you if only 4-5000 people renew in the first month after tix go on sale, SL will show both of them the door.

 

What's it come to - we used to gather in the players car park and surround the staff entrance, vent our feelings and force all of them to listen. Chanted at matches for change. The paper and radio would be swamped.

 

I get that times change - so apparently the only thing Stephen Lansdown will react to is a hit to his back pocket.

 

So don't renew.

 

 

 

 

Two ST 's not being renewed here for that reason.

I would add to that anyone that does renew, do it on the last possible day. Keep the money in your own account as long as possible.

[Sir Geoff]

1 hour ago, Numero Uno said:

I will certainly wait until the deadline that’s for sure. They can stick their free ticket draw up their arse!!

The draw that is 'fixed' you mean.

[One Team]

Whilst I don’t disagree more immediate and direct action could be more effective, like chanting, banners etc.

That said I’ve only seen it once in recent times with the Johnson Out bedsheets; but this is much worse.

Edited March 17 by One Team

[Ashton Fete]

I think SL will listen to notable lack of renewals and if we get a battering by Leicester the toxic atmosphere that happens during the game and the players getting frustrated with each other. 

He’ll have seen and heard the booing in recent games and it’s becoming untenable so I think a bad home loss and he’ll act. 

 

[marmite]

If 2000 don't renew at £500 each SL will lose a million quid. 

If Manning stays and wastes his war chest it could cost him 20 million quid. 

Not rocket science Steve. 

[Nogbad the Bad]

4 hours ago, The Constant Rabbit said:

What's it come to - we used to gather in the players car park and surround the staff entrance, vent our feelings and force all of them to listen. Chanted at matches for change. The paper and radio would be swamped.

 

It's not like the old days, with CCTV they will quite happily chuck out those seen to be overly venting their feelings and ban agitators.

I've just heard an advert on the radio for listeners to buy tickets for forthcoming City games, proclaiming it to be the 'perfect family day out'.

That's what they want and that's it's come to - the rest of us passionate fans 'who want them to listen' are a bit of an incovenience that can be sorted out with the passage of time.

 

 

[robin_unreliant]

I expect there will be a decent crowd to watch us lose to Leicester. However, if things carry on like this, then Blackburn could be the game that sees a lot of empty seats. With no excuse like Mother's Day. If ST holders can hold off until then the double whammy may make SL stop and think at least.

[frenchred]

2 long time fans here won't be renewing, just had a gutsfull and what was an enjoyable day out just isn't anymore. Although a regular season ticket holder haven't bought anything in the stadium for 2 years!

[W-S-M Seagull]

Club have played a blinder really. "Don't renew your South Stand season ticket and you won't be allowed to buy one in there in the future" essentially. 

 

 

[TDarwall]

I'll renew. I don't class myself as a super fan, but its my club, irrespective of the team/coach/board.

Someone the other day said that not going had improved their mental health.  I'm lucky that I don't have any health issues, but the 90 mins at Ashton Gate is 1 of the few times I completely switch off & am just in the moment. Even when it's rubbish, it's only football & not stressful compared to other things in life.

[42nite]

45 minutes ago, marmite said:

If 2000 don't renew at £500 each SL will lose a million quid. 

If Manning stays and wastes his war chest it could cost him 20 million quid. 

Not rocket science Steve. 

 

It's all just pocket money to a man of his vast wealth.

it's his pride that gets continually battered!

 

[wendyredredrobin]

When you keep losing, people start to lose interest.  When you keep losing because you are not even trying to win, people just give up.

With the current ownership and management, you can only see things going in one direction which is why the fans and even the players seem to have lost belief.  There doesn't even see much hope to fall back on either.

As others have said, SL will not listen until he sees the outcome in his back pocket, which is why 2 more of us won't be renewing for next year. The board can give Manning as much time as they want, but we have decided that we won't be paying to watch it.  The bloke is clearly way out of his depth and that translates into performances, motivation and belief.

There are much cheaper and more enjoyable ways of wasting your life.

[BrizzleRed]

5 hours ago, The Constant Rabbit said:

Don't renew your season ticket until they are dismissed.

 

No-one will take your seat, as I'm pretty sure there won't be a queue to watch another year of this rubbish!

 

Make SL take notice.

 

The only way he will be forced to act is if people DO NOT RENEW until those two are sacked.

 

I guarantee you if only 4-5000 people renew in the first month after tix go on sale, SL will show both of them the door.

 

What's it come to - we used to gather in the players car park and surround the staff entrance, vent our feelings and force all of them to listen. Chanted at matches for change. The paper and radio would be swamped.

 

I get that times change - so apparently the only thing Stephen Lansdown will react to is a hit to his back pocket.

 

So don't renew.

 

 

 

 

I was discussing on here a while ago that although I was totally pissed off with how things are at the club, I didn’t want to risk losing my seat by not renewing.

My mindset is now changing.  It’s like when a relationship and trust has totally broken down …… would you still want to be with that person??

As Lansdown senior is the one pulling all the strings and has virtually made himself part of the club, I’m feeling like my relationship with the club is breaking down, in the same way as a relationship with a person can.

I’ve got no urge to renew for next season as it stands and if nothing changes by renewal deadline day, that’ll be me out for next year.

If Lansdown wants to totally destroy his expensive toy, I sure as hell don’t want to be supporting and witnessing that happening.

If enough of us hit him in the pocket, let’s hope that brings him to his senses and in the best case scenario, he sells up and ***** off.  I just can’t see a situation where I’ll ever trust him again.

[Red-Robbo]

2 minutes ago, BrizzleRed said:

 

If enough of us hit him in the pocket, let’s hope that brings him to his senses 

 

He's still worth £1.2bn. We could play to an empty stadium and he can still make money elsewhere faster than he'd lose it on BCFC.

It's the ego that will be hit, not the pocket.

 

[Philly The Kid]

1 hour ago, marmite said:

If 2000 don't renew at £500 each SL will lose a million quid. 

If Manning stays and wastes his war chest it could cost him 20 million quid. 

Not rocket science Steve. 

SL won't lose anything.
The club's budget will lose the million.
You see, it's a double edged sword. Whilst I fully agree that withholding your season ticket renewal sends a message, and a powerful one at that, such is the decline in SL's interest in the club, it means he won't underwrite the losses like he used to. I think he will simply order the clubs playing budget to be adjusted accordingly. When we then clamour for quality signings, they will simply say there is insufficient money in the budget to accommodate those signings and we'll be back to bargain basement freebies.
I think the supposed war chest people speak of is a red herring, certainly in terms of transfers. I think the bulk of it will be used to offset losses. We may get the quality forward we've been promised and one or two others but anyone who thinks we've got a transfer fighting fund of £25m is, frankly deluded.
I don't have a season ticket as work patterns prevent me from going regularly but if I did, I'd be renewing but demonstrating. Or, just not going. Anything really, but withholding the money the club needs badly to compete is understandable but ill-judged imho.
Neither Tinnion or the Lansdowns are going anywhere soon which is the real crux of the problem. 
 

[BrizzleRed]

1 minute ago, Red-Robbo said:

 

He's still worth £1.2bn. We could play to an empty stadium and he can still make money elsewhere faster than he'd lose it on BCFC.

It's the ego that will be hit, not the pocket.

 

That’ll do for me, as long as the arrogant b*stard gets the message, one way or the other!

[Bazooka Joe]

2 hours ago, TDarwall said:

I'll renew. I don't class myself as a super fan, but its my club, irrespective of the team/coach/board.

Someone the other day said that not going had improved their mental health.  I'm lucky that I don't have any health issues, but the 90 mins at Ashton Gate is 1 of the few times I completely switch off & am just in the moment. Even when it's rubbish, it's only football & not stressful compared to other things in life.

Very admirable and good for you.

However, I suspect our so-called "front foot football" may have been sending you to sleep.

[Davefevs]

2 hours ago, Philly The Kid said:

SL won't lose anything.
The club's budget will lose the million.
You see, it's a double edged sword. Whilst I fully agree that withholding your season ticket renewal sends a message, and a powerful one at that, such is the decline in SL's interest in the club, it means he won't underwrite the losses like he used to. I think he will simply order the clubs playing budget to be adjusted accordingly. When we then clamour for quality signings, they will simply say there is insufficient money in the budget to accommodate those signings and we'll be back to bargain basement freebies.
I think the supposed war chest people speak of is a red herring, certainly in terms of transfers. I think the bulk of it will be used to offset losses. We may get the quality forward we've been promised and one or two others but anyone who thinks we've got a transfer fighting fund of £25m is, frankly deluded.
I don't have a season ticket as work patterns prevent me from going regularly but if I did, I'd be renewing but demonstrating. Or, just not going. Anything really, but withholding the money the club needs badly to compete is understandable but ill-judged imho.
Neither Tinnion or the Lansdowns are going anywhere soon which is the real crux of the problem. 
 

The only “saving grace” for the squad is that this season “we” have £20m underwritten by Alex Scott instead.

What a effing piss take!

[GrahamC]

3 hours ago, TDarwall said:

I'll renew. I don't class myself as a super fan, but its my club, irrespective of the team/coach/board.

Someone the other day said that not going had improved their mental health.  I'm lucky that I don't have any health issues, but the 90 mins at Ashton Gate is 1 of the few times I completely switch off & am just in the moment. Even when it's rubbish, it's only football & not stressful compared to other things in life.

Me too, though I’m definitely going to leave it as late as humanly possible before I do so & in the highly unlikely scenario that I am asked why, will say I have no confidence whatsoever in anyone in a senior position at the club.