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  • Large. We did also give a rousing rendition of "We want Roland Out."
  • jamescafc
    jamescafc Posts: 1,831
    Great work re the fund. Lots of clubs in similar positions to us but doubt many could have raised the sum we have.
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,806

    I would donate but I don't see the point if the money funds people to go to Belgium, find the bastard, and then sing him Happy Birthday.

    What's the point?

    There was an opportunity there to finally confront him and put him under pressure. That opportunity wasn't taken.

    I would donate but I don't see the point if the money funds people to go to Belgium, find the bastard, and then sing him Happy Birthday.

    What's the point?

    There was an opportunity there to finally confront him and put him under pressure. That opportunity wasn't taken.

    This is very funny.

    In the end, zero funding from CARD was used for the protest you mention.

    CARD does not exist in the way that you describe, it is a fund available to all. It has group of key people across the spectrum of supporters and debelops initiatives within that group and financially supports other initiatives as well.

    CARD were not involved in funding the initiative you have described.

    A group of supporters separately funded that event.

    Information from St Truiden gave that group the opportunity to demonstrate in front of Duchetelet in a way that clearly was a massive annoyance to him.

    the next time you suggest an opportunity has been missed, why not try saving it from having travelled to Belgium? Then you may have some credibility.
  • Hopefully, @jimmymelrose has realised that his argument is flawed and is now poised to make a contribution to the protest fund.
  • @cafcfan made an interesting suggestion on another thread of asking for friends and family to make a donation to the protest fund instead of buying socks or toiletries for Christmas.

    Donators could mark the donation as Christmas present for XXXX from XXXX and perhaps we could have these listed on a protest fund Christmas present thread. What do you think @Davo55 and @Curb_it ?

    Great idea for Xmas presents!
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380

    I can't see how it was executed perfectly. They stood outside the window and sang him a song. What the guy needs is in your face confrontation showing him the utter contempt that supporters feel for him.

    Standard Liege fans did it, and it worked.

    What is stopping you going over and getting in his face then?
    Yes, and giving the regime a PR victory they probably thought was never coming.
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  • masicat
    masicat Posts: 5,008
    Donated.
  • Davo55
    Davo55 Posts: 7,836
    Thanks to everyone who has donated since we started this appeal yesterday.

    I would just like to say, however, that no-one should feel under any obligation or pressure to chip in. Or feel they have to justify it on here if they don't want to.

    But if anyone thinks that protest fund money has been wasted, please feel free to drop me or @Curb_It a PM. We can clarify what we have (and have not) spent money on and explain our rationale, if needed. Happy to help anyone base decisions on whether or not to donate on facts rather than supposition.
  • LuckyReds
    LuckyReds Posts: 5,866
    Just a follow up to my post above about "playfulness over aggression"; I was mulling it over on the train this morning, and it occurred to me that from the point of view of the club, this corners them a bit too. How do you respond to playful or funny protests like that?

    If you act too harsh then you get negative attention and the press further side with the fans; but if you do nothing then the fans continue to dominate the narrative. The more I think about it, the more CARD (and other groups like B20) play a masterstroke every time they do something like this. Whether it's CARD initiating pigs and beachballs, or B20 singing Happy Birthday, it gets the attention of the press and makes it very difficult for the club to counter.
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,220
    Show me the money!! Ching ching thanks everyone, keep it coming.

  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,914
    edited November 2016
    Going alcohol free at uni for a few days so donated the price of 6 pints at my student bar.. ..
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,220
    I'm not going to be able to thank you all personally this time as too many to mention.
    You are stars. I do like the ROLAND OUT comments on the donations.
  • Davo55
    Davo55 Posts: 7,836

    Going alcohol free at uni for a few days so donated the price of 6 pints at my student bar.. ..

    Surely it's 6 pints a day @cantersaddick :wink:
  • JVL
    JVL Posts: 284
    Money duly shown, B. Big thanks to you and Davo.

    Wrong club, Roland.
  • dwb
    dwb Posts: 137
    I've donated by PayPal---got a confirmation email saying it has been received by an individual person. I assume this is OK?
  • Davo55
    Davo55 Posts: 7,836
    dwb said:

    I've donated by PayPal---got a confirmation email saying it has been received by an individual person. I assume this is OK?

    I will PM you
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  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,220
    dwb said:

    I've donated by PayPal---got a confirmation email saying it has been received by an individual person. I assume this is OK?

    Yes its all fine. I have safely tucked it under the mattress.
  • Davo55
    Davo55 Posts: 7,836
    Davo55 said:

    dwb said:

    I've donated by PayPal---got a confirmation email saying it has been received by an individual person. I assume this is OK?

    I will PM you
    Ignore the PM. @Curb_It is on fire today
  • Donated. Keep up the great work.
  • Davo55 said:

    Going alcohol free at uni for a few days so donated the price of 6 pints at my student bar.. ..

    Surely it's 6 pints a day @cantersaddick :wink:
    Not for a guy my size.. I'd be under the table every day!! :p
  • Davo55 said:

    Going alcohol free at uni for a few days so donated the price of 6 pints at my student bar.. ..

    Surely it's 6 pints a day @cantersaddick :wink:
    Not for a guy my size.. I'd be under the table every day!! :p
    I thought it was pints of MILK !
  • Davo55 said:

    Going alcohol free at uni for a few days so donated the price of 6 pints at my student bar.. ..

    Surely it's 6 pints a day @cantersaddick :wink:
    Not for a guy my size.. I'd be under the table every day!! :p
    I thought it was pints of MILK !
    Haha I'm not that fresh faced! :p
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,126

    Going alcohol free at uni for a few days so donated the price of 6 pints at my student bar.. ..

    I read that as you've physically posted in a cheque for £2.94. Bloody students.




    Yes I get it, I'll have to donate again now as penance for my joke
  • Fumbluff said:

    Going alcohol free at uni for a few days so donated the price of 6 pints at my student bar.. ..

    I read that as you've physically posted in a cheque for £2.94. Bloody students.




    Yes I get it, I'll have to donate again now as penance for my joke
    If you can get 6 pints for £2.94 anywhere on earth I need to know where...
  • razil
    razil Posts: 15,041
    adopt a plastic throwable animal, this xmas...
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,673

    Fumbluff said:

    Going alcohol free at uni for a few days so donated the price of 6 pints at my student bar.. ..

    I read that as you've physically posted in a cheque for £2.94. Bloody students.




    Yes I get it, I'll have to donate again now as penance for my joke
    If you can get 6 pints for £2.94 anywhere on earth I need to know where...
    Goa, I paid 40 pence for a pint of cobra.
    So £2.40 gets you 6 pints