Do you still not get it?

How good would a completely empty stadium have looked when we're winning. A bold statement and would have got great plaudits.
It was 16 minutes! That's all.

You people...

North Stand was near empty!

Another thread? Just for more calling out of other fans? Now's not the time for it.

Today was a huge result in every possible way, it doesn't matter what it could've been - it is what it is.

It was ALWAYS going to be a risky tactic, personally I wasn't keen on the walkout idea because it had the potential to be spectacularly underwhelming. Given the fact we are in a relegation battle and were 1-0 against the team ranked 2nd... in a season devoid of joy.

The cards were well and truly stacked against it. Somehow though it worked and decent numbers DID leave. Focus on that, rather than what may have been.

I can appreciate it's frustrating. Much the same as being referred to as a tosser on the concourse for your scarf choice or arguing with the person sat behind you.

Unlike that though, these posts are directly calling out other protesters and there's no need. It's bad enough having arguments between opposing sides, but now petty little arguments inside one group? It plays in to Katriens hands and through division she can conquer.

Please tell me how the walk out would support the team not the regime?

Staying up is more important than being rid of RD and KM. if you don't agree I think you may need to rethink how we'll get back up when we have all our assets stripped to save costs in L1.

Tell me why fans had vitriolic chants shouted at them for supporting the team to the end?

The impact of the walkout was greatly reduced by the ground already being so empty, this non attendance was already a better indication of the dissatisfaction around the place than a walkout especially after the total farce of the supposed pitch invasion. Plus you cant blame people for wanting to see if we could finally get 3 pts.

I'm not one for normally posting comments that divide opinion, I normally stick to post match views and occasionally write questions

But I can't help but echo what the commentator said on sky yesterday when the image of one gentleman argueing with another about the whistling...

Fans as supporters paying to watch the match have freedom to choose to do whatever they want , wether that be there just to watch the match or to come to protest. It's pivotal that we get these horrible cretins out of our club I agree but you'll never ever get every single fan feeling the same way.

Every single game more and more people are fed up with the regime and club aboard the protest in order to find a new era and in my opinion yesterday was a huge success, and thus we should never go about calling out people who didn't walk out, didn't go on the pitch blah blah blah , as its every individual choice, I certainly wouldn't have walked on the pitch as I don't have the plums to do so, especially with young children.

I see your point about the people with black and white scarfs not walking out, but as with any initiative to raise awareness of the protests , you'll get people strolling past , see free scarfs and take them.

We as a collective on here want those w****rs out but unfortunately this sample doesn't reflect the whole population, but that's okay as more and more people join, the more and more pressure mounts.

Keep going CARD, the efforts are tremendous.

How can you possibly blame people for not walking out?! We've been absolute toilet particularly at home, and for once by some miracle we pull a performance out the bag against a very strong side, I wasn't there as I couldn't get back from Sunday league football in time but I wouldn't of walked that's for sure not whilst we're winning.

I sit in the east stand centre blocks near the back...hardly anyone moved from that area and i got abuse from so called fans when i left...

Some people want others to take the fight for them why they do eff all.

The pictures above of the covered end show that the home fans did exit in massive numbers, and the fact that it neither rallied Boro, not prevented us scoring minutes later (when any effect of the mass exit would likely be at their greatest) shows it was just in your imagination. It had absolutely zero effect on the players, and the reality is that it never was going to effect the players. They like to talk about 12th man because it's good PR, but in the vast majority of cases we the fans have very little effect on the action. We can stir them into activity if we're really loud and create and amazing atmosphere, and the same can be used to intimidate opposition.

But the crowd was poor, the atmosphere surprisingly good, and a mass exodus was never going to have any sizeable effect on the players. Not leaving and then saying it was because you didn't want to effect the result is paranoia (probably justified, we've thrown away enough points late in games) and self-justification. The reality is we were winning and you didn't want to miss the last 16 minutes, everything else doesn't match the reality of the situation.

Thought you were supposed to be going on to the pitch? What happened?

Sparrows Lane Lion said:

Thought you were supposed to be going on to the pitch? What happened?

I was all up for it but realised that given what I was wearing I'd probably be recognised.

ricky_otto said:

Sparrows Lane Lion said:

Thought you were supposed to be going on to the pitch? What happened?

I was all up for it but realised that given what I was wearing I'd probably be recognised.

Are you Max Miller's grandson?

Halix said:

iamdan said:

They should've been at Rotherham or Brentford then....

Not everyone has the opportunity because of work or finances to follow the team away smartarse.

Alright sweetheart.