I am with Peter and Claus on this issue. Well written pieces, guys. I am an Irish red who has little or no opportunity to get across to see my beloved team (Once in 23 years). Over here I have found that its not what you know, its who you know. Thats the name of the game. I have grown to accept it. Sky Sports, unfortunately, is my church and Man United is my religion.
This season has been one of amazement from the word go. From dismal results to takeover talk, in my 23 years supporting the club, this is the worst season yet. The takeover situation is the straw that has broken the camels back. Glazer is money-grabbing, greedy and selfish-just like the Cubic Expression pair. He is bad for the club. Very bad. The takeover is done and dusted. We must accept this. We have no choice but as Peter and Claus have said, the best way to attack a money-grabbing, greedy and selfish man is to attack his pocket. Definitely boycotting merchandise is the best way. I am not sure how me doing this will affect things there but I am willing to do this much. I will advise my friends not to purchase any Man Utd gear. I will not gamble in Ladbrokes or drink Budweiser. My mobile is with Meteor now, not Vodafone.(Yeah, this is small-fry compared to the rallies and marches in Manchester but with the official supporters club in Dublin having nothing to do with anti-Glazer things, what are we to do? I cannot march on my own! If you have any suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated) I will continue to hate the man who will bring this club to the brink of destruction and wish him ill-luck in every endeavour he undertakes. Let's face it: its our club but not as we know it. We must crash and burn and rise from the flames when he ups and scarpers-which he will. That is when the club will need us most. But what is bitter-sweet here in Dublin, in my opinion, is the rise of Chelsea. I know many who have turned-coats when the going got rough at OT and now either do not support a team, or are ABU's. They "Like to see Chelsea win for Damien Duff and Liverpool do well for Finnan". My boll*x! My point is, with the rise and supposed rise of Chelski, the youngsters here will not be legging it for United merchandise but Chelsea merchandise and ahem Liverpool merchandise therefore moving money from United over to another club. Its a small bonus but Glazers first-quarter readings should make for very poor reading. I love this club. Always have and always will. Keep up the good work guys. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am with Pete here. We will succeed, but only if we > on normal match days > stop all other people from going to the megastore > and buying the official > programmes. We have to do this in nice and friendly > (!!!!!) way of course. > We also have to stop people from buying food, drinks > and all the usual > stuff at match times. Again this has to be done in a > nice and friendly > way. It is all very good us sitting here and saying > what we will all do, > but we must convince the "dayTrippers" that by > supporting Glazer through > merchandising they are killing the club. There are a > lot of people out > there that are not on this mailing list. I am more > than happy to give my > season ticket on the day to someone who won't make > noise inside the > ground, and chain myself in front of the megastore > so that nobody can get > in. I am happy to go to jail for my club if they > choose to take me in for > any public order offences. > > I know there are other people willing to do the > same. I know there are > people who will not do this, and I will respect > them. But I will not > respect people who buy any stuff from the megastore > or any other official > merchandise as well as food. You don't need it. Give > your money to the > non-official stalls and other web sites that do not > go to Glazers pockets. > > > The club will rise again, but next time it will be > ours. > > Claus > > > > > Peter Hargreaves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: [email protected] > 09/06/2005 10:49 > > To > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] > cc > > Subject > [imusa] SU and the situation > > > > > > > > > The situation is this: > > Glazer IS going to get all the shares - I don't > think I doubt that. I DO > believe he will surpass the number he needs to force > us to sell. BUT if he > > doesn't the value of our shares will be ZERO and a > lot of people (and I am > > included in that) just CANNOT afford to lose their > money. > > I've had my shares since 1979. I've given many, many > years of my life to > keeping a hold of them. Like others I've failed. > > Now is the time to take the action Shareholders > United suggest. > > We sell to him (bar a few shares - say 10/20 which > we keep just in case he > > doesn't make the compulsory purchase limit) and put > the money in the > Phoenix Fund and we wait until that fund can buy > back a controlling > interest in the Club. > > It will take a few years. It may take longer than I > have on this earth. > BUT > we must try. > > In the meantime we must boycott the Club in the way > that we see fit. > > For my part I just can't give up my season ticket. > There are two reasons > for this. One is honourable and one is plain > weakness. > > I am a drug addict. My drug is Manchester United. I > was born with the > addiction already in my system. I am weak. I cannot > give it up. > > My dad could NOT get to Old Trafford without me. > Fact. He is an old chap > now and he needs me. He wants to go. He has been > going for SEVENTY years > and I can't deny him his wish for the very few years > he has left. > > The above said, Glazer will almost certainly price > us out of it in the > VERY > near future. > > HOWEVER I will NEVER buy another piece of > merchandise until Glazer is > gone. > Whilst I am not the > day-tripping-spend-loads-in-the-megastore person > that > many are, I do spend a fair bit over each year. > > Every Christmas for as long as I can remember my > present from my mam and > dad was a selection box and a Roy of the Rovers > annual. When Roy finished > my mam was in a fit as to what she should buy me. "A > pair of United > slippers" I told her. And thus it has been these > last few years. NO MORE. > I'll just have a selection box. > > If everybody on this (and other) List (and ALL their > friends) did likewise > > his profit WOULD drop - of that there can be NO > doubt. If we ALL refused > to > buy ANYTHING from the Club then he WOULD be > defeated. > > He can only take ticket prices so far before ALL > match-going regulars > (poor > people like me in the main) will NOT be able to > afford to go - no matter > HOW MUCH they still want to. > > He is NEVER going to get the television deal he > needs as there is far too > much vested (financial) interest in that money by > the FA and EUFA. They > could not operate if he took such a large slice of > THEIR cake. As soon as > he really threatens that the Government will step in > and see him off. > > So if he has NO (additional) television monies and > WE stop his merchandise > > revenue he MUST lose. It IS that simple. > > The Phoenix Fund IS a GOOD idea. We can all deposit > our monies (however > great or small the sum - and THAT is a relative term > of course) in the > Fund > and watch our money grow. > > If we ALL do it then the amount that the Fund will > have on deposit will > make that Fund a VERY, VERY big depositor and thus > it (the Fund) will have > > a great deal of (financial) clout. > > I am pretty dim and I can see that that is a > reality. > > So that is what I will do. I will admit my failure > in not being able to > 'kick my habit'. I will continue to buy my season > ticket for as long as I > can afford to (not long I don't think). I WILL NOT > spend ONE PENNY on > Manchester United merchandise until he is gone. I > WILL deposit the money I > > get for my shares in the Phoenix Fund. > > I will pray to my God that I live long enough to see > the end of this > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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