Rovers to play in Dalymount

[NY Hoop]

What happens on the pich is immaterial at this stage. It's the off pitch antics that we should be worried about. If you want to be naive that's your problem.

WAKE UP the board is killing this club and by paying into dalymount you are pro board. COP ON.

KOH

[drummerboy]

Is this the rebirth of KRAM

[mypost]

Is this the rebirth of KRAM

A rebirth of KRAM appears to be way off the mark. There are no campaigns to boycott home games from the supporters clubs, so I can't see many fans choosing to stay away. At the end of the day, the real fans will turn up, regardless of whatever hardships we may face along the way.

[Passive]

At the end of the day, the real fans will turn up, regardless of whatever hardships we may face along the way.

It is up to each Rovers fan to examine the facts and make up their minds whether they want to support Branvard Limited. In my opinion, this club has gotten closer to extinction every day under the current regime. Their plans are insane, their friends are speculators, their actions are reckless. I do not trust their motives nor their methods and I no longer recognise them as Shamrock Rovers.
I've had enough.

[joeraki]

A rebirth of KRAM appears to be way off the mark. There are no campaigns to boycott home games from the supporters clubs, so I can't see many fans choosing to stay away. At the end of the day, the real fans will turn up, regardless of whatever hardships we may face along the way.

Wasn't there a statement from the ultras on there forum that they won't be going ? thats one supporters club isn't it ? maybe others are going there on thing as well

[Bald Student]

the real fans will turn up

On a small point, you should be careful about using terms like 'real fans'. We're all real fans here, we just have different opinions sometimes.

[mypost]

WAKE UP the board is killing this club and by paying into dalymount you are pro board. COP ON.

KOH

As for the hysterical "killing this club" comments, SRFC has been left on a life-support machine since Kilcoyne sold Milltown in 1987, as we survive now mostly on goodwill, charity, and government grants.

When we played in Tolka in 87/88, the fans, myself included, boycotted the games outside the ground and only went to away games. It didn't change anything, and if it didn't then, the current board won't take any notice of boycotts now. The fans can't force him out, so until someone else takes control of the club, we're stuck with who we have. Protesting at Dalymount against the board while supporting the team on the field, is a lot more effective than choosing to stay away from games, which changes nothing, and is simply not an option.

[NY Hoop]

When we played in Tolka in 87/88, the fans, myself included, boycotted the games outside the ground and only went to away games. It didn't change anything

Think that quote proves you are either a wind up artist or beyond delusional. "it didnt change anything"?????????????

I, too was on that boycott and the result was the kilcoynes left, that's what changed. The club was saved at the 11th hour and under the new board we won the league 6 years later.

The present board are killing the club. FACT not hysteria. It's your option to go to dalymount. It will pain me not to go as I usually go to all games but, like I said, it's a step too far.

KOH

[mypost]

I, too was on that boycott and the result was the kilcoynes left, that's what changed.

The present board are killing the club. It's your option to go to dalymount. It will pain me not to go as I usually go to all games but, like I said, it's a step too far.

KOH

Sure, the Kilcoyne's left, not directly because of the boycott, but in the close season. However, we never got back to Milltown. And so began a downward spiral of events that leaves the club where it is now.

I see why you and other fans want to stay away from home games. I agree that Maguire and the board, are inept, incompetent, liars and crooks, but the fans have to go for the team's sake. Otherwise anarchy takes over.

If you refuse to go to home games, the club loses income. The players don't get paid. The players go on strike. Going on strike means not playing games. That means points are deducted. If it continues, we're relegated. Which means further loss of sponsorship/revenue, which eventually leads on the continuing downward slope to a winding-up order, which leads to extinction. We, the Rovers fans, cannot allow that to happen at any cost.

The most effective form of protest, is to hold organised peaceful protests before, during, and/or after every home game until the board get the message, and let people who know what they're doing, take over and run the club properly. Refusing to go in our darkest hour, changes nothing and like I said before, simply not an option.

Fans who refuse to attend home games will be as responsible for the state of the club as the current board.

[Passive]

If you refuse to go to home games, the club loses income. The players don't get paid. The players go on strike. Going on strike means not playing games. That means points are deducted. If it continues, we're relegated. Which means further loss of sponsorship/revenue, which eventually leads on the continuing downward slope to a winding-up order, which leads to extinction. We, the Rovers fans, cannot allow that to happen at any cost.

If we go to home games we will be holding in place a regime that wants a property speculator to build a one-sided home stadium which Rovers can never own.
If we do not go to home games we will attempting to remove that regime and replace it with an alternative that wants to build a stadium in conjunction with SDCC.
I appreciate your point, but the time has come to remove the blinkers. Ask yourself one question: why are Rovers taking SDCC to court? There is an answer to that question, and it's an answer that no Rovers fan wants to hear.