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Post by Finnish Gas on Aug 24, 2015 9:06:20 GMT
Opposition to Sainsburys actions have become very muted. I wonder what is the current position of the BRFC Supporters Club?
As individuals we will achieve absolutely nothing but if the BRFC Supporters Club decided to support protests the position might be a little different. Imagine the position if 4 coaches turned up at a Sainsbury's en route or on the way back from the Leyton Orient game on Saturday.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2015 9:14:20 GMT
I'd imagine if we started playing games like that the appeal would go even further against our favour.
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Post by Topper Gas on Aug 24, 2015 9:16:31 GMT
Seems pointless to me as I doubt the Court of Appeal are going to allow our appeal just because 4 coaches turned up at a Sainsbury's store one Saturday?
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Post by RD on Aug 24, 2015 9:16:54 GMT
What exactly are you suggesting?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2015 9:24:56 GMT
So 4 coach loads of fans show up at sainsburys... Then what? We all sit outside and refuse to go in?
I think at this moment we should try and forget about the court case and just let the appeal run it's course and leave us with an outcome one way or another.
The football needs to take priority at the moment, we shouldn't let anything distract or disturb the fantastic form we are in.
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Aug 24, 2015 9:25:14 GMT
The quicker we (the club) forget about Sainsbury's and try to advance the UWE scheme by other means, the better.
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Post by Finnish Gas on Aug 24, 2015 9:28:26 GMT
What exactly are you suggesting? The dairy farmers have been able to make a "public statement" to Morrisons that has received a lot of positive publicity. Our issue with a FTSE 100 company is currently devoid of publicity. |
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Post by gashead99 on Aug 24, 2015 10:10:45 GMT
The price of milk is a national moral issue. Our dispute with Sainsbury's is a legal one which only the courts can decide. Sadly morality has no place in the legal arena.
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Post by Severncider on Aug 24, 2015 10:11:12 GMT
What exactly are you suggesting? The dairy farmers have been able to make a "public statement" to Morrisons that has received a lot of positive publicity. Our issue with a FTSE 100 company is currently devoid of publicity. The difference is that probably 95%+ of the population buys milk so it gets a lot of publicity.
BRFC is not even on the radar for most of the population and therefore the national news media is not interested.
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Post by RD on Aug 24, 2015 10:34:09 GMT
The dairy farmers have been able to make a "public statement" to Morrisons that has received a lot of positive publicity. Our issue with a FTSE 100 company is currently devoid of publicity. The difference is that probably 95%+ of the population buys milk so it gets a lot of publicity.
BRFC is not even on the radar for most of the population and therefore the national news media is not interested.
Exactly. We might have got more publicity had we have been a MASSIVE club - Man Utd, Chelsea, Bristol City etc. But we're a tiny club in League Two - it's just not going to get national interest. Time to move on. The contract wasn't watertight and, as such, it allowed Sainsbury's to get out of the contract. It's an absolute joke that they can do so, but it's our fault for sticking a cut-off date in the contract in the first place. |
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Post by dragonfly on Aug 24, 2015 11:16:09 GMT
Opposition to Sainsburys actions have become very muted. I wonder what is the current position of the BRFC Supporters Club? As individuals we will achieve absolutely nothing but if the BRFC Supporters Club decided to support protests the position might be a little different. Imagine the position if 4 coaches turned up at a Sainsbury's en route or on the way back from the Leyton Orient game on Saturday. Even if only 50 Supporters entered a store to shop and drop, it would let Sainsbury know that we have not gone away. A loud protest in the car park would help especially if it was reported on. I do not believe the Club has objected to recent individual protests of a similar nature. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Aug 24, 2015 11:38:50 GMT
Seriously, do posters think they are going to now ignore the courts decision and hand over £30m because of a shop & drop?
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Post by peterparker on Aug 24, 2015 12:20:06 GMT
We lost, a court/judge of the land decided so. not sure what anyone is aiming to achieve.
We have an appeal in the offing (However long it will take) and any protest action will do what exactly?
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Post by Finnish Gas on Aug 24, 2015 12:35:24 GMT
We appear to have been very cleverly out-manouvered by a FTSE 100 company. I agree with Topper Gas that protests in themselves would achieve very little in terms of the decision of the Court of Appeal.
However, if protests were properly highlighted in the national press it could carry significant benefits:
- publicity for the 22,000 seater UWE stadium scheme;
- fans' desire for a new or revamped stadium that would take us out of the "stone age";
- untapped potential to attract new investors (particularly given the current success of the team).
At the same time it would flag up the actions of the FTSE 100 company who probably are very keen indeed to cremate bad publicity.
The "football world" in general is not aware of the potential of "upwardly mobile" Bristol Rovers.
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Post by dragonfly on Aug 24, 2015 12:36:52 GMT
I believe that as a Club we should always try to punch above our weight and if we fail in our objectives then at least we tried. Is that not what we demand from our Team? Bill Roost used to chase seemingly lost causes and frequently won, according to my Father.
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Post by peterparker on Aug 24, 2015 12:42:19 GMT
We appear to have been very cleverly out-manouvered by a FTSE 100 company. I agree with Topper Gas that protests in themselves would achieve very little in terms of the decision of the Court of Appeal. However, if protests were properly highlighted in the national press it could carry significant benefits: - publicity for the 22,000 seater UWE stadium scheme; - fans' desire for a new or revamped stadium that would take us out of the "stone age"; - untapped potential to attract new investors (particularly given the current success of the team). At the same time it would flag up the actions of the FTSE 100 company who probably are very keen indeed to cremate bad publicity. The "football world" in general is not aware of the potential of "upwardly mobile" Bristol Rovers. look at Southend and Sainsbury's. That has been going on for years for one reason or another?
Who outside of Southend gives a feck about that? At least in that case Sainsbury's have bailed Southend out on a few occasions
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2015 13:01:30 GMT
Let it go!
Let it go!
Im at one with the wind and snow!
I fekin love frozen!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2015 13:09:54 GMT
I thought loads of you have refused to shop there again?
Sainsbury must be feeling the pinch.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2015 16:21:09 GMT
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Post by britishgas on Aug 24, 2015 22:14:09 GMT
The difference is that probably 95%+ of the population buys milk so it gets a lot of publicity.
BRFC is not even on the radar for most of the population and therefore the national news media is not interested.
Exactly. We might have got more publicity had we have been a MASSIVE club - Man Utd, Chelsea, Bristol City etc. Nurse! |
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