gilmour Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Heard a few rumours over the banning of the drum.Is this a boycott or not ? If it is then make it public as I feel there is a lot of support out their esp after the way they were treated at Utd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 Not really got a view on this. But I stay just off Easter Road, so I'm going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
something else Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 Why can't the bois just go to the game without the drum, sing like fuck and get behind the team? Surely its about supporting Motherwell and not about beating a drum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onthefringes Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 Is boycotting away games not the de rigueur? Away attendance has dwindled for a long time and for varying reasons. Shit polls and the thinking behind them? Think we're losing focus on the term 'support'... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superward Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 Banning a drum is different from refusing people entry. Team need a good support so I will be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxteth O'Grady Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 I'm not sure which is the more ridiculous - Hibs banning the drum or some 'Well fans (seemingly) considering a boycott because of said ban. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnstone Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 All you are doing by not going is punishing Motherwell, but on the flip side by boycotting the game you raise awareness of the totally bonkers attitude of modern football. Scottish football stadiums are empty most games so any little bit of atmosphere generated should be embraced not banned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burn_Broomfield Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 Everyone should still be going to support the team on the park rather than doing a Geoffrey. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rambunctious Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 I don't agree with Hibs banning the drum, it does help with atmosphere and they will lose out on a bit of gate money. However, Hibs fans have complained about it (albeit a pathetic and silly complaint) and I think they'd rather appease their own fans than ours, so I do understand to a degree. I started going to Motherwell games long before drums were involved. I'm not sure, but I think people still managed to get a sing song and a jump about?? I go to games because I like watching football, I like to show my support for Motherwell and I like getting a bevvy and a laugh with mates. Not having a drum there affects none of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yabba's Turd Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 Mind we all hated Livingston's drummer? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makaveli Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 Motherwell need your support, Hibernian need the loss in revenue. Answer? Go to the game, as many have as many people as possible claim concession tickets only take a full price ticket if you really have to. Also when your in the ground, don't buy programs or refreshments (pie, bovrils or whatever floats your boat). That way they are getting their basic money from the gates and that is it. Our team is getting the support their team is getting minimum income from it. Don't think it is too much to ask not to pay £1.80 -£2.00 for a pie ye get from the butchers for 80p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshi-1991 Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 Anyone getting up in arms over a drum must have far too much time on their hands (and im talking about both sides of the argument). If you were going to the game but have now decided to miss it due to a drum then you have to ask yourself if you are really interested in football or are just there to party for 90mins. I do agree banning that banning the drum is ridiculous though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxteth O'Grady Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 Now on BBC Sport website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanwellfan Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 Nice to see all the sensible posts and keeping focus on whats more important. Ok so no drum, move on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 Turn up in large numbers, be extra vocal and show them we can beat them without a drum. Beat, geddit? It's funny because you do that to a drum too, see? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenin the Parakeet Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 MFC should retaliate and ban The Proclaimers from FP. Noisy, caterwauling, Hibee bar stewards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 Motherwell need your support, Hibernian need the loss in revenue. Answer? Go to the game, as many have as many people as possible claim concession tickets only take a full price ticket if you really have to. Also when your in the ground, don't buy programs or refreshments (pie, bovrils or whatever floats your boat). That way they are getting their basic money from the gates and that is it. Our team is getting the support their team is getting minimum income from it. Don't think it is too much to ask not to pay £1.80 -£2.00 for a pie ye get from the butchers for 80p Great post, which sums it up for me. If anyone really feels that cannot attend out of principle then donate the entrance fee to MFC. Maybe this will let you all see just how awkward some clubs can be. Our club directors have to put up with this nonsense week in week out at SPFL meetings and votes. Organise "away season tickets" or change voting rights yer havin a laugh. If other clubs can be this awkward over something a simple as a drum it really does make you think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East_Stand_Al Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 I'll not be there because I'm working however if I wasn't working I'd be there drum or no drum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 Good to see it on BBC site...the media needs to pick this up and get right into Hibs and show people how feckin ridiculous they are. Scottish football needs all the help it can get and these fuckwits are complaining about fans being noisy FFS..you could not make it up No boycott though turn up in numbers sing and make as much noise as you can, pump them and get it right up them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigCDawg Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 If I wasn't working I would be there no matter what. But as said in the interview it's because it's a Snare drum.But bass drums are ok. Anyone got a bass drum?That way we get a drum and get one up on them at the same time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelman1991 Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 Pretty sure we could get an old one from 'The Pride' 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brazilian Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 disappointed to read a thread on a boycott but cant believe a few hypocrites , knocking those who will not spend their money visiting a stadium where they feel its not worth the £22/£12 for whatever reason. saying that, maybe I'm wrong , and, I can look forward to all these great supporters showing up at Celtic Park, because the team needs you and that's all that matters should be a what 7-800, maybe a thousand given its close proximity. if anyone chooses not to go because they feel Hibs , are in the wrong, fine by me, same if its because its £22 a head or because the scheduled date changed with only 2 weeks notice. probably only a handful of fans on a full set of games this season, most everyone makes choices, nae drum at one ground but its welcome at another and you have to make a choice between them, then its a perfectly valid factor for some. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted March 8, 2014 Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 People love a boycott these days. It's stage two of the mock outrage timeline! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenin the Parakeet Posted March 8, 2014 Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 McCall drums up support Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inthebasement Posted March 8, 2014 Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 What a miserable decision from hibs, i am convinced the claims inrelation to fan complaints are lies, they should procuce figures/ evidence. Going to the game today, but my sympathy and support is with the bois. They have transformed the home and away experience particularly as their numbers have doubled this season and last. What i particularly admire is the positivity of their agenda and support, it was only a few years ago that the songbook we carried to edinburgh grounds consisted almost entirey of references to aids, gays, addicts and refugees, all very grim. Now it's about our tean, our players. I also recall the away visits to tannadice without the bois, and in particlar the game they originally boycotted / were refused entry. We pulled of a great battling performance that game but the remain support were too cold and disprate to congratulate the team. I also think that the fans actively critising the boycott approach as petty should bear in mind that fans have very limited means with which to make a point. Shouting on forums has no impact in club boardrooms. All of that said, if the response is a boycott is should be undertaken with eyes open. There is a real risk here of damaging the team here, and if hibs win today and their own drum is banging you can be damn sure no one within their club will be concerned by the couple of grand lost at the gate. Have the bois considered any other action to protest this decision other than non-attendence? I would suggest that anything which embarrasses hibs and draws attention to this decision should be consided and wonder if non-attendance is an effective way of pushing this message? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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