Voting with your wallet

[ajthefox]

18 minutes ago, Foxin_Mad said:

People should boycott that united game, but sure some Saps will go. The pricing is a ****ing disgrace, it deserves boycotting and Radcliffe is a **** too. 

Just checked, I didn't realise they were that bad. 

Was thinking of going as it's a close away day but absolutely no way I am paying that much. Disgraceful prices as you say.

[Drew Peacock]

I never have done, apart from buying shirts for my kids until they stopped wanting to be shirters.

On matchday, I have never really understood  paying extortionate prices for mostly crap food and missing minutes either side of half time and at various points during the game. For the recent FA Cup game there was what looked like a day trip family in the row in front of me, near an aisle, all dressed in what looked like new scarves, hats and a LCFC carrier bag of goodies.
Great to see new fans, but they were all on the move every few minutes, up and down for food and drink, kids generally restless and wandering around, and none took much interest in the actual game, which seemed ironic. 
I appreciate though that it’s people’s choice what they do and for some, food and drink in the ground is part of the match day ritual and experience, probably more so at the moment, so it might have increased more than decreased for some. 

[JonnyBoy]

2 hours ago, purpleronnie said:

I hope that those not going wont resell their ticket...if they can afford to take the hit.  Empty seats might make them take notice.

I did this on Saturday just gone but most who do complain on here are probably ST holders who went. I can only hope they added to the anti Rudkin chants, didn’t buy beer/food etc. 

 

needs a big statement with a protest of not going to next home game or an actual protest outside the ground/seagrave which seems like the most likely option and is gaining traction 

[BenTheFox]

For what it's worth, the only money the club have had from me in the past 3/4 years or so has been for my season ticket and match tickets for cup games. I'm not spending £6 for a pint of Chang out of a plastic cup when I am perfectly capable of going more than two hours without alcohol and I can have a pint in a pub that will actually enjoy before or after the game. Nor am I willing to spend £60 on a replica shirt, which would effectively make me a walking billboard for dodgy crypto. 

[grobyfox1990]

2 hours ago, dooflip said:

Just wondering if there are many other supporters with a similar outlook as myself on this.

 

Due to the state of the club, mismanagement, poor treatment of fans etc, I refuse to give the club any money apart from

the cost of my ticket.

 

That means I no longer buy merchandise, food, drink etc. I arrive just before kick off, and leave on the whistle. I sometimes take a bottle of water as it’s the only beverage the stewards will let me in with.

 

I refuse to be drawn in to staying any longer than I need to other than supporting my team, or giving the club any more of my hard earned money for over priced rubbish so they can be irresponsible with it.

 

How many over priced burgers and flat pints were pissed up the wall on skipp, ayew and edouard? The club don’t deserve our hard earned money to just throw it away. Until I can see that they are doing their jobs properly and running our club sensibly, I will be giving them the bare minimum, just like the current players do.

(I will however continue to renew my season ticket, I would find it hard not to having first gone to a game 33 years ago.)

 

This would never catch on on a large enough scale for them to properly notice, but I don’t care, still doing it.

 

We work bloody hard all week, to then be fleeced by the club, and tortured by an absolute shambles from

the club on and off the pitch.

 

Things need to change. We are a mess.

 

If we could see a cohesive senior management, recruitment team/philosophy, I would actually be more inclined to part with my hard earned and do my bit to help the club realise their ambition.

That’s been me since day 1. There is no need to buy a £70 sports direct t shirt with an advertising logo on it or reclaimed landfill food/drink  during the two hours you’re in the stadium. There never has been a need  

[StonyFox]

After a grandparent spent over £100 on a kit for a 6 year old, I'm going to be ordering from china for the foreseeable future. I'll also not be spending anything in the ground. Beer in the pub before hand, and maybe a pie from Morrisons!

[ramboacdc]

@Union FS were advocating for this very early on, if not before the start of the season. It is good to see they are always ahead of the curve!

[Lesta Legend]

Think this is what I’ll be doing going forwards no money spent apart from ticket . It’s a bit of a habit to go down at half time and have a natter over a pint. 

[MattFox]

36 minutes ago, ramboacdc said:

@Union FS were advocating for this very early on, if not before the start of the season. It is good to see they are always ahead of the curve!

@Union FS have been calling for Rudkins head since 2017 and began calling out KPFC around the same time 

[Vestan Pance]

I've not bothered with buying anything for a few years, it's all overpriced.

 

Having visited the training ground and witnessed the 5 star luxury the staff and players bask in every day, it really pisses me off that nothing has been done for the fans with the toilets at ground. That one in the L1 corner is a joke on match days. I've been in League One grounds with better facilities.

 

 

[Lako42]

3 hours ago, squidsworth said:

My only enjoyment comes from a pint or two (or three) and a sausage roll, that's literally the highlight of my day at the footy. Gone are the days of extracting anything else out of it. So I'll not be giving up those small pleasures any time soon..... Sad as it is.

Surely better to give that cash to a proper pub, also get a proper drink in return 

[splinterdream]

Been boycotting this season, no shirt, no tickets apart from qpr with my nephew.

[Ricey]

I’ve done the same, apart from one coffee that tasted like piss.

Edited 20 January by Ricey

[Dreadnought]

I’m boycotting the sausage rolls. They have gone from those really nice ones with cheese in them to some anaemic looking Pukka Pies ones. 
 

[Dan]

Pretty apparent already crowds are on the wane. Loads of empties v Palace. Fulham, a Saturday 3pm in the Premier League went to general sale - when did that last happen?

[Lineker's Left Foot]

Not one penny more from me for anything and glad I am not a Season Ticket Holder anymore,

[HighPeakFox]

At the prices they charge for a ticket, they've had all my money for this season.

[Leicesterpool]

3 hours ago, HybridFox said:

Yet to go to an away game this season. A bit fed up tbh. Healthy to have some weekends I don't see the BS in perosn. Haven't bothered with any of the merch either this year

Everton could be my last away day of the season, it's not worth the time or money for this bunch. I can cope with relegation, but when the club aren't trying to put a brave battle in... what's the point.

[Foxin_Mad]

3 hours ago, ajthefox said:

Just checked, I didn't realise they were that bad. 

Was thinking of going as it's a close away day but absolutely no way I am paying that much. Disgraceful prices as you say.

I thought the same bit screw 50 odd quid! Football is killing itself. I'm not quite at the point yet to give up, need to find new past times but I think it's coming. 

[The Horse's Mouth]

I’ll be honest that’s not really harming anything in anyway, vote with you wallet with your feet, like a chicken Balti pie ain’t changing the direction like 

[The boy Linacre]

If they buy nobody or very little OR very little quality between now and 3rd Feb, they given up on the team and club this year.

WHY should we continue to financially support them

For many of us LCFC is an important part of our life, we want it to be a subject of joy and happiness not something of negativity and disappointment, for many a release from many other things in their life.

They won't listen to Rudkin out, or Sack the Board, they are impervious to that and I don't want a scripted apology in May, I want a TRUE mea culpa AND and open explanation as how in the next 1-3 years we are going to climb back to some level of competency and success (repeated top flight football), RACI (Responsible, Accountable, Consulted (accept we won't get that) and Informed.

 

So hit them in the pocket, IF all the above comes to pass for God's sake NO REPLICA shirts in the summer, I know peer pressure for the kids, grandkids, god knows what, BUT the larger the numbers the more the impact.

Mid table championship mediocrity will make much of it a joyless experience for kids anyway.

And YES your 1 pie Balti pie does make a difference if you have the choice, coz if 5,000 do that at a match, its not 1 but 5000.

 

They do truly have the money to invest in this club to manage it better, they have just made bad decision after bad decision the last 3-4 years, and wasted that, legacy, goodwill and money.

The players look unhappy, the fans and unhappy, its a mess.

 

That is our way to at least make them think, as many are doing on a number of threads, it needs to be unanimous within the fan base and backed by numbers.

Its our only method of somehow affecting change.

[Daggers]

19 hours ago, dooflip said:

Just wondering if there are many other supporters with a similar outlook as myself on this.

 

Due to the state of the club, mismanagement, poor treatment of fans etc, I refuse to give the club any money apart from

the cost of my ticket.

No merch 

No food

No ticket

No attendance

 

And I don’t think I’ll ever be back regardless of ownership or approach

[bovril]

17 hours ago, Drew Peacock said:

I never have done, apart from buying shirts for my kids until they stopped wanting to be shirters.

On matchday, I have never really understood  paying extortionate prices for mostly crap food and missing minutes either side of half time and at various points during the game. For the recent FA Cup game there was what looked like a day trip family in the row in front of me, near an aisle, all dressed in what looked like new scarves, hats and a LCFC carrier bag of goodies.
Great to see new fans, but they were all on the move every few minutes, up and down for food and drink, kids generally restless and wandering around, and none took much interest in the actual game, which seemed ironic. 
I appreciate though that it’s people’s choice what they do and for some, food and drink in the ground is part of the match day ritual and experience, probably more so at the moment, so it might have increased more than decreased for some. 

Feel like this is an issue with modern society as much as anything. People find it difficult to concentrate on stuff and are addicted to constantly snacking on crap food. It's the future of football crowds. 

[Lako42]

Not purchased one thing this season. 

 

 

I am the antichrist supporter for them. 

[Tommy G]

Who are these people that are 10 deep in a queue chugging away at the piss beer and crap overpriced food?

 

They must not post on here.