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Which might lead to even fewer going?

Them making even more irrational decisions would not necessarily be a bad thing.

Remember a fair number of those who won’t be boycotting aren’t doing it just ‘because I want to support the lads’. They don’t want Venky’s out in the first place, so logically why would they not turn up.

Not wishing to sound like chaddy dismissing every idea out of hand but Im not sure that will work, it'd just give them an excuse to stop providing those services altogether. They'd probably love it. 🤔

Great to hear,do anything you can and encourage others to help with the protest in any way they feel fit. Tis all we are asking.

It wasn’t me that made that post. Try Davulsukur.

Yeah, I watched the game on Sky. Ignore whatever figure they pushed out because it was absolutely dead in the stadium. Here are the match highlights so you can see what it was like:

Smith given out in 2nd test, Carey given not out in this one 🤔

‘For those who still wish to attend, we understand but ask you to support our cause by not buying anything from the club shop/stadium’ This would give those who don’t want to boycott a way of showing they still want the Venkys gone.

This is my protest 'starting point' from Saturday. I never buy any of the tat from the club shop anyway, but will not be buying any more rip-off food/drinks from the kiosks.

Yes, the Sheffield Wednesday Supporter Trust

seeing Millwall having a bit of an injury crisis, im going to try and be positive and say a score draw or maybe a sneaky win. Im going to predict we dont lose. if i could pick an 11 thats currently fit id go: pears miller McLoughlin Pratt morishita baraji tronstad pickering cantwell yuki Gudjohnsen

Prove it

I have an inkling...

I saw on Facebook but can't find it any more that a Sheffield Wednesday fan group were supporting our boycott by telling their fans not to buy anything in the stadium. Wonder if this is something that could be focused on. Reach out to opposition supporters groups / forums and ask them not to spend a penny but direct them to some good quality local businesses near the stadium instead. Gets money away from the club and into the town.

My point being a boycott doesn’t equal no one attending. Rightly or wrongly, some people can’t be persuaded to ‘join in’ - I just don’t see the point in berating (for want of a better word) them for this. It’s certainly not going to change their mind.

I do wonder if anything will affect the venkys.. 15 years and not really a word from them. I do sometimes wonder as well with the bizarre decision makings we've seen down the last 15 years whether we are still being run by Z agent, and Venkys is just a name to cover it up.. Protests have happened before and they just stay silent. I am in no way discouraging the protest idea or anything im just voicing a feeling that i feel they dont seem to give a damn, which is just so odd and fishy. Some of the decisions we've witnessed over these 15 years have been sporadic, and sometimes absolutely nuts, where it just makes no sense ever. Sometimes it also feels like deliberate sabotage. I do sometimes get the feeling does this make a certain company or person something beneficial out of us (rather than this being solely a venkys ownership), it never ever feels like the end goal should be promotion or successful results, everything just never adds up and always seems fishy. I know something must be done, I just have that feeling that whatever does happen Venkys wont care or respond like they usually do. Also attendances are already dire, just not sure anything more will look too obvious as it already looks empty most the time. I suppose we can not give up, and the show goes on, we all care the football club and all want the same goal. Just hope we get some hope we deserve sooner or later.

Fantastic to see the nationwide coverage this has gained,Kudos to all involved. Now then...lets see how long it takes Venky and those resident at Ewood to respond,we the fans demand it! This awaited responce will tell us all of their real intentions and level of interest as they are well and truly under the spotlight. Nowhere to run Venkys,nowhere to hide,we wait with baited breath...

Looks like I was initially wrong and their "reported" attendances were actually quite strong but the reality having taken a look at their forum was quite different

Thanks, so some people still went but the desired result was still achieved. I think this is important to remember.

Their fans thought it was around 3/4k home turn out (plus Boro brought 3,600) https://www.owlstalk.co.uk/forums/topic/343485-attendance/page/12/#comments

yep https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1345532503630904 No idea what the attendance was though, published figure was over 20K

People need to spend less time on those who definitely won’t boycott and more time on the ones who are open to persuasion.

Did Sheffield Wednesday end up doing a boycott? If so, does anyone know the actual (not published) attendance figure for that match?

Big crowds at Ewood make bugger all difference to these players.