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Campaign for Derby Ticket Refund
In the wake of the most cowardly surrenders in Merseyside Derby history (certainly in my memory), I think that the most appropriate thing for David Moyes to do is the following:
Offer to personally refund any fan who went to that game and paid the exhorbitant ticket prices. Not the Club, but Moyes, out of his reported £3million / year salary
The game was lost before any players took to the pitch. Had fans known the nature of the side he wasn?t going to put out, they could have saved themselves the fifty quid and the misery.
Any ideas on the best way of starting a campaign? (I?m serious.)
Anthony Newell, Posted 15/03/2012 at 11:15:24
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205 Posted 15/03/2012 at 14:33:45
206 Posted 15/03/2012 at 14:36:26
211 Posted 15/03/2012 at 14:46:13
212 Posted 15/03/2012 at 14:54:24
213 Posted 15/03/2012 at 15:02:29
220 Posted 15/03/2012 at 15:24:33
227 Posted 15/03/2012 at 15:40:25
That is brilliant,,could it be that this is exactly the reaction Moyes wanted!!..oh dear conspiracy theories.
232 Posted 15/03/2012 at 16:07:07
233 Posted 15/03/2012 at 16:09:59
241 Posted 15/03/2012 at 16:43:36
245 Posted 15/03/2012 at 16:54:55
Just reduce your future expenditure on EFC by the amount you paid for the derby tickets and then let the club know. If everyone does this en masse then... Point made!
Otherwise I see this bollocks thread going on for weeks...!!!
292 Posted 15/03/2012 at 20:00:06
306 Posted 15/03/2012 at 20:26:13
WHEN he goes to Celtic there is no way he will pull that shit off. The problem is that we have far too many fans content to just survive and believe all the hype that surrounds Moyes. The hype will continue around Moyes because the media pundits etc will never want to contradict themselves and admit they were wrong about him.
Unfortunately for us, Moyes and Kenwright believe it as well and we are stuck with it until the Laurel and Hardy era is over.
307 Posted 15/03/2012 at 20:38:51
310 Posted 15/03/2012 at 20:48:22
361 Posted 15/03/2012 at 22:36:54
367 Posted 15/03/2012 at 22:32:48
If you're a season ticket holder then you're sunk, if not and you haven't already got tickets then just don't go to the next two home games and you'll be about a tenner up.
Plenty of others are voting with their feet and it's only the prospect of a possible Wembley visit which has kept the cup attendances up.
Tuesday night was a disgrace; if we had been playing in the final on Saturday, then maybe I could have understood the starting 11... but to roll over at Anfield "AGAIN" is inexcuseable.
377 Posted 15/03/2012 at 23:05:35
Not being over dramatic here,but who else feels like theyve been robbed of......(well its hard to put into words even, and i know im good, and have always had a command of the english language),but, i just feel like i missed out on something that was supposed to be a fantastic and really special treat that ive worked hard for ages for, but turned out to be the equivalent of finding a rattlesnake in a lucky dip.
Moyes you then turn round and tell me, not to worry as it was one of the best prizes on offer.
Your prize David, will be as Paul Gladwell remarked will be Celtic.
404 Posted 16/03/2012 at 07:00:51
He, quite rightly in my opinion, thinks we've more chance of winning the cup.
However, I wasn't there on Tuesday and probably would be a bit pissed off if I was.
That doesn't detract from the fact that we'd surely rather win the cup than an insignificant derby game against that shower of bastards....
414 Posted 16/03/2012 at 09:16:48
418 Posted 16/03/2012 at 10:05:47
Let's hope she get's a few more under her belt at Wembley.
425 Posted 16/03/2012 at 10:21:22
434 Posted 16/03/2012 at 10:30:52
I'm saying what I believe many Evertonians are thinking today, and that is, we want an explanation, and an apology from David Moyes. Now, I live in Australia, so I can't go to games, but I believe that every single Everton fan that paid money to go to the derby should be reimbursed the full price of the ticket, as that display from the manager was not worthy of the Everton crest. It was only this week that Moyes came out with two separate statements, one claiming that he would go for the win in this game, and the other discussing that the players he had coming back from injury were the ones that weren't performing earlier in the season when they weren't injured. Therefore, is it not understandable that we, as supporters feel cheated out of an away Merseyside derby that was probably the most winnable we've had in over 10 years.
Looking forward to hearing Moyes thoughts on this.
Got this response:
Dear Mr Sidey
Thank you for email regarding last night?s game with Liverpool.
We share your deep disappointment with the result. The selection of any Everton team has always been the sole responsibility of the Manager and irrespective of any concerns raised on a game-by game basis, must remain so.
Kind Regards.
There you go, "sole responsibility", so I reckon you're in with a case, mate.
701 Posted 17/03/2012 at 11:51:37
Why Can't we win both? and the derby is never insignificant
Defeatist attitude
865 Posted 17/03/2012 at 19:39:24
It has now backfired somewhat after failing to beat Sunderland and now it remains that a loss in the replay in their backyard effectively ends the season.
Well done Moyes! You have celebrated your 10th anniversary in style with more of the typical hairbrained decisions we have become accustomed to.
293 Posted 19/03/2012 at 12:08:17
Then he spectacularly provides one of the greatest Everton FC fuck-ups in the last 20 years.
Ha ha ha ha... he will still be here in 20 years as no-one else will have him.
337 Posted 19/03/2012 at 16:16:20
417 Posted 20/03/2012 at 08:15:17
Why is it unrealistic for us to win two games on the run? We beat Spurs and had a great chance to do the same to a poor Liverpool side.
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195 Posted 15/03/2012 at 13:58:40