The boycott did work in a way but obviously not fully. Yes, we are still playing at RBA but the club is finally allowing us to treat it like a home game. Things that were fought for was transparency (which from the outside u might not see it) and the club has been in contact with the heads of Third Rail since all this went down. They have spent hours on the phone and text messages together to fulfill the supporters needs while apologizing for the venue. We now have a real designated supporters section. We are allowed to bring in banners. Another big fight that we pushed for was at a minimum to give us a late start so people can at least attempt to make it. All those "demands" aside from the change of venue were met. The boards of the respective Supporters Groups felt that if this type of communication continues with the supporters it is no longer in the best interest to boycott.
As far as the original boycott goes timing was kind of shitty. The Supporters Groups had already created a joint statement calling for a boycott prior to the Brad Sims statement, it just had not been released yet. As timing would have it both the statements went out at pretty much the exact same time with the BS statement coming out just minutes before. What i personally think happened there was the FO caught wind of the boycott and was very proactive in putting out a statement whereas the Supporters Groups took a little too much time. The FO won that battle and def made the SG's look kind of stupid, optics wise.
There's probably stuff im not articulating correctly but from a communication standpoint there has been a HUGE difference since the boycott. Although, the general fan might not see it.
