Steve Waggott

[DeeCee]

16 minutes ago, rigger said:

We could be drawn away.

Swag would be thrilled.

[Upside Down]

I think you're all missing the point here.

These suggestions that you have all made took a very small amount of brain power and an even smaller amount of effort to imagine.

Steve Waggot is incapable of achieving such tiny amounts of effort and brain power. If the job requires more than just shrugging your shoulders and doing fuck all then as far as he's concerned, it can't be done.

[Mattyblue]

Oh I think he has plenty of brain power, he’s clever enough to eke out as much as possible for himself for as little work as possible.

He’s just a hired hand that feels absolutely nothing for BRFC and it’s long term health. Just one last payday before he retires.

[chaddyrovers]

 

 

[Mattyblue]

A midweek FFS!

It won’t sell particularly well in comparison to a weekend and will be used as further proof that cheaper tickets don’t work.

I despair, I really do.

[JHRover]

Reading will bring about 300 which might now hit 500 with the cheap prices.

Midweek, will be on TV for those who want to watch it.

I suspect there will barely be any recognisable impact on the attendance.

If Waggott was serious about bums on seats he'd be using the dingle game as a local promotion, charging £10-15 a head for that and get tickets on sale now (with refunds provided to those unable to go if it moves date). Charge the dingles £32 each.

That won't happen.

[Mattyblue]

Or Norwich on Good Friday. Or Luton last home game of the season a la Bournemouth last year.

But no. Reading, in March, in midweek, with the red button available.

I mean, what can you say. 🤦‍♂️

[Ben-2000]

26 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

Or Norwich on Good Friday. Or Luton last home game of the season a la Bournemouth last year.

But no. Reading, in March, in midweek, with the red button available.

I mean, what can you say. 🤦‍♂️

Good that it's a tenner, hopefully a few more bums on seats. 

But I agree, completely wrong choice of game for maximum impact. 

 

 

[tomphil]

If you're not going to ever attempt to fill the place for Burnley and PNE when there is guaranteed massive away support and local interest is at its max then certainly the Wigan and Blackpool games would be a logical choice.

But no things that worked well in the past get totally ignored by those who get paid for not much in favour of things that don't work or might work to a small extent.   Absolutely sums up the Venky era that does and in particular Waggots stint here and whoever he employs as his fall guys.

Nevertheless a tenner a ticket is not to be sniffed at for any game so it's a welcome effort although as others have said all we'll get is slagged off again when it's half full at best.

[roversfan99]

It must be an attempt to try and prove via flawed logic that cheap tickets "don't work." No other explanation.

[Mattyblue]

Last season proved they work. Over 20k home fans in for what was pretty much a dead rubber (for us) against Bournemouth on the 30th April. Not to be sniffed at considering we only had c8k ST holders at that point.

This time we could be still be well in the mix by late April, so a big gate to roar them on against play off rivals Luton on the 29th would be perfect, surely? 

It’s all very simple, yet this lot seem to take the non simple option time and again…

[Sweaty Gussets]

You would hope that the Norwich/Luton games are also being lined up as cheap ticket games. 

However, I'm guessing they are working on the assumption that those games will sell well anyway due to what's at stake (potentially) 

[superniko]

I despair at the replies to that “I bet people will still find something to complain about” etc.

It’s probably the least appealing game of the whole season. Mid-week, on Sky red button, against a rubbish team who will bring one of the lowest away crowds all year. Mind boggling they’ve gone for that rather than Good Friday if they actually wanted to make a difference to attendances and atmosphere. 

[Guest]

2 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

A midweek FFS!

It won’t sell particularly well in comparison to a weekend and will be used as further proof that cheaper tickets don’t work.

I despair, I really do.

Are you always this positive? Come off it. Even I'd say that's a bloody good start after what I said the other day! More of it, please.

[Mattyblue]

Yes, I’m very positive as the majority of my posts show, and as I want the club to be the best it can be it needs calling out when the commercial side of the club makes poor decision after poor decision.

This is another, £10 offers are finite before you start getting the backs up of ST holders/undervaluing STs, so you need to pick the right match, and this is completely the wrong choice of game (as Niko above has also explained), and I’ll say so despite being tarred with tiresome ‘negative’/‘positive’ crap, cheers.

Edited February 27, 2023 by Mattyblue

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Mattyblue said:

Yes, I’m very positive as the majority of my posts show, however, as I want the club to be the best it can be it needs calling out when the commercial side of the club makes poor decision after poor decision.

This is another, completely the wrong choice of game (as Niko above as always explained), and I’ll say so without tiresome ‘negative’/‘positive’ crap, cheers.

Overcomplicating it in my view. It's £10. Hopefully it'll attract a decent crowd what with our current position. I really don't see the problem with it. Cheers.

[Mattyblue]

Because it won’t get anywhere near the numbers of a Saturday, so it’s a poor choice.

Not at all complicated.

[Sweaty Gussets]

26 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

Yes, I’m very positive as the majority of my posts show, and as I want the club to be the best it can be it needs calling out when the commercial side of the club makes poor decision after poor decision.

This is another, £10 offers are finite before you start getting the backs up of ST holders/undervaluing STs, so you need to pick the right match, and this is completely the wrong choice of game (as Niko above has also explained), and I’ll say so despite being tarred with tiresome ‘negative’/‘positive’ crap, cheers.

Get behind the ticket offer FFS!

[Mattyblue]

Ha that’s certainly the non-brfcs social media vibe.

As ‘shit fans us, no point doing offers’ will be when c15/16k trap.

 

Edited February 27, 2023 by Mattyblue

[tomphil]

Anything over 15k and it's a rip roaring success.

As pointed out at the time 11.5k home fans v Blackpool at c£20 was pretty grim especially the lack of ST's turning up making it more like 10k.

[roverandout]

6 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

Or Norwich on Good Friday. Or Luton last home game of the season a la Bournemouth last year.

But no. Reading, in March, in midweek, with the red button available.

I mean, what can you say. 🤦‍♂️

Because its his sneaky way of using a futile midweek game to prove to people cheap tickets don't work 

[Mattyblue]

Oh over 15k would be fine, wouldn’t be painted that way on social media though…

Edited February 27, 2023 by Mattyblue

[Guest]

@Mattyblue Apologies about yesterday. I was being an arse and taking out a few personal woes on you. Mods, feel free to remove any detritus of mine.

[Mattyblue]

Like I said, great forum this. 🤝

[bluebruce]

On 27/02/2023 at 13:39, JHRover said:

If Waggott was serious about bums on seats he'd be using the dingle game as a local promotion, charging £10-15 a head for that and get tickets on sale now (with refunds provided to those unable to go if it moves date). Charge the dingles £32 each.

That won't happen.

Tbf, whilst that would surely deliver a bumper crowd, I think it would be asking for trouble. I'm thinking of the sorts of people the last home game in League One attracted, thousands of them were only there to start trouble by invading the pitch. I expect many of those same types would attend, just for a kick off with Burnley fans.

Also, you can't charge away fans double what you charge home fans. I think you can't charge them more than your lowest priced equivalent seats.