Mattyblue

They really do just wing it day by day down there.

*Cue Merce with his ‘this time next year…’

It’s a midweek in December for a side in 18th who can’t win at home, I wouldn’t be able to give my ST away to a pal, never mind get a tenner out of them. It’s an offer they’ve tried at least three times before for night games, they don’t work as floating fans aren’t interested in them.

‘Bring a friend for a X’ has never worked before and it certainly won’t work at the moment with that home form.

No chance the ‘sold’ tickets were 13,500, so 4,000+ bought walk ons? For a red button midweek in November? That’s considerably more than any Saturday game this season (bar Derby).

Indeed it is as this lot uniquely have no interest in making a fist of it on the pitch or giving it up as a bad job.

Hope you’re right, but I see absolutely no inclination of wanting to sell. For me in November 2035 we’ll be having this same conversation (with no academy and Christ knows in what division).

Their revenue in real terms has collapsed in fifteen years, yet are they any closer to the door now then, say, in November 2015?

They’d still go nowhere in such an eventuality. They’d just mothball the stands and close Brockhall and the Academy

Floating fans and even a load of ST holders aren’t arsed about night games, red button has done them in. Same everywhere just amplified here due to having so few ST holders to start with in a big ground. Its a non-issue to me as there’s nothing that can change it in November.

There’s absolutely no point in worrying about/analysing crowds during the season, as always, the dye was cast in the summer. If you just about scrape 9k STs (not even convinced we’ve sold that many as no final figure has been forthcoming in the FF minutes) then unless you are at the top of the league and thousands upon thousands of walk ons are turning up (for weekend matches largely anyway) then we have what we have when we are in 18th, which is a two thirds empty ground most weeks (more at night). If the club makes no effort in increasing the ST base and we are doing bugger all on the pitch, then this is us.

They don’t want him missing the Portugal group with the likes of Curaçao and Jordan, even at 41 he’d be getting the Siuuu out.

With Marilyn! The Missus’ Aunty and Uncle, small world etc.

Who was the landlady/landlord then?

End of the day you are up against it straight away if you only sell 9k STs. And it really comes to the fore for night games as small away followings, smaller number of walk ons and ST holders giving it a serve… of course, as always, sell more STs in the first place and you have that larger crowd in the tent to start with to build from. Alas the regime aren’t interested in that.