Those record gates are largely FA cup ties that attracted huge crowds a few times a season (hard to believe in some ways when you see how diminished the cup is now) England is currently seeing the highest average league crowds since the early 1950s all the way down to non league. Attendances are absolutely booming in this country (but obviously not here) so it’s a flawed narrative about football no longer attracting big crowds.

Now who was it that came out with all this re that lot down the M65 about this time last year? 🤔

Fill up? Stadiums are the fullest they’ve been in decades already at (most) clubs.

Put some timber on since 2014…

Yes they will increase, they always do if ST sales increase… and vice versa if we lose ST holders.

Well obviously, get promoted and this whole thread is moot.

If we sell similar amounts of STs to last season the home crowd in total will be similar to last season. Always the way here.

I wouldn't call c9k a 'success', how could having one of the lowest figures in the league, sales that wouldn't even be towards the top of the third division be labelled anything but poor. But considering the prices I'll take it for now until a potential new CEO pursues a new strategy. I'd paint these sales as 'a relief' when you consider we were as as low as 7k in the summer of 2021/22, at least we've stabilised an alarming year on year decline. The support is there, it just needs a prod.

Depends where you sit I find. As long as you avoid the 'party stands' - so Hollies at Edgbaston, Western Terrace at Headingley, that scaffolding monstrosity at OT etc you're fine.

Ben Brereton is already a groguet - Villarreal CF Official Site 'I like to play on the left or as a striker' He should have said.

Mega Monday 🚀

Because you’ve just been paid? You might have other priorities on July payday, I.e holidays etc.

How was I defending him? Glad he’s gone - should have gone in 20/21 during/after that shite season (even he thought he should’ve been out judging by his interviews, the fact he didn’t goes back to those errant owners not giving a feck again I was just adding a bit of balance after a completely nutty lack of proportion yesterday (unless saying he’s not as bad as Ke*n and believing you aren’t a cunt for being paid is defending someone). But yes a rare bit of brfcs harmony, he’s gone, we’re glad, long live GB/JDT.

That’s capitalism, baby.

A contract is a contract whatever your job. He was offered it, he signed it, he was remunerated as per its terms. That doesn’t make him a ****. He’s a football manager under contract as a football manager, why would he go down t’pit? That being said, fans are entitled to expect the best for their club. So him being bang average and the fact he was a miserable twat that talked a load of shite half the time makes him a **** in folks’ eyes, then fair enough (though for me I’m just happy it ran it’s course and we upgraded, he’s really not worth getting so wound up about).

Of course the members aren’t entitled to get in the face of players.

Him getting paid as per the terms of his contract doesn’t make him a **** though, does it? He was entitled to it just like every other contracted person in employment. It’s stuff like that just make some folk on here look completely irrational.

‘Tribal football crowds’ aren’t a new phenomenon in Test cricket. ‘The Hollies’ and the ‘Western Terrace’ for example have been raucous for donkeys years - Sky love going on about them.

Don’t get that. He was given a contract until 2022, he left in 2022. He was remunerated under the terms of said contract. Why does that make him a ****? If he was shite, doing a crap job, phoning it in etc etc. he should’ve been sacked - point your fingers at our errant owners.

A comparison with Kean is ridiculous and an example of how certain posters have lost the plot when it comes to him.

Supply and demand, there’s only about 3k match day tickets available there.

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Almost as bad as Kean? Yes totally bizarre and out of proportion.

Ridiculous. Truly bizarre how much he triggers some of you.

We obviously aren’t going to agree. I think he was a professional doing his best. In the end his best didn’t get us anywhere, but because we have owners that were merely happy for him to see out his contract he went on too long and it got stale. He left, we’ve had an upgrade, we’ve moved on. I just don’t understand the vitriol such a plodder gets on here (only on here), it’s completely out of proportion for a steady eddie like TM.