I think he’s better than the last fella, Wheelock, was it? Though it’s been a low bar since King Peter departed the role.

Unfortunately parachute teams have become much more canny. Think back to when the likes of us and Bolton went down in a heap, total shambles off the pitch, never to be seen again. Sunderland another. So yes teams would come down flush, but would be in such a state on and off the pitch it would keep the top end of the league highly competitive. The likes of Norwich, Fulham, Bournemouth now know exactly how to operate to as good as ensure yo-yo status.

The ‘Aye’ comes out for the 1 in 10 that actually happens, the 9 out of 10 that disappear without trace, obviously never get another mention from him, same old shtick for years… and now he charges gullible mugs for it, the crafty old goat! 😁

‘Attacks’? Lighten up! We are talking about a football programme on a message board, it isn’t PMQs. Like I said, I knew you would start talking about how you didn’t buy one… neither did I, by the way - though I knew folk that did, and generally plenty still did. It wasn’t losing the club much cash. So why stop?

I used to have a pint with Gerald fairly regularly in the Royal Oak at Pleckgate (how about that for a humble brag 💁‍♂️), it was like being on his show, certainly didn’t put the voice on for effect, like some DeeeeJayys.

They were selling hundreds of copies a week, certainly more than Darwen or bloody Clitheroe FC do. They weren’t profitable, but we are talking a loss of peanuts. Maybe we should talk about the millions in missed profits on Lenihan, Rothwell et al. It’s part and parcel of a football club and the match day experience, but here typical of the penny wise, pound foolish way they run the club. (But you don’t personally buy one, so let’s get rid).

Desert Island Discs eat your heart out!

Just think that’s how Gooze has recorded it, I.e he was disappointed that it only jumped by 300 on deadline day, ergo a shed load of existing ST holders haven’t renewed.

I think 297 of that 350 was existing ST holders renewing before the deadline (and price hike).

Broke the 8k barrier! 🥳 🎉

‘QPR’s former number 2 set to be appointed’… that will get the STs flying out the door no doubt!

Unfortunately a lot of fans struggle with the bigger picture.

Wrong. It’s because we were winning, end of. Performances improve by default because winning breeds confidence, but it is the successful team that gets folk through that door. It creates atmosphere, a buzz around the area, momentum, publicity, people want to be part of it, especially if promotion is the prize. If a team plays lovely football but doesn’t turn enough performances into wins and remains about 9th, crowds, like the team, go nowhere. (Can’t believe I’m even having to explain this).

Why did attendances go up markedly from last November? Because we were winning every week. If we’d have carried on in mid table, but were ‘playing the right way’, crowds would have stated static.

All this revisionist bullshit about how ‘miserable’ *EVERYBODY* was trudging up LBR (after another comfortable Premier League Ewood win under Sam). Its professional football not Cirque du Soleil.

Indeed damo, he’s happy enough with 8k at £400-£530, actually growing the fanbase over the medium to long term doesn’t come into it.

£30.

Ewood was miles better catered thirty years ago. The tuck shop in the Nuttall Street, the tea lady with the big urn and wagon wheels in the Riverside corner, the fellas walking around with pies in those heated blue boxes. Now it’s just overpriced Sodexho slop served by agency youngsters without a clue.

I know, but all we can do when an attendance is announced is look at the ST numbers and the away numbers, whatever left is ‘walk ons’, who’s paid and who hasn’t we’ll never know. As for the attendance figure declared, it’s aways tickets issued, not bums on seats. Which is always painfully obvious for night games when there’s no bugger there and it’s ‘10,200’.

Well obviously, but we won’t be privy to it, so how can we judge how many walk ons are being sold each week?

But we won’t know how many walk ons are sold v given away?

I would think a fair few of the large number of half ST buyers (large numbers for us anyway) who got caught up in all the momentum around December haven’t bothered renewing.

Possibly, but I certainly can see 1500. The Fans Forum minutes will probably say one way or the other.

About 25% (c2,000) haven’t according to Gooze. That’s a big figure to me.

That’s football, you are badly run, badly owned you struggle, ever thus. Ipswich belong in L1 because that’s where they are.