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Not easy undefeated in the competition and 3rd in there league, we need to go very strong or we will get beat and the attendances will drop after the last few games
Hound, if we get further into the competition hopefully more interest will be forthcoming from our supporters. We enter three first team cup competitions the first creates interest at the start of the season, and lasted until the second Tuesday of the season away at Grimsby, who went on to play Chelsea away in a later round. A chance spurned and no or very little return financially. The FA cup has seen us play three games with a total of about 10 thousand total spectators at reduced prices, if we had not got the first round prize money we would have lost money playing the fixtures, while our conquerors have once again a plum draw, and are laughing all the way to the bank, and have interest in the club until after Christmas. Tomorrow night we are in the knockout stages by default really, losing two of three first round games, again in front of small crowds at reduced prices, and will have had all on to cover our expenses in all the games, and will also do well tomorrow night to do so. Our only chance of getting any reward financially is probably to get to the Northern final and to the final itself at Wembley. We have been repeatedly shocking at knock out football for years, with the resulting lack of interest by our support that has had only a couple of cup runs over quite a number of years to create interest, and bring much needed funds into the club. It is time the powers that be question our approach to these competitions, and why our supporters should travel the length and breadth of the country, only to be repeatedly let down, and be faced with part first team part second teams being put out, or served up with performances like they were at Gillingham, which was nothing else but pathetic. And Steve, if we win the next five games it will not put a thousand a game on the gate in mid winter, and we are half way nearly through the season, one good gate in that competition cover ten games in the league. We are behind with fixtures and no way will you get a walk up of significance twice a week if you have two games at home for a league games, you are talking £40+ for an adult.
I can only see us at the moment having cash flow problems, we have had very few home games, and the walk up payments are now minimal in league fixtures as most supporters take advantage of the cheaper per game season ticket. That is why cup football is so important to clubs in the lower leagues, and peoples dis interest and in the competitions where the gates are cash only hurt the club they support, and the reason I am so against our manager fielding any team that is weakened in any of these competitions. They know exactly the limitations of any of the playing staff, they watch them train every day, and if they are not involved in first team league matches it is because they are not deemed good enough by the management teams. So why join the fashion of experimenting in competitions that can be so lucrative? if we win three league games we will only put probably 500 on the fourth fixture, probably less at this time of the year especially in mid week on cold frosty nights. I would look anyone straight in the eye and deny me that we as a club have taken our supporters, and the cup competitions for fools for quite a few seasons now by managers taking cup competitions lightly and fielding weakened sides, and by doing so have helped to make our own support less interested in going to the games, and have also thrown a fortune away in both gate money and prize money, not to mention the publicity. It is time to sort it out, and for the good of the club, go to places like Grimsby, Rochdale, Notts County, Newcastle U21s, Gillingam, and one show some intention of one being interested, and two trying to win a game of football that can enhance the club financially, and supporters carping on later that it doesn't matter to them, and the next week questioning the bloody budget.
Quote from: the vicar on December 03, 2019, 09:45:07 pmNot easy undefeated in the competition and 3rd in there league, we need to go very strong or we will get beat and the attendances will drop after the last few gamesI don't think losing to Leicester will make any difference to anyone Dave. Not enough people are interested in that Cup. It's the next 3 League games that will affect attendances if we do badly, as they're all games we should be winning.
Quote from: scawsby steve on December 03, 2019, 09:57:59 pmQuote from: the vicar on December 03, 2019, 09:45:07 pmNot easy undefeated in the competition and 3rd in there league, we need to go very strong or we will get beat and the attendances will drop after the last few gamesI don't think losing to Leicester will make any difference to anyone Dave. Not enough people are interested in that Cup. It's the next 3 League games that will affect attendances if we do badly, as they're all games we should be winning.Steve to the fans that tont go tonight it will make a difference it just goes down to another defeat
Rovers are a delusional 11/10 to win on Wednesday (probably will drift out to 6/4) and funnily enough a team wearing MK Dons shirts beat a team wearing Coventry shirts 2-0 . I'll let others decide the strength of both teams there.
Playing three at back and no Sadlier there will posters pulling teeth about tactics
Or John making sure they are ready for Saturday along with Sads
How bad was it?