Bloody hell!

[BobG]

Have you seen the score, and the attendance, at the Ricoh tonight?!

BobG

[1879Rovers]

£5 to get in.

[pubteam]

They'll all be rushing back for the next home game then!

[BobG]

Oh. Thanks. I didn't know that. Bit scary for the Alex players facing that lot! Well done them.

BobG

[MachoMadness]

Well, the score isn't too surprising. Unexpected for sure, but it didn't have me spitting out my tea.

The attendance, however - 31,000+! Unbelievable stuff. I doubt many of them will be back after that scoreline though! A fiver to get in would explain it, but still very impressive. Bet it was still like a morgue though!

[BobG]

Well I was surprised MM. Coventry are still winning most of their matches. Crew are improving - yes. But that scoreline? You got second sight or something?

BobG

[MachoMadness]

I see what you mean, but I think Crewe are a good side and Cov have been slipping of late. As I said, unexpected that Crewe would dish out a hammering but it's not on the level of Hartlepool beating the Blades, or, ahem, Bury beating Rovers in terms of being an upset. I do think I rate Coventry quite a lot less than some on here though.

[Boomstick]

I bet they properly marketed the £5 entrance fee, unlike rovers who have never heard of proper marketing. I bet the gave thousands away to schools too.

[RedJ]

I bet they properly marketed the £5 entrance fee, unlike rovers who have never heard of proper marketing. I bet the gave thousands away to schools too.

How do you think we filled as much of the home end as we did when Leeds came to the Keepmoat last season?

[Belle Vue Popside]

£5 plus i believe, £5 off a shirt too.

The only thing we get is just slagged off in the papers by John Ryan.

Thankfully Gavin Baldwin seems to have shut him up though.

[Boomstick]

Not sure what you mean, but my two points are unrelated. I'm aware of rovers giving away tickets to schools.

[RedJ]

Not sure what you mean, but my two points are unrelated. I'm aware of rovers giving away tickets to schools.

Ah right, I thought they were making the same statement. Agree though, our marketing has been piss poor. Surely can't cost that much for one of them van things with the pyramid shaped advert thing on the back?

[The Red Baron]

I was there last night, having got my ticket for free from a City-supporting friend. Crewe did the same smash-and-grab job that they did on us at the Keepmoat in the League game. Coventry dominated the game, had loads of shots and were denied by Phillips (not the 'keeper who played at the Keepmoat) who produced some unbelievable saves, as well as some poor finishing.

The 'keepers were the difference. Murphy of Coventry went off injured at the interval and his replacement, Dunn, made Gary Woods look like Peter Shilton. He had no chance with the first goal, but he should have saved the other two.

Even at a goal down I'd have fancied Coventry- with their away record- to turn it around but I can't see a way back from 0-3 somehow.

My friend and I were discussing whether they'd have been better off with 10,000 fans paying £15-20 each or 30,000 paying a fiver. The latter would have been worthwhile as a marketing exercise if Coventry had won, of course. But I doubt they'll see 15,000 of those again unless they get to a similar stage in a Cup competiton or draw a plum tie against Man U/ Chelsea/ Arse etc.

[hoolahoop]

I was there last night, having got my ticket for free from a City-supporting friend. Crewe did the same smash-and-grab job that they did on us at the Keepmoat in the League game. Coventry dominated the game, had loads of shots and were denied by Phillips (not the 'keeper who played at the Keepmoat) who produced some unbelievable saves, as well as some poor finishing.

The 'keepers were the difference. Murphy of Coventry went off injured at the interval and his replacement, Dunn, made Gary Woods look like Peter Shilton. He had no chance with the first goal, but he should have saved the other two.

Even at a goal down I'd have fancied Coventry- with their away record- to turn it around but I can't see a way back from 0-3 somehow.

My friend and I were discussing whether they'd have been better off with 10,000 fans paying £15-20 each or 30,000 paying a fiver. The latter would have been worthwhile as a marketing exercise if Coventry had won, of course. But I doubt they'll see 15,000 of those again unless they get to a similar stage in a Cup competiton or draw a plum tie against Man U/ Chelsea/ Arse etc.

It's got to be the latter RB, cheaper prices/more sales = higher spin-off sales.

[BobG]

that depends, surely, on the difference in the entrance price..... You just can't make a blanket statement like that Hools without quantifying the variables involved!

BobG