Let's talk about the Gillingham game

[Chris Black come back]

Didn’t see the game today. Was there less passing it around the back today?

Yes. This was quite noticeable. Probably 50/50. Lots of balls punted long.

[selby]

  Thanks for the comments on Faulkner and Goodman lads.

[sedwardsdrfc]

It’s took him how long to figure out that we need to go longer and mix the restarts up. When will he figure out playing 5 defenders isn’t the optimal way to score goals!

I can’t remember a manager at the club having such a majority of fans turn on on them in such a strong way and lasting this long. Most fans aren’t stupid and know the score. Would be very unusual for such a core of fans be be completely wrong.

By keeping him Copps is basically saying everyone else is clueless. Yes you have to back yourself but this is beyond ridiculous

[pib]

19 defeats from 40 games and a -15 goal difference in League Two. Utterly depressing.

[DonnyOsmond]

It was another hard to watch . Your right about trying get some sort of momentum but it’s going to hard with so many players missing .

I honestly don't think we missed any of the missing players, barr Maxwell the rest for me are no better than what was put out today, i just don't buy into this "lets use T Rowe as the deep lying midfielder, why? if he's got anything left in his legs he should of been playing in the Westbrooke role pushing on and trying to provide some support for Goodman, what do they teach these coaches these days?

What?

[Upton Rover]

19 defeats from 40 games and a -15 goal difference in League Two. Utterly depressing.

47 defeats in last 2 seasons, that’s more that a full season of defeats, us poor fans

[Chris Black come back]

No criticism of those who went obviously but our away crowd yesterday was 192 people, which was by far the smallest away crowd in League Two yesterday.

In fact it was less than half the next smallest (Walsall took only 449 to Rochdale). I know Gillingham is not easiest place to get to but this should set alarm bells ringing that people are giving up, albeit in a pointless fixture.

The highest interestingly enough was 1192 Hartlepool supporters who went to Grimsby to see their 4-1 hammering of Grimsby. That’s literally 10x our away crowd for a side that is in the League Two relegation zone.

[dickos1]

If we were in Hartlepools position playing Grimsby away we would be selling out

We’ve nothing at all to play for I’m surprised even that many went to Gillingham

[adamtherover]

No criticism of those who went obviously but our away crowd yesterday was 192 people, which was by far the smallest away crowd in League Two yesterday.

In fact it was less than half the next smallest (Walsall took only 449 to Rochdale). I know Gillingham is not easiest place to get to but this should set alarm bells ringing that people are giving up, albeit in a pointless fixture.

The highest interestingly enough was 1192 Hartlepool supporters who went to Grimsby to see their 4-1 hammering of Grimsby. That’s literally 10x our away crowd for a side that is in the League Two relegation zone.

Wrexham took 4.5k to halifax, amazing what some investment does to a fanbase.,

[danumdon]

If we were in Hartlepools position playing Grimsby away we would be selling out

We’ve nothing at all to play for I’m surprised even that many went to Gillingham

Its a good job others don't have this mentality towards the club, if this road is taken to its logical conclusion then its goodbye to the club from a great many fans who's cash input is the difference between carrying on at some sort of reasonable level or folding.

Remember every time we have a dip like this a great many fans then use this as an excuse to not bother coming back, some don't ever come back. Is this going to progress the club forward?

[dickos1]

If we were in Hartlepools position playing Grimsby away we would be selling out

We’ve nothing at all to play for I’m surprised even that many went to Gillingham

Its a good job others don't have this mentality towards the club, if this road is taken to its logical conclusion then its goodbye to the club from a great many fans who's cash input is the difference between carrying on at some sort of reasonable level or folding.

Remember every time we have a dip like this a great many fans then use this as an excuse to not bother coming back, some don't ever come back. Is this going to progress the club forward?

It’s not rocket science though is it, any club with nothing to play for having an away game hundreds of miles away wouldn’t be taking many fans.

[Campsall rover]

No criticism of those who went obviously but our away crowd yesterday was 192 people, which was by far the smallest away crowd in League Two yesterday.

In fact it was less than half the next smallest (Walsall took only 449 to Rochdale). I know Gillingham is not easiest place to get to but this should set alarm bells ringing that people are giving up, albeit in a pointless fixture.

The highest interestingly enough was 1192 Hartlepool supporters who went to Grimsby to see their 4-1 hammering of Grimsby. That’s literally 10x our away crowd for a side that is in the League Two relegation zone.

Can’t remember us ever taking over 350 fans to Gillingham CBcb  it is not the most popular place to visit.
Coaches park a 20 min walk away for a start. Up to last time we played you were seated on an open a terrace behind the goal open to the elements.
I have now missed our last 3 league games there plus an FA cup tie. 
Surprised 192 turned up. 50 of them probably live in the London area & the South East.

[Chris Black come back]

350 probably a made up statistic. We’ve certainly had much bigger crowds there than 192.