Dave Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Just watching the goals from the lower leagues on SSN. I’m not one to have a go at lower league club fans, however the attendances especially from home teams is just far far too low. Again I don’t think it’s just down to fans, a lot of people will be working or just getting in from work and such, so it all plays apart. I just can’t help but think that the plans to create an extra league in order to have smaller leagues and less midweek league fixtures that the EFL came out with a year or so ago would have went some way to help fans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 I suppose it's a compliment, but it would be nice to have a post-match discussion about our team that doesn't centre on the wages they could get elsewhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Just watching the goals from the lower leagues on SSN. I’m not one to have a go at lower league club fans, however the attendances especially from home teams is just far far too low. Again I don’t think it’s just down to fans, a lot of people will be working or just getting in from work and such, so it all plays apart. I just can’t help but think that the plans to create an extra league in order to have smaller leagues and less midweek league fixtures that the EFL came out with a year or so ago would have went some way to help fans. I missed that one. I guess maybe it makes some sense, but would it not mean clubs losing out on money? Also, there were 10000 at Blackburn and nearly 20000 at Bradford. That doesn't sound too bad. Still very strong compared to other countries. The average attendance hasn't changed much over the last few years. 7000-7100-7900-7500. What do you think is an acceptable level? I think that's a pretty decent turnout, given the debilitating changes in the game over the last couple of decades. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Just watching the goals from the lower leagues on SSN. I’m not one to have a go at lower league club fans, however the attendances especially from home teams is just far far too low. Again I don’t think it’s just down to fans, a lot of people will be working or just getting in from work and such, so it all plays apart. I just can’t help but think that the plans to create an extra league in order to have smaller leagues and less midweek league fixtures that the EFL came out with a year or so ago would have went some way to help fans. Drivel. Absolutely no blame needs to be put at fans down the pyramid who successfully keep their clubs alive, often without recognition. Yes, if a club loses 10-15k fans because of relegation a la Mackems but for folk not turning out watching shit club A v shit club B. Total bollocks. The best thing about English football is the depth of the pyramid. By an absolute mile. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Well I was trying to be gentle, but there you go . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasper Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 "Wake me up, before you go-go, who needs Bale when you've got Sissoko?" Liked that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Just watching the goals from the lower leagues on SSN. I’m not one to have a go at lower league club fans, however the attendances especially from home teams is just far far too low. Again I don’t think it’s just down to fans, a lot of people will be working or just getting in from work and such, so it all plays apart. I just can’t help but think that the plans to create an extra league in order to have smaller leagues and less midweek league fixtures that the EFL came out with a year or so ago would have went some way to help fans. Drivel. Absolutely no blame needs to be put at fans down the pyramid who successfully keep their clubs alive, often without recognition. Yes, if a club loses 10-15k fans because of relegation a la Mackems but for folk not turning out watching shit club A v shit club B. Total bollocks. The best thing about English football is the depth of the pyramid. By an absolute mile. If you read my post you will see that I said that I’m not having a go at lower league fans and that I have said it’s too simple to say that they arn’t turning up out of lack of desire, it’s too simplistic to say that. What I have said is that compared to weekends the attendances appear to be down, with the highlights reel showing a lot of half or mostly empty stadiums. In my view their is clearly an issue which prevents fans from attending midweek games as they would weekend games and lower league clubs need to be assisted to overcome that, even if that did mean smaller leagues. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 If you read my post you will see that I said that I’m not having a go at lower league fans and that I have said it’s too simple to say that they arn’t turning up out of lack of desire, it’s too simplistic to say that. What I have said is that compared to weekends the attendances appear to be down, with the highlights reel showing a lot of half or mostly empty stadiums. In my view their is clearly an issue which prevents fans from attending midweek games as they would weekend games and lower league clubs need to be assisted to overcome that, even if that did mean smaller leagues. Saturdays – no live 3pm matches Midweek – numerous Champions League matches live Is surely the main reason?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 If you read my post you will see that I said that I’m not having a go at lower league fans and that I have said it’s too simple to say that they arn’t turning up out of lack of desire, it’s too simplistic to say that. What I have said is that compared to weekends the attendances appear to be down, with the highlights reel showing a lot of half or mostly empty stadiums. In my view their is clearly an issue which prevents fans from attending midweek games as they would weekend games and lower league clubs need to be assisted to overcome that, even if that did mean smaller leagues. Saturdays – no live 3pm matches Midweek – numerous Champions League matches live Is surely the main reason?! Disagree - the logistics of having to get time off work, the issues around public transport, finishing work at 5 and having a lengthy commute, the resistance to take kiddies to a night game (due to school the next day) and maybe even having to find childcare if you’re a single parent will all have much bigger influences than Man City v Napoli being on TV. It’s a pain in the arse to go to a midweek game, even for home supporters. There are a lot more factors that effect midweek attendances before you start blaming Champions League ties. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 If you read my post you will see that I said that I’m not having a go at lower league fans and that I have said it’s too simple to say that they arn’t turning up out of lack of desire, it’s too simplistic to say that. What I have said is that compared to weekends the attendances appear to be down, with the highlights reel showing a lot of half or mostly empty stadiums. In my view their is clearly an issue which prevents fans from attending midweek games as they would weekend games and lower league clubs need to be assisted to overcome that, even if that did mean smaller leagues. Saturdays – no live 3pm matches Midweek – numerous Champions League matches live Is surely the main reason?! Disagree - the logistics of having to get time off work, the issues around public transport, finishing work at 5 and having a lengthy commute, the resistance to take kiddies to a night game (due to school the next day) and maybe even having to find childcare if you’re a single parent will all have much bigger influences than Man City v Napoli being on TV. It’s a pain in the arse to go to a midweek game, even for home supporters. There are a lot more factors that effect midweek attendances before you start blaming Champions League ties. This is what I was alluding too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Man City have scored the same amount of goals as they did for the entirety of the 06-07 season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 That's great like, but since Messi and Ronaldo came on the scene stats like that just seem underwhelming. E.g Messi scoring more hat tricks in a season than Shearer did in his career, or him scoring more goals in a season than Spurs (who finished 4th) did in 11/12. Still amazing like, we're just spoiled. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 It's a mixture of defences getting worse (or more accurately teams being set up more to score) and some ridiculous individual talents like Messi and Ronaldo that just make those records seem very normal for some reason. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 David Luiz screamer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Could tell Luiz was bagging there as soon as the deflection came back to him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Just the one past Sels so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Celtic losing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Rodgers is so naive against the big teams Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Serie A teams constantly resting players in the CL is frustrating, why even bother to qualify in the first place? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Neymar, Cavani and Mbappe vs Matz Sels tonight Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Canny game at Stamford Bridge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Just seen Pique's red card What an idiot. Punched the ball in the goal and got a 2nd yellow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Serie A teams constantly resting players in the CL is frustrating, why even bother to qualify in the first place? English teams doing it in the EL do my head in as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Just seen Pique's red card What an idiot. Punched the ball in the goal and got a 2nd yellow Shameful Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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