Dreadful atmosphere as usual

[Father Dougal]

Re: Dreadful atmosphere as usual

Nonsense. Aaron Ramsey’s a fine midfielder who’s had a very decent career, but he’s not some kind of a superstar. Never has been.

Those who believed Ramsey’s signing would result in thousands of additional fans buying season tickets and flocking through the turnstiles were deluded. I got shouted down on here for suggesting as much a while back, but the fact is he’s just not got that kind of a profile.

Dalman perhaps doesn't agree he thought we would sell out whatever our capacity was on season tickets when the signings he had up his sleeve were revealed (he didn't know what the capacity was though).

With that in mind Surely tan and the board won't be happy crowds haven't increased and less season ticket holders now than we finished last season with?

[TWGL1]

Re: Dreadful atmosphere as usual

Nonsense. Aaron Ramsey’s a fine midfielder who’s had a very decent career, but he’s not some kind of a superstar. Never has been.

Those who believed Ramsey’s signing would result in thousands of additional fans buying season tickets and flocking through the turnstiles were deluded. I got shouted down on here for suggesting as much a while back, but the fact is he’s just not got that kind of a profile.

Well that’s now becoming obvious to be fair and you were right on this. Most championship clubs have had an increase in support, I thought we would as well

[Pedro de la Rosa]

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We have the wrong mix of players playing too defensively. Ramsey tries to get things going but the midfield players around him are all defensively minded and are forever looking for backward passes. Nothing will change if/when Ralls returns as he is another of those type of players.
We are desperate for one or two players with speed and directness to play off Ramsey

Ralls is so much better than the rest of our midfielders. His return would make a difference. We still desperately need a centre midfielder.

[A Quiet Monkfish]

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Maybe, but then you had 500 QPR fans whove watched absolute shit football for months, had a 4-0 hammering at home on the opening day and still made a great noise today.

That's how football works. Same for all clubs. Just now Sky saying how quiet [50,000] Newcastle fans were. Modern football which is mainly possession-based means there are long, long spells where you could open a book and not miss anything.

[Father Dougal]

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That's how football works. Same for all clubs. Just now Sky saying how quiet [50,000] Newcastle fans were. Modern football which is mainly possession-based means there are long, long spells where you could open a book and not miss anything.

And for cardiff city that book could be war and peace. And you could start and finish it throughout the season and you wouldn't miss anything.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Well that’s now becoming obvious to be fair and you were right on this. Most championship clubs have had an increase in support, I thought we would as well

If we keep up a support of around 20000 this season we will be exactly mid table in the attendances average

It could be worse but it's not great

To get crowds of 24 thousand on a regular basis I imagine we would have to be top six and giving the fans something worth watching

It's not great but it could be worse

I think having a wide open stadium of 32000 capacity really doesn't help

Drop under 20000 and the place looks desolated

[The Lone Gunman]

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Well that’s now becoming obvious to be fair and you were right on this. Most championship clubs have had an increase in support, I thought we would as well

The crowd for last season’s opener against Norwich (in better weather) was 19,969. Today’s attendance was 21,230. Given the tripe served up by the team last season, any increase is amazing.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Well that’s now becoming obvious to be fair and you were right on this. Most championship clubs have had an increase in support, I thought we would as well

What was our opening game gate last season ?

Was it Norwich ?

I think it was 19000 and they brought 1500 so to be fair today's crowd was an increase

[TWGL1]

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The crowd for last season’s opener against Norwich (in better weather) was 19,969. Today’s attendance was 21,230. Given the tripe served up by the team last season, any increase is amazing.

I think Norwich brought 1,440 last year against QPR’s 1,060 so it’s a very good increase

[Canton Kev]

Re: Dreadful atmosphere as usual

1. Swap the Canton and the family. Not going to happen unfortunately with the current people in charge.

2. Bin off the crap drummer. Hinders the atmosphere more than it adds to it. Get a group of fans up on the gantry starting songs instead.

3. Add the rails to the entire Canton stand. Which I believe is in the plans anyways.

Those 3 in that order would be the most beneficial imo. Only no 3 will happen anytime soon I reckon.

[fugsyphil]

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I went to Newcastle away in 1980 for a championship match (old div 2) and the crowd was just over 15 000. The return match at our place under 10 000

[Father Dougal]

Re: Dreadful atmosphere as usual

1. Swap the Canton and the family. Not going to happen unfortunately with the current people in charge.

2. Bin off the crap drummer. Hinders the atmosphere more than it adds to it. Get a group of fans up on the gantry starting songs instead.

3. Add the rails to the entire Canton stand. Which I believe is in the plans anyways.

Those 3 in that order would be the most beneficial imo. Only no 3 will happen anytime soon I reckon.

Does anyone like the drum? Anyone?

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Does anyone like the drum? Anyone?

Bueller?

[goats]

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21000 poor crowd.??? Its a brilliant crowd.

Theres a cost of living crisis and that many turn up after last seasons garbage only to witness worse if anything.

I’m amazed we get so many fans after the last few years…if it wasn’t for a one season Warnock miracle in 2018 when was anything good?

[Bald Barry Bastad]

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Players crunching into tackles playing on the front foot pressing with intensity creating regular chances playing exciting attacking football that's what gets crowds going.