Club placed under a transfer embargo - Statement

[A Quiet Monkfish]

There is also the possibility that getting what may become unsustainable wages off the books rather than gaining a realistic transfer fee is more important. Alex Smithies contract is up in 2022. If his reported £30k per week is true then perhaps we’d rather give him away rather than pay him another £1.5m in wages. Of course, in the current climate no-one may be prepared to take him off our hands at that wage which may mean we will have to keep paying him. If socially distanced reduced crowds are the norm next season with a CCS maximum of approx 13,000 at 1 metre according to Mehmet Dalman then players salary expectations will need to be more realistic when their current contract ends.

Which would suggest that the likes of Swansea with a capacity of 20,000, may well only be allowed something like 7 or 8000. Even if the best-case scenario happens, ie crowds allowed back in full capacities, then I can see at least 20-30% being reluctant to return. Once the football habit is broken it takes a long, long time to return.

[dml1954]

Which would suggest that the likes of Swansea with a capacity of 20,000, may well only be allowed something like 7 or 8000. Even if the best-case scenario happens, ie crowds allowed back in full capacities, then I can see at least 20-30% being reluctant to return. Once the football habit is broken it takes a long, long time to return.

I think the opposite is likely to happen and crowds will actually increase when grounds are reopened fully. Fans have stopped going because they have been ordered that they cant attend by the Government and EFL. This is totally different to fans stopping because they are fed up with it. There will be a rebound when this is over as the vast majority will want their usual weekly ‘fix’ of live football again. I am getting bored of watching it on screen with no atmosphere and no fans banter.

[Freitag 4.17]

I think the opposite is likely to happen and crowds will actually increase when grounds are reopened fully. Fans have stopped going because they have been ordered that they cant attend by the Government and EFL. This is totally different to fans stopping because they are fed up with it. There will be a rebound when this is over as the vast majority will want their usual weekly ‘fix’ of live football again. I am getting bored of watching it on screen with no atmosphere and no fans banter.

Actually agree with you for once - I think there will be more demand than ever - maybe not in terms of ST sales and not until around xmas though as people re-adjust. But I think attendances will be through the roof as long as there is a modicum of success on offer in the coming years - at all footie clubs. This whole load of bollocks has certainly made me want to appreciate and enjoy stuff like that lot more when I'm able and can only assume lot's of others feel the same.