Quote: woolly07 "Unfortunately for us simple fans it may just come down to business is business and the customers come last in their plans apart from them gambling on what S. H. Jimmy says - we will all come streaming back.
To me that is a massive gamble but I expect many businessmen have had that philosophy and it has probably worked. It relies on supporters having shorter memories and a forgiving nature.
My warning to them is that my experience of working and living away from Yorkshire for many years is that it is easy for people to get out of the habit of going to games as you find other things.
It will be hard to get them back when they are in the new habit of doing other things.
They need to keep us all turning up till the hoped new future starts but that needs them to keep us interested and they are failing at that right now.'"
I definitely think it's true that supporters tend to have a, "forgiving nature", but it isn't everlasting of course and, if provoked badly enough and for long enough, every fan fan is likely to decide that enough is more than enough. It is unfortunate for our current owners, because, in truth, they had no part in the bulk of it, as provocation started quite awhile back and the clock has been ticking for three, four or five years or more.
When they first took over, someone posted a sort of plea to them, (sorry, I forget who) telling them exactly what they had to overcome to win our trust. It was probably the best post I've ever read on here, but sadly, the new owners either didn't see it or decided to completely ignore it. They certainly have done very little to try and win hearts and minds, and for many just a little would possibly be sufficient.