Quote: Jo Jumbuck "League is part of the entertainment business, It's supposed to be good to watch, that lot on Wed night will have done nothing but put more people off, 2000 turned up on a foul night to watch a match in a comp that few people really care about anymore, now there seems to be some sort of suggestion that they were possibly partially to blame for the way the team performed.
Fair enough the opening poster wasn't just referring to that match particularly and is more concerned with home matches in general. IMO fans want different things, some want to see their team win at any cost playing any sort of football , others want to see skills and fast flowing football, others seem to care more about the atmosphere.
There are few teams that can pull in the crowds when they are not winning or at least playing well, Even the mighty Wigan no longer get the crows they did when they were kings of the league and they are now starting to face the same problems as us because of the size of their stadium.
All the other things that have been said on this thread all have their part to play undoubtedly but for me the whole thing that keeps me going down is to see a good game, When i go down get a soaking and then the team play like that i just think , The Hell with it if that's. the amount of interest they have I'll give it a rest. I honestly don't think if our normal size crowd had been there it would have changed the way they played.
I'm sure some of the things that have been mentioned have a certain amount of effect on the team but we can't do anything about the size of the stadium and you can't force people to sing, End of the day for me it all starts with the team, their commitment, their fight and their will to win, none of which was there on Wednesday night and i don't really feel it was some how in any way down to me.'"
Spot on.
