Quote: Jukesays "There's enough people on here and other social media dressing things that aren't poor up as poor, why not try and do things the other way for a change?
That attendance is in line and or better than the Home Leeds attendances we were getting in 2000/2001/2002/2003 when we had some of the best players from all over the world, proof that things weren't always better and bringing very expensive stars over doesn't always improve the crowds.
If we were to get a 20k crowd on Sunday there will be some people dressing that up as Bad - When it will be as good or better than what we have done in the past and/or what Leeds/Saints etc have achieved at their Home Grounds i.e. Headingley or Langtree pk'"
Proof would also suggest then that even with a winning team if the crowd isn't entertained then winning several trophies over a few also doesn't guarantee improving the gate. From a personal point of view from 2015 to 2017 most games at the JJB were pretty dire and I know quite a few people who stopped attending during this time and haven't comeback to watch any games during the season let alone start buying a season ticket again.
There are probably lots of reasons for declining gates from the quality of the game to people just moving on to other interests whatever the reasons are it is pretty worrying and hopefully IL has some plans to turn this around even it takes 3 or 4 years. I keep hearing that some of the marketing staff have left and haven't been replaced I just hope that if this is true that it is just a short term situation and the plan is to further invest in marketing the club in the future.
I'd be more than happy with a +18k crowd on Sunday and in the current climate I think that would be more than acceptable although I am sure IL will have a different view in that for him this one match where we need to maximise our income.