Quote Ellam="Ellam"What a crock off S**t, all these I'm not renewing because of Cooke, I'm not renewing because of Radders, I'm not renewing because we don't score 50 a game are all mickey poor excuses. Back the club IAKOW you will be back when we rise to the top.'"
Few are saying they will never be back. What I think the gist of this all is, that most will start to pick and choose games. There will be a fluctuation between 11000 gates and possibly as low as 7500 depending on the opposition next year.
Cooke is an emotive subject and many of us will never forget or forgive. He left us totally in the mire from which we have never escaped.
Whilst your opinion is valid and you are entitled to it, you also have to accept that some will not feel the same as you and their opinion is equally valid. Mr Pearson will be sitting in his office today (or should be) and these opinions are what he should be considering. Does he gamble and run with people who share your view point or does he listen to the other view point and act accordingly.
My thoughts have always been that owners, players, coaches etc come and go, but the hardcore fans stick around. By hardcore I mean those who will not totally walk away. I would estimate there are only about 4000 of those. Its the other 6000+ that will waver and all have their breaking point. For some Cooke may well be the breaking point and you have to accept that.
The other consideration is that of the 4000 not everyone will be able to attend games every week. Thats for a variety of reasons. Some may be desperate to go but simply can't afford it.
So please accept that some have differeing views and its not all a crock.