you only pick and choose the figures that make us look bad. I saw you quoted palace taking a good following to Southampton, but can't remember any mention of them taking 250 to Barnsley or 900 odd to Nottingham forest the same weekend we took more than that to walsall.
Why does it matter whether we take 10 or 10,000? I think Sheff Weds proved this weekend it doesn't make any difference to the result.
agreed
but i also think it would be nicer for the team to have a bigger following
but when clowns (see above) start trying to big up our support numbers wise , they need a reality check and that is where i come in
can you advise what season was the last time we had a consistently large away following ? I know you say it may be nice to have a larger away following, and I can't agree more the atmosphere is great etc. - however after the continual threads on the same subject, I had a look around me at the last home game against Oldham, with my old man, and 8 out of 10 people I looked at must have been over 65's, plus we are a family club where it would cost a fortune if you all go with your kids etc -praise to be the hardy souls who make each and every away game. There are obviously many people like me who would like to go to every game, but just not feasible (cost, 3 kids to spend time with at weekends blah blah blah).
first year up in the prem we basically sold out the lot , i luckily got an away season ticket and it was needed
excitement of basically playing a cup final every weekend for the first time in 10 years probably, and the economic climate better - however a couple of years later I was there when we got laughed at by Newcastle away with maybe 500, so even in Prem we didn't do it consistently season after season. My point is we haven't ever had a large core as other teams, no problem that is just the way it is....COYR
Winning the championship in 2000 was a fantastic achievement. Dropping down the league after getting 40 points, not as good, baring a couple of victories over the big teams.
According to 5 Live, West Ham had 1,400 at Birmingham on Boxing Day. I don't think that's a particularly terrible turnout, but if it was us going for promotion to the PL and with WHU's home gates I'm sure we'd be told how embarrassing it was . . .
According to 5 Live, West Ham had 1,400 at Birmingham on Boxing Day. I don't think that's a particularly terrible turnout, but if it was us going for promotion to the PL and with WHU's home gates I'm sure we'd be told how embarrassing it was . . .
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Surely yesterdays result will boost our numbers for Orient now!?
good job i got my tickets early, as soon as they went on sale
i'll be able to officially moan about our wank support cos i'm there but if i'm not i can't comment
i mean doesn't stop half the clowns who've never played or managed a game of football passing their assessment on things football related
Maybe he hasn't anything better to do....Let's have a big " Aaaaaaah!" for oohaah.
agreed
but i also think it would be nicer for the team to have a bigger following
but when clowns (see above) start trying to big up our support numbers wise , they need a reality check and that is where i come in
it was hard work years back nolly before there was official numbers
i mean you only have to look at every over estimate by fans as to how many we had here or there
Surely you're not saying that ooohah is a glory hunter, nolly ?
;-)