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Peter Varney asking for big crowd for Brighton match (Potential Buyers?)
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We have some really weird fans.28
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If an owner thinks that a crowd will come back in L1 they are wrong. I will now go to Brighton but wasn't going to bother as I get no joy out of watching us get pumped by an unglamorous PL team. If an owner gets us to the Championship the crowds will improve but still be miles from full. If they get us to the PL the crowds will return and grow every year we are there. There are load of Palace shirts in my area and they have full houses most games but 10 years ago when we were last championship with them out crowds were clearly better.Covered End said:
Because too many don't want to pay to watch Charlton either.cafcfan1990 said:
Why? Because fans don’t want to pay to watch the opposition? How’s that relevantCovered End said:
More proof why we'll struggle to ever make The Prem again.sinking feesh said:
I support Charlton and want them to be a PL team. I don't really care about watching Brighton in that position.Covered End said:
There's some sort of understanding that some fans won't pay £25 for L1 football.JordanJLD said:Why not this game on Friday? Or Bristol Rovers in a few weeks. Quite specific just for the Brighton game
But if our "fans" won't pay £15 to see a top half premier league team above Chelsea in the league, why would anyone think we would have fans that would turn up and back -the team & owners?
Our ground's too big for us.
There remains potential for large constant crowds but only after sustained success.5 -
Probably that bloke from Barclays againcharltonbob said:Something must be going on in the background for Peter Varney to come out with that.3 -
I'll bow out for tonight.
I'm disappointed how many fans we have on here who appear to not want to turn up & support the team.
Especially when Varney is effectively suggesting that new potential owners will be watching & we need to demonstrate we can still turn up in numbers.
I suppose it's not unexpected in truth.38 -
As does every clubBedsaddick said:We have some really weird fans.0 -
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I can understand both points of view mate especially with so many false dawns since 2014. I won’t be there but as you know it’s a bit of a trek for me however I’ll be at Morecambe which is more manageable 😉 COYAs.Covered End said:I'll bow out for tonight.
I'm disappointed how many fans we have on here who appear to not want to turn up & support the team.
Especially when Varney is effectively suggesting that new potential owners will be watching & we need to demonstrate we can still turn up in numbers.
I suppose it's not unexpected in truth.2 -
I wouldn't expect anyone to travel long distances for a midweek game (apart from opposition fansRedChaser said:
I can understand both points of view mate especially with so many false dawns since 2014. I won’t be there but as you know it’s a bit of a trek for me however I’ll be at Morecambe which is more manageable 😉 COYAs.Covered End said:I'll bow out for tonight.
I'm disappointed how many fans we have on here who appear to not want to turn up & support the team.
Especially when Varney is effectively suggesting that new potential owners will be watching & we need to demonstrate we can still turn up in numbers.
I suppose it's not unexpected in truth.
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I gather @dubaicafc is attending.Covered End said:
I wouldn't expect anyone to travel long distances for a midweek game (apart from opposition fansRedChaser said:
I can understand both points of view mate especially with so many false dawns since 2014. I won’t be there but as you know it’s a bit of a trek for me however I’ll be at Morecambe which is more manageable 😉 COYAs.Covered End said:I'll bow out for tonight.
I'm disappointed how many fans we have on here who appear to not want to turn up & support the team.
Especially when Varney is effectively suggesting that new potential owners will be watching & we need to demonstrate we can still turn up in numbers.
I suppose it's not unexpected in truth.5 -
Yea it's heartbreaking. This one game might not be a deal clincher rather part of a process. TS hasn't invested last summer and won't in January because he wants out. We need a takeover/investment to avoid League Two in the near future - so get your arses down there!Covered End said:I'll bow out for tonight.
I'm disappointed how many fans we have on here who appear to not want to turn up & support the team.
Especially when Varney is effectively suggesting that new potential owners will be watching & we need to demonstrate we can still turn up in numbers.
I suppose it's not unexpected in truth.
I wasn't going to bother as night games difficult for me but now coming with eldest son. Will be good to return to the AC stand, have been Covered End Upper last few seasons after 25 years in East.
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Let it go Elfs 😉ElfsborgAddick said:
I gather @dubaicafc is attending.Covered End said:
I wouldn't expect anyone to travel long distances for a midweek game (apart from opposition fansRedChaser said:
I can understand both points of view mate especially with so many false dawns since 2014. I won’t be there but as you know it’s a bit of a trek for me however I’ll be at Morecambe which is more manageable 😉 COYAs.Covered End said:I'll bow out for tonight.
I'm disappointed how many fans we have on here who appear to not want to turn up & support the team.
Especially when Varney is effectively suggesting that new potential owners will be watching & we need to demonstrate we can still turn up in numbers.
I suppose it's not unexpected in truth.1 -
My take is more prosaic, and probably wrong.What if PV in some way intimated to the reluctant and sceptical powers that be that we should open the Curbs/East stand for the Brighton game?
Now that’s happened he would like to show he was right.3 -
I think it’s just as important that the players actually turn up…..how many times in the last few years have we been hyped up and the players all have a shocker
However - what if we can rekindle the spirit of Doncaster in the play-offs? What a night that was!
or could it be a new investor is unveiled on the night..
we just don’t know at the moment but I’ll be buggered if I’m going to miss out 😀11 -
And so it begins...
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Stupid or not, just turn up.Whatever your doubts about what varney says and whether this would make a difference or not to potential buyers, we are in the shit now and we need a way out. Whatever Varney can muster is probably our best/ only realistic chance. I doubt anyone is gonna buy it based solely on that evening but whatever - if he thinks it’s gonna help then just turn up. Can it be worse than the last few owners we’ve had? And not every business decision is based solely on the paperwork and accounts, maybe they wanna fall in love with the project too. Who knows and who cares.15£, nice evening out few beers just before Xmas, prem oppo who play good football, cup game with chance of shootout if we can manage to blag our way to a draw.JUST TURN UP26
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I'll certainly be there, once Curbs tickets go on sale on Friday, and look forward to seeing our new Qatari owners!3
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You beat me to it @soapy_jonessoapy_jones said:And so it begins...
AGAIN!
The Frenzy is now officially open;)1 -
I want to send my tickets back now it’s rent a crowd, hate it when it’s busy , too many twunts about (myself and family included)21
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I understand the apathy and the unwillingness to go to this game but as many have stated on here, Peter Varney is a supporter and for the first time in a long while something seems to be happening in a positive sense. Investors or buyers, to me it matters not, if investors came in to give not only much needed cash but a proper balanced Board of Directors then that's surely a positive. Yes our frustration is directed at TS but in the most that's because of his crass decision making alongside a string of crass statements. I would probably prefer a board of equal partners rather than a one man show and I'm forever hopeful that this period of sheer despair that this club has suffered since Curbs left will eventually come to an end.9
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Ah, that's the oohaah we all know & love !oohaahmortimer said:I want to send my tickets back now it’s rent a crowd, hate it when it’s busy , too many twunts about (myself and family included)1 - Sponsored links:
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If Peter Varney tells me to get down there it’s good enough for me - I’m buying 5 tickets regardless of whether I use them all !
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Or see what ‘potential’ we have ?WSS said:If a buyer/investor is swayed by a crowd at a one off game - I’d be questioning their business acumen anyway.1 -
Put this on the Sandgaard thread a couple of days ago🤞🤞Just seen a twitter exchange with Peter Varney about an hour ago. Someone asked him if he was able to help shape the future, his response was 'that would be for other to decide!'. Cryptic comment or wishful thinking???0
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It’s Dec 21st, tickets are £15 and Peter Varney has asked for a decent turnout. Me, my wife and both kids will be stumbling into the West Stand, roaring drunk at 7.30pm.22
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Spot on. Any potential purchaser will see the crowds against Cheltenham and Bristol Rovers for example and will know what he’s getting but against Brighton what he’ll hopefully see is what he could be getting on a regular basis if he can get the product on the pitch right. Maybe I’m reading this wrong but if a potential buyer is coming to the Brighton game you’d have thought talks, even if tentative ones, had already taken place. I can’t see PV stirring the pot otherwise.Valley11 said:
I suspect it’s not about facts, figures and balance sheets but a sense of the passion this club can generate that PV is hoping for.WSS said:If a buyer/investor is swayed by a crowd at a one off game - I’d be questioning their business acumen anyway.The stuff you can’t see from a look through the accounts.11 -
Now if you suggested that of Airman Brown I’d be more inclined to agree 😀seth plum said:My take is more prosaic, and probably wrong.What if PV in some way intimated to the reluctant and sceptical powers that be that we should open the Curbs/East stand for the Brighton game?
Now that’s happened he would like to show he was right.0 -
Minor obstacle. We’ll get 15k back if we got to the Champ under a half decent owner. Then that would grow steadily if we became an established champ outfitCovered End said:
Because too many don't want to pay to watch Charlton either.cafcfan1990 said:
Why? Because fans don’t want to pay to watch the opposition? How’s that relevantCovered End said:
More proof why we'll struggle to ever make The Prem again.sinking feesh said:
I support Charlton and want them to be a PL team. I don't really care about watching Brighton in that position.Covered End said:
There's some sort of understanding that some fans won't pay £25 for L1 football.JordanJLD said:Why not this game on Friday? Or Bristol Rovers in a few weeks. Quite specific just for the Brighton game
But if our "fans" won't pay £15 to see a top half premier league team above Chelsea in the league, why would anyone think we would have fans that would turn up and back -the team & owners?
Our ground's too big for us.3 -
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Most bizarre fanbase goingBedsaddick said:We have some really weird fans.
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The reason that people are not going to recent L1 matches is simply that the footy is crap to watch.It takes some effort to get a coach from (say) Hastings or various trains from Essex, only to be presented by dull tactics.Get the ball to Rak, Sess, or CBT and get some crosses in. This passing it around our own half malarkey is turning folk away.8
