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POST-MATCH THREAD: Charlton Athletic vs Cambridge Utd: Saturday 9th December 2023 | KO 3.00PM
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Bournemouth & Luton with 11,000 average attendance are about our size.Melrose said:
I totally agree with you. Why oh why cant learn from clubs like Brentford, Bournemouth and Luton. All clubs significantly smaller the CharltonJamesSeed said:
Very true.Braziliance said:
That is why it's so frustrating, cause we could be either one of them in the next 5 years if we play our cards right, or wrong.Elthamaddick said:crazy to think that in only 2019 Luton v Southend was a league gameI have nothing against Brentford, but I can’t help comparing our relative positions and feeling pretty gutted. Find myself wanting them to lose, when I probably shouldn’t.
Brentford with 17,000 they're much bigger than us now.
We're not a big club anymore.0 -
“With these players we should be top 2/top 6”cabbles said:
😂 “he’ll make a good squad player”oohaahmortimer said:We become a Southend and we’ll still have fans tugging off about new grounds and extolling the virtues of whatever load of shit is representing us and just cos we’re sitting 9th in Ryman league division cnut we still have a chance of promotion and a big derby against the Royal Oak vets to come
fuck oFF
”there’s a player in there”
”if there’s a chance to get Gilbey back, I think he could do a job at this level”
”we’re just 3 or 4 players off a team that could get in the top 7”
“We should be signing (insert opposition player’s name who’s just played a blinder against us)”2 -
Premier League might have something to do with it,..level playing ground we are as big or better…🤔Dazzler21 said:
Bournemouth & Luton with 11,000 average attendance are about our size.Melrose said:
I totally agree with you. Why oh why cant learn from clubs like Brentford, Bournemouth and Luton. All clubs significantly smaller the CharltonJamesSeed said:
Very true.Braziliance said:
That is why it's so frustrating, cause we could be either one of them in the next 5 years if we play our cards right, or wrong.Elthamaddick said:crazy to think that in only 2019 Luton v Southend was a league gameI have nothing against Brentford, but I can’t help comparing our relative positions and feeling pretty gutted. Find myself wanting them to lose, when I probably shouldn’t.
Brentford with 17,000 they're much bigger than us now.
We're not a big club anymore.2 -
We would do exactly what they're doing, the fair weather fans will be back. I know so many people that would go to Charlton if we were in the Premier league, some championship as well. Brentford wouldn't be anywhere near full capacity in League1eastterrace6168 said:
Premier League might have something to do with it,..level playing ground we are as big or better…imo🤔Dazzler21 said:
Bournemouth & Luton with 11,000 average attendance are about our size.Melrose said:
I totally agree with you. Why oh why cant learn from clubs like Brentford, Bournemouth and Luton. All clubs significantly smaller the CharltonJamesSeed said:
Very true.Braziliance said:
That is why it's so frustrating, cause we could be either one of them in the next 5 years if we play our cards right, or wrong.Elthamaddick said:crazy to think that in only 2019 Luton v Southend was a league gameI have nothing against Brentford, but I can’t help comparing our relative positions and feeling pretty gutted. Find myself wanting them to lose, when I probably shouldn’t.
Brentford with 17,000 they're much bigger than us now.
We're not a big club anymore.
I know people who go to Brentford now who never followed football until recently.
That's the nature of football, we still have far bigger club potential than Brentford but of course, they're a bigger club currently as one of their players alone is worth more than our whole club.5 -
Braziliance said:
We would do exactly what they're doing, the fair weather fans will be back. I know so many people that would go to Charlton if we were in the Premier league, some championship as well. Brentford wouldn't be anywhere near full capacity in League1eastterrace6168 said:
Premier League might have something to do with it,..level playing ground we are as big or better…imo🤔Dazzler21 said:
Bournemouth & Luton with 11,000 average attendance are about our size.Melrose said:
I totally agree with you. Why oh why cant learn from clubs like Brentford, Bournemouth and Luton. All clubs significantly smaller the CharltonJamesSeed said:
Very true.Braziliance said:
That is why it's so frustrating, cause we could be either one of them in the next 5 years if we play our cards right, or wrong.Elthamaddick said:crazy to think that in only 2019 Luton v Southend was a league gameI have nothing against Brentford, but I can’t help comparing our relative positions and feeling pretty gutted. Find myself wanting them to lose, when I probably shouldn’t.
Brentford with 17,000 they're much bigger than us now.
We're not a big club anymore.
I know people who go to Brentford now who never followed football until recently.
That's the nature of football, we still have far bigger club potential than Brentford but of course, they're a bigger club currently as one of their players alone is worth more than our whole club.
Of course everything is relevant...but our day will return...🙏0 -
eastterrace6168 said:Braziliance said:
We would do exactly what they're doing, the fair weather fans will be back. I know so many people that would go to Charlton if we were in the Premier league, some championship as well. Brentford wouldn't be anywhere near full capacity in League1eastterrace6168 said:
Premier League might have something to do with it,..level playing ground we are as big or better…imo🤔Dazzler21 said:
Bournemouth & Luton with 11,000 average attendance are about our size.Melrose said:
I totally agree with you. Why oh why cant learn from clubs like Brentford, Bournemouth and Luton. All clubs significantly smaller the CharltonJamesSeed said:
Very true.Braziliance said:
That is why it's so frustrating, cause we could be either one of them in the next 5 years if we play our cards right, or wrong.Elthamaddick said:crazy to think that in only 2019 Luton v Southend was a league gameI have nothing against Brentford, but I can’t help comparing our relative positions and feeling pretty gutted. Find myself wanting them to lose, when I probably shouldn’t.
Brentford with 17,000 they're much bigger than us now.
We're not a big club anymore.
I know people who go to Brentford now who never followed football until recently.
That's the nature of football, we still have far bigger club potential than Brentford but of course, they're a bigger club currently as one of their players alone is worth more than our whole club.
Of course everything is relevant...but our day will return...🙏
Stoke currently feeling the sting of premier league relegation and years of mediocrity.
The harsh reality is, you will lose fans4 -
Nope. If we were premier league we would get 20k + easily. We have far more potential than those clubs I mentionedDazzler21 said:
Bournemouth & Luton with 11,000 average attendance are about our size.Melrose said:
I totally agree with you. Why oh why cant learn from clubs like Brentford, Bournemouth and Luton. All clubs significantly smaller the CharltonJamesSeed said:
Very true.Braziliance said:
That is why it's so frustrating, cause we could be either one of them in the next 5 years if we play our cards right, or wrong.Elthamaddick said:crazy to think that in only 2019 Luton v Southend was a league gameI have nothing against Brentford, but I can’t help comparing our relative positions and feeling pretty gutted. Find myself wanting them to lose, when I probably shouldn’t.
Brentford with 17,000 they're much bigger than us now.
We're not a big club anymore.2 -
There are a large number of clubs who can realistically expect to be in the PL, but also realistically will spend many years outside it.Braziliance said:eastterrace6168 said:Braziliance said:
We would do exactly what they're doing, the fair weather fans will be back. I know so many people that would go to Charlton if we were in the Premier league, some championship as well. Brentford wouldn't be anywhere near full capacity in League1eastterrace6168 said:
Premier League might have something to do with it,..level playing ground we are as big or better…imo🤔Dazzler21 said:
Bournemouth & Luton with 11,000 average attendance are about our size.Melrose said:
I totally agree with you. Why oh why cant learn from clubs like Brentford, Bournemouth and Luton. All clubs significantly smaller the CharltonJamesSeed said:
Very true.Braziliance said:
That is why it's so frustrating, cause we could be either one of them in the next 5 years if we play our cards right, or wrong.Elthamaddick said:crazy to think that in only 2019 Luton v Southend was a league gameI have nothing against Brentford, but I can’t help comparing our relative positions and feeling pretty gutted. Find myself wanting them to lose, when I probably shouldn’t.
Brentford with 17,000 they're much bigger than us now.
We're not a big club anymore.
I know people who go to Brentford now who never followed football until recently.
That's the nature of football, we still have far bigger club potential than Brentford but of course, they're a bigger club currently as one of their players alone is worth more than our whole club.
Of course everything is relevant...but our day will return...🙏
Stoke currently feeling the sting of premier league relegation and years of mediocrity.
The harsh reality is, you will lose fans
For a few years, they have their moment in the sun, but that isn't permanent. If you don't go straight back up, then losing parachute payments, while still being stuck with unwanted players on high salaries, will drag you back to Championship mediocrity or L1.0 -
Are there many more Brentford fans than that? I wonder if their support would decline rapidly with a couple of relegations. Before they made it to the OL they hadn’t been in the top flight since 1947Dazzler21 said:
Bournemouth & Luton with 11,000 average attendance are about our size.Melrose said:
I totally agree with you. Why oh why cant learn from clubs like Brentford, Bournemouth and Luton. All clubs significantly smaller the CharltonJamesSeed said:
Very true.Braziliance said:
That is why it's so frustrating, cause we could be either one of them in the next 5 years if we play our cards right, or wrong.Elthamaddick said:crazy to think that in only 2019 Luton v Southend was a league gameI have nothing against Brentford, but I can’t help comparing our relative positions and feeling pretty gutted. Find myself wanting them to lose, when I probably shouldn’t.
Brentford with 17,000 they're much bigger than us now.
We're not a big club anymore.1 -
Are you really comparing our crowds with three clubs in the Premier League and saying they are bigger than us? No shit Sherlock. In the PL we’d be pulling in 25k plus even against the above small clubs. None of the above can be described as big clubs even if they are in the PL. One moved to a new ground and chose to have a capacity well under 20k, another is trying to move to a new ground with a similar capacity. I’d argue till the cows come home that although we get smaller gates, at the moment, we are a bigger club than all those mentioned.Dazzler21 said:
Bournemouth & Luton with 11,000 average attendance are about our size.Melrose said:
I totally agree with you. Why oh why cant learn from clubs like Brentford, Bournemouth and Luton. All clubs significantly smaller the CharltonJamesSeed said:
Very true.Braziliance said:
That is why it's so frustrating, cause we could be either one of them in the next 5 years if we play our cards right, or wrong.Elthamaddick said:crazy to think that in only 2019 Luton v Southend was a league gameI have nothing against Brentford, but I can’t help comparing our relative positions and feeling pretty gutted. Find myself wanting them to lose, when I probably shouldn’t.
Brentford with 17,000 they're much bigger than us now.
We're not a big club anymore.
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With some of the club examples mentioned here, surely you have to look at it from a percentage filled view, rather than actual attendance.While Luton and Bournemouth have tiny grounds compared to us, I presume they are 100% or close to capacity every home league game. We are very far from doing that currently, although it’s obvious if we ever make it back to Premier League, this would be vastly improved.0
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There was a time when we had to buy season tickets to be able to watch the team rather than it being about saving money! The Doncaster play off game and Wembley showed the support is there when given something to support. We have been a tough watch for a long time with the odd season of hope, under Powell and Bowyer which those running the club criminally neglected to build on.6
