Bring the Noise

Dire atmosphere but let’s be honest it was like a training match. Impossible to get any chants going when the game is so slow and all wolves did was defend.

Wolves didn’t make that much noise either and when they did it was targeted at city fans, they were bored too.

Most these empty seats were in the family stand. On paper it’s a good idea but come mid week late games when kids are in school it’s always going to be patchy. The club need to rethink the family stand as it only works on a sat or Sunday.
 
Blu1 said:
Dire atmosphere but let’s be honest it was like a training match. Impossible to get any chants going when the game is so slow and all wolves did was defend.

Wolves didn’t make that much noise either and when they did it was targeted at city fans, they were bored too.

Most these empty seats were in the family stand. On paper it’s a good idea but come mid week late games when kids are in school it’s always going to be patchy. The club need to rethink the family stand as it only works on a sat or Sunday.
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Sky TV hasn't helped either, loads of fans working shifts can never make it Friday/Monday nights.
 
Fuckin 'el. SO WHAT!!!!! It mean's fuck all to me how many fans we've got compared to anyone else. So what if we've not got 500,000 tourists to fill the ground. It means any proper fan can get a seat usually. Would you rather have a plastic team with plastic fans or the best team around and a few empty seats? Shame on you that are pandering to the masses with your talksport agreeable comments
 
wattle said:
Fuckin 'el. SO WHAT!!!!! It mean's fuck all to me how many fans we've got compared to anyone else. So what if we've not got 500,000 tourists to fill the ground. It means any proper fan can get a seat usually. Would you rather have a plastic team with plastic fans or the best team around and a few empty seats? Shame on you that are pandering to the masses with your talksport agreeable comments
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I’d say it was mostly season ticket holders who couldn’t be arsed showing up.
 
There is a light said:
True mate, partly because so many fans either can’t be arsed to turn up or make a noise. It couldn’t have been more different to Liverpool.
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True, but it's one of them though. Monday's are crap. Having to drag yourself to the match with no pre-match pint and it's against fucking wolves...... No excuse for not turning up, but I was never likely to be jumping out my seat with excitement.
 
Blu1 said:
Dire atmosphere but let’s be honest it was like a training match. Impossible to get any chants going when the game is so slow and all wolves did was defend.

Wolves didn’t make that much noise either and when they did it was targeted at city fans, they were bored too.

Most these empty seats were in the family stand. On paper it’s a good idea but come mid week late games when kids are in school it’s always going to be patchy. The club need to rethink the family stand as it only works on a sat or Sunday.
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Here we go again....it's the family stands fault!!

Fucking kids going to bed before 12:00 on a school night...!!
 
4th game in 11 days is a big cost for some, kids aren’t going to go to those games. Why does it have to be 8pm? That’s a pain in the arse too. Midweek games are on the whole wank. I show up but it’s a ball ache at the best of times
 
Main culprit was the family stand in terms of empty seats but so what it’s a monday night just after Xmas and we’ve had loads of home games on the bounce.

I’m all for attracting young fans but the family stand concept was poorly thought out and is being abused by some post takeover newbies who clearly pick and choose their games very carefully
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
4th game in 11 days is a big cost for some, kids aren’t going to go to those games. Why does it have to be 8pm? That’s a pain in the arse too. Midweek games are on the whole wank. I show up but it’s a ball ache at the best of times
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Completey agree, they are dire. I think we are unique in terms of how much worse mid week matches are in comparison to normal matches, you can almost guarantee to take 10k off the attendance unless we are playing Liverpool.

It’s a vicious circle though... people can’t be arsed + atmosphere is shit = more shit midweek matches and more people can’t be arsed.
 
Petetheblu said:
Here we go again....it's the family stands fault!!

Fucking kids going to bed before 12:00 on a school night...!!
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No, just pointing out most of the empty seats were in the family stand which makes sense as most kids under 10 would be in bed by 8/9 for a school night. Not putting blame on anybody.

The family stand is all season tickets which are sold out meaning we rely 100% on full attendance if not it’s no surprise we have empty seats.

Any where else in the ground you can just give your ticket a mate if you can’t go but the family stand needs to be a child so again back to square one the child will be in bed. To be honest I’m surprised the family stand fill it as much as they do for mid week games.

Iv just got back from the game and put my little one to bed. She will be shattered tom which makes me think is it worth it for late mid week games especially against trams who will just defend. Probably not. so I fully understand why we had so many empty seats.

It just makes me wonder do the club even think about the logistics for families.
 
With so many home games so soon after Christmas a full house, constantly, is impossible.

However, if you are there then make some noise. Was dire tonight. Every game is as important as the Liverpool one.

It's not unfair or unjust to say that, it's just a fact.
 
Remember having a long chat with Danny Wilson when the family stand became two tiered and I told him it was a huge mistake. At the time he said he believed it was the right thing to do but if the uptake wasn’t there and it didn’t work the club would look at it again. I think the time has come. Funny how even when it is full it’s full of adults with no kids in sight!
 
Blu1 said:
No, just pointing out most of the empty seats were in the family stand which makes sense as most kids under 10 would be in bed by 8/9 for a school night. Not putting blame on anybody.

The family stand is all season tickets which are sold out meaning we rely 100% on full attendance if not it’s no surprise we have empty seats.

Any where else in the ground you can just give your ticket a mate if you can’t go but the family stand needs to be a child so again back to square one the child will be in bed. To be honest I’m surprised the family stand fill it as much as they do for mid week games.

Iv just got back from the game and put my little one to bed. She will be shattered tom which makes me think is it worth it for late mid week games especially against trams who will just defend. Probably not. so I fully understand why we had so many empty seats.

It just makes me wonder do the club even think about the logistics for families.
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And now you've got me feeling guilty for having a pop about what I thought was another family stand quip.
Hahaha, great reply and I hope you and your little one enjoyed the game tonight. We got home before 10 because we left early, but tell anyone ;^)
 
It’s easy to blame the family stand as the empty seats speak for themselves but at least most of the no shows have paid season ticket money so it’s their choice if they go or not. I would rather have a family stand ST holder that attends 80% of home league games than a fan who never bothers going and moans about empty seats, atmosphere, queues and post incessantly during games.
 
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