TGR said:peoffrey said:Does kick off time matter? I don't feel as up for it at 12.45 or 1.30 than I do 3 or 5.30. I love a match under the floodlights too.
Excellent point.
The night games under the floodlights when its cold and chilly have a special ambience about them.
The early & late kick offs just destroy it.
Remember when we played Everton a few years ago? I think it was an 11.30am kick off (was it a Sunday as well?) - absoulety crap!
I'm no cynic said:OK. We need an action plan.
What the powers-that-be need to do is to allocate the entire South Stand, certainly the lower tier, to a heavily discounted season ticket fan base with a maximum age of 40. Football demographics will mark out this age group as being the most vocal and the most passionate in their support. Away supporters should be tucked away in the corner of the CB stand, out of the way of the cameras. I don't know how easy or how quickly it would be to do this, but it has to happen if we are to capture the passion that some other clubs seem to command when they host us. A cheer leader of the Besiktas kind would help this stand to become feared, but in time he wouldn't be needed as the stand would develop it's own image.
the originalkippaxman said:I'm no cynic said:OK. We need an action plan.
What the powers-that-be need to do is to allocate the entire South Stand, certainly the lower tier, to a heavily discounted season ticket fan base with a maximum age of 40. Football demographics will mark out this age group as being the most vocal and the most passionate in their support. Away supporters should be tucked away in the corner of the CB stand, out of the way of the cameras. I don't know how easy or how quickly it would be to do this, but it has to happen if we are to capture the passion that some other clubs seem to command when they host us. A cheer leader of the Besiktas kind would help this stand to become feared, but in time he wouldn't be needed as the stand would develop it's own image.
Going for the glory seekers then
Where you been hiding, lad?stefranceuk said:£1 a pint would get us singing!
Bluemoonie92 said:the originalkippaxman said:I'm no cynic said:OK. We need an action plan.
What the powers-that-be need to do is to allocate the entire South Stand, certainly the lower tier, to a heavily discounted season ticket fan base with a maximum age of 40. Football demographics will mark out this age group as being the most vocal and the most passionate in their support. Away supporters should be tucked away in the corner of the CB stand, out of the way of the cameras. I don't know how easy or how quickly it would be to do this, but it has to happen if we are to capture the passion that some other clubs seem to command when they host us. A cheer leader of the Besiktas kind would help this stand to become feared, but in time he wouldn't be needed as the stand would develop it's own image.
Going for the glory seekers then
I dont agree with the point he is making because my dad is over that age and still very vocal but because I am under the age of 40 I guess I am a glory hunter then?
Bluemoonie92 said:the originalkippaxman said:I'm no cynic said:OK. We need an action plan.
What the powers-that-be need to do is to allocate the entire South Stand, certainly the lower tier, to a heavily discounted season ticket fan base with a maximum age of 40. Football demographics will mark out this age group as being the most vocal and the most passionate in their support. Away supporters should be tucked away in the corner of the CB stand, out of the way of the cameras. I don't know how easy or how quickly it would be to do this, but it has to happen if we are to capture the passion that some other clubs seem to command when they host us. A cheer leader of the Besiktas kind would help this stand to become feared, but in time he wouldn't be needed as the stand would develop it's own image.
Going for the glory seekers then
I dont agree with the point he is making because my dad is over that age and still very vocal but because I am under the age of 40 I guess I am a glory hunter then?
I'm no cynic said:Bluemoonie92 said:the originalkippaxman said:Going for the glory seekers then
I dont agree with the point he is making because my dad is over that age and still very vocal but because I am under the age of 40 I guess I am a glory hunter then?
The point I'm making is that the great majority of vocal support will come from the younger end of the fanbase. This is not a cast iron thing in that fans below 40 are ALL vocal, and that fans above that age bracket are ALL about flask, sandwiches and TV for away games because this is not so. There are a good many who are in the opposite side of this dividing line, but look around you if you are behind the goal, and what age group is it MOST LIKELY to be, singing, chanting and standing for 90 minutes, and giving it that to the opposition's supporters?
Eccles Blue said:I'm no cynic said:Bluemoonie92 said:I dont agree with the point he is making because my dad is over that age and still very vocal but because I am under the age of 40 I guess I am a glory hunter then?
The point I'm making is that the great majority of vocal support will come from the younger end of the fanbase. This is not a cast iron thing in that fans below 40 are ALL vocal, and that fans above that age bracket are ALL about flask, sandwiches and TV for away games because this is not so. There are a good many who are in the opposite side of this dividing line, but look around you if you are behind the goal, and what age group is it MOST LIKELY to be, singing, chanting and standing for 90 minutes, and giving it that to the opposition's supporters?
None of them? well not for 90 minutes anyway!! :-)
the originalkippaxman said:Eccles Blue said:I'm no cynic said:The point I'm making is that the great majority of vocal support will come from the younger end of the fanbase. This is not a cast iron thing in that fans below 40 are ALL vocal, and that fans above that age bracket are ALL about flask, sandwiches and TV for away games because this is not so. There are a good many who are in the opposite side of this dividing line, but look around you if you are behind the goal, and what age group is it MOST LIKELY to be, singing, chanting and standing for 90 minutes, and giving it that to the opposition's supporters?
None of them? well not for 90 minutes anyway!! :-)
Eccles Blue he does have a point with his comment MOST LIKELY to be standing for 90 minutes them knees aren't going to last for ever do you think we should put a request in now for wheelchair spaces ;-)