I'm not sure that a large majority of the lost 5,000 or so fans are staying away because of Lowe - I would have thought it's more to do with the 'Credit Crunch'. Especially if you usually take the kids as well - it's just far too expensive when you have to make decisions on what 'luxuries' to cut from your life.
I work for the government and in real terms my wages have been dropping year after year due to below inflationary pay rises. If I hadn't have recently got promoted, I would have only been able to scrape enough money together to attend a couple of matches this season.
As it is, I can afford to go more often but all the Home games on a Saturday have co-incided with weddings/stag dos etc. Week nights are no good as the kids have to go to bed early! I've been desparate to see the new team play but the first opportunity I've got is the Watford match and I can't wait!
Finally - the strangely high amount of TV coverage we're getting at the moment can't help attendances. My mate supports Wolves who are getting 1 match so far (in Oct) to our 5 and he can't believe it!