Clapham Saint Posted 1 April, 2009 Posted 1 April, 2009 ... and went to the game on Saturday still undecided, how would you react to a half empty stadium? ....would you feel more inclined to invest if the fans showed up in force selling the game out and creating an electric atmosphere? We need to show potential investors that this club has a loyal fan base and has the potential for a bright future. The best way to do this is to sell out this weekend. For all the stay aways, what ever your reasons, NOW IS THE TIME TO RETURN!! As of yesterday I wasn't planning on going this weekend but after the events of today I need to change my plans... COYR!!!!!!!!!!!
Saint_clark Posted 1 April, 2009 Posted 1 April, 2009 Good on you, Clapham. I just hope the rest of the people who boycotted realise the situation we are in like you do.
Clapham Saint Posted 1 April, 2009 Author Posted 1 April, 2009 Tonight is going to include a difficult conversation with the Mrs as we are supposed to be going to a birthday party on Saturday.....
Bailey Posted 1 April, 2009 Posted 1 April, 2009 Fair play Clapham. The more fans that do this the better. Now is the time to put any grudges to one side, get behind the team and do all we can as fans by attending in force and supporting the side.
Saint_clark Posted 1 April, 2009 Posted 1 April, 2009 If she argues, tell her to stop being so selfish and to think of the 30,000 people you will be letting down if you don't turn up to the footy.
saints_is_the_south Posted 1 April, 2009 Posted 1 April, 2009 If she argues, tell her to stop being so selfish and to think of the 30,000 people you will be letting down if you don't turn up to the footy. +1. I'm going to try & persuade a mate to go. If all of the regular 15,000 attendees so far this season were to persuade just 1 friend to go on Saturday then it would be a sell out. Can't be that difficult can it.
TheSaint75 Posted 1 April, 2009 Posted 1 April, 2009 But surely it would be a sell out anyway? all the 'Lowe stayaways' now have no reason not to go......you've won, Lowe has absolutely no say in what is going to happen with our club.......but we do, come show you love the club, there is no excuse not to go and make a statement to potential investors!!!!!!!
saint_bert Posted 1 April, 2009 Posted 1 April, 2009 Am gutted that Saturday I cant make it. Absoloutly gutted. Saturday of all games I miss my first home game in 4 years!
saints_is_the_south Posted 1 April, 2009 Posted 1 April, 2009 Am gutted that Saturday I cant make it. Absoloutly gutted. Saturday of all games I miss my first home game in 4 years! Baby sitter not an option mate?
Loyal Saint Posted 1 April, 2009 Posted 1 April, 2009 But surely it would be a sell out anyway? all the 'Lowe stayaways' now have no reason not to go......you've won, Lowe has absolutely no say in what is going to happen with our club.......but we do, come show you love the club, there is no excuse not to go and make a statement to potential investors!!!!!!! Well bloody said that man!!
saint_bert Posted 1 April, 2009 Posted 1 April, 2009 Baby sitter not an option mate? Its not the nipper thats the problem. The mrs will be incopacitaed as her knee is being totally reconstructed. I gotta basiclly be her legs.
Ponty Posted 1 April, 2009 Posted 1 April, 2009 Its not the nipper thats the problem. The mrs will be incopacitaed as her knee is being totally reconstructed. I gotta basiclly be her legs. Tell her she fancies a walk to SMS then. Sorted.
saint_bert Posted 1 April, 2009 Posted 1 April, 2009 Tell her she fancies a walk to SMS then. Sorted. If only it were that simple. Il be there for Watford and the rest of the season, and very much in spirit Saturday. It might not sit well with some people but family is the only thing I put before football.
Ponty Posted 1 April, 2009 Posted 1 April, 2009 If only it were that simple. Il be there for Watford and the rest of the season, and very much in spirit Saturday. It might not sit well with some people but family is the only thing I put before football. Being honest, I'd do exactly the same. In fact, I am putting family before football on Saturday myself.
Deano6 Posted 1 April, 2009 Posted 1 April, 2009 Being honest, Ponty, you'd not go even if the family weren't about!
docker-p Posted 1 April, 2009 Posted 1 April, 2009 Its not the nipper thats the problem. The mrs will be incopacitaed as her knee is being totally reconstructed. I gotta basiclly be her legs. Shove her into a barrow and bring her along. Although under normal circumstances i don't approve of wives at football
Ponty Posted 1 April, 2009 Posted 1 April, 2009 Being honest, Ponty, you'd not go even if the family weren't about! Fair.
benjii Posted 1 April, 2009 Posted 1 April, 2009 ... and went to the game on Saturday still undecided, how would you react to a half empty stadium? ....would you feel more inclined to invest if the fans showed up in force selling the game out and creating an electric atmosphere? We need to show potential investors that this club has a loyal fan base and has the potential for a bright future. The best way to do this is to sell out this weekend. For all the stay aways, what ever your reasons, NOW IS THE TIME TO RETURN!! As of yesterday I wasn't planning on going this weekend but after the events of today I need to change my plans... COYR!!!!!!!!!!! I hope to God any potential investor has the basic intelligence to realise that the club's potential attendances if doing ok in this division are circa 25,000+ and that in the Prem they would be 30,000 +, and not to give undue sway to the attendances of this season. If not, then they can sod off.
samoakley Posted 1 April, 2009 Posted 1 April, 2009 Im wondering if the plastics from the man utd game will be comming back. we need at least 25,000 people there saturday you never know we could make loads of money saturday and help the club.
saint_stevo Posted 1 April, 2009 Posted 1 April, 2009 if i were an investor..... i would run a f*cking mile
Alain Perrin Posted 1 April, 2009 Posted 1 April, 2009 I read this forum, realise that regardless of what I did fans would eventually turn on me. Then I'd go and invest in the FTSE instead. Worst possible time to be in administration in my opinion.
SaintRobbie Posted 1 April, 2009 Posted 1 April, 2009 ... and went to the game on Saturday still undecided, how would you react to a half empty stadium? ....would you feel more inclined to invest if the fans showed up in force selling the game out and creating an electric atmosphere? We need to show potential investors that this club has a loyal fan base and has the potential for a bright future. The best way to do this is to sell out this weekend. For all the stay aways, what ever your reasons, NOW IS THE TIME TO RETURN!! As of yesterday I wasn't planning on going this weekend but after the events of today I need to change my plans... COYR!!!!!!!!!!! Oh I think if and when Lowe resigns tomorrow we have a relegation battle on our hands and a chance of staying up... we'll see a good turn out on Saturday now!!!
Clapham Saint Posted 2 April, 2009 Author Posted 2 April, 2009 I hope to God any potential investor has the basic intelligence to realise that the club's potential attendances if doing ok in this division are circa 25,000+ and that in the Prem they would be 30,000 +, and not to give undue sway to the attendances of this season. If not, then they can sod off. ](*,) I knew somebody would post something like this. Yes, an investor will put together a business plan and will make estimates of future attendendances as well as future TV deals etc etc etc but any investor who acts like you would like them to and just "knows" that attendances and revenues will be a certain level is an idiot and will lose a lot of money when they apply the same level of financial planning to all of their deals. Turning out in force will: 1) help to confirm in their minds that attendances will be as they hope. 2) add to the "feel good factor" which come with the prospect of making a big deal. More importantly the luxury of being able to tell anybody to sod off has long long gone.
Clapham Saint Posted 2 April, 2009 Author Posted 2 April, 2009 I read this forum, realise that regardless of what I did fans would eventually turn on me. Then I'd go and invest in the FTSE instead. Worst possible time to be in administration in my opinion. Not something that are able to have any influence on. Something that we can actively do is turn up in force on Saturday. Or of course we could all sit at home and complain that nobody has felt confident enough in the viability of the club to buy it.
Junior Mullet Posted 2 April, 2009 Posted 2 April, 2009 I totally agree with clapham - we must do what we can to fill the stadium for the rest of the season to: 1. Stay up 2. Help pursuade an investor and our creditors that we are a worthwhile investment
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