Bolton BSM game

[Three_Piers]

If this was such a 'glamour tie' then Bloomfield Road would have been full. It isn't a glamour tie hence the lowish crowd. If it was United, Liverpool, City, Arsenal, Chelsea, Spurs for example then it would have been a sell out.

I'm not sure how it can be viewed as a glamour tie when the Blackpool public proved that it wasn't.

Oh and yes I was there freezing my nads off!

 

[JJpool]

Can you back up your "everything was cheaper...." statement with hard evidence or are you just making a lazy assumption?

And I'm sure that many still find ways to sneak in now.

Well look at what the generation before paid for houses for e.g. People these days are worse off than the generation before, its pretty well known.

Here's one key example, getting a house many people struggle these days.

Housing affordability ratio more than doubles since 1970s ‒ House Buyer Bureau

Typical house prices are now around 8.8 times the average earnings, new data from House Buyer Bureau has revealed.

www.mortgagesolutions.co.uk

We've also just lived through and still are in a bad cost of living crisis, which hits poor areas more and guess which area Blackpool is, so clearly judging off 1 game now is not a valid way to assess future demand when looking to build a stand etc.

 

[TheLuker]

Well look at what the generation before paid for houses for e.g. People these days are worse off than the generation before, its pretty well known.

Here's one key example, getting a house many people struggle these days.

Housing affordability ratio more than doubles since 1970s ‒ House Buyer Bureau

Typical house prices are now around 8.8 times the average earnings, new data from House Buyer Bureau has revealed.

www.mortgagesolutions.co.uk

"It's pretty well known" is not proof, it's a further assumption.

And I'd guess that house ownership was not widespread at the time that overhead photo of Bloomfield Road was taken, which must be 100 years ago give or take, so your example is not particularly relevant.

 

[TheLuker]

If this was such a 'glamour tie' then Bloomfield Road would have been full. It isn't a glamour tie hence the lowish crowd. If it was United, Liverpool, City, Arsenal, Chelsea, Spurs for example then it would have been a sell out.

I'm not sure how it can be viewed as a glamour tie when the Blackpool public proved that it wasn't.

Oh and yes I was there freezing my nads off!

Do you think the Forest fans saw playing us as a glamour tie? Of course they didn't but they still sold the home ends out in the first leg.

 

[Three_Piers]

Do you think the Forest fans saw playing us as a glamour tie? Of course they didn't but they still sold the home ends out in the first leg.

They have more fans than us. They have a waiting list of fans who can't get a look in. That game was on a sunday at 2pm and wasn't on TV.

This wasn't a big deal for Blackpool fans unfortunately. They spoke with their feet. Would there have been more there if it wasn't on TV and wasn't zero degrees all night? Possibly. Would there have been more there if it was vs Man Utd. Definitely.

It is what it is. I don't understand why you would question why we should build a new stand and then use forest at home in the third round of the cup on a wednesday night in freezing conditions as your reason for questioning it. Strange.

 

[TheLuker]

There's no doubt many don't like being in league 1 and think we should return to the championship, that's why theres been expectation to beat sides and one reason why the atmosphere hasn't been great for much of the season. But I don't think that's that unreasonable seeing as we were a championship side and only went down due to mismanagement. We've a really good squad.

We've already proven we can grow, shown by coming down bigger after 2 years in the championship.

Cheaper tickets do work, it's a very simple equation. But there are other factors.

We've already seen in the past who a deal game was used on a weeknight on sky or on a weekend the crowds were bigger. There's a limit some would pay and you only had to speak to casuals or people who know them to know 30 quid wasn't popular and many wouldn't pay it.

Again, you're using 1 game to judge that had many other factors involved. I can guarantee if that game was much higher priced even less would have gone. There's always a price sweet spot.

I don't see how trying to attract more fans is a bad thing, to do that you the to make effort, get people through the door and you have to let people know who don't usually go.

Success will do it but that cannot be guaranteed, so that's why they did the deal games I guess.

It depends how much effort they want up put into growing the fanbase and how quickly. We've seen the nobbers go dirt cheap and it works, look at their crowds before they did, so not sure why you can say price isn't a factor.

Sometimes you have to speculate to accumulate, doing a deal may not make quite as much at times but you'd do it in the hope that filling the stadium would bring in people who get the bug and some will return.

Our natural place based on numbers alone may be upper league 1, but football doesn't work like that, many clubs are basket cases and we also have additional factors in our favour. We win playoffs more often, the fans when at it can really help and get behind us. There's no reason we can't be a club that is in the championship and that's the ambition.

When SS arrived he straight away did a deal and we had a bumper home game, what would be the harm in doing that once the new stand was open to have a celebratory day and try and fill it?

"Cheaper tickets do work, it's a very simple equation" is a gross oversimplification.

If tickets are cheaper, will we likely sell more - yes, we will. That, I guess, is your "simple equation".

But revenues will likely fall, profitability likely falls and then money needs to come from somewhere else to fill that gap.

You mention The Nobbers having dirt cheap tickets. They also had Championship revenues below ours and needed 16m last year from The Hemmings family. And you claim that their strategy "works"! Does it bollocks.

 

[JJpool]

"It's pretty well known" is not proof, it's a further assumption.

And I'd guess that house ownership was not widespread at the time that overhead photo of Bloomfield Road was taken, which must be 100 years ago.give or take so your example is not particularly relevant.

No idea when the pic was from, but I'm referring to past generations.

A house is the main investment you making in life and if that's far more expensive it follows that life will be a lot less affordable.

It's also pretty well know many working class football fans are priced out more and more these days, as the ever more ridiculous wages for players goes up.

There's a hell of a lot more things to do these day too, trying to grab your attention.

In the days before tv what would you do, kick a tennis ball around or play scrabble...

 

[TheLuker]

No idea when the pic was from, but I'm referring to past generations.

A house is the main investment you making in life and if that's far more expensive it follows that life will be a lot less affordable.

It's also pretty well know many working class football fans are priced out more and more these days, as the ever more ridiculous wages for players goes up.

There's a hell of a lot more things to do these day too, trying to grab your attention.

In the days before tv what would you do, kick a tennis ball around or play scrabble...

Your obsession with filling the ground is a bit weird.

I want the club to get the maximum amount of money it can and to spend that on the best players that they can afford.

I also don't care how many are in the ground, I care about the atmosphere. Those 6000 home fans against Forest generated the best atmosphere of the season so those moaning fans at the margin should stay away if they can't contribute to a positive atmosphere.

 

[JJpool]

"Cheaper tickets do work, it's a very simple equation" is a gross oversimplification.

If tickets are cheaper, will we likely sell more - yes, we will. That, I guess, is your "simple equation".

But revenues will likely fall, profitability likely falls and then money needs to come from somewhere else to fill that gap.

You mention The Nobbers having dirt cheap tickets. They also had Championship revenues below ours and needed 16m last year from The Hemmings family. And you claim that their strategy "works"! Does it bollocks.

You've admitted they do attract more people. Yes it's about revenue but it depends how badly you want to grow the fanbase.

Let's not forget you also have to let people know about the cheaper prices.

Many won't see the usual twitter or other standard announcements.

In this day and age they'd have to utilise the many Blackpool Facebook pages etc, to spread the word, that would help and I have seen it happen for one game.

The nobbers have apparently made similar or slightly more revenue going that route and it has increased the crowds.

 

[JJpool]

Your obsession with filling the ground is a bit weird.

I want the club to get the maximum amount of money it can and to spend that on the best players that they can afford.

I also don't care how many are in the ground, I care about the atmosphere. Those 6000 home fans against Forest generated the best atmosphere of the season so those moaning fans at the margin should stay away if they can't contribute to a positive atmosphere.

My obsession with filling the ground? Surely everyone wants that?

You dont care but you've literally been moaning for ages about the lack of filling the ground on your apparent mega game that wasn't vs Forest, so what are you on about? Why are you obsessed with filling the ground there and bashing the fanbase when it didn't happen?

Well success will bring the crowds so that is one route, but price is a factor too.

The atmosphere was due to the game and the way it panned out, seeing us take a prem side so close, it wasn't because of the lack of some there.

The north stand makes the atmosphere and was nigh on full, so it makes perfect sense.

 

[TheLuker]

You've admitted they do attract more people. Yes it's about revenue but it depends how badly you want to grow the fanbase.

Let's not forget you also have to let people know about the cheaper prices.

Many won't see the usual twitter or other standard announcements.

In this day and age they'd have to utilise the many Blackpool Facebook pages etc, to spread the word, that would help and I have seen it happen for one game.

The nobbers have apparently made similar or slightly more revenue going that route and it has increased the crowds.

Fuck me. Yes, of course cheaper tickets get more fans through the gates but you just seem to assume that as and of itself is a good thing. It's not because clubs need revenues from us fans and we need to be willing to pay. You forever go on and on about these "deals" and seem to think that they will magically unearth thousands of fans. They won't unearth fans that will pay and that's what the club needs. We see that because every year the club has a few deals and it may help for that specific match and may even help bring a few extra fans in for full price matches but it doesn't and won't bring in the thousands that you seem to think are out there.

You are wrong on The Nobbers as their financial situation has had a fair bit of media recently. Revenues lower than ours and a 16m contribution from Hemmings. Take Hemmings away and they are totally fucked. Clubs need to try to generate their own revenue rather than be reliant on owners who can pull the plug - see Reading, Wigan etc.

 

[TheLuker]

My obsession with filling the ground? Surely everyone wants that?

You dont care but you've literally been moaning for ages about the lack of filling the ground on your apparent mega game that wasn't vs Forest, so what are you on about? Why are you obsessed with filling the ground there and bashing thr fanbase ehm ot didn't happen?

Well success will bring the crowds so that is one route, but price is a factor too.

The atmosphere was due to the game and the way it panned out, seeing us take a prem side so close, it wasn't because of the lack of some there.

The north stand makes the atmosphere and was nigh on full, so it makes perfect sense.

I bash those that moan about the team and the club. In particular, I bash those that moan about the team and the club and don't contribute to the clubs coffers by going to games.

 

[JOHNMAJORTOM]

I WILL be at Bloomerz on the 30th with my two fifteen pound tickets couldnt really care less about the price except i CAN afford to access football at a reasonable cost. As it happens it will be my 64 birthday. My son will pick me up and take me home to my new home in fy8 he helped me find my new home after giving back my former home back to the mortgage company.. as it happens he is a mortgage consultant so arent a lucky man. oh and heres one to finish with. i have TWO ticket stubs from the PL nov 2010 FIFTEEN POUNDS versus EVERTON and then v Tottenham 22 feb 2011 THIRTY FOUR pounds. I think we do compare well with other clubs. its FORTY two at FOREST on matchday . if you can get one.

 

[JJpool]

Fuck me. Yes, of course cheaper tickets get more fans through the gates but you just seem to assume that as and of itself is a good thing. It's not because clubs need revenues from us fans and we need to be willing to pay. You forever go on and on about these "deals" and seem to think that they will magically unearth thousands of fans. They won't unearth fans that will pay and that's what the club needs. We see that because every year the club has a few deals and it may help for that specific match and may even help bring a few extra fans in for full price matches but it doesn't and won't bring in the thousands that you seem to think are out there.

You are wrong on The Nobbers as their financial situation has had a fair bit of media recently. Revenues lower than ours and a 16m contribution from Hemmings. Take Hemmings away and they are totally fucked. Clubs need to try to generate their own revenue rather than be reliant on owners who can pull the plug - see Reading, Wigan etc.

It depends how much building the fanbase is a priority.

That's exactly why they did those deal games in the championship.

You've only been on the site since September, so how would you know I 'FOREVER' go on about it? Or are you another multi user name? We're only talking about it not because you brought it up. The price was fine for the forest game, it was other factors that led to the attendance.

I've never said it will magically unearth thousands of fans, only its a factor and it can open the door to more being able to attend and going forward the more that get the bug the better. It's about building habits.

Not sure what figures you're looking at, yes we made more than them in our first season. I'm on about their St sales making sinilar or more than under the lower price. I don't disagree about the other part about the silly money they are losing.

 

[TheLuker]

They have more fans than us. They have a waiting list of fans who can't get a look in. That game was on a sunday at 2pm and wasn't on TV.

This wasn't a big deal for Blackpool fans unfortunately. They spoke with their feet. Would there have been more there if it wasn't on TV and wasn't zero degrees all night? Possibly. Would there have been more there if it was vs Man Utd. Definitely.

It is what it is. I don't understand why you would question why we should build a new stand and then use forest at home in the third round of the cup on a wednesday night in freezing conditions as your reason for questioning it. Strange.

If we can only get 6000 at home to Forest with cheap tickets then we don't need a new East Stand.

Probably at least a third of our home games are mid-week so following your argument we don't need the East for that.

And then how often do we actually get over 12,000 in the stadium, not official attendance but in the stadium. Hardly ever. Preston. Maybe Blackburn?

If I owned the club, I wouldn't waste my money building a stand that we barely need. I'd put away fans in the South-East and maybe the south if needed and would utilise the season ticket resale function to fill the ground when demand was there

 

[JJpool]

I bash those that moan about the team and the club. In particular, I bash those that moan about the team and the club and don't contribute to the clubs coffers by going to games.

Fine, but trying to use 1 game to decide if a new stand is needed is silly.

 

[TheLuker]

It depends how much building the fanbase is a priority.

That's exactly why they did those deal games in the championship.

You've only been on the site since September, so how would you know I 'FOREVER' go on about it? Or are you another multi user name? We're only talking about it not because you brought it up. The price was fine for the forest game, it was other factors that led to the attendance.

I've never said it will magically unearth thousands of fans, only its a factor and it can open the door to more being able to attend and going forward the more that get the bug the better. It's about building habits.

Not sure what figures you're looking at, yes we made more than them in our first season. I'm on about their St sales making sinilar or more than under the lower price. I don't disagree about the other part about the silly money they are losing.

More marginal fans with cheap tickets means more entitled moaners as seen at Preston.

 

[TheLuker]

Fine, but trying to use 1 game to decide if a new stand is needed is silly.

It's not one game. That one game is the most recent example. You'll never be able to brag at work about how big your crowds are so just get over it.

 

[JJpool]

If we can only get 6000 at home to Forest with cheap tickets then we don't need a new East Stand.

Probably at least a third of our home games are mid-week so following your argument we don't need the East for that.

And then how often do we actually get over 12,000 in the stadium, not official attendance but in the stadium. Hardly ever. Preston. Maybe Blackburn?

If I owned the club, I wouldn't waste my money building a stand that we barely need. I'd put away fans in the South-East and maybe the south if needed and would utilise the season ticket resale function to fill the ground when demand was there

There it is again, the daftest argument on here in a long time.

You build for the biggest occasions and many years in the future, where we might be.

It's not beyond the realms of possibility we're in the championship by the time a stand happens.

We're also a club that's been held back in the past, so need to rebuild the fanbase even now. There's still a lot of work to do.

Anyone with ambition and a plan to grow the club knows exactly why its needed and it's needed anyway.

In the championship if we want to give away fans 4k maybe, that only leaves probably about 11.5k for home fans after segregation is accounted for.

We can already easily hit that now for big games. You talk about maximising revenue, well we'd be turning away fans away or turning home fans away on yhr biggest occasions. It's those days that build fanbases the most and if we can't accommodate them, we've missed out.

We're building for many years ahead

 

[tigger]

If you want free tickets Fleetwood is just down the road

 

[JJpool]

More marginal fans with cheap tickets means more entitled moaners as seen at Preston.

That's just them in general. I've not actually called for anything cheaper here, only discussed as you said cheap tickets don't get people in the ground, then later made the point that of course it did.

 

[JJpool]

It's not one game. That one game is the most recent example. You'll never be able to brag at work about how big your crowds are so just get over it.

You used 1 game, the Forest game, as why we should buid an East. You seem to want to make wild assumptions based off 1 game.

 

[TheLuker]

There it is again, the daftest argument on here in a long time.

You build for the biggest occasions and many years in the future, where we might be.

It's not beyond the realms of possibility we're in the championship by the time a stand happens.

We're also a club that's been held back in the past, so need to rebuild the fanbase even now. There's still a lot of work to do.

Anyone with ambition and a plan to grow the club knows exactly why its needed and it's needed anyway.

In the championship if we want to give away fans 4k maybe, that only leaves probably about 11.5k for home fans after segregation is accounted for.

We can already easily hit that now for big games. You talk about maximising revenue, well we'd be turning away fans away or turning home fans away on yhr biggest occasions. It's those days that build fanbases the most and if we can't accommodate them, we've missed out.

We're building for many years ahead

Do you fuck build for "the biggest occasions". That only makes sense if you can get a stand built for peanuts as any stand will need to pay for itself.

And do you have a crystal ball and know where we will be as a club in the future? We'll look a bit stupid if we end up in L2 or lower with a big shiny stadium.

You build for what you think you'll need not this pie-in-the-sky dream of yours.

 

[TheLuker]

That's just them in general. I've not actually called for anything cheaper here, only discussed as you said cheap tickets don't get people in the ground, then later made the point that of course it did.

Nowhere do I say cheap tickets don't get people in the ground. I said they don't work because to me getting people in the ground is not the be all and end all that it is for you.

I can't believe that I have allowed myself to get dragged into your vortex. I'm done with this topic with you now.

Enjoy yourself counting blue dots on Ticketmaster.

 

[JJpool]

Do you fuck build for "the biggest occasions". That only makes sense if you can get a stand built for peanuts as any stand will need to pay for itself.

And do you have a crystal ball and know where we will be as a club in the future? We'll look a bit stupid if we end up in L2 or lower with a big shiny stadium.

You build for what you think you'll need not this pie-in-the-sky dream of yours.

If you can't accommodate on the bigger occasions then we'll never fully compete with our local rivals, who can accommodate huge numbers or in the championship.

I've already said having the new East is far more useful for the usable attendance it'll bring.

Giving us the option of more away fans or more home fans, but on the bigger occasions in future there will come a choice.
It'll do for the foreseeable, but is definitely needed and happening.

 

[JJpool]

Nowhere do I say cheap tickets don't get people in the ground. I said they don't work because to me getting people in the ground is not the be all and end all that it is for you.

I can't believe that I have allowed myself to get dragged into your vortex. I'm done with this topic with you now.

Enjoy yourself counting blue dots on Ticketmaster.

You said it showcased cheap tickets don't fill the ground, but there were many other factors involved and run the game at a higher cost and there would be less there.

You've dragged yourself in by spouting rubbish like we don't need a new East based off 1 game. A weird and ridiculous statement.

Again, we've had little or no previous interaction. So are you a multi user or just one of my fans?

 

[Three_Piers]

If we can only get 6000 at home to Forest with cheap tickets then we don't need a new East Stand.

Probably at least a third of our home games are mid-week so following your argument we don't need the East for that.

And then how often do we actually get over 12,000 in the stadium, not official attendance but in the stadium. Hardly ever. Preston. Maybe Blackburn?

If I owned the club, I wouldn't waste my money building a stand that we barely need. I'd put away fans in the South-East and maybe the south if needed and would utilise the season ticket resale function to fill the ground when demand was there

Thankfully you don't own the club and thankfully Simon Sadler doesn't agree that we need to cut the capacity to 11,000. I'm just glad we have an owner with much bigger ambitions than that and far less short sighted-ness.

Maybe you should tell him what you would do if you were the owner. I'm pretty sure he would appreciate such expert advice like limiting our capacity to a lower number than we averaged for our two previous seasons.

You seem to be getting very agitated about this subject and you aren't making any sense. If swearing at people makes you feel better about yourself then fair enough, though

 

[TheLuker]

Thankfully you don't own the club and thankfully Simon Sadler doesn't agree that we need to cut the capacity to 11,000. I'm just glad we have an owner with much bigger ambitions than that and far less short sighted-ness.

Maybe you should tell him what you would do if you were the owner. I'm pretty sure he would appreciate such expert advice like limiting our capacity to a lower number than we averaged for our two previous seasons.

You seem to be getting very agitated about this subject and you aren't making any sense. If swearing at people makes you feel better about yourself then fair enough, though

I haven't said cut to capacity to 11,000. I also made a distinction between reported and actual attendance - a nuance clearly lost on you.

I curse out of frustration at having allowed myself to argue with idiots who twist my words and make daft assumptions.

Enjoy your day. And it's interesting that you and JJ both have aerial views of Blackpool as your avatars. Hmm. Enjoy counting blue dots with him.

 

[Three_Piers]

I haven't said cut to capacity to 11,000. I also made a distinction between reported and actual attendance - a nuance clearly lost on you.

I curse out of frustration at having allowed myself to argue with idiots who twist my words and make daft assumptions.

Enjoy your day. And it's interesting that you and JJ both have aerial views of Blackpool as your avatars. Hmm. Enjoy counting blue dots with him.

The only person coming across as an idiot is you.

No idea what you mean by the avatar comment. I'm a Blackpool Fan and my avatar is of our stadium. Outrageous. As for dot counting, I don't have the surplus time. Nor do I have time to go back and forth with you. Nice chat.

 

[JOHNMAJORTOM]

Do you fuck build for "the biggest occasions". That only makes sense if you can get a stand built for peanuts as any stand will need to pay for itself.

And do you have a crystal ball and know where we will be as a club in the future? We'll look a bit stupid if we end up in L2 or lower with a big shiny stadium.

You build for what you think you'll need not this pie-in-the-sky dream of yours.

go on to you tube and type in DARLINGTON. a football horror show.

 

[Three_Piers]

go on to you tube and type in DARLINGTON. a football horror show.

A club that have never competed above the 2nd tier of English football and were in the 4th tier when their 25,000 stadium was built. It was destined for failure.

Did their owner not then get done for money laundering?

 

[JOHNMAJORTOM]

A club that have never competed above the 2nd tier of English football and were in the 4th tier when their 25,000 stadium was built. It was destined for failure.

Did their owner not then get done for money laundering?

yes he got done big time. george reynolds. there is a reynolds stadium just sitting there attractting seagull poo and not much else. darlington share a stadium with the local rugby club. a really sad tale. definetly worth a look. a dark haired girl does the presenting

 

[wilson_bfc]

So what's the point in increasing stadium capacity if we are rarely or ever going to need it?

For when we get to the Prem / Europe.

 

[JJpool]

I haven't said cut to capacity to 11,000. I also made a distinction between reported and actual attendance - a nuance clearly lost on you.

I curse out of frustration at having allowed myself to argue with idiots who twist my words and make daft assumptions.

Enjoy your day. And it's interesting that you and JJ both have aerial views of Blackpool as your avatars. Hmm. Enjoy counting blue dots with him.

It's noticeable how quickly you turned to insults. Were you meant to be called the lurker and misspelt it?

There's loads of fans on here with aerial view of Blackpool, weird assumption. Would you believe good pics of the town or stadium are quite popular to people. Who knew. Have you been 'lurking' to say about dot counting, as that's not been done in a while, or were you another user? Infact, undercover nobbers used to mention it.

As for the stand, you do realise the current east isn't fit for purpose and may not get a safety certificate going forward? So therefore saying we don't need it, based off 1 game which is mad, is basically limiting us to the 11k ish?

 

[JJpool]

The only person coming across as an idiot is you.

No idea what you mean by the avatar comment. I'm a Blackpool Fan and my avatar is of our stadium. Outrageous. As for dot counting, I don't have the surplus time. Nor do I have time to go back and forth with you. Nice chat.

He/she is trying to say because we both have a picture of Blackpool from the air we must therefore be the same person. As well as many other people with similar pics on this site...

 

[Eternaloptimist]

Reckon 3,000 home fans at best. It's a competition no one gives a shit about regardless of whether it's Bolton or not.

You estimated 1500 home supporters for the Forest replay so using your formula we will get a full house.

 

[A_Tense_Grin]

You estimated 1500 home supporters for the Forest replay so using your formula we will get a full house.

Don't think I did. I estimated 5,000 home fans against Forest and 3k home fans against Bolton.

 

[Camberwell1]

"It's a business and Sadler needs to make money...."

As I understand it, he's not making anything, he's putting in a few million a year to keep us afloat and reasonably competitive.

Last night was fantastic and showcased on national television what a great team and manager we have. It also showcased that even cheap tickets won't get people in the ground and whilst the atmosphere was decent, the swathes of empty seats were embarassing. We are a L1 club playing Prem opposition and the ground should've been overflowing. The away leg at Forest was a sell-out, almost 30,000 - the only empty seats were the ones that Blackpool returned.

We as a fanbase seem to want more and more whilst contributing less and less. I actually think that year in the Prem was one of the worst things to happen to this club as it's created an insurmountable level of expectation and entitlement such that we only get 6000 fans turning out for a fantastic spectacle like last night.

Well said — most of our fans live in a Dream World

 

[Camberwell1]

Why doesn’t everyone just turn up v Bolton and see what abounding Bloomers can do — you and BFC have nowt to lose

 

[20togo]

Why doesn’t everyone just turn up v Bolton and see what abounding Bloomers can do — you and BFC have nowt to lose

will you turn up?

 

[Camberwell1]

will you turn up?

Yes I’ll finish gardening at lunch and pedal my way to B/ham and if the trains running, catch one from there

Yes what a part time supporting waster I have been all my life

Been to more Pool matchesin the last 55 years than have this board collectively

I will be following from a 260 mile distance from yourselves or watching an alternative live match locally.

I await my sentence

 

[Three_Piers]

It's noticeable how quickly you turned to insults. Were you meant to be called the lurker and misspelt it?

There's loads of fans on here with aerial view of Blackpool, weird assumption. Would you believe good pics of the town or stadium are quite popular to people. Who knew. Have you been 'lurking' to say about dot counting, as that's not been done in a while, or were you another user? Infact, undercover nobbers used to mention it.

As for the stand, you do realise the current east isn't fit for purpose and may not get a safety certificate going forward? So therefore saying we don't need it, based off 1 game which is mad, is basically limiting us to the 11k ish?

Yeah I guessed that he didn't realise that it's not a permanent stand and it's use is subject to a safety certificate. The stand is clearly not fit for purpose. Everyone knows this... well almost everyone.

 

[no9]

There it is again, the daftest argument on here in a long time.

You build for the biggest occasions and many years in the future, where we might be.

It's not beyond the realms of possibility we're in the championship by the time a stand happens.

We're also a club that's been held back in the past, so need to rebuild the fanbase even now. There's still a lot of work to do.

Anyone with ambition and a plan to grow the club knows exactly why its needed and it's needed anyway.

In the championship if we want to give away fans 4k maybe, that only leaves probably about 11.5k for home fans after segregation is accounted for.

We can already easily hit that now for big games. You talk about maximising revenue, well we'd be turning away fans away or turning home fans away on yhr biggest occasions. It's those days that build fanbases the most and if we can't accommodate them, we've missed out.

We're building for many years ahead

Building the fan base is key

 

[20togo]

Yes I’ll finish gardening at lunch and pedal my way to B/ham and if the trains running, catch one from there

Yes what a part time supporting waster I have been all my life

Been to more Pool matchesin the last 55 years than have this board collectively

I will be following from a 260 mile distance from yourselves or watching an alternative live match locally.

I await my sentence

you did say "everyone" so does that mean everyone but you? You love to tell people when you're going to attend a game with "see you all there" yet here you are criticising anyone who is not going. Thousands of our fans turn up to every single home league game and here you once again telling them what they've got to do. Seems you love to tell others what to do eh? You know, like lee charles printing leaflets and distributing them to canvas supporters for the last cup match. Because you stupidly believed it could get 3000 more to attend. Oh, you also mentioned another boat trip down the Thames. Convenient for you living in London no doubt. Heard of the expression "if you want something doing then do it yourself".

and i'd say it's pretty much a certainty that wizaard has been to far more matches than you in the last 55 years and that's just one poster off this board.

Your sentence? Well just carry on as you are. On gardening leave.

 

[Camberwell1]

you did say "everyone" so does that mean everyone but you? You love to tell people when you're going to attend a game with "see you all there" yet here you are criticising anyone who is not going. Thousands of our fans turn up to every single home league game and here you once again telling them what they've got to do. Seems you love to tell others what to do eh? You know, like lee charles printing leaflets and distributing them to canvas supporters for the last cup match. Because you stupidly believed it could get 3000 more to attend. Oh, you also mentioned another boat trip down the Thames. Convenient for you living in London no doubt. Heard of the expression "if you want something doing then do it yourself".

and i'd say it's pretty much a certainty that wizaard has been to far more matches than you in the last 55 years and that's just one poster off this board.

Your sentence? Well just carry on as you are. On gardening leave.

Bully and obnoxious poster as always

 

[poolseasider]

Bully and obnoxious poster as always

Nonsense he's bang on the money you and your ilk are everything wrong with modern football.

Social media loud voices or illegal stream crew who don't go to games yet try to tell others what to do.

 

[20togo]

Bully and obnoxious poster as always

not me that was criticising and slagging fans for not going to a game was it? That was you so you deserved to be called out about it. and you've even got the arrogance to claim that you've been to more games than all the posters on here combined. So more bullshit. Stop criticising fans when you are pretty much a non attender yourself.

 

[BFCfan33]

Yes I’ll finish gardening at lunch and pedal my way to B/ham and if the trains running, catch one from there

Yes what a part time supporting waster I have been all my life

Been to more Pool matchesin the last 55 years than have this board collectively

I will be following from a 260 mile distance from yourselves or watching an alternative live match locally.

I await my sentence

That's a very strong statement

 

[Phil_bfc deux]

Yes I’ll finish gardening at lunch and pedal my way to B/ham and if the trains running, catch one from there

Yes what a part time supporting waster I have been all my life

Been to more Pool matchesin the last 55 years than have this board collectively

I will be following from a 260 mile distance from yourselves or watching an alternative live match locally.

I await my sentence

Bollocks you have

 

[bfcpete]

Keep winning and the crowds will come, especially if we have a sniff at promotion. I assume it won't be on Tangerine TV?