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OffenhamSkyBlue

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Travs said:
There were a couple of high-scoring thrillers there in the first part of the season. Clark and Wilson were a superb partnership. That left-back who went to Derby (Christie?) rampaging down the flank.

Funniest moment was one of the matches in the 2nd half of the season. I stood behind the goal, a couple of rows behind the original GMK lot (Knowl, Texas and a handful of others)..... Knowl had been giving Carl Baker a bit of "encouragement" (he was playing very poorly tbf).... he misplaced a simple pass and Knowl let him have it again... 10 seconds later he scored an overhead kick :D
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Franck Moussa was a class player, and even Ryan Haynes had some really good games. I enjoyed it. It all went to shit when Leon Clarke fell out with Pressley and went back to Wolves in the January window. Wilson had no foil after that and we dropped away.
 
letsallsingtogether

letsallsingtogether

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Briles said:
I ignored the twats trying to intimidate fans and their families on the way in. Most of NOPM were people who didn't go much anyway
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I was one of those twats never intimidated anyone and was a season ticket holder for 20 years still am.
Oh and talking of twats why would someone bring this shit up again.
 
shmmeee

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Malaka said:
I went to Northampton and Birmingham and really didn't care what people thought. I am of the opinion that people should do what they feel is right for them in all aspects of life. As long as it doesn't affect others, its fine by me
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Literally everyone thinks this. The question is always around whether it affects others. In this case whether by supporting their club being taken out of Cov it contributed to it staying away.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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shmmeee said:
Literally everyone thinks this. The question is always around whether it affects others. In this case whether by supporting their club being taken out of Cov it contributed to it staying away.
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I don’t think many at all supported the action itself but a good few still wanted to support the players who had no choice.
 
Grendel

Grendel

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shmmeee said:
Literally everyone thinks this. The question is always around whether it affects others. In this case whether by supporting their club being taken out of Cov it contributed to it staying away.
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Well it certainly didn’t bother the local council did it as they assisted in the situation anyway
 
Earlsdon_Skyblue1

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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TomRad85 said:
My sister and her husband went to a Wasps game once, I wasn't happy but she said it was a day out and it was free. Fair enough really, they aren't City fans and it made me realise how stupid you'd actually have to be to pay for a ticket to watch Wasps.
Their current attendances are pathetic but you have to assume that on top of that many of the people in there probably didn't pay. Its embarrassing.

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A lot of the people that come into that category are turning their noses up at Wasps now I think. I also said it in another thread, but the success of CCFC and our attendances going up is no coincidence to their falling attendances. Make no mistake, some of our fans jumped on the Wasps bandwagon when it came to town, but many are coming back now.
 
TomRad85

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Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
A lot of the people that come into that category are turning their noses up at Wasps now I think. I also said it in another thread, but the success of CCFC and our attendances going up is no coincidence to their falling attendances. Make no mistake, some of our fans jumped on the Wasps bandwagon when it came to town, but many are coming back now.
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The thought of City fans turning away and going to Wasps makes me feel unwell so won't get into that, but those that saw Wasps as something of a novelty or a day out (City fans or non City fans) are done with them now I think. If you aren't really into it there's only so many times you can go before you get bored.

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Earlsdon_Skyblue1

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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TomRad85 said:
The thought of City fans turning away and going to Wasps makes me feel unwell so won't get into that, but those that saw Wasps as something of a novelty or a day out (City fans or non City fans) are done with them now I think. If you aren't really into it there's only so many times you can go before you get bored.

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Yeah, it hit a nerve with me (no shit). At the time it felt like some fans kind of liked it because the saw it as a way to get one over on SISU, but I did have a few uncomfortable conversations with others when you would remind them that CCFC ended up being what was regarded as collateral damage. There was a huge wave of denial, but then again, when they were being bombarded with free tickets how else were they going to try and justify it?
 
Grendel

Grendel

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Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
A lot of the people that come into that category are turning their noses up at Wasps now I think. I also said it in another thread, but the success of CCFC and our attendances going up is no coincidence to their falling attendances. Make no mistake, some of our fans jumped on the Wasps bandwagon when it came to town, but many are coming back now.
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I don't think the changes in attendances are related at all
 
COV

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Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
A lot of the people that come into that category are turning their noses up at Wasps now I think. I also said it in another thread, but the success of CCFC and our attendances going up is no coincidence to their falling attendances. Make no mistake, some of our fans jumped on the Wasps bandwagon when it came to town, but many are coming back now.
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I just don't believe that there were fans who swapped in the way that you are asserting.

There are multiple reasons as to why our attendances fell, mainly what was happening on the pitch, but loads of CCFC fans suddenly becoming rugby fans who wanted to watch Wasps- can't see it.

As for Wasps- end of novelty value, they're crap, they have no roots, they have no link to the city- take your pick from many.
 
Grendel

Grendel

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Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
What do you think are the reasons for their drop in attendances?
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A novelty that has worn off. They attracted a lot with free offers at the start and it was setting a value of nil to many consumers. It was always going to decline. You cannot really compare the clubs - we moved out and went from relegations to promotions. Our gates were low as we were declining, you overstate the substitution impact
 
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fernandopartridge

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Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
What do you think are the reasons for their drop in attendances?
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It's coincidence rather than any direct link I would say. Wasps' gates have been on the decline since the first season in the same way that the team on the pitch has, and many of the attendees had no emotional connection to Wasps, so the prolonged break because of Covid hasn't driven any desire to get back and watch them.

The opposite applies to CCFC since it left the Ricoh in 2019,
 
COV

COV

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Brighton Sky Blue said:
Well there’s an assumption that the group that stopped watching CCFC is the same that went to Wasps games. They may well not have been
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Even if there was truth in it, you're talking about over 10,000 people that apparently went from CCFC to Wasps and then back to CCFC again- impossible
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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COV said:
Even if there was truth in it, you're talking about over 10,000 people that apparently went from CCFC to Wasps and then back to CCFC again- impossible
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The only ones who ever really paid to keep going were the fans from London who already had a connection to them. Whenever they came into school to offer freebies the kids all just binned them
 
Earlsdon_Skyblue1

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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COV said:
Even if there was truth in it, you're talking about over 10,000 people that apparently went from CCFC to Wasps and then back to CCFC again- impossible
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Not sure anyone has said all 10,000 have gone from one side to another. All that has really been suggested is that some of the fans that went over have come back.
 
COV

COV

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Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
Not sure anyone has said all 10,000 have gone from one side to another. All that has really been suggested is that some of the fans that went over have come back.
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You said that the decline in Wasps' attendances happening at the same time as the increase in ours was no coincidence. There's no way that the "some" people you're referring to are as great in number as to have had any influence in that.

You're right that its no coincidence that both clubs are experiencing big swings in support, but the factors at play are the massive feelgood factor with us & results on the pitch, and the opposite seemingly being the case with Wasps. These swings are related to factors specific to each club, they are not connected between the clubs.
 
Earlsdon_Skyblue1

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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COV said:
You said that the decline in Wasps' attendances happening at the same time as the increase in ours was no coincidence. There's no way that the "some" people you're referring to are as great in number as to have had any influence in that.

You're right that its no coincidence that both clubs are experiencing big swings in support, but the factors at play are the massive feelgood factor with us & results on the pitch, and the opposite seemingly being the case with Wasps. These swings are related to factors specific to each club, they are not connected between the clubs.
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So you are arguing literally nothing, for the sake of arguing nothing?
 
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