It's all down to Alex Bruce. Oh and the lack of atmosphere in the ground. It's actually our own fault.
a)Turnstiles dont work properly. b)New turnstiles give an accurate reading. c)Late holidays due to Euros and Olympics.
I'm not going to vote as your argument is flawed in the very first line! Had we got barely 40% for those two games I think you'll find that attendances would have been 10000 not 15000. I'm surprised our large contingent of university newbees didn't pick you up on that. Football is about more than entertainment. It's about a passion for the team you support. If you want entertainment then go to the theatre. If you do get the entertainment you crave, at a football match, then count it as a bonus. If watching City was all about entertainment then TD and a few others before and since may well have finished the club forever.
Lets be honest we had a fantastic successful period with all the promotions, Wembley and the premier period and when people have that they don't want anything less which of course we do at the moment, the last two seasons has seen a lack of goals and price increases and many of the floating fans have voted to stay away, i am sure the ones who are no longer going are still listening to the tigers on the radio and reading about them in the papers and when they are ready or hopefully with more success and goals they will gradually return
I think generally there is an apathy with football after the European championship and with the Olympics going on. Moreover the financial situation is certainly biting, and people who bought season tickets before just cannot afford them now. Also the Barmby situation initially put peoples backs up, but gradually the SB era I think will slowly pull people back in. It is not just one reason, but as things improve with the economy and if SB era continues to produce good results attendances will improve.
They will come back, and in greater numbers. That match against Bolton was the first time I have see us attack another team for a very long time. That sort of excitement, I haven't seen it for a long time. No more boring 1-0 results where we scrape past another team. Another few results like that and the KC will be 20k+ every week. Fans are fickle, but I can understand why having had to watch that **** for the last two seasons.
Money , would rather spend it on beer and the other six days a week than cutting off my income for the sake of 1 day every 2 weeks roughly ... times are hard .. and City is a LUXURY not a requirement .. I still hear every game so Im happy enough ...
People got used to the big teams coming but now we seem to have goals in the team I can see numbers coming back. The last few seasons have seen a lot of good rebuilding without really a lot of goals but people go to see the ball hit the back of the net and it's looking good on that basis this season.
I have to say 'Boring', the last 2 seasons almost broke me as a fan, **** me they were 2 of the dullest non entertaining anti football seasons I have ever witnessed. Dolan as manager could have provided greater entertainment. Saturday v Bolton was a stark contrast, entertaining, plus we scored more than once! Hallelujah! I hope the fans staying away for entertainment reasons return soon!
I did actually mean to say 40% of the ground was empty. My mistake. I'd quite like to know though why you consider entertainment to be a bonus when watching football, and not the primary reason for ever wanting to watch it, play it, or be otherwise some part of it? I'm definitely passionate about City. I didn't get my pass this year as I really can't afford it, though I've been to all of our games this season so far anyway because I just can't stay away (bar Blackburn, which I had intended to go to until the friend who was supposed to be driving me there pulled out at 3pm on the day of the game - just 45 minutes before we were due to leave for the match).
I dont think you can look beyond ticket prices myself, in 15 years its gone from what £10 a pop at Boothferry park to £28 a game, not including rises on petrol, beer, food, replica kits etc etc very expensive hobby following football teams. I blame players wages myself. Question. Can City afford to reduce ticket prices with the current stadium capacity? (bearing in mind the wage bill city have to pay) And the future Fifa fair play rules
A mix of money and other. It's the first time I haven't had a season pass in 11 years so it has felt weird not going, but with a busy year ahead and a heavy work load to go with it it's not worth spending the money on the season card for the amount of times I'll probably go this season. I'm still hoping to make games when I can, home and away, and maybe in a couple of years if I'm sorted with a job I can look at getting a pass again.
Because thousands in Hull would rather sit in their armchair claiming allegiance to some ****ing premier league team they have no affiliation to, like that twat who won the 2m from Hessle.
Things could get worse yet, the Premier Club memberships are up for renewal in December and rumoured to be going up £60-100 a seat. The Premier Club don't have normal season tickets, they're for five years and though most people will still renew, there's a lot of seats in there that are spares that are used by companies for staff, customers, friends etc and I suspect a fair few of these will not be renewed.
Make me laugh the "sky sports " Generation, Loads of Liverpool fans i know, i ask "do you go much then", all you get is a sheepish "no i cant get tickets", "have you ever been to Anfield" i then ask, "eerrrrrm no" "so you aint really a liverpool/whoever fan you just watch it on the telly" hahaha If you genuinely enjoy football, why wouldnt you go down to watch Hull City live? I ask them and you dont get a sensible answer , cant understand this mentality.
