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Post by La femme de Vic Jobson on Oct 4, 2017 13:13:44 GMT
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Post by jt on Oct 4, 2017 15:39:08 GMT
I know you're probably only doing it for bites Fred but the righteous crap about people leaving seats is getting tediously boring now
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Post by jdl on Oct 4, 2017 16:36:24 GMT
Is "lingering exhaustion" from a game played over three days ago really an acceptable excuse for full-time, professional players?
(rhetorical)
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Post by Sennockian69 on Oct 4, 2017 19:25:25 GMT
I know you're probably only doing it for bites Fred but the righteous crap about people leaving seats is getting tediously boring now Very. |
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Post by La femme de Vic Jobson on Oct 4, 2017 22:13:52 GMT
I know you're probably only doing it for bites Fred but the righteous crap about people leaving seats is getting tediously boring now Yet behind the righteous crap was the serious point that what happened on 83 minutes was self-defeating. |
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Post by jt on Oct 5, 2017 6:32:22 GMT
I know you're probably only doing it for bites Fred but the righteous crap about people leaving seats is getting tediously boring now Yet behind the righteous crap was the serious point that what happened on 83 minutes was self-defeating. Putting it in every week it seems as though the issue is fast becoming your obsession. A tad like Diana is to the Daily Express (one for the review section of PP) It's happened for as long as I can remember. Look back the exit gates at Bourne Park and Homelands and the throngs of people (person at Ashford). |
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Post by nws on Oct 5, 2017 7:22:58 GMT
An enjoyable read as ever, La Femme and even the usual bit of current world affairs in there as well.
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Post by La femme de Vic Jobson on Oct 5, 2017 7:51:38 GMT
Yet behind the righteous crap was the serious point that what happened on 83 minutes was self-defeating. Putting it in every week it seems as though the issue is fast becoming your obsession. A tad like Diana is to the Daily Express (one for the review section of PP) It's happened for as long as I can remember. Look back the exit gates at Bourne Park and Homelands and the throngs of people (person at Ashford). We've referenced it three times this season: against Aldershot when 200 or so people missed the equaliser, against Gateshead when a similar number gave up after the equaliser and on Tuesday night, when this happened:  The point is, while Princess Di isn't getting any deader, this is getting worse. No one noticed when a handful of people left BP early, but Tuesday was embarrassing. And when the manager has asked for an atmosphere, what signal does it send to the team? |
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Post by toonarmy on Oct 5, 2017 8:10:27 GMT
Whilst it isn’t great that people leave the stand early and on Tuesday night it was more prevalent due to the nature of the game, a lot of people leave and stand the other side of the players tunnel, I have a seat in the stand and I sit for the first half before joining the EE massive for the 2nd half, in regards to your comment about creating an atmosphere this is a joint effort, the team need to put a shift in which then in turn encourages the crowd to get more vocal.
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Post by headstone on Oct 5, 2017 9:29:07 GMT
The implication is that the early leavers are lesser supporters than the diehards who stay to the (bitter) end. But they are entitled to leave or stay as they think fit, they've paid their money and can make their choice, and shouldn't be criticised for doing so. I remember a match away to Met Police in 2007, when we were losing 0 - 1. Bryan Reed was waxing unlyrical about Maidstone fans leaving with ten minutes to go, pointing out that there was still time for an equaliser. But it was one of those matches (like Bromley) where we clearly wouldn't score in a month of Saturdays. So there were valid arguments on both sides. And still are!
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Post by La femme de Vic Jobson on Oct 5, 2017 10:45:54 GMT
Statistically, if you leave after 83 minutes and the game has four minutes of added time, you're 12% less of a fan than someone who stays to the end.
(Looks for tin hat ...)
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Post by toonarmy on Oct 5, 2017 10:46:26 GMT
Statistically, if you leave after 83 minutes and the game has four minutes of added time, you're 12% less of a fan than someone who stays to the end. (Looks for tin hat ...) 'Incoming' |
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Post by davec on Oct 5, 2017 12:00:58 GMT
Statistically, if you leave after 83 minutes and the game has four minutes of added time, you're 12% less of a fan than someone who stays to the end. (Looks for tin hat ...) Ah but if you are a main stand season ticket holder and pay an extra £1.00 per game you are technically a 5% better supporter than all the other smoke bomb crowd.(runs to nuclear shelter) |
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Post by jdl on Oct 5, 2017 12:21:39 GMT
If you look closely at that picture, the empty seats are mainly at the EE end of the stand. We sit near there, and it actually got colder, so many people left! I looked around and was shocked to see so many empty seats between us and the EE - but when I looked the other way, the stand still seemed pretty full.
Maybe people wanted to take advantage of the EE stairs, thinking the stewards would close them after full-time? Makes as much sense as anything else!
I've watched football live for more years than my aged brain can calculate, and in all that time I have never left a game early and never understood why anyone does. Go to all the trouble of attending a game, pay £15 for the privilege - and then miss the last 10 minutes, just to get somewhere a few minutes early??
OK, it's their right, but that doesn't make it any more sensible.
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Post by mrplow on Oct 5, 2017 12:55:27 GMT
The 'We need to watch a winning team brigade' from the main stand with the KFC box meal's are toxic. If you don't want to watch the game, give up your seat to a person who would appreciate it.
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