[Stevenage (H) FAC2R Match thread 12th Dec]

1 hour ago, ValeForever. said:

This idea that people are "voting with their feet" has to stop. I haven't looked, but I bet if you look at our average home gate this season, it won't be far off the average for the past 2 x seasons. Ppl going on like we've lost thousands of fans overnight. We haven't.

Last night's attendance was <ovf censored> because it was a Tuesday night replay which nobody wanted, ahead of next week's QF v Boro. Simple as that.

I'm voting with my feet though. I can count on one hand the home games I've missed through choice (not including trophy boycott) in my adult life and two of them have been the recent FA cup games. 

I turned up against Derby knowing exactly what would happen. I am already dreading the Christmas run of home games to the point where I could easily miss one or two despite having a season ticket.

At least when I turned up to Michael Brown games I knew we would lose because the players were laughably bad. We have good enough players currently, but we have not even tried to score a goal in many of the last 14 or so games.

 

I get your sentiment but with respect, you are wrong if you think performances are not the driving factor in attendance going down.

 

For context I sat through all of the <ovf censored> spells in the last 25 years. I don't ever claim to be mental home and away fan but truthfully...you could put your mortgage on me and my lot turning up for home games for decades up until now. I felt relieved after Derby that we had 2.5 weeks until Wigan. 

 

 

[Boxing: Fights coming up]

Fury won 10 rounds in the first fight in my opinion, and Wilder was losing every round last time out v Ortiz.

 

If it goes to points this time I think Fury wins. I was more confident he could do it but I'm not sure why he's weighed in so heavy.

 

The best technical heavy weight against the best puncher. It should be a great fight.