Jags11 Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 It is all about exciting the City of Bristol against other teams home and away that will produce non season ticket holders to swell the crowd and money takings at Ashton gate. Continuing to rise in the league position of BCFC is a must to even begin this progress. No one ever said it would be cheap nor easy but that must be the 'goal'. Our performance this year even though not all our fault on the sorry tale of time and results to find players does show some lack of on the spot professionlism and do we really need to be more quick off the mark ? Should we win at Coventry we will have 7 points from 3 games which is fantastic but to achieve the adulation we had last year we need a 'well oiled club' based on the experience we learned in last years Championship! We know this year is going to be harder than ever and what number of existing squad players can walk into our 1st team and perform? Regular top performances with 110% effort from the city key players is what we strive for in all games and we do need a larger squad to perform to this demanding role! Currently we have less squad than we had last year and I suppose this was trimming what we cannot use but shouldn't the numbers be the other way? Our large crowds and support nearly helped City get into the promised land last year but they were certainly earned by performances up to the very end and extra people spent a lot money to witness this excitement and maybe they are waiting for this again based on last Saturday's crowd? I wish the best for the Club this season and I wonder if every squad player be it defender, midfield or striker can produce the 110% performance for the City during the 90 minutes they play each Saturday for the club in the Championship and not just the preperation training? Good luck at Coventry. A.K.T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trundle wheel Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 It is all about exciting the City of Bristol against other teams home and away that will produce non season ticket holders to swell the crowd and money takings at Ashton gate. Continuing to rise in the league position of BCFC is a must to even begin this progress. No one ever said it would be cheap nor easy but that must be the 'goal'. Our performance this year even though not all our fault on the sorry tale of time and results to find players does show some lack of on the spot professionlism and do we really need to be more quick off the mark ? Should we win at Coventry we will have 7 points from 3 games which is fantastic but to achieve the adulation we had last year we need a 'well oiled club' based on the experience we learned in last years Championship! We know this year is going to be harder than ever and what number of existing squad players can walk into our 1st team and perform? Regular top performances with 110% effort from the city key players is what we strive for in all games and we do need a larger squad to perform to this demanding role! Currently we have less squad than we had last year and I suppose this was trimming what we cannot use but shouldn't the numbers be the other way? Our large crowds and support nearly helped City get into the promised land last year but they were certainly earned by performances up to the very end and extra people spent a lot money to witness this excitement and maybe they are waiting for this again based on last Saturday's crowd? I wish the best for the Club this season and I wonder if every squad player be it defender, midfield or striker can produce the 110% performance for the City during the 90 minutes they play each Saturday for the club in the Championship and not just the preperation training? Good luck at Coventry. A.K.T. Not sure if i missed the point but yes i agree we could use a biger squad, more competition in all areas would be good. As for crowds, the price is the only factor at the momnet IMO. I get a season ticket because i know i would not be able to pat near 30 quid per game if i never... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hicksy-BCFC Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Away attendance can't be overlooked when you look at the 19,000 possible crowds. We'll never get that for Blackpool, Preston, Burnley at home because the simple fact is there will be shtloads of empty seats in the away end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bh_red Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 considering we have sold over 13500 season tickets, I'd say it was close to impossible that we will get many/if any attendances below 14k this season, I'd imagine we are already going to be looking at around 15k min each week, regardless of how we are doing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueInnovator Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Well really we should be averaging 15,000 this season. The chances of replicating last years success is still far too early to tell, but on the assumption we're heading for 8th place (my prediction any way!) you'll find you'll have a solid 15,000 for home games. The only games where this won't be the case is TV games (like Derby) silly midweek games (Sheff United on a tuesday...yeah thats going to pull in the ticket sales!) and games against teams from further away/less support (Blackpool, Burnley etc). You've got 13500 ST holders. Average of 1,000 away fans a game Plus the floaters The only question is, will another play-off/promotion campeign happen, probably changing attendances from 15,000 to 17500 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bh_red Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Well really we should be averaging 15,000 this season. The chances of replicating last years success is still far too early to tell, but on the assumption we're heading for 8th place (my prediction any way!) you'll find you'll have a solid 15,000 for home games. The only games where this won't be the case is TV games (like Derby) silly midweek games (Sheff United on a tuesday...yeah thats going to pull in the ticket sales!) and games against teams from further away/less support (Blackpool, Burnley etc). You've got 13500 ST holders. Average of 1,000 away fans a game Plus the floaters The only question is, will another play-off/promotion campeign happen, probably changing attendances from 15,000 to 17500 or so. we had over 16,300 on saturday, despite being on sky, which for me VERY good sign of things to come, hopefully we should be able to keep that sort of figure as a average over the course of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockin-robin Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 we had over 16,300 on saturday, despite being on sky, which for me VERY good sign of things to come, hopefully we should be able to keep that sort of figure as a average over the course of the season. Yep, exactly what I was thinking, 16,000 should be the minimum we are looking at for most games (even against teams with smaller away support). An average of 16K would be and increase of roughly 1K attendees on last years average. Just think, and at that rate, in 14 more years we'll be able to fill our new 30K seater stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke_Ciderhead Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 We averaged 16,300 last year. Assuming we are in the playoff hunt again, we should beat that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueInnovator Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 we had over 16,300 on saturday, despite being on sky, which for me VERY good sign of things to come, hopefully we should be able to keep that sort of figure as a average over the course of the season. Appologies, I was honestly under the impression i heard 14k mentioned or read it... don't know how it got into my head, but it did! Complete mistake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTFiGO!?! Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 Rovers 3-2 Carlisle (sorry) R*vers 2-3 Carlisle W*ford 1-0 R*vers........... were infact the correct replys lads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Zeppelin Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 Appologies, I was honestly under the impression i heard 14k mentioned or read it... don't know how it got into my head, but it did! Complete mistake! Don't worry that's because DaveL announced the attendance as 14k over the tannoy at the end of the match on Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21. Marcham Posted August 24, 2008 Report Share Posted August 24, 2008 Appologies, I was honestly under the impression i heard 14k mentioned or read it... don't know how it got into my head, but it did! Complete mistake! Yeah, i could have swore i heard 14 000 mentioned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarksRed Posted August 24, 2008 Report Share Posted August 24, 2008 Coventry yesterday ....... they were top of the league ....... just over 17,000 and that included 2000 or so of us ........ reason . bank holiday weekend ?????? maybe ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21. Marcham Posted August 24, 2008 Report Share Posted August 24, 2008 Coventry yesterday ....... they were top of the league ....... just over 17,000 and that included 2000 or so of us ........ reason . bank holiday weekend ?????? maybe ........ Sorry for the correction but i believe there was 1800ish of us ciderheads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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