Caged Lion wrote:Blind faith doesn't work year on year. We are losing support because we are in need of a shake up at the club. It's boring and stale under the current regime, eventually common sense prevails and many of us will cherry pick potentially interesting games. You stick with the frustration if it makes you happy, I can find better things to do with my money and time until it changes, root and branch
Thinking about the sheer number of people I know who used to be regulars or who've come down once or twice, but won't be coming back is heartbreaking. Time and time again, I've dragged down friends/family, we've suffered a crap afternoon for one reason or another (sometimes football, sometimes not), and I've been utterly embarrassed. Time and time again, I've seen someone new at the globe who I know from work or a neighbour - when I see them again, it's the same story - they won't be coming back. My brother in law was a ST holder for a great many years, he used to go to all the away games - a few seasons ago, he gave up the ST and just paid on a match by match basis to see the matches he wanted to watch, a couple of seasons ago, it was down to just 2/3 matches per year, last season, he never came down once. That's sad! I regularly talk to him (weekly), and there's no way he's coming back any time soon. Nothing to do with money/cost, he just doesn't enjoy it anymore.
The only ones I see who keep coming back are the older long-termers (whose numbers are steadily reducing), or the corporate hospitality ones who are being paid for by the few local businesses who keep buying hospitality packages, and they keep coming because it's free and for the food/social, certainly not the football, as half or less come out of the W&L to watch the second half!
Root and branch changes are the ONLY hope for the club, not just to stay in L2 but for it's very survival in any form. There are too many people out there who simply won't come back until things change, whether that's on the pitch or off the pitch. Emotional blackmail (use it or lose it) hasn't worked and won't work, simply because those lost supporters have gone, to be blunt, they don't care what happens anymore, whether we stay in L2 or get relegated, whether there's a MFC or not. Major things need to happen to get those people to start coming back again - they're completely disenfranchised with the current ownership and management (on and off the pitch) and won't be coming back any time soon until major changes happen.
Good luck Jamie with the Dumbrians! At least his last goal for us was a cracker. I imagine he will get more game time with them and not be seen as a luxury player who needs to be saved for...erm.
