Very strange thinking in my view

If you had local midweek games then clubs would get bigger midweek crowds for those games and I don't think the difference between an away following for a short trip or a long trip on a Saturday would be as pronounced as the difference between a Saturday trip and a midweek trip so over the course of a season I think this means less fans through the gates overall.

Posted By: Jim on October 4th 2017 at 12:46:10

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Long midweek away trips are deliberate so as to increase weekend crowds (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 4, 11:39:27
- Very strange thinking in my view (Other Football) - Jim, Oct 4, 12:46:10
  - i think they've probably put a bit more thought into it and looked at the numbers (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 4, 13:05:04
    - I doubt they have (n/m) (Other Football) - Jim, Oct 4, 15:58:43
      - so you have anything to back up your thinking that they're wrong though? (n/m) (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 4, 16:06:41
        
        Immense knowledge (n/m) (Other Football) - Jim, Oct 4, 16:27:27
        
        yeah, we've seen what that's like when it comes to numbers (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 4, 16:42:29
        
        Use your 'immense knowledge' to figure it out (n/m) (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 4, 18:16:34
        
        What are you on about? (n/m) (Other Football) - Jim, Oct 4, 17:24:33
- Wonder why sunderland was weekend then (n/m) (Other Football) - Azteca, Oct 4, 12:01:55
  - because changing the date of one match can have a knock-on for up to 48 other matches (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 4, 12:03:43
- ahhhh, the random fixture computer (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Oct 4, 11:48:17
  - never been random and never been claimed to be random by the league (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 4, 12:01:55
    - I was joshing, but it's only in the last 5 years people are waking up to it (Other Football) - pants, Oct 4, 12:04:22
      - ah right, hard to tell on t'internet sometimes (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 4, 12:37:26
        
        Plenty of media personalities and journos lazilly offer up the "but why did that happen?" (Other Football) - pants, Oct 4, 13:05:29
        
        Opens a few cans of worms though doesn't it (Other Football) - Jim, Oct 4, 12:48:16
        
        although... (Other Football) - mr carra, Oct 4, 13:03:40
        
        But it can destroy morale (Other Football) - Old Git, Oct 4, 13:10:04
        
        Palace... (Other Football) - mr carra, Oct 4, 13:37:07
        
        Just getting off to a good start can carry you though a season (Other Football) - Jim, Oct 4, 16:00:14
  - it was never totally random (Other Football) - ghostof barry butler, Oct 4, 11:58:16
    - it was never totally random (Other Football) - pants, Oct 4, 12:01:12

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