Our situation is slightly different than most clubs in the champs.

We have a much higher % of ST holders than most clubs so our casual tickets should be in higher demand (supply/ demand)

The apathy will clearly be measured on Saturday by the number of empty seats.
Either from ST holders not wanting to go or casual fans not wanting to buy tickets.
Football is like any other marketplace. The customer will tell you if they want your product or not.

At least this has stopped all the nonsense talk about ground expansion when we don't even have the demand to fill the current ground size.

IMHO the danger with sticking with the current manager regardless of results could be a huge fall off in ST sales next season.
Even in the most popular seasons there is a 5-10% churn rate. This season it could be in the 20% range which would not be easily replaced by new fans if there is little casual demand. This would make casual ticket less desirable. This feeds into a loop, which Ipswich experienced with crowds as low as 10K for some home games during their spiral downwards. Their recent crowds have increased dramatically, proving the demand is there if you produce both a winning team and a product people want to watch.

Posted By: usacanary on October 27th 2022 at 14:55:51

Message Thread

Here's a question for ST holders (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 27, 13:51:48
- No (n/m) (NCFC) - Basingstoke_Canary, Oct 27, 20:38:52
- Hmmm. Maybe. (NCFC) - Garry Brooke, Oct 27, 20:34:19
- 100% Yes. I love a good old toxic rant to clear the mentals pipes out (n/m) (NCFC) - munter, Oct 27, 17:13:57
- A big fat NO (n/m) (NCFC) - the59ers, Oct 27, 17:01:42
- no no no no no no no no no no no, yes (NCFC) - Tombs, Oct 27, 15:36:24
  - I probably would (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 27, 15:37:46
- No (n/m) (NCFC) - littletinyphil, Oct 27, 15:27:22
- Yes. For me its more about meeting up with mates before and after the game. Of course its (NCFC) - The Gaffer, Oct 27, 14:55:08
- No (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Splat, Oct 27, 14:39:48
- No (n/m) (NCFC) - Ghost Ship Belly, Oct 27, 14:38:00
- No. (n/m) (NCFC) - norwaay, Oct 27, 14:33:46
- Not with the beer festival on (n/m) (NCFC) - city_lad, Oct 27, 14:29:53
- No way (n/m) (NCFC) - Augustus Pablo, Oct 27, 14:06:40
- team not winning struggles to attract casual fans shocker (n/m) (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Oct 27, 13:53:21
  - Our situation is slightly different than most clubs in the champs. (NCFC) - usacanary, Oct 27, 14:55:51
  - Seventh in the league, just outside the play offs (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 27, 13:55:00
    - And yet much of the fanbase & majority of associated media (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Oct 27, 14:16:14
      - If you think everything (NCFC) - Ghost Ship Belly, Oct 27, 14:41:26
    - There's a downward trajectory though (n/m) (NCFC) - Trent_Canary, Oct 27, 13:56:05
      - Yeah, I was just interested (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 27, 13:57:32
        
        This is all self-perpetuating (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Oct 27, 14:03:23
        
        He's hardly complaining. He barely seems the complaining sort. (NCFC) - norwaay, Oct 27, 14:29:47
        
        Turn your point around (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Oct 27, 14:45:51
        
        Did they say that? I don’t recall it (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 27, 15:39:55
        
        wasn't the headine 'Do you really want this job?' (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Oct 27, 15:56:36
        
        Don't know if it was an implication he wasn't doing his job properly or not (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 27, 16:34:21
        
        It was the Editor of the Evening News who ran that headline on the front page. . (NCFC) - norwaay, Oct 27, 16:22:10

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