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there's idiots in the Northam? Nothing has changed.

3-3

I like his effort but he has been a little sloppy with his passing/first touch in a few games. I don't see a better option in the middle. He's a far far better player than Wotton.

I have considered that, but tickets have been dirt cheap for this competition for many years and crowds have been pretty decent. Things have changed.

I'm no fan of Thomas or Skacel, but now the window is closed I do not have a clue why on the face of it the club continue to treat them like outsiders. They are part of the club, so tell us about their fitness. Lowe's poor PR was always what I slated him for and this situation stinks of his poor decision making.

no I personally don't think lowering the prices will get dramatic increases in attendance. You only have to look at the attendance in the Carling Cup where tickets were just £8 to see that. If ST's had been £200 then maybe we could have got bumper crowds (and to be honest after the ****e we saw last season and most fans knowing anything not bolted down would be sold that is the price they should have been, but I think `fans' have now slowly and surely got out of the habit of going and most simply will not return now until we are top of the league. The combination of us selling anyone decent, playing like **** all last season, knowing we would be relegation candidates this and the growing negative feeling towards football in general means poor crowds were inevitable. The side simply must start winning every week to turn things around. New prices won't do diddly squat.

good point, but you can your bottom dollar I won't be buying a ST ever again, and as I have said on other threads if you stop being a ST holder and break that habit its not long before you stop going on a regular basis. Upsetting your best customers is never wise IMO.

Half price ticket means twice as many fans are required every game. Will 30k turn up if the tickets were £12? They might.

I don't have a problem with drastically lowering ticket prices (what supporter would?) btu it has to be done before people buy STs. One question, has overall income increased at Bradford?

the only reason I bought a season ticket was because it saved me money. If now ticket prices are slashed I certainly will be ****ed off and would expect a full refund so I can then pick and choose which games I fancy.

could not agree with you more. Watching Perkart and BWP just showed how bloody lazy John and McGoldrick are. If you are going to play up front you have to be sharp and a constant threat.

I've never been a fan of John, far too lazy IMO (check out how fast he moves when he has made a balls up and wants to recover the situation and compare that to how fast he moves to create space for others), but I felt a little sorry for him last night, he kept offering himself to feet, but unlike McGoldrick he didn't drop 20 or 30 yards deeper to collect the ball. So every time he offered himself he had a CB up his arse and then never received the pass. He saw so little of the ball its not true. When we did decide to play it to him it was usually a terrible ball at mach 2 and at head height (James especially). I don't see what Stern could have done other than emulate McGoldrick and drop even deeper. Unfortunately that idea means McGoldrick never gets into the box as he should so it has a negative effect. The formation simply does not suit John or he has not adapted quickly enough to it so far.

15,000 went walkies on Wednesday.

Can I ask why do you prefer this team to last? Can I also ask if should we continue to win 1, draw 1 and lose 4 games in every 6, will that preference still continue? Also are you going to be happy paying £380 a pop to watch us in League 1 next season?

Difficult to judge as Blackstock has played a fair few more CCC games than the other two. McGolrick is a year or so younger so that should be taken into account. None really excite me as only Blackstock dribbles the ball and he never seems to do so at pace. Lets hope McGoldrick improves greatly as we have three more years of him.

I don't see a solution, but the club should have known their `customer' much better. Any fool knows that once the supporter stops going every week, pretty soon you struggle to get them back at all. Over the last three years the club should have done absolutely everything in their power to keep ever single supporter happy. Closing the Itchen corner has ****ed off many many fans. Only a few ST holders asked for their money back, but how many non season ticket holders are not coming to games because of it? The club may have saved a few quid this season, but if someone doesn't come back this season they might never return. How much is that going to cost the club over the next ten years especially if we don't make it back to the Premiership? I classify myself as `mug fan' but this decision ****ed me off so much even I felt like calling it a day. I didn't, but now I have a long season of watching football without the matchday experience I hanker for.

Wotton is the worst offender. He is extremely limited and never good enough to play CM at this level.

agree fully with that.

does the lack of cover explain why he passed to the opposition all night? You need to make your mind up, do you want to pay to see professional football or pay to see young players learn to play the game. If it is the latter then may I suggest the reserves - you can save yourself a few bob. Personaly I pay to see CCC standard football, not to sit and have to make excuses every week cos the poor lads are young. Pah.

"come to see United, you only come to see united"

4 defats in 6 league games and just one win is the flip side of that stat. The fact that we are playing almost to our full potential IMO and still looking miles from good enough is my concern. We lack quality in every single department.

I don't think he did.

I have to say giving Lallana a free role enables him to shine but unless he dominates the game from that position we effectively are a man down. If we are going to continue with this formation lets play Lallana on the left, Peckard or whoever in the middle and Dyer on the right. That will enable us to play Gillett, Schneiderlin and Surman in the middle. If we are going to stick as we are then: Davis Cork Perry Svensson Mills Schnerlin Surman Gillett Dyer Peckard Lallana

it was 15k by the way, but I agree that it is embaressing to see more empty seats than full. I'd like to think that Lowe et al would reward the 13,500 `hard core' saints fans should we ever make it back to the big time, but will they ****. I have to say the decision to keep the family centre corner open is just laughable. There were about 25 fans in that secition last night and probably less than 1000 in the Chapel. That whole end should have become the family section. Overall the atmosphere in the ground is poor. Closing the Itchen corner was a big mistake and totally ruined my `match day experience'.

Both opponents had bad days at the office.