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But Lowe had gone by the time of the Burnley game. Are you saying that despite the administratiors begging fans to fill the stadium and telling us we needed every penny possible our other 21,000 would be regulars were all on strike? On strike against a regime which no longer existed and ignoring the club in it's hour of need. We know they were about because yourself and MLG have told us they are on the clubs database. How can this be, when a club which fans claim get get crowds of 45,000 upwards have only slightly more than half that turn out when they are needed most.

and no waiting list, thousands not being turned away every week and crapper matches not selling out show there isn't. Now please give it up.

Shut up you idiot.

You are forgetting Chelsea only used to get 10,000 in the 80's and get 40k+ now.

I think we are signing him because Tottenham signed Gary Lineker and Paul Gasgoine in the 80's and they said it was impossible to climb Mount Everest but someone did.

it is if they are forcing them to watch Coldplay tonight. And Jo Wiley is still a really sexy woman.

There wont be any, we will get 45k every week because MLG says so despite having nothing to back this up.

Well that is the right thing to do then isn't it. They are already selling out every week, 36,000 with a 13,000 waiting list = 49,000. Saints 23,000 season tickets 0 waiting list, selling just under capacity every week = oh..........

Tottenham have a waiting list of 13,000 for season tickets. Saints in 01-05 had a waiting list of 0.

why? Do you think he'd get in the team ahead of Scott Parker?

23k season tickets does not equal 40,000+ fans and a need to expand the stadium though does it.

/\ you can sell more than 23,000 season tickets though, we didnt.

No, i'm fully aware what a glory fan is, there were 24,000 of them at Wembley last year. I'd just have thought with such a huge fan base that we have this lot would also come out of the woodwork to help save the club. Cleary their £25 was better spent going for a cream tea in the new forest that day. Now what evidence do you have that we were turning 8,000 fans away every week last time we were in the premier league, just like we would be if we dont expand SMS in the future.

and those we did sell out we weren't turning 8-10k away.

But arguably this was our most important game ever. The club were begging for money and to sell out. Those 8,000 extra sold seats would have brought another £200k into the club, I'd have thought this clubs massive fan base and catchment area coupled with the club pleading with people to turn out would have encouraged everyone to come out for this one, 32k would be easy to sell out for a game such as this when we have this many sitting at home on saturdays at the moment. in addition to the fans that do go.

Please explain where these missing 16,000 fans were in April 2009, with the club about to go to the wall and needing every penny it could, only 24,000 inc away fans bothered to turn up.

But he can achieve that with us, we are going to be there with then next 4 years. Surely we are more attractive than Rangers FFS.

Dont forget there are no premier league clubs below the M4. We can draw support from all these areas as well, we are massive. Proof of this in my office in Reading there are 5 Saints fans in a company of about 100 people. SFC = the club 5% of the world supports.

You're right, i dont need to when you have got that talent down to a fine art.

Well if we are regularly filling a 45k stadium then surely we would need to expand then as well. God knows what the limits are on the crowds we could get. With our huge catchment area and potential and contined investment and a couple of champions league titles under our Armani belts we could get crowds of up to 100k regularly, if Barcelona can do it........

No, no, you're wrong. We are going to get crowds of 50k every week, because we can. There is no evidence to suggest we can, i just think we can because Chelsea only used to get 10,000 in 1984.

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This thread has got boring now. The delusion of some of our fans despite all the evidence otherwise never ceases to amaze me. Throw a bit of reality in and you're shouted down for being negative. You lot carry on dreaming on SFC being the new Barcelona, 50k fans all paying a tenner each in a packed St Marys stadium watching world class players playing football for the love of the club, earning 20k a week and staying here because they love SFC so much despite being able to earn £200k elsewhere, all of them developed through the academy and playing champions league football every season. You carry on doing this. I'll be more realistic and consider a midtable finish this season a result and if we ever in the future become anymore than a midtale PL side it consider it a fantastic achievement.

Is it as idiotic as the replies that Saints can get 50k and regular 45k crowds because they said it was impossible to put a man on the moon? Because Chelsea had crap crowds in the 80's and because Tottenham sell out every week?

a club which has 50,000 fans trying to get into a 32k stadium should never have a general sale for any game.