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Post by staffordshrew on Feb 9, 2023 13:16:24 GMT 1
Not abad attendance at all for a fairly routine L1 middle of the table game with nothing particularly riding on it. Ever thought of going into advertising? I wouldn't if I were you.
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Feb 9, 2023 13:22:38 GMT 1
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Post by Feedo Gnasher on Feb 9, 2023 13:22:38 GMT 1
Not abad attendance at all for a fairly routine L1 middle of the table game with nothing particularly riding on it. It’s an interesting way of looking at it. Had we lost our last five games instead of winning them, the game would be of far more importance to us but for the fans far less appealing. Winning is a powerful motivator.
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Post by Dancin on Feb 9, 2023 13:29:17 GMT 1
Not abad attendance at all for a fairly routine L1 middle of the table game with nothing particularly riding on it. Ever thought of going into advertising? I wouldn't if I were you.
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Post by gtismygod on Feb 9, 2023 13:31:49 GMT 1
Not abad attendance at all for a fairly routine L1 middle of the table game with nothing particularly riding on it. I mean I thought I was excited about this weekend’s game before having a browse of B&A, but now Grizzly has got me extremely excited.
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Post by South Stand Salopian on Feb 9, 2023 17:37:19 GMT 1
Hoping he’s fit and SC is just trying to bluff.
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Post by The Tactician on Feb 9, 2023 23:23:38 GMT 1
Thought, as usual, Cotterill gave us a lot of talking points in his pre match interview. We paid £80k for Bowman, who appears to have had some personal issues during the first half of the season. These now appear to be resolved which has dovetailed with a return to form. I think £80k has been money well spent in his 18 months here & I’d have no qualms in him being offered a new deal this summer.
He would like Shrewsbury fans behind both goals at the Meadow, I wonder if the club have looked into that. If so, where would you place the away fans?
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Feb 9, 2023 23:47:01 GMT 1
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Post by WATR on Feb 9, 2023 23:47:01 GMT 1
He would like Shrewsbury fans behind both goals at the Meadow, I wonder if the club have looked into that. If so, where would you place the away fans? You could conceivably split the West Stand in half. Hell of a lot of upheaval though. On that topic, I do find the desperation some clubs have to avoid putting away fans behind the goal is a bit embarrassing - at Forest Green there must have been about 50 of their fans in the covered terrace behind the goal while we all had to stand in the open on the side. I noticed even Birmingham fans weren’t given it and there were still virtually no home fans in there!
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Post by stuttgartershrew on Feb 10, 2023 7:21:24 GMT 1
He would like Shrewsbury fans behind both goals at the Meadow, I wonder if the club have looked into that. If so, where would you place the away fans? I suspect that might be a tad more difficult to accommodate compared say to switching kit supplier. I gather you'd have to organise that with the police and so it might be a no go considering how the matchday is managed and policed. But saying that, hasn't it been suggested that we don't offer cheaper tickets in the South Stand as we'd have to do the same for the away fans at the other end? If we could switch the away fans to the West Stand to allow us to charge home fans less for behind the goal then its a big thumbs up from me. I do think we ought to have cheaper tickets available for home fans to try and pack them in. I certainly think it's something worth trying. Even if it meant only seeing the Town fans moving from Block 19 and 18 to the North Stand I think it would approve the atmosphere.
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Feb 10, 2023 11:09:07 GMT 1
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Post by South Stand Salopian on Feb 10, 2023 11:09:07 GMT 1
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Post by ProudSalopian on Feb 10, 2023 11:13:59 GMT 1
So we are looking at approx 6k home fans then as things stand, I know some will buy tickets today and tomorrow but would imagine we will probably be scraping 8,000 which is slightly disappointing.
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Post by martinshrew on Feb 10, 2023 11:18:12 GMT 1
So we are looking at approx 6k home fans then as things stand, I know some will buy tickets today and tomorrow but would imagine we will probably be scraping 8,000 which is slightly disappointing. We've averaged near 6,000 home fans most the season, if this fixture and 5 on the trot tell us anything, we're not attracting many more casual/new fans. Hopefully I'm proven wrong and we see the gate over 9,000 but I'm in doubt.
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Post by ProudSalopian on Feb 10, 2023 11:19:04 GMT 1
He would like Shrewsbury fans behind both goals at the Meadow, I wonder if the club have looked into that. If so, where would you place the away fans? I suspect that might be a tad more difficult to accommodate compared say to switching kit supplier. I gather you'd have to organise that with the police and so it might be a no go considering how the matchday is managed and policed. But saying that, hasn't it been suggested that we don't offer cheaper tickets in the South Stand as we'd have to do the same for the away fans at the other end? If we could switch the away fans to the West Stand to allow us to charge home fans less for behind the goal then its a big thumbs up from me. I do think we ought to have cheaper tickets available for home fans to try and pack them in. I certainly think it's something worth trying. Even if it meant only seeing the Town fans moving from Block 19 and 18 to the North Stand I think it would approve the atmosphere. It will never happen. If it were a serious option then the most logical thing would be to put away fans in the East Stand but Roland wouldn't want that so it would have to be the West Stand and due to the poor design of the ground and entrances/exits then it would be a logistical nightmare for the police.
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Post by dazshrewblue on Feb 10, 2023 11:19:48 GMT 1
That surely isn't right.Majority of the ground is limited online.
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Feb 10, 2023 11:19:59 GMT 1
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Post by South Stand Salopian on Feb 10, 2023 11:19:59 GMT 1
So we are looking at approx 6k home fans then as things stand, I know some will buy tickets today and tomorrow but would imagine we will probably be scraping 8,000 which is slightly disappointing. I agree, was hoping to get 8,500 plus overall but still could happen. 7,000 sold over at the end of play Tuesday so an average of 250 a day Weds and Thurs is disappointing for what is surely our biggest game in a while against our local rivals with a potential play-off spot on offer if we win.
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Feb 10, 2023 11:22:40 GMT 1
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Post by South Stand Salopian on Feb 10, 2023 11:22:40 GMT 1
That surely isn't right.Majority of the ground is limited online. I think people are assuming this is overall tickets sold, which the tweet doesn’t actually confirm. Very limited tickets available on the ticketing website as you say.
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Post by ProudSalopian on Feb 10, 2023 11:25:28 GMT 1
So we are looking at approx 6k home fans then as things stand, I know some will buy tickets today and tomorrow but would imagine we will probably be scraping 8,000 which is slightly disappointing. We've averaged near 6,000 home fans most the season, if this fixture and 5 on the trot tell us anything, we're not attracting many more casual/new fans. Hopefully I'm proven wrong and we see the gate over 9,000 but I'm in doubt. The season under Hurst was a reality check for me, if you believe some people then there is a huge untapped market which would come rushing to watch Shrewsbury if we were successful. We had the best season for years and were on the verge of the Championship yet our average crowd was 6.2k Over the years I've known plenty of people who have stopped going for a variety of reasons and I suspect each of us can tell the same story. As well as attracting new fans, the club needs to think about getting old ones to come back
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Post by stuttgartershrew on Feb 10, 2023 11:28:04 GMT 1
I suspect that might be a tad more difficult to accommodate compared say to switching kit supplier. I gather you'd have to organise that with the police and so it might be a no go considering how the matchday is managed and policed. But saying that, hasn't it been suggested that we don't offer cheaper tickets in the South Stand as we'd have to do the same for the away fans at the other end? If we could switch the away fans to the West Stand to allow us to charge home fans less for behind the goal then its a big thumbs up from me. I do think we ought to have cheaper tickets available for home fans to try and pack them in. I certainly think it's something worth trying. Even if it meant only seeing the Town fans moving from Block 19 and 18 to the North Stand I think it would approve the atmosphere. It will never happen. If it were a serious option then the most logical thing would be to put away fans in the East Stand but Roland wouldn't want that so it would have to be the West Stand and due to the poor design of the ground and entrances/exits then it would be a logistical nightmare for the police. I don't think the East Stand is an option, you don't tend to place away fans in the "Main Stand". Just out of interest, why would you think that would be the most logical thing? For me the first thing that came to mind would be to put the away fans in the West Stand, blocks 18 and 19. But for sure I agree that it might be a no-go because the police may find it an issue to keep fans apart (whenever that is needed).
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Post by ProudSalopian on Feb 10, 2023 11:34:28 GMT 1
It will never happen. If it were a serious option then the most logical thing would be to put away fans in the East Stand but Roland wouldn't want that so it would have to be the West Stand and due to the poor design of the ground and entrances/exits then it would be a logistical nightmare for the police. I don't think the East Stand is an option, you don't tend to place away fans in the "Main Stand". Just out of interest, why would you think that would be the most logical thing? For me the first thing that came to mind would be to put the away fans in the West Stand, blocks 18 and 19. But for sure I agree that it might be a no-go because the police may find it an issue to keep fans apart (whenever that is needed). Agree that it would be rare to put them in the 'main' stand and with the corporate seats/exec boxes/chairmans seat there is no way they would want to be surrounded by away fans. The reason I say the East Stand is the most logical is because it's the first stand you come to when arriving at the ground and therefore easier to police, if you put them in the West Stand then they have to walk through home fans in the North/South stands to enter/exit. But anyway, its all immaterial as it won't happen
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Feb 10, 2023 11:34:50 GMT 1
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Post by Valerioch on Feb 10, 2023 11:34:50 GMT 1
That update doesn’t make any sense to me, when comparing to the ticket website. Some assumptions below
Capacity - 9,700 (safe standing reduced it) Seats netted off - 400 Leaves 9,300 Away sales 1,600 Leaves 7,700 for home fans, and they’re saying we’ve sold 5,900 home tickets so far (7,500 total less 1,600 Vale)
If anyone can find 1,800 spare seats in the home end on the website let me know 😂
There’s only about 100 left in the whole South Stand
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Feb 10, 2023 11:38:06 GMT 1
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Post by South Stand Salopian on Feb 10, 2023 11:38:06 GMT 1
It will never happen. If it were a serious option then the most logical thing would be to put away fans in the East Stand but Roland wouldn't want that so it would have to be the West Stand and due to the poor design of the ground and entrances/exits then it would be a logistical nightmare for the police. I don't think the East Stand is an option, you don't tend to place away fans in the "Main Stand". Just out of interest, why would you think that would be the most logical thing? For me the first thing that came to mind would be to put the away fans in the West Stand, blocks 18 and 19. But for sure I agree that it might be a no-go because the police may find it an issue to keep fans apart (whenever that is needed). I don’t think 18 & 19 will be enough. If we ever did fill any corners in I’d go 17, 18, 19 and a couple of the blocks in the corner. FA Cup games we have to offer away fans 15% of the ground.
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Post by stuttgartershrew on Feb 10, 2023 11:47:44 GMT 1
I don't think the East Stand is an option, you don't tend to place away fans in the "Main Stand". Just out of interest, why would you think that would be the most logical thing? For me the first thing that came to mind would be to put the away fans in the West Stand, blocks 18 and 19. But for sure I agree that it might be a no-go because the police may find it an issue to keep fans apart (whenever that is needed). I don’t think 18 & 19 will be enough. If we ever did fill any corners in I’d go 17, 18, 19 and a couple of the blocks in the corner. FA Cup games we have to offer away fans 15% of the ground. Yeah, I'm with you. I guess I meant near on half the West Stand (with some buffer between fans). I mean if it were to happen, which it won't, then I gather that's where they would put them. I can't see it being in the Main Stand.
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Feb 10, 2023 11:52:18 GMT 1
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Post by gtismygod on Feb 10, 2023 11:52:18 GMT 1
Must be home sales. Only looks to be about 6-700 seats left in the home end, I’d say. 7,500 home sales, plus 1,600 away sales, plus 6-700 remaining gives us our capacity?
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Post by Dancin on Feb 10, 2023 11:55:33 GMT 1
I hope the Hobson's guy in the West Stand has some help tomorrow other wise it will be carnage!
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Post by Pilch on Feb 10, 2023 11:58:39 GMT 1
what chances 7,777 ?
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Post by frankwellshrews on Feb 10, 2023 12:13:12 GMT 1
It will never happen. If it were a serious option then the most logical thing would be to put away fans in the East Stand but Roland wouldn't want that so it would have to be the West Stand and due to the poor design of the ground and entrances/exits then it would be a logistical nightmare for the police. I don't think the East Stand is an option, you don't tend to place away fans in the "Main Stand". Just out of interest, why would you think that would be the most logical thing? For me the first thing that came to mind would be to put the away fans in the West Stand, blocks 18 and 19. But for sure I agree that it might be a no-go because the police may find it an issue to keep fans apart (whenever that is needed). Please not 18/19, not after we finally got the fecking gate moved 👍
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Feb 10, 2023 12:22:35 GMT 1
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Post by WATR on Feb 10, 2023 12:22:35 GMT 1
If we’ve really sold under 6000 home tickets that’s absolutely pathetic.
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Post by staffordshrew on Feb 10, 2023 12:22:57 GMT 1
Thought, as usual, Cotterill gave us a lot of talking points in his pre match interview. We paid £80k for Bowman, who appears to have had some personal issues during the first half of the season. These now appear to be resolved which has dovetailed with a return to form. I think £80k has been money well spent in his 18 months here & I’d have no qualms in him being offered a new deal this summer. He would like Shrewsbury fans behind both goals at the Meadow, I wonder if the club have looked into that. If so, where would you place the away fans? Their ground, watching on a big screen.
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Post by gtismygod on Feb 10, 2023 12:26:31 GMT 1
If we’ve really sold under 6000 home tickets that’s absolutely pathetic. Impossible looking at the website.
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Feb 10, 2023 12:29:43 GMT 1
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Post by WATR on Feb 10, 2023 12:29:43 GMT 1
If we’ve really sold under 6000 home tickets that’s absolutely pathetic. Impossible looking at the website. Is it possible that a certain number of tickets are held back for some reason? I really hope not.
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Post by martinshrew on Feb 10, 2023 12:31:14 GMT 1
If we've sold 7,500 + Vales 1,600 then that's cracking.
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