How do you change an atmosphere in a ground thats 45% full?

10500/23000=0.4565, which is closer to 46%. A foolish error that has ruined the question for me. You just didn't think it through properly, did you?

 

Get the deserters from the Ponty back. It is barely at 50% capacity these days.

 

Dog turnstiles?

This idea was mooted a while back I seem to think. It would be particularly good if all the dogs were together in one part of the ground. West Stand lower next to the away fans?

 

In the East now. Can get a pint.

 

Cheap ale, Mucky strippers, blue comedians, snooker tables and a place to smoke tabs

Make it men only and **** the women and kids off...... Family atmosphere my arse.

 

IMO: There has to be a genuine belief that we are going to challenge. Otherwise you get apathy - Yeah we can win a game, but it's just one win. It doesn't mean that much.

Whereas if there's a belief within the fanbase that we can genuinely compete at the top of the division, every point is vital. People turn up. People make noise. How do you create belief within the fanbase that we are the real deal? You start with the club itself. All season long we've been hearing everybody playing our season down. We're "cutting our cloth accordingly". We're "a small fish in a big pond." We're "overachieving". "Staying in the division will be an achievement."

Well that's extremely commendable, but fans are impatient. They want instant success. The club know that. Of course they do. Keith's trying "educate" the fans about being patient. That's also commendable. The unfortunate fact is that fans by their very nature are impatient.

The club need to strike a balance between setting realistic expectations for the supporters so as not to disappoint them to the point where they're baying for heads to roll, and giving them some hope of success in some form. I'm not saying that this season the club have made a mistake in not doing this. This season has been a massive restructuring operation both on and off the field. Unfortunately we'll be chalking this season off as also-rans. That's just the way it is when you bring in a new management team and start building a team from scratch.

What I'd like to see from the club in the close season is some ambition. It's difficult because ambition is synonymous with spending cash. People constantly call for "box office signings" and "proven goalscorers" but was Brian Howard a box office signing? Was Craig Hignett? Was Adam Hammill (really) ? No, but they all finished top scorers in their respective seasons with decent amounts of goals given their positions on the pitch.

Hill will unearth more untapped, discarded or forgotten talent I'm sure of that. The club would do itself a favour however, to play us up more. I don't know how it can be done. I'm not a marketing expert. I just believe that that would be a good place to start building the attendances. Create a buzz round the town, in the Chron, on here etc.

We're not contenders for promotion. I know that. But it's amazing what a good slogan/interview/promotional video can do.

On the other hand, starting the season with 10 straight wins would have an even greater effect than all the above.

But which is easier?

 

If we all had baked beans for lunch on a Saturday

That should change the atmosphere considerably.

 

The average is 10446 so l guess that's pissed on your bonfire....

http://stats.football365.com/dom/ENG/D1/attend.html

 

hold a facebook convention and a wild west show, the atmosphere will change. That is actually a learned answer and not a piss take.

 

Can't you auction off some of them scribbles you do at half time? Raise money for that broken heater in the disabled stand?

 

I've offered to work with the club on some money spinners. They haven't taken me up on it, but I have a couple of projects in the pipeline independently.