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T71
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I was abit dubious about this season but Warney is getting there. 2 quality loans will help. Side he put out Sunday worth watching, a Rotherham side who put a shift in. Deserve home sections in the ground being full. Would make a lot of difference will lift the players. Tony Stewart can't do it on his own. It's the only way we'll compete in this league. 



-- Edited by T71 on Monday 27th of August 2018 04:59:10 PM



-- Edited by T71 on Monday 27th of August 2018 05:00:09 PM

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I can't believe we are unable to get 1000 every home game in this league, I think this is one of the main reasons we can't expect serious investment in the club.

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I dont live in the town anymore, but when I did there was always a great deal of cynicism towards the club; promising much but falling short in the end, dashing everyones hopes. Its my opinion this harks back to the Anton Johnson era when everything was promised on a plate and we all know what happened. Thats my take on it and I believe that cynicism is still there, amongst the fence sitters and the doubters. If we see a good season it will go some way to addressing the doubts and gate numbers will steadily increase. Fingers crossed.

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I must admit, having seen the attendance yesterday - it must be so so so disheartening. What realistically more can the club do to get people to come in and watch. It's champtionship football, the 5th best league in Europe! - being played in little old Rovrum.

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It's rubbish. The club could probably do better with the local community than it does, but we are playing a good standard of football and the stadium is first class, although perhaps the novelty has worn off a bit. The following at Wembley was disappointing and the three home leqgue attendances so far poor. I think that money is tight for many and fifty or sixty quid for a family of three or four is probably too much to attract many casual or new supporters. I hope the club is addressing it and willing to be creative to try and improve the situation. If you were Tony Stewart it might make you wonder why you bother and whether it is all worth the aggro he gets.

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A family ticket would that be an idea. I pay the going price but there's only me. I wouldn't be against some incentive to get families in. Sooner see bums on seats than how it's been the start of this season.

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The season ticket holders go but really less than excited regarding the conservative dealings we have seen / are seeing ! What have the punters to get excited about. What headlines have been written to attack attention to the floating voters who vote with their feet. The atmosphere inside the NYS is the same - the club can't blame the fans for not raising the roof - even a bad ref raises the atmosphere.....the marketing men need to be pulling some strings also. I KNOW it's another world but didn't Pogba pay for himself in world wide shirt sales - as did Beckham etc. OK - I know - but the club is running the show - give the punters something the believe !

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The clubs work in and around the community has come on loads in recent years. The attendances so far this season have been abysmal despite ticket prices being affordable for the facilities we use and the standard of football we are watching.

The general Rotherham public doesn’t care about the club unfortunately.



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Again Bornamiller I have to say you raise some very good points when you put, shhhhh you know who, to one side.

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It is show business - and you always get a headline act - we have failed to do that - if the club think that's 'Towell' - they're in for a shock! Man U 3-0 down at home - no pressure there then....lol The reason we can't get excited - well - in my opinion the club has been pragmatic to the nth degree - to the point of boring the arse off the Rotherham public. Marketing has always been naf at Rotherham....I don't know....

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So who is this star name we attract? And how can we attract them with only pulling in 7,500 ish home fans
per week?


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That's the chicken & egg question #1.

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What grates me and is now getting annoying Of the 3 teams that came up Wigan spending not sure of the amount Blackburn spending like mad will be roughly 10 million in January when their loan to buy signs Rotherham ermmmm free transfers We pull out from signing a midfielder for what ever reason do not care . What i do care about is the team. Warne can build a team of brothers and i admire and respect this , but in this league the game moves a lot faster. Our team are all league one players young and ambitious and deserve a chance but if we will need that championship quality player to give us a better chance of survival. But tony wont buy him. He is willing to take our money and expects us to buy overpriced food. Yet wont reciprocate with paying a bit more for a player than he wants too. but that is now the football world we live in and we unfortunately have to play the system.

 

 

Saying that it was a good result and i am not knocking warne in anyway i am just giving my opinion of watching the matches and seeing what I see. 



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i think the people of Rotherham are a disgrace in not following their club. It is clear this is a big factor in why the board have stepped back from investment. when you get more people on facebook asking how they can watch the game for free via the internet than being in a position to discuss what they are seeing live at the game something is seriously wrong. I do think the club should try and fill the empty seats with families and local youth groups and they need to do that now. Perhaps the east stand should have been made family season ticket stand for a lower price, the option for the adult to use the kids tickets for friends on night games in school term so the ground is full. However rotherham people want to support sheffield clubs and teams like leeds that is a shame

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i think local people supporting perceived bigger clubs in the region isn't just a Rotherham issue
walsall, bury hartlepool and many others will have the same issue.


there are many factor why we dont sell out our ground match after match

Our ticket prices are the top end of the market and that is the biggest issue when you take into account how much it would cost a family who may be on a living wage their priority wont be a football ticket week in week out this would be a luxury for many when they are struggling to provide the basics

we live in a large demographic area with loads of football teams to watch



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I don't think our problems are unique. There are probably more Derby fans in Burton than Burton Albion fans, Wolves in Walsall etc. Our base following is about in line with other clubs in towns similar to Rotherham and perhaps better if anything, because of recent successes and the impetus from the new stadium. We might struggle to convert fans of the Sheffield clubs away from the dark side and there will inevitably be leakage to the glamour teams etc. I do think that cost is an issue. If I wanted to pay on the door for me and my two children any given home game that is going to cost me about £48 before I have paid for parking, a programme, refreshments etc. That is a lot of money that I could be spending on other things. If I am not a committed supporter already, it might be too much. I don't know exactly what the answer is, but I think that the club (which I know does great work in local schools and so on) needs to continually strive to come up with creative ideas to build the supporter base and pricing must have a big part to play.

On a different note, I say beware big name signings. They rarely end well. I do get that on the face of it there seems to be a lack of investment currently. I don't know the reality of all things budget related. It is easy to leap to the the wrong conclusion without possession of the facts. I know that I only want investment that is sustainable. I know that Tony Stewart is an astute man who will know that his chances of building something bigger and better will be increased if we stay up this season. I can't believe that he wouldn't invest up to his sustainable limit to give us and him the best chance. That is the extent of my knowledge. I would hope that these are things that will be dealt with at the forthcoming fans forum and that the club will be as open and honest with the supporters about it all as they can be.

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Well we know after the last public production of accounts that the Lighting Co. was covering a £2m budget shortfall with exessive? advertising revenue. Maybe this has been cut down and the dead wood been eradicated (Blackstock etc).

I don't think anyone is under any illusion we're going to be splashing the cash anytime soon.

Interestingly I read a couple of weeks ago about how many PL clubs could comfortably play in empty stadiums, now if that doesn't smack to the FA what is clearly wrong about the Sky billions I don't know what will.

This country is sleep walking to 30-35 sustainable clubs with the rest being part time. How on earth it's ever right that our division alone has such a skewed financial swing is probably doing more to kill the football league than anything else.

I reckon in 20 years there'll be a PL north and a PL south, with some kind of American style play off system for the overall winner. The rest will just fade into annoyances, and the first to go will be those that are not living within their means (thankfully that isn't us - for now!)

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Cost is a big issue for me, so I have to be selective about the games I go to. In addition I would have a 300mile round trip to attend home games, so there is the added fuel costs there. Towdlass while not being a football fan, does like to visit NYS with me for the amusement factor really, so all that added together is getting almost the same as my weekly pension. It used to be a working class sport, how times change.

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