England v Senegal at WFCG

Barry Goldie said:
Seems that way more and more with each squad announcement and then performance
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This is my point

It’s one thing having bad performances but selected a squad based on merit and talent. Then it’s down to your methods, tactics and coaching

When you can’t even select the right players, and then start them, and start others in the wrong positions then it’s never, ever, ever going to go well
 
sherwood said:
What was the atmosphere like? I see it wasn't sold out.

Any comments anywhere about the WFCG?
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A disappointing crowd of around 26,000. That's around 4,000 empty seats and we talk on here of a 50,000 capacity stadium. We can't sell out as it currently stands although to be fair it was just a pointless friendly and I have no idea what they were charging but I would imagine it would have been expensive. Zero interest from me so perhaps I shouldn't comment.
 
speel-gedling said:
A disappointing crowd of around 26,000. That's around 4,000 empty seats and we talk on here of a 50,000 capacity stadium. We can't sell out as it currently stands although to be fair it was just a pointless friendly and I have no idea what they were charging but I would imagine it would have been expensive. Zero interest from me so perhaps I shouldn't comment.
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The sales for an entirely unimportant England friendly have nothing to do with the required capacity for Forest matches.

For the 3 seasons in the prem, league matches have sold out for every single fixture and I don't *think* anything has made it to general sale.
 
speel-gedling said:
A disappointing crowd of around 26,000. That's around 4,000 empty seats and we talk on here of a 50,000 capacity stadium. We can't sell out as it currently stands although to be fair it was just a pointless friendly and I have no idea what they were charging but I would imagine it would have been expensive. Zero interest from me so perhaps I shouldn't comment.
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But it isn’t entertainment. I didn’t even watch on free tv. Haven’t seen highlights. Snail racing, sport of the future.
 
speel-gedling said:
A disappointing crowd of around 26,000. That's around 4,000 empty seats and we talk on here of a 50,000 capacity stadium. We can't sell out as it currently stands although to be fair it was just a pointless friendly and I have no idea what they were charging but I would imagine it would have been expensive. Zero interest from me so perhaps I shouldn't comment.
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I wouldnt use Tuesdays game as a yardstick - what was the pricing like for the game?

A recent analysis of attendances at all PL clubs, and their ability to fill their stadiums, indicates we came 5th with a 99.5% fill rate, with most of that .5% being accounted for by away teams not selling their full allocation.

You could make a case for us having one of the smaller capacities in the PL, but, with resaonable pricing, we could easily attract another 5 - 8k on attendances.

The vast majority of away teams would also bring more support if they could.
 
LynxRed said:
The sales for an entirely unimportant England friendly have nothing to do with the required capacity for Forest matches.

For the 3 seasons in the prem, league matches have sold out for every single fixture and I don't *think* anything has made it to general sale.
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Fairly sure that was the case for the last two seasons in the EFL, certainly for the promotion season
 
mao tse tung said:
Fairly sure that was the case for the last two seasons in the EFL, certainly for the promotion season
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Promotion season early doors you could barely get tickets on general sale, but you could still get them if you were lucky. Post Christmas that season, general sale were rare as rocking horse shit and it's remained the case since. Something like 15k+ currently on the ST waiting list apparently as well.

What's important for people to know (especially the sheep who still point to an average attendance figure from 17 years ago) is that we have also had a massive uptick in young fans in the last decade. COVID season aside we have had higher average attendances than the sheep over the last 7 seasons. That does somewhat dispell their myth that we are only turning up once we were doing well doesn't it?
 
FeNris said:
Promotion season early doors you could barely get tickets on general sale, but you could still get them if you were lucky. Post Christmas that season, general sale were rare as rocking horse shit and it's remained the case since. Something like 15k+ currently on the ST waiting list apparently as well.

What's important for people to know (especially the sheep who still point to an average attendance figure from 17 years ago) is that we have also had a massive uptick in young fans in the last decade. COVID season aside we have had higher average attendances than the sheep over the last 7 seasons. That does somewhat dispell their myth that we are only turning up once we were doing well doesn't it?
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Not really...

Didn't they average, something like, 29k whilst scrapping against relegation last season?
Also, their League 1 campaign im sure they had similar numbers.

Our average was a tick over 30k AND we were gunning for the champions league! Beggers belief...
I can understand why they say, thus repeating Clough's assertion that, Derby is a proper footballing city.

Imagine if they were lucky enough to fluke a perfect storm of a game, but limited, manager tub-thumping his way to sneak a play-off place.
Then scrape past a massive club in Sheff U by the barest margns - penalties

And finally, score a deflected goal with his team's first attack and proceed to defend, defend, defend, defend, DEFEND for the remainder of the final; with two stonewall penalties, inexplicably, denied by the ref.

Still, best footballing day EVER!

Derby get that lucky, and they're into Europe in their first season back, with 50k roaring them on every fortnight.

If only we had that level of support!

You Reds!
 
England u19 just drew 5 each with Germany after being 5-1 down! Captained by Abbott who scored one.
 
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