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Post by garethl on Nov 6, 2024 8:56:37 GMT
Although the team played as well as they could and restricted a very good Birmingham side to just a single goal, the visitors rarely needed to shift out of 1st gear. Sutton lacked that something to scare the opposition, whether it was a Dundo or Roarie the magic man or even more recently the likes of Olaofe, we didn't provide a threat. It is a bit concerning that the home side failed to sell out, I can't remember that for a big cup game at GGL. The changes in club structure were very evident with the pre-match interviews, which for me lacked substance and direction. It maybe just me but the club feels like a bottle of coke that has gone a bit flat, and I am waiting for the new owners / board etc to sprinkle some magic dust. A guy who hasn't set foot in the ground for a match in I don't know how long making a negative statement about the size of the crowd. You couldn't make it up, except in OS world, anyway. Like you I expect some potential attendees opted for ITV live coverage. A crowd of 200 off the capacity ain't bad for a Sunday lunchtime. It was more than I expected. Quite. I have only known a sell out on less than a handful of occasions or even close to. I did think it would get sold out but a couple of hundred short is hardly something to concern! |
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Post by Andy K on Nov 6, 2024 12:05:58 GMT
Over 3,000 home fans for a game. Nothing to complain about.
I already explained before why it wouldn't have been a total sellout, but impressive we got very close to it. Note the great decision by the club and Birmingham to extend what would normally be the away end. Without doing that we would have got closer to 4,400 rather than 4,800.
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Post by boomboom on Nov 6, 2024 12:53:38 GMT
Although the team played as well as they could and restricted a very good Birmingham side to just a single goal, the visitors rarely needed to shift out of 1st gear. Sutton lacked that something to scare the opposition, whether it was a Dundo or Roarie the magic man or even more recently the likes of Olaofe, we didn't provide a threat. I t is a bit concerning that the home side failed to sell out, I can't remember that for a big cup game at GGL. The changes in club structure were very evident with the pre-match interviews, which for me lacked substance and direction. It maybe just me but the club feels like a bottle of coke that has gone a bit flat, and I am waiting for the new owners / board etc to sprinkle some magic dust. I disagree. For the reasons I elucidated earlier, I don't think Birmingham was an attractive a draw as some appear to believe. What would concern me, rather than cherry-picking a one-off match, is if there were evidence that our bread-and-butter league attendances were poor . But this isn't the case. In fact, they're holding up well after relegation, currently averaging 2,669. That's well above when we were last in the NL, eg 1,910 in 2018/19. So, more a source of comfort than concern. |
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Post by Jared on Nov 6, 2024 13:36:13 GMT
Perhaps this is more anecdotal than factual (but when has that stopped anyone) but looking at the crowd on Sunday there seemed to be a lot of younger people and also a higher proportion of people who were active Sutton fans. In previous cup runs, yes we had very good crowds, but in large part they seemed to be largely made up of curious observers rather than people genuinely invested in the result. That didn’t seem to be the case where I was at least.
Home crowds are holding up well after last season (even factoring in the inflated numbers due to tickets sold/distributed which has always been a thing at Sutton) and our away numbers are bigger than they were pre-COVID, which suggests a growth in the hardcore support. Far from the bleak picture suggested by some
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Post by Stewart on Nov 6, 2024 15:26:45 GMT
Although the team played as well as they could and restricted a very good Birmingham side to just a single goal, the visitors rarely needed to shift out of 1st gear. Sutton lacked that something to scare the opposition, whether it was a Dundo or Roarie the magic man or even more recently the likes of Olaofe, we didn't provide a threat. I t is a bit concerning that the home side failed to sell out, I can't remember that for a big cup game at GGL. The changes in club structure were very evident with the pre-match interviews, which for me lacked substance and direction. It maybe just me but the club feels like a bottle of coke that has gone a bit flat, and I am waiting for the new owners / board etc to sprinkle some magic dust. I disagree. For the reasons I elucidated earlier, I don't think Birmingham was an attractive a draw as some appear to believe. What would concern me, rather than cherry-picking a one-off match, is if there were evidence that our bread-and-butter league attendances were poor . But this isn't the case. In fact, they're holding up well after relegation, currently averaging 2,669. That's well above when we were last in the NL, eg 1,910 in 2018/19. So, more a source of comfort than concern. I did ask the question at the start of the season (link) ,how would our attendances compare with local teams. Currently we are doing better than Woking and Aldershot (link) Out of interest Bromley are currently getting 3300 in L2. |
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Post by davef on Nov 6, 2024 15:46:38 GMT
In our first spell in the Conference (86 to 91), Dave Hermitage had a break-even target of a 1500 average crowd. I don't think we got close. Times have changed (and 1500 would be nowhere near enough now).
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Post by davethegrave on Nov 6, 2024 17:26:23 GMT
I was semi-tempted to watch it on TV at home in comfort (and free) but I did buy a ticket eventually. There were some I'm sure who did decide not to come.
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Post by FaultyyearsaU on Nov 7, 2024 11:33:04 GMT
Bit late on this one but with regards to the game itself. I thought the team defended very well and should take a lot of confidence from the overall performance. I am not usually a big fan of "The data looks really good" after previous games when we have just been beaten, however on this occasion and to be fair to the coaches and modern training methods, despite our work rate for 90 minutes we didn't look to be flagging at the end and the pace of the game never really appeared to be an issue either (apparently due to us having too much (nearly) REAL grass this time -  ). Individually, I thought that Charlie Waller had a very solid game (following on from his performance at Braintree) and also that Jeremy Sivi had his best game in a Sutton shirt. It struck me afterwards that it was a very Kevin Amankwaah like performance. I did see a post elsewhere asking when we are going to stop playing Josh Coley at right back?! However, I think that Coley and Sivi playing as wingbacks is now working well. We look far less likely to be cut through like a hot knife through butter and in addition, Sivi and Coley, are making the forward runs as wingers when possible (well maybe not so much against a top LG1 team ofc) It will good to have Lewis Simper back soon to add to what should be an "upbeat" squad and the trick now is to try to play with that sort intensity every week. As SM said in his post match interview, performances such as that should definitely see us winning more matches than we lose. |
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