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Post by valleydobson1 on Oct 11, 2024 9:01:09 GMT
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Post by surridgecobbler5 on Oct 11, 2024 17:48:58 GMT
They will get a Welcome in our Valley ....... and FA else
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Post by norfolkrobin on Oct 11, 2024 19:11:15 GMT
Sorry Dobbo,but like Alf I hope you don't enjoy your return to the Valley!
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Post by se7sm on Oct 11, 2024 19:43:36 GMT
Looking forward to this one , haven’t heard the old sheep shaggers song for awhile 😉
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Post by reamsofverse on Oct 11, 2024 21:56:14 GMT
Looking forward to this one , haven’t heard the old sheep shaggers song for awhile 😉 Wrexham fans sing it to themselves.😆 |
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Post by joan on Oct 11, 2024 22:54:51 GMT
Looking forward to this one , haven’t heard the old sheep shaggers song for awhile 😉 Wrexham fans sing it to themselves.😆  |
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Post by reamsofverse on Oct 12, 2024 8:44:23 GMT
They also sing Sheep Shaggers and we know we are!!!
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Post by se7sm on Oct 12, 2024 9:36:44 GMT
As a kid can remember singing it to the Cardiff fans .🤣this made me laugh In 2001, Cardiff City signed English player Spencer Prior and jokingly included a contract clause that he would be obliged "to have a physical liaison with a sheep", in response to their fans being called sheep shaggers.🤣🤣
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Post by paulgdownunder on Oct 13, 2024 7:50:25 GMT
Or a Border Collie
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Post by DFT on Oct 13, 2024 8:03:13 GMT
I hope we don't give them any extra tickets, we didn't do it with Birmingham so we should not do it with Wrexham.
We do have a past record of giving extra seats though so it could happen...money talks of course!
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Post by paulo on Oct 14, 2024 16:08:28 GMT
I hope not either. Should be a cracking atmosphere
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Post by Tom1982 on Oct 14, 2024 17:11:06 GMT
I’m not being facetious when I say this, I genuinely don’t understand the fascination with this mob. Is it literally just because of that Deadpool geezer?
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Post by aaronaldo on Oct 14, 2024 17:57:09 GMT
I’m not being facetious when I say this, I genuinely don’t understand the fascination with this mob. Is it literally just because of that Deadpool geezer? The Netflix show mainly, which I guess Ryan and Rob made happen due to them being celebs. So yeah pretty much |
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Post by Tom1982 on Oct 14, 2024 18:24:55 GMT
I’m not being facetious when I say this, I genuinely don’t understand the fascination with this mob. Is it literally just because of that Deadpool geezer? The Netflix show mainly, which I guess Ryan and Rob made happen due to them being celebs. So yeah pretty much It’s mad ain’t. I wouldn’t open the curtains if they were in the back garden! Wish them all the luck in the world but id no sooner see them than Shrewsbury or Burton. |
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Post by DFT on Oct 15, 2024 10:29:57 GMT
I’m not being facetious when I say this, I genuinely don’t understand the fascination with this mob. Is it literally just because of that Deadpool geezer? Yes, it obviously is. They were a small club with a very small fan base and they are fast becoming a global enterprise. |
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Post by kings hill addick on Oct 15, 2024 11:26:37 GMT
I’m not being facetious when I say this, I genuinely don’t understand the fascination with this mob. Is it literally just because of that Deadpool geezer? Yes, it obviously is. They were a small club with a very small fan base and they are fast becoming a global enterprise. To be fair, Ryan Reynolds is a massive superstar so he was always going to attract attention. It's also a great story. A run down City, desperately in need of investment and redevelopment, and a football club that was once much more successful with the potential to be much bigger than it is (was at the time). The initial advert for the TV show was hilarious with the lady taking the piss out of the actors in Welsh. I couldn't wait to watch it. To be honest I have found myself disliking the club the more of the show I watched. I was desperate for them to fail to get promoted in 2023. By then I was starting to find the arrogance around those on the tele a little bit of a turn off. For a club that has been unsuccessful for so long I thought the expectations were excessive. It was, almost, as though they believed that they had a divine right to win every game, and climb up the football league just because they had famous owners. Their success, off the pitch, has been outstanding. Obviously the famous owners have been a big part of that but they have, really, caught the attention of the US public. If they continue with, what looks like, unlimited success they could get to the Premier League, without many massive injections of capital from the owners. However, Americans are very success focused. I can see the attention slipping if the club stagnate in League One, and I'm not sure that they are strong enough to finish top two and, if not, the playoffs are just a one in four chance. From a personal perspective I don't like the idea of a club that was way below us in the league pyramid overtaking us as that's another rung down the ladder for us. We could argue that Luton have done that. They were non-league with small crowds and a small ground and now their financial situation is way better than ours - Just like Wrexham. That said Reynolds, and the other one, have done a fantastic job there and Parkinson is a very good manager. I don't see the wheels coming off anytime soon, unfortunately. |
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Post by reamsofverse on Oct 15, 2024 19:43:29 GMT
I’m not being facetious when I say this, I genuinely don’t understand the fascination with this mob. Is it literally just because of that Deadpool geezer? Yes, it obviously is. They were a small club with a very small fan base and they are fast becoming a global enterprise. They were a very successful club in the 70's, the glory days for the club when they reached the quarter finals of two major tournaments and were getting 20,000 crowds as a third division club. The European nights were fabulous. Not every day the likes on Anderlecht, Porto and Roma came to town among many others like Hadjuk Split, FC Zurich, Djurgardens and Real Zaragoza. The fanbase has already been there, they just needed something to bring them back. We are 45 minutes to an hour away from the Liverpool and Manchester clubs and 90 minutes from Leeds. You don't see a single shirt of any of those clubs in Wrexham any more. |
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Post by dickybaby on Oct 16, 2024 9:37:56 GMT
Goes onto twitter. Sees some fans moaning about a really nice looking advert for the game. Logs off twitter.
Its an opportunity to fill the stadium and generate new income, buzz around the club. The never ending drama its worse than an Elton John documentary
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Post by AndyB on Oct 16, 2024 10:12:15 GMT
Goes onto twitter. Sees some fans moaning about a really nice looking advert for the game. Logs off twitter. Its an opportunity to fill the stadium and generate new income, buzz around the club. The never ending drama its worse than an Elton John documentary Think the fans , me being one of them , would rather see nice looking football - it would get bums back on seats quicker than gimmicks and “nice adverts “ |
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Post by dickybaby on Oct 16, 2024 10:28:12 GMT
Goes onto twitter. Sees some fans moaning about a really nice looking advert for the game. Logs off twitter. Its an opportunity to fill the stadium and generate new income, buzz around the club. The never ending drama its worse than an Elton John documentary Think the fans , me being one of them , would rather see nice looking football - it would get bums back on seats quicker than gimmicks and “nice adverts “ The nice football would fill 27K seats ? |
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Post by AndyB on Oct 16, 2024 10:36:37 GMT
Think the fans , me being one of them , would rather see nice looking football - it would get bums back on seats quicker than gimmicks and “nice adverts “ The nice football would fill 27K seats ? Nope didn’t say that , I said it’d get bums on seats quicker than gimmicks- but what I will say if we revert back to the drivel served up prior to the Brum game then you’ll get smaller and smaller gates |
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Post by dickybaby on Oct 16, 2024 10:46:13 GMT
The nice football would fill 27K seats ? Nope didn’t say that , I said it’d get bums on seats quicker than gimmicks- but what I will say if we revert back to the drivel served up prior to the Brum game then you’ll get smaller and smaller gates The Valley is too big for Charlton in league one or championship regardless of style of football. Look at historical attendances. www.footballwebpages.co.uk/charlton-athletic/attendances So additional things are required to fill the ground, why not put up an advert for people walking through a busy station. They may be unaware theres a game versus Wrexham and that might grab their attention. Never know they might enjoy it and come back |
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Post by AndyB on Oct 16, 2024 10:59:31 GMT
Nope didn’t say that , I said it’d get bums on seats quicker than gimmicks- but what I will say if we revert back to the drivel served up prior to the Brum game then you’ll get smaller and smaller gates The Valley is too big for Charlton in league one or championship regardless of style of football. Look at historical attendances. www.footballwebpages.co.uk/charlton-athletic/attendances So additional things are required to fill the ground, why not put up an advert for people walking through a busy station. They may be unaware theres a game versus Wrexham and that might grab their attention. Never know they might enjoy it and come back Maybe get out of league one then? Again we need to be playing better football to do that , so it seems we’re back to square one again which is investment in the team with proper scouting by football people rather than this ridiculous XG malarkey. |
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Post by aaronaldo on Oct 16, 2024 12:11:34 GMT
I don't see any issues with advertising our games. Twitter is just a place to moan it seems. Has been for a while. I might have to delete it soon.
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Post by seriouslyred on Oct 16, 2024 16:04:19 GMT
The nice football would fill 27K seats ? Nope didn’t say that , I said it’d get bums on seats quicker than gimmicks- but what I will say if we revert back to the drivel served up prior to the Brum game then you’ll get smaller and smaller gates We'll see over the next few games whether we revert to that horrible 5-3-2 approach or stick with 4-2-2-2. And whether we can continue to stay in contention for the top six. Six years back Bowyer's side weren't fancied at the start of the season, but by Christmas we were playing well and the gates were up. Having hope and watching half decent football does that by getting the fanbase talking about the upside, rather than all the mistakes and disappointments since 2007. Incidentally this bumper crowd will take our average gate to 15,000. Obviously remains to be seen if future games attract those numbers. |
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Post by AndyB on Oct 16, 2024 17:08:59 GMT
Nope didn’t say that , I said it’d get bums on seats quicker than gimmicks- but what I will say if we revert back to the drivel served up prior to the Brum game then you’ll get smaller and smaller gates We'll see over the next few games whether we revert to that horrible 5-3-2 approach or stick with 4-2-2-2. And whether we can continue to stay in contention for the top six. Six years back Bowyer's side weren't fancied at the start of the season, but by Christmas we were playing well and the gates were up. Having hope and watching half decent football does that by getting the fanbase talking about the upside, rather than all the mistakes and disappointments since 2007. Incidentally this bumper crowd will take our average gate to 15,000. Obviously remains to be seen if future games attract those numbers. as you well know one bumper crowd in the first quarter of the season will not give you a fair average , and I’ve been reading your “let’s see where we are “ posts for what seems like years - things have stagnated/deteriorated for some time now. We need money invested improving the squad not gimmicks. The only thing I’ve seen is the Alfie May money being spent on an inferior striker whereas we should of built a team around AM - sorry but present owners/lenders don’t ring true to me - and the SMT are just enjoying the gravey train in my opinion |
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Post by revilo on Oct 16, 2024 17:49:28 GMT
I don't see any issues with advertising our games. Twitter is just a place to moan it seems. Has been for a while. I might have to delete it soon. Deleted it a long time ago and haven't looked back. |
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Post by seriouslyred on Oct 16, 2024 18:05:25 GMT
We'll see over the next few games whether we revert to that horrible 5-3-2 approach or stick with 4-2-2-2. And whether we can continue to stay in contention for the top six. Six years back Bowyer's side weren't fancied at the start of the season, but by Christmas we were playing well and the gates were up. Having hope and watching half decent football does that by getting the fanbase talking about the upside, rather than all the mistakes and disappointments since 2007. Incidentally this bumper crowd will take our average gate to 15,000. Obviously remains to be seen if future games attract those numbers. as you well know one bumper crowd in the first quarter of the season will not give you a fair average , and I’ve been reading your “let’s see where we are “ posts for what seems like years - things have stagnated/deteriorated for some time now. We need money invested improving the squad not gimmicks. The only thing I’ve seen is the Alfie May money being spent on an inferior striker whereas we should of built a team around AM - sorry but present owners/lenders don’t ring true to me - and the SMT are just enjoying the gravey train in my opinion Fact 1: The average gate so far this season is 14,700. That's 1,200 up on last season or the best part of a 10% increase already. Fact 2: The Wrexham bumper crowd will take the average up. The SMT may well choose to promote other games throughout the season, just as Sangaard gave away free tickets to ST holders There's an open question as to whether gates will stay at that AVERAGE level of 15,000 which surely depends upon results. Fact 3: Things certainly stagnated / deteriorated between beating Sunderland at Wembley back in May 2019 and GFP / SE7 taking over summer 2023. We became a mid-table League One side, incapable of competing for a play-off place, let alone winning promotion, and incapable of appointing / retaining a decent manager. Analysis / Opinion: We can be sure that there are plenty who see things your way with a "lack of ambition / selling our best players" etc. At the same time there are many who embrace the current direction in terms of revenues predicted to increase by 30%, one of the best defences in the League AND a glimmer of decent football at our last game. That includes six players who are virtually ever present, but if you haven't noted their arrival then that's on you. 3rd Party analysis: The bookies and various xG sites all predict us to finish outside of the play-offs right now, but not a million miles away. Therefore it's clearly all to play for. The squad is what it is for now, AND there's ample opportunity to both coach and buy improvement in time for the run in. For now let's see who plays in these next few games and how they are set out - the League table is so tight that we could be anywhere from 4th to 14th by the end of the month! Some wish for the certainty, whether that be success or condemning current efforts as doomed to failure. And that's understandable. Others look at the processes underpinning the outcomes - are we getting better? And is that improvement across all fronts? |
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Post by valleydobson1 on Oct 16, 2024 18:24:27 GMT
Only if we spend like Birmingham and get in the top two crowds will return.
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Post by valleydobson1 on Oct 20, 2024 12:04:48 GMT
Could be 21,000 or more.
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