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The membership will be having some impact but I think it’s often overstated. Fact is it’s a cold, wet night with an awkward kick off time, a non-glamorous opponent and we’re a boring team who’ve not won any of our last 6 home games. I genuinely just don’t think we have a big enough supply of people who want to go to games like those, I’ve never really understood why people were convinced we did.
Mate no disrespect.............Goodison has rocked on many times in my life.The point is........ this is a settling in period for fans ,players and routines.
I agree to an extent. My cousin has a ST and his seat was empty tonight because he's picking and choosing which night games he cba booking the afternoon off work for. He missed the Wolves match and tonight's game, and that's with a ticket he's already paid for.
The players could do with singing off the same hymn sheet!
Indeed.
Agreed. How do we expect this to improve our players' performance?
Yeah its rocked loads of times in my life to mate. Those days are gone. Football has changed and not for the better. Half the fans who made the atmosphere what it was have been priced out and out of those of us who are left a large chunk demand more for their money. I can sadly count on one hand the total number of times Goodison truly rocked in the last five years we played there. Its nowt the to do with settling in to the new place. Its that a large chunk of the fanbase of give up hope and another chunk demand more for their dosh and won't just clap and cheer for anything.
At Old Trafford they keep us behind, and rightly so. I fear that violence could ensue.
Yeah so many night games, especially in the middle of winter, is a nightmare.
Totally agree with this. Even pressing from the front and looking purposeful gets the crowd up for us, but we’ve really struggled to do that this season. Even when we’re behind it often feels like we’re taking ages over fee kicks and throw ins when the crowd would respond to them speeding things up.
I wholeheartedly agree with this take and I don't care if people cringe at it. Back at Goodison, the Lower Gwladys was easily the most vocal home section of the ground and we are currently lacking a similar singing section. It is frustrating when the atmosphere at the new ground fizzles out just as quickly as it starts to build up. I sat in the Lower Gwladys for several years and I miss chanting at regular intervals throughout matches, though I must hold my hands up somewhat as I am never one to start a chant. Yet, I am almost always happy to join in with chanting.
