Re: Get behind us. Armchair fans zzzz BORING : Sat Mar 02, 2019 9:09 pm  

Prince Buster wrote:

Vasty, spot on.

I reckon with half decent modern facilities to provide a modern match day experience we would automatically get 2000 on the gate no problem.


We also hear all this talk of the club buying the ground back but then the problem still remains in that the place is totally unfit for purpose.

Makes you wonder if we will ever get a facility that this club and City deserve

Get cosmicat to start a new thread about it, Prince

Re: Get behind us. Armchair fans zzzz BORING : Sun Mar 03, 2019 1:42 am  

vastman wrote:

I don't see your point exactly. Who cares how many we take to away games, other than a bit of shouting to help the team along we gain nothing. Fans who don't travel are not lazy its purely down to choice and circumstances so give that tired old myth a rest pleeease.

Home games are a different matter all together. However tonight will most certainly have helped - if we follow this up with a home win then we should see an upturn this season. Truth is to get folk to BV we need to be consistent at home especially in the big draw games like Leeds and Cas, if we do that then bingo.

That said as is well documented the ground limits what we can do. I have a newly aquired relative from down south who is chomping at the bit to attend a game but sadly I have to keep putting him off. Much as I try to explain what a dump BV is I really don't think he realises. I think he thinks it an older style football ground like Burnley or QPR that kind of thing, IF ONLY!!!!

I don't want it to be a one off so I will really have to be carefull which game I choose - it needs to be a big crowd - a winnable game - and preferably at night! This dillema shows how tricky building support is no matter how well we play.

I think it's been lazy and easy option so don't use your so called intelligence to portray it another way. You are out of shape so I expect the easy option is usually the right answer for you

Re: Get behind us. Armchair fans zzzz BORING : Sun Mar 03, 2019 8:02 am  

Friday certainly was a special night, summarised nicely by both player and fans reaction when Broughy finished off that super try. Expensive entry, nightmare journey to (A64 closed due to accident) and away (M62 down to 1 lane east bound) but well worth it. Bit like the old credit card advert about things you just can't put a value on.

Re: Get behind us. Armchair fans zzzz BORING : Sun Mar 03, 2019 9:48 am  

newgroundb4cas wrote:

I think it's been lazy and easy option so don't use your so called intelligence to portray it another way. You are out of shape so I expect the easy option is usually the right answer for you

Re: Get behind us. Armchair fans zzzz BORING : Sun Mar 03, 2019 10:39 am  

Vastmam run along to mummy

Re: Get behind us. Armchair fans zzzz BORING : Sun Mar 03, 2019 1:03 pm  

cosmicat wrote:

Vastmam run along to mummy

And the second one turns up, are you brothers?

PS It’s Vastman, you really are a bit special.

Re: Get behind us. Armchair fans zzzz BORING : Mon Mar 04, 2019 2:41 am  

special special night - I know when I lived in wakey I went to the leeds match 10 times for 0 victories!

I have watched the brough try about 100 times on replay !!!!!!

Re: Get behind us. Armchair fans zzzz BORING : Mon Mar 04, 2019 9:52 am  

It was pretty special - but how do you sell that to casual fans in advance, when it could so easily have been an expensive embarrassment?

As it happens, I had a top night - went over on the train, so no traffic hassles, met my son who is living there for Uni and watched us stuff Leeds together, then went for a few beers in Headingley Taps - and he even paid for a round; so I had two big surprises in one night!

Re: Get behind us. Armchair fans zzzz BORING : Mon Mar 04, 2019 5:04 pm  

I'll happily class myself as an arm chair fan these days. Ever since the Fanzine debacle and threatening lawsuits, I lost the love for Wakefield Trinity and although I still offer my support via the merchandise side, I can honestly say I can't remember my last game.

I managed to get a couple of corporate tickets for Fridays game, so decide to go along and feared the worst with Leeds expected to put on a show with the new stadium. Firstly, the facilities at Leeds are top notch and I ended up sat a couple of rows in front of Michael Carter and co. The view was excellent, especially been so close to Johnstone's hat trick. Tupou was immense down the left hand side and it was good to see a solid Wakefield performance at Headingley.

It was also good to see how the away support came across from a different viewpoint and not one where I would normally be stood on the Western Terrace. Wakefield fans were loud as always and the only thing that kept the Leeds fans going is that irritating brass band !!

Overall, it was a good night. Did it give me a taste of what I used to encounter home and away watching the Wakefield rollercoaster ? Indeed it did.

With other sporting commitments on a weekend, it's never easy to spend all weekend letting these occupy your time without the usual family time. For the past 8 years or so, it is Wakefield that has lost my support.

Will things change in the future ? I'm not 100% sure just yet but this armchair fan is definitely considering a return to continue the ride (albeit 8 years too late) again.

Re: Get behind us. Armchair fans zzzz BORING : Mon Mar 04, 2019 6:38 pm  

Very well constructed and honest post Roony owd lad. I'm sure the more you watch those tries the more the "calling" will get to you. you and a thousand or so more stayaways returning to the fold will do the Club a world of good.