The Sleeping Giant thread

[glos_robin]

Look at the crowds we used to pull, there is a great deal of apathy out there in Wiltshire, which could easily be swung by a glory season.

Take a look at our attendances in the Premiership .......... there is nothing giant about us. This league and the bottom half of the championship possibly is our natural home. We'll never ever get an average attendance much over 10,000.

[BANGKOK RED]

we're a sleeping giant

Fucking ace

Personally, I reckon that we are similar in size to Millwall. They have a greater reputation, but not for the right reasons.

I can't wait for this to hit the thisis news section.

[Spencer_White]

Look at the crowds we used to pull, there is a great deal of apathy out there in Wiltshire, which could easily be swung by a glory season.

The apathy round here is deeply entrenched.

As for Millwall, they only get the crowds they do now because of saturation Policing.

[shady]

I seriously think we'd pull in the region of 14,000-17,000 fans if we teetered in the upper echelons of the Championship. We're a serious team to be contended with. Millwall might be marginally bigger but lets not split hairs, and like Billy says, they're rather tarnished.

[shady]

Spencer is right, those coppers swell the numbers, and you hget all sorts of hangers-on, latching onto the aggro, at The New Den.

[Doore]

Luton and Oxford have won that competition since we did.  Perhaps its not a great marker of a club's current status.

[shady]

We did win the Anglo Italian as well.

[tans]

I seriously think we'd pull in the region of 14,000-17,000 fans if we teetered in the upper echelons of the Championship. We're a serious team to be contended with. Millwall might be marginally bigger but lets not split hairs, and like Billy says, they're rather tarnished.

Didnt happen before did it? We couldnt even sell out in the Premiership ffs

[shady]

I'm pretty sure our avaerage was above 13,000 in 93/94

[Doore]

We did win the Anglo Italian as well.

Man Utd never have.  Someone ought to tell Rooney.

Come on shady, even you can't seriously believe what you are typing.

Anyway, get it back on topic - lets hope it is an offer we can refuse.

[shady]

[Doore]

I'm pretty sure our avaerage was above 13,000 in 93/94

Which meant about 13,000 empty seats in a small premier league ground.  Giants indeed.

[shady]

Alright Billy, just a bit petrified that we'll lose Charlie, trying to revive my flagging spirit. Guess I talked us up a bit much, but you got to have faith.

[Doore]

Alright Billy, just a bit petrified that we'll lose Charlie, trying to revive my flagging spirit. Guess I talked us up a bit much, but you got to have faith.

I don't think any of us want to lose him.  Imagine what Dave would do...

[shady]

I watched that Oxford Anglo-Italian vido Billy, and it rather surprised me by how muted our support was in celebrating the goals, i'd be going completely nuts.