03-04-2023, 11:12 AM
The lack of atmosphere at Fratton has precious little to do with Westwood. He's just an irritant to the supporters and an embarrassment to this great club.
It's a complicated matter but I'd say that the lack of atmosphere is due to dire football, incompetent managers, the pandemic and fear of saying (or shouting out) virtually anything in this ridiculously politically correct world. The decline in atmosphere also directly corresponds with six years of the Eisners as the fans have been starved of any sort of success.
or even occasional excitement.
Our fan base in nothing short of remarkable and I've been going for more than fifty years but just how we are getting 18,000 gates is, quite frankly, beyond me. I can remember not so many years ago when we used to get excited about a five figure gate and that was in the league they now call the Championship! I think the main reasons for our attendances are eight years in the Premier League and the 'administration years' with the genuine fear of losing the club but that surely can't go on forever.
It's a complicated matter but I'd say that the lack of atmosphere is due to dire football, incompetent managers, the pandemic and fear of saying (or shouting out) virtually anything in this ridiculously politically correct world. The decline in atmosphere also directly corresponds with six years of the Eisners as the fans have been starved of any sort of success.
or even occasional excitement.
Our fan base in nothing short of remarkable and I've been going for more than fifty years but just how we are getting 18,000 gates is, quite frankly, beyond me. I can remember not so many years ago when we used to get excited about a five figure gate and that was in the league they now call the Championship! I think the main reasons for our attendances are eight years in the Premier League and the 'administration years' with the genuine fear of losing the club but that surely can't go on forever.