so lacklustre wrote:So Chelsea scrape win and have 13,000 empty seats. Are the chelscums getting bored with winning? or just the boring footie? Or is it that they feel ripped off (cheapest tickets were £35)?
I think it's a combination of things. First and foremost - ticket prices. I know a number of season ticket holders who decided that it was not worth what CFC were asking to see Chelsea play Anderlecht on a Tuesday night. I hate to say it, but I also think that we have not been brilliant so far this season, so that's keeping some fans away as well. As I understand it, Arse includes 6 ties - Euro, FA Cup or Carling Cup - in its season ticket package. Chelsea does not. If you're a Chelsea season ticket holder and you want to see CL matches, you pay extra. Add that to the already exorbitant prices at The Bridge and you can understand why attendance is down. Hopefully last night's poor attendance will make Kenyon, Buck et. al. do something about the ticket situation. But I doubt it.
What you and other clubs' supporters need to be concerned about is that, even with our poor form, we've won six matches without conceding a single goal. We didn't start brilliantly last season and still strolled away with the trophy, and I expect the same thing to happen this time around, especially if Arsenal fail to solve their defensive problems and don't find a striker suitable to step in for the often-injured Henry.
Chelsea are not the only club with attendance problems. The PL gates are down in general. It's not a problem for Arse at their little shoebox, but wait until they move into their massive new stadium. It will not be full for FC Thun I wager (assuming you're still playing European football) - and it may not even be full for PL matches if you continue sliding down the table.
BTW so lack, that was a really world-beating performance by your boys against the mighty Thun Army this evening. Only a lucky last minute goal saving you from a very embarrassing result. That's the kind of entertainment we need more of at The Bridge - nasty fouls, players being sent off, comedy goalkeeping.
As for Rooney, what a moron. Sublime player with very little between the ears.