A low mood does exist. Your comments have proved that. I dont know why it exists though. Its obvious that the attendances have dropped due to whats happened in the last year and some of the performances this season. But if fans have stopped going due to those reasons then thats fine cos i dont consider them true supporters. As ive said, being a supporter is all about following your team through thick and thin. I understand people cant make every game( including me!) but there has been an alarming fall in the home attendances. I really thought that all those years in the spl, we would have been able to build up a large following but it looks like we are gradually dropping down to our hardcore of about 1500.
My point was aimed at our away support though. We have always had a decent sized faithful crowd going down to games and all im saying is that its a bit worrying when those numbers start to drop which they have done recently. Could we not expect a slighty higher percentage to go along?
So what would be your solution to your low mood? What are these changes that need to be made that you talk about?
CTID, I've got a lot of sympathy with your frustration and I don't think you intended to belittle anyone with your op, but I've got to disagree with your point above. I've been a fairly regular 'away' supporter for the past 12 years or so and have been to the vast majority of our away games in the last three seasons, and before this season our away support often numbered around the same as attended on Saturday (witness the "Smallest away support ever?" thread that some St Mirren-supporting tube posted on P&B last season). I've been pretty impressed with how many have turned out for away games this season: a lot of supporters seemed to buy into the "bounce straight back" scenario and seemed determined to back the team to do this. It's understandable if a combination of post-Christmas poverty and a more realistic view of our chances of promotion are now starting to erode the numbers travelling. And that's if; as a few people have pointed out already, Airdrie has rarely been a venue our supporters have travelled to in numbers. Historically, ICT supporters have always picked and chosen their away games carefully: the more fair-minded supporters of other teams recognise that this is because our fans and County fans have to cover a lot more miles than the other sets of fans in the league. The drop is home support is definitely more worrying, because that is a far more likely indicator of a general disillusionment among supporters.
Anyway, keep the faith and make sure you do keep coming to the away games whenever you can - we don't want a repeat of the 18 we had at Ayr one time...
It was 17 and it was Berwick - just beating the 21 at Dumfries - but both away in midweek. It has always been more fun away from home :huh: Oh and we still feckin outsung the cnuts both times.