Lost Points

Blundell Park has resembled a morgue for the last 5 years, both on and off the pitch, the few people to have watched it has been an advantage rather than the opposite

Quoted from Abdul19

Would we have conceded an extra goal in each away game?

Exactly!

With the exception of that little period when fans returned to a couple of games, this situation has worked both ways.  

You could argue that some clubs have made the most of the staff they've got in the ground to create an atmosphere and we haven't, but that's clutching at straws.

Granted we've thrown away a shed load of points, especially in the last two months.  But that's come from a lack of quality, a lack of fitness or a lack of concentration.  It hasn't come from a lack of fans in the ground.  The last time we were in this situation (09/10), Blundell Park was largely toxic.    As good as our fans can and have been, I bet they're a nightmare to play in front of when the chips are down.  You can say that for most clubs too I'm sure.  

How toxic would the atmosphere of been inside BP this season with all the goings on and off the pitch??

Quoted from Abdul19

Would we have conceded an extra goal in each away game?

What has away games got to do with a thread about home games?

Quoted from bedders78

Each team has the same story, but it is frustrating that we played 2 of our relegation rivals away in the brief period that fans were allowed in and we lost both.

What has this to do with a thread about home games?

Quoted from golfer

This thread proves boredom has set in

You may think so but it is current news about the lack of fans attending grounds and what fan power can
do.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56743252

Quoted from DB

What has away games got to do with a thread about home games?

They're the opposition's home game.

Quoted from Abdul19

They're the opposition's home game.

BOOM! and BOOM! again. Badda badda BOOM!

A few layers coasting with no fans in Payne classic example.

Quoted from pen penfras

Codswallop. Sheff Utd are bottom because they got found out and lost one of the best keepers in the league. It happens so frequently where a team gets promoted, has a great start to their first season, drops off at the end and then has a torrid time the next season.

We're bottom because we signed too many players rather than a small group of good players, had a manager that lost the plot, turmoil off the pitch and a new manager that came in and told all the players they were shite and then half of them are still better than what he signed. Fans wouldn't make a difference, and if you think being booed, insulted and groaned at for 90 minutes would be motivating for the players, which is invariably what happens at BP, then you are living in a fantasy world.

First and foremost I couldn't care too hoots about Sheff. Utd., but a few on here were singing the praises of Chris Wilder. So what he says, in his current comments on the BBC, just may be of interest as it refers to the effect fans have on home games.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56743252

Codswallop you say. Let's forget Holloway and think about the 9 home games a goal could have made a difference since the Cambridge game. Southend, Colchester, and Tranmere were all 0 - 0, Walsall and Cheltenham were both 1 - 1 draws. I think a crowd in at BP would have helped with a goal in at least 3 of those games if not all. Then we have the 3 defeats to Cambridge, Stevenage, and Orient which were all by an odd goal. A crowd would have made a difference in these games as well as salvaging a few points.

I'm not saying the performances are good their not, crap rubbish call them what you like but not good. Given that in these 9 games a crowd at BP would have made difference to the performance and some goals would have come. Not including Holloways lost points, 10 points in these 9 games would have put us above Colchester, which is a dam sight better than where we are now.

Finally, as if you say fans won't make a difference then there is no point in going is there! What sort of armchair supporter are you? It alright to comment on here and watch ifollow, if you do, but nothing can replace the atmosphere at BP. Regardless of your opinion we the fans do make a difference at BP, whether it's a happy or toxic atmosphere the home team knows; and so do the away teams.

We are where we are because of one person Fenty, and his overhaul extremely bad decisions over the years. I have never in all my posts detracted from that but FANS make a difference at home matches, ask Liverpool ( and I'm not referring to numbers) just the atmosphere.