[St Charles Owl]

What is really apparent from DC is that he seems to genuinely care about what the supporters think and want. Sure he is going to run the club as a business as best he can and make some decisions on his own with no recourse, but he is prepared to listen to other views. Ticket pricing is still an issue but for me its got little to do with price. MM ran plenty of 10 quid offers and kids for free etc yet it really didn't make a ton of difference to the crowd. Our average this season is only just below last season, disappointing and the prices have put some off, but being served the best part of 15 years of dross has taken its toll on our match attending fan base. This will take time to build back up again but the reality for me is that the size of the crowd comes down to one major factor, the quality of the opposition. When we are back in the Prem, the crowds will go up, and to a degree it will be irrespective of the prices charged.

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It just goes to show, Dave Richards and co. What a complete set of turds..

I'll stick my tin hat on for this comment, but I think what we are seeing now is the effect of having an owner that has real money rather than him necessarily being a better chairman than the previous ones.  He can take care of multiple things at once without worrying so much about the finances, previous chairmen, including MM, couldn't do that.  That is not to excuse any of them for the mistakes they made but money does give us different capabilities that really didn't exist back then.