BlueJoe Posted 15 December 2014 Posted 15 December 2014 Sigh... this again. If people want to leave let them bloody leave. It's not something I'd do, it's not something I understand especially when things are tight like Saturday, but what the hell does it matter. It doesn't... However there is a feed for our discruntlment so it'll be rude not to moan somewhere
wattolcfc Posted 15 December 2014 Posted 15 December 2014 I don't leave early but can see how leaving early is necessary for those who live further away. If we ever extend the stadium I believe that plans to build a tram to the stadium from the city Center would be a must, would help ease traffic too.
Mark_w Posted 15 December 2014 Posted 15 December 2014 The reason it bothers me is that football collective experience and not an individual one. Seeing people walk out (giving up on the team) drains the life out of the stadium. I think a Blackpool player said it was disheartening to see fans leave early when they were in the Premier League. It doesn't have to, it had the exact opposite affect during the Brighton game last year.
Harry - LCFC Posted 15 December 2014 Posted 15 December 2014 It doesn't have to, it had the exact opposite affect during the Brighton game last year. That is true. Circumstances may have had an effect that day and I'd of thought it'd be difficult to have that reaction every time it happens but yeah, you're right, it doesn't have to.
davieG Posted 15 December 2014 Posted 15 December 2014 I don't leave early but can see how leaving early is necessary for those who live further away. If we ever extend the stadium I believe that plans to build a tram to the stadium from the city Center would be a must, would help ease traffic too. Doesn't need to be a tram there's a railway line at the back of the Stadium on the underused Ivanhoe/New Forest/Burton line As of 2010 the line is very little used as its freight traffic has disappeared or goes by road.[citation needed] At the Leicester end of the line, Knighton North Junction has been dismantled and the former course of the line to the junction has been sold and turned into an industrial estate. The line's remaining connection with the Midland Main Line is Knighton South Junction, which faces southwards, away from Leicester railway station. Trains between Leicester and Burton-on-Trent would therefore have to reverse directions at the junction to use the line. Nevertheless, in the 1990s BR planned to restore passenger services to the Leicester to Burton upon Trent Line as the second phase of its Ivanhoe Line project. However, after theprivatisation of British Rail in 1995 this phase of the project was discontinued. In 2009 the Association of Train Operating Companies published a £49 million proposal to restore passenger services to the line that would include reopening stations at Kirby Muxloe, Bagworth and Ellistown, Coalville Town, Ashby de la Zouch, Moira and Gresley (for Swadlincote).[5] There is also some support in the Leicester area for the line to have new stations to serve Leicester City F.C.'s King Power Stadium and the suburb of Braunstone.
wattolcfc Posted 15 December 2014 Posted 15 December 2014 Doesn't need to be a tram there's a railway line at the back of the Stadium on the underused Ivanhoe/New Forest/Burton line Well researched Davie G! Even better, get that connected on match days and the whole city would run a lot smoother.
Larry_LCFC Posted 15 December 2014 Posted 15 December 2014 This is utter bull... I wait till the very end then have to walk through the 20,000 people leaving at the same time as me, to walk across the city... to climb in my car to sit in traffic for 30 minutes to get 4 miles... Yes public transport is bad but I'd guess that most of these people are off to the car park to pick up there car to get back early and nothing more. Yes and before people say it, there are going to be people leaving with 'genuine' reason but the rest are letting 'their' team down!!! Stop talking bollocks. This whole debate is utterly ridiculous. Nobody is "letting their team down" by leaving early. People have their own personal reasons to leave when they leave. If players are so badly affected by a minority leaving early, then they need to grow a pair quite frankly and focus on actually producing some decent football for the remaining majority. All this logic that staying makes you a better fan is utter nonsense. How about people mind their own business and worry about themselves instead of getting arsey about others. This topic is so trivial in the grand scheme of things.
BlueJoe Posted 15 December 2014 Posted 15 December 2014 Stop talking bollocks. This whole debate is utterly ridiculous. Nobody is "letting their team down" by leaving early. People have their own personal reasons to leave when they leave. If players are so badly affected by a minority leaving early, then they need to grow a pair quite frankly and focus on actually producing some decent football for the remaining majority. All this logic that staying makes you a better fan is utter nonsense. How about people mind their own business and worry about themselves instead of getting arsey about others. This topic is so trivial in the grand scheme of things. Do you really think that the atmosphere isn't effected by the amount of people leaving in the last ten minutes? We weren't talking one or two people against man city. If all of those people had stayed in their seats and started singing this can hardly be a bad thing. This isn't about the 'better fan' logic it's about acting like a fan and when we are 0-1 down haven't won in 11 and the team and trying to make something of the game those extra couple of hundred voices make a difference...
howlinmadmurfdoc Posted 15 December 2014 Posted 15 December 2014 Do you really think that the atmosphere isn't effected by the amount of people leaving in the last ten minutes? We weren't talking one or two people against man city. If all of those people had stayed in their seats and started singing this can hardly be a bad thing. This isn't about the 'better fan' logic it's about acting like a fan and when we are 0-1 down haven't won in 11 and the team and trying to make something of the game those extra couple of hundred voices make a difference... People pay £40 a go to be there, they can do what they like. That said though The only thing worse than people that leave early are the wankers that spend the last ten minutes whining about them.
Larry_LCFC Posted 15 December 2014 Posted 15 December 2014 Do you really think that the atmosphere isn't effected by the amount of people leaving in the last ten minutes? We weren't talking one or two people against man city. If all of those people had stayed in their seats and started singing this can hardly be a bad thing. This isn't about the 'better fan' logic it's about acting like a fan and when we are 0-1 down haven't won in 11 and the team and trying to make something of the game those extra couple of hundred voices make a difference... The KP is hardly a cauldron of noise whether 32,000 are in there or 25000. The reality is that the majority of the "hardcore" singing sections stay until the end from what I've seen anyway. That place could be deafening if 15,000 people all sang but the reality is, they don't. Therefore a couple of thousand leaving from a capacity crowd isn't going to make a massive difference to the non-atmosphere anyway.
BlueJoe Posted 15 December 2014 Posted 15 December 2014 People pay £40 a go to be there, they can do what they like. That said though The only thing worse than people that leave early are the wankers that spend the last ten minutes whining about them. I don't like the chanting against them I find it very distracting from the team and actually makes the whole argument completely futile!
Manwell Pablo Posted 15 December 2014 Posted 15 December 2014 That five minutes could be the difference between waiting an hour for the next mode of public transport. Yeah, slightly annoying getting judged for it sometimes, mid week games if I don't go 5-10 minutes early I can't even get all the way home, need to pay £10 for a taxi.
Leeds Fox Posted 15 December 2014 Posted 15 December 2014 Why do people start pointless threads? Surely you have better things to do than worry about what other people are doing, especially in regards to something so unimportant?
C-man Posted 15 December 2014 Posted 15 December 2014 I don't care if people want to leave early but I fvcking despise the 'loyal supporters' chant that goes up when they do. And for that reason I wish they'd stay until the end
Charl91 Posted 15 December 2014 Posted 15 December 2014 Do you really think that the atmosphere isn't effected by the amount of people leaving in the last ten minutes? We weren't talking one or two people against man city. If all of those people had stayed in their seats and started singing this can hardly be a bad thing. This isn't about the 'better fan' logic it's about acting like a fan and when we are 0-1 down haven't won in 11 and the team and trying to make something of the game those extra couple of hundred voices make a difference... With how much the ticket prices are, people are entitled to leave early if they wish to. They don't "owe" the team anything.
LCFC Rennie Posted 15 December 2014 Posted 15 December 2014 It does get on my nerves, however I can understand it in some circumstances.
Danno Posted 15 December 2014 Posted 15 December 2014 Imagine actually caring if people leave early or not. Freaks.
Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot Posted 15 December 2014 Posted 15 December 2014 There was a season 5 or 6 years ago when I HAD to leave with 10 minutes to go or I faced getting sacked. Twice I turned up half an hour late to work because of being at the football, always said was traffic etc but couldn't say I wasn't at the football because I booked the Saturday afternoons off to go to the football which didn't exactly go down well in the first place, was told in no uncertain terms turn up on time or find another job. Eventually I did find another job (for other reasons as well as not wanting to miss the football) but I wasn't going to go unemployed for the sake of 10 minutes football, often got abuse and/or dodgy looks as I left, **** 'em, some people have more important things going on, I paid my money, I supported the team, I'd also a young family to support, we can't all work 9-5's during the week and get pissed and abusive at the football to look cool.
MC Prussian Posted 15 December 2014 Posted 15 December 2014 If traffic or public transportation were up to standard just like in other Western European countries or major European cities, this question would never be raised. Or certainly not to the extent of today.
youglan Posted 15 December 2014 Posted 15 December 2014 the ticket price will go down when we in the championship that will be by march so ticket price will go down
oxford blue Posted 15 December 2014 Posted 15 December 2014 I can understand if people leave shortly before the end of a game, but not before the end of the first half (presumably to save queuing for pie/pint). That is pointless.
MikeyT Posted 15 December 2014 Posted 15 December 2014 Are you sat just behind me Mike? There's a woman and her fella do exactly the same where we sit. I'm in row JJ seat 110 of SK3. Where are you?
Jace Posted 15 December 2014 Posted 15 December 2014 These fans are so plastic I would never turn the stream or Sky Sports off 5 minutes before the end of the match
foz.foz Posted 15 December 2014 Posted 15 December 2014 These fans are so plastic I would never turn the stream or Sky Sports off 5 minutes before the end of the match They'd have no reason to if they were home watching it
Katy Posted 19 December 2014 Posted 19 December 2014 Meh. If it's a mid-week game I do leave my seat a couple of minutes before the end of the game to watch the rest in the concourse, so I can peg it at the final whistle. Luckily, there aren't many home mid-week games this season. I don't hang about on the stairs though, as that's just annoying and it happens where I sit EVERY FRIGGING GAME. I don't live in Leicestershire so the difference between getting home at just before 11 and half 11 is a big one for me, especially when I have to get up early for work the next day (need my beauty sleep and that). Never missed a late goal doing it this way, but I didn't realise you had to say in your seat until the final whistle to determine whether you're a 'proper' fan or not. Hello, by the way, I realise I haven't posted on here for about 10 years.
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