Quote ="knockersbumpMKII"As mentioned by BombedOut, the massive disappointment and the way we played over the last two seasons almost getting relegated after a cup final season have driven folk to making other life choices and to what they spend their money and time on.
For someone to label others as not "proper Hull FC fans" or "fickle fans" for making a personal choice is ludicrous and pompous especially given the carp served up especially under Agar and latterly Radford.
And yes attendances were still high under Agar but that showed how loyal those fans you now label as "not proper fans" were.
Poop on the field, no success (again), false promises by new owner and importantly undermining a level of improvement with yet again an unproven cheap option has proven to be very, very costly.
Will some fans come back, of course...if we continue in this vein, will we get back to regular 13/14k home gates, no, it'll take at least a season or two of success or at the very least really competing and playing good rugby.
One point to make, scientific studies show that playing at home is no real advantage, in fact can be detrimental due to expectation of fans and pressures that can put on players. It isn't proven that cheering home crowds motivate players/professional sportspeople any more than they would normally display in front of empty terraces.
Not that cheering when we are winning/making a comeback is bad for the fans scientifically at least there's evidence to support it makes little difference to increase performance.'"
When labelling not proper fans, I meant the fans that always see the bad never positives, we all know some of them. Never give credit but always quick to criticise, the ones who have a bee in the bonet about radford no matter how well we perform. We all no many of these. If fans can't come because of lifestyle choices or lack of income then that is unfair to criticise them, I'v been their when made redundant I had to say no to a pass as hard as it was. Their will always be the hardcore 10,000 your right, that stick with the club through thick and thin, it's the others we need to attract and winning games does that to an extent but then their still radFord in charge and some fans no matter what can't accept him, I like radford and his passion and I think he's doing a great job at present and I just wish everyone could get on board and support the team as a whole. The boys definitely need it
