Sorry about those last two posts. Before "London" Alty started again, I was going to say that those heady days when half of us thought the season would start on time seem a long way off now. From 1000 Middlesbrough fans roaring their team on, to this, in just three days! Before today's bombshell announcement, I was going to quote the nlp story that npl crowds might go back to fifteen per cent of minimum capacity for the step (as our old friend Mark Harris said, we are on a knife edge) and extrapolate this to a similar position for the nl, which would mean a capacity of about 600 as I understand it, which could possibly have been less than season ticket sales. Of course 600 would not be much better than playing behind closed doors for the likes of Notts County (and not brilliant for us) but technically be a return of fans as per the nl's previous statement, but I guess that is a moot point now.
Whilst there is talk of no return of fans til March or beyond, technically this is just a pause as I understand, and so I assume the nl might consider it worth their while starting the season with ppv to at least gauge whether this is viable, especially if they are given to understand that there is still a possibility of a return of fans this side of Christmas. At any rate, it seems that any start of the nl, at least in the next month or two will have to be ppv only. If it could work, after a fashion, for the playoffs, one would hope that something could be arranged for the regular season - though whether people will still be willing or able to spend the money in sufficient numbers with the way things are going to allow all nl teams to survive whatever passes for the season is another matter!
And as a final point, I think it might be a good thing if we could all lighten up a bit, after all, we have just got promoted, the stayaways have got their wish, the future is looking bright, and together we can make it a successful one, and we can do it for Ecky, who would have put up with worse than me for the good of the club!