Sheffield Wednesday fan view

[StefanAVFC]

Hi guys,

I'm thinking of doing a fan view for this season. The Championship is a new experience for most of us so there's plenty of new groups of fans to hear from. It'll most likely be a collection of questions (around 8) that will be posted on the forum of the team we're going up against. Obviously our first match is coming soon so I want to get it set up for Sunday.

I'm posting to get a few ideas of some questions. It'll most likely be 5/6 generic ones then 2 specific to the team we're up against.

So guys, please suggest some questions that I could put on Owlstalk.

Thanks!

[villa4europe]

well one of them has to be about ticket prices...on the assumption that a section of the home fans are being charged the same amount id like to know what they think about their ticket prices and how its impacting them

being half decent last season they've sold circa 20k season tickets which is good going, 3 stands are more expensive than our most expensive season ticket in the prem last season, 1 of them is >£100 more

forget us moaning about being charged £42 for a minute, how much moaning are they doing?

and i want to know their opinion on the new badge...

[LancsVillan]

Have they forgiven us for Big Ron yet?

Obvious ones like:

Who is going to cause us most issues?

Where should we all be heading for a drink, yeah all 4.5k of us ?

Were you happy to see one of the 'bigger' PL clubs coming down with the barcodes and thus making it an even more difficult league to get out of?

 

[Demitri_C]

Also ask what their impression is of Aston Villa as a club

[Chewie]

I like this idea, and would like to see a standard question of what the opposing fans feel the scoreline will be.

[Zatman]

8 hours ago, Demitri_C said:

Also ask what their impression is of Aston Villa as a club

I dont think thats a good question for an internet forum. sounds like type of thing Liverpool fans ask in hope that they are loved

i could imagine uproar and tantrums on here if fans of somebody like Barnsley or Brentford said they hated our club  

[Newry_Villan]

I noticed this thread and then went and had a snoop on an Owls forum.  Majority of their posters in their match thread reckon they will do us by at least 2 or 3 goals.  One poster saying if they score early on it could be a blitz.  I hope to McGrath that RDM sorts our players fragile mentality out, we've seen it many times last season.  If the opposition scores our heads drop and we bend over for them...you know what usually happened after that.

[Gary Thomas]

6 minutes ago, Newry_Villan said:

I noticed this thread and then went and had a snoop on an Owls forum.  Majority of their posters in their match thread reckon they will do us by at least 2 or 3 goals.  One poster saying if they score early on it could be a blitz.  I hope to McGrath that RDM sorts our players fragile mentality out, we've seen it many times last season.  If the opposition scores our heads drop and we bend over for them...you know what usually happened after that.

They sound over confident to me (which might work in our favour) - I actually think we will do them, but will be  tight game.

Our mentality will improve as we win games - there is only so much talking can do, they have to do it and then they will start to belive.

[limpid]

I'm almost certainly going to get asked to provide replies to similar sets of questions. As I don't speak on behalf of the community I'll post these as threads in the relevant match forum.

If a site comes back to you asking you to reciprocate, please do the same.

[StefanAVFC]

2 hours ago, limpid said:

I'm almost certainly going to get asked to provide replies to similar sets of questions. As I don't speak on behalf of the community I'll post these as threads in the relevant match forum.

If a site comes back to you asking you to reciprocate, please do the same.

Will do

[Kingman]

A, Pubs 

B, Clubs 

C, Err... well don't need a C because A&B are so great 

[NeilS]

15 hours ago, Newry_Villan said:

I noticed this thread and then went and had a snoop on an Owls forum.  Majority of their posters in their match thread reckon they will do us by at least 2 or 3 goals.  One poster saying if they score early on it could be a blitz.  I hope to McGrath that RDM sorts our players fragile mentality out, we've seen it many times last season.  If the opposition scores our heads drop and we bend over for them...you know what usually happened after that.

I did the same as you, and had a little read up yesterday. I think only a small minority thought it might be a draw or a narrow victory. I can understand their confidence though, as they finished the season strongly and the less said about our finish the better really. To be fair as well, on Monday we were pretty depsondant on here about our chances as well. Signing McCormack has lifted our hopes, but we still have a lot of improvements required to make to our squad. Hopefully we can prove them and us wrong, and get a positive result. I would love a victory, but would happily take a point if we could get it.

[StefanAVFC]

So I applied to be a member of their site 3 days ago and they still haven't approved it, so this may be on hold for this week.

[dont_do_it_doug.]

Weird that they should be so over confident. I know we were terrible last season, but you'd still think the natural pessimist in your average football fan would kick in and they would be a bit more cautious, especially as we've a few new players, new manager and it's an entirely new season. 

Oh well. 

[BOF]

49 minutes ago, dont_do_it_doug. said:

Weird that they should be so over confident. I know we were terrible last season, but you'd still think the natural pessimist in your average football fan would kick in and they would be a bit more cautious, especially as we've a few new players, new manager and it's an entirely new season. 

Owl.

[BOF]

You looking for generic questions or Sheff Wed specific ones Stef?  Pending forum approval notwithstanding

 

[StefanAVFC]

39 minutes ago, BOF said:

You looking for generic questions or Sheff Wed specific ones Stef?  Pending forum approval notwithstanding

 

Both!

[WAWAW]

On 3 August 2016 at 13:52, villa4europe said:

well one of them has to be about ticket prices...on the assumption that a section of the home fans are being charged the same amount id like to know what they think about their ticket prices and how its impacting them

being half decent last season they've sold circa 20k season tickets which is good going, 3 stands are more expensive than our most expensive season ticket in the prem last season, 1 of them is >£100 more

forget us moaning about being charged £42 for a minute, how much moaning are they doing?

and i want to know their opinion on the new badge...

The ticket prices are generally unpopular.

Last season our average attendance was only 21,000 which taking into account our performances was low. We'd have expected 24-25,000.

However, it does seem to have made people realise that if they want to go at a reasonable price they need a season ticket. 20,000 season tickets is good and even they are one of the most expensive in the division.

The ticket prices for Sunday are ridiculous really.  Especially as it is on Sky. Villa fans are understandably unhappy about £42 but that is also the cheapest ticket for Wednesday fans. £42 on the kop, £45 on the North, £49 on the South.

It looks like there will be 30,000+ which for a Sky match with those prices is a reasonable effort. The disappointment is reasonable prices would have produced a sell out no problem.

Personally, I see these prices as a consequence of parachute payments and FFP.  No offence intended but parachute payments were not designed so that a relegated club can spend £12million on a striker.  They have created an uneven playing field and FFP further compounds it. Therefore, to spend money to compete whilst complying with FFP, high ticket prices seem like the only option for the clubs with no parachute payments.

Whilst it is not good for visiting fans, Wednesday fans bear the brunt as we have them every week.  Therefore, whilst understanding the sentiment when fans say they should charge Wednesday fans the same in the return match, it seems awfully unfair on us.

As for the badge, I loved our badge. I might be biased but I thought it was one of the most widely recognised badges by other clubs.

Dont even get me started on the removal of stripes from the home shirt.

[WAWAW]

On 3 August 2016 at 14:04, LancsVillan said:

Have they forgiven us for Big Ron yet?

Obvious ones like:

Who is going to cause us most issues?

Where should we all be heading for a drink, yeah all 4.5k of us ?

Were you happy to see one of the 'bigger' PL clubs coming down with the barcodes and thus making it an even more difficult league to get out of?

 

I like Villa. A bit like Everton, Man City, Leeds, Forest, Sunderland and Wednesday I see you as a 'proper club'. But I don't think I'll ever forgive you for Big Ron.  The season before he left we got promoted and beat Man Utd in the League Cup final. The season after he left we came 3rd in the top division and the season after that we lost to Arsenal in both cup finals.  Obviously, we'll never really know, but in my mind, if he stayed we would've won the league title and the following season beat Arsenal both times.

For a drink, it depends what you are wanting and how you are travelling up. The Sheffield Tap is right next to (actually in it) the train station. If you like your real ale start there and then go around Kelham Island which has a load of real ale pubs to choose from. Then make your final pint The New Barrack Tavern on Penistone Road about a 10 minute walk from the ground. As long as you are well behaved away fans are fine in there. Sheffield really is the best city for real ale drinkers.

In general you should avoid Hillsborough corner, you are likely to run into our idiots and the bouncers probably won't let you in those pubs anyway.

For those not bothered about the real ale head for West Street and Division street (parallel to each other). Two big universities keep these pubs very busy most of the time and even on a Sunday you'll get a decent crowd. If any of you are stopping Saturday night it will be packed, although the Universities are shut at the moment so it won't be as busy as other times in the year.

With that in mind, those of you that are stopping Saturday night might prefer it down Ecclesall Road which is busy every Friday and Saturday night.

With regard to the relegated clubs, I think most of us didn't want to see Norwich come down. They are set up for going back up and it is a certainty that they will be there or thereabouts.  Of the other clubs I didn't want a Sunderland to come down because I thought Allardyce would stay and definitely get them back up. I thought you and Newcastle would be in disarray but then Newcastle unexpectedly kept Benitez and you got taken over which now makes the division look extremely tough.

You haven't been down here for a long time and I think some of you might be surprised at how difficult it is. 46 matches is a long slog and if some of your players don't fancy an away trip on a cold Tuesday night at one of the lesser clubs you soon get found out.

That said, I'll be surprised if the three promoted clubs don't come from Newcastle, Norwich, Villa, Brighton, Derby and Wednesday.

[WAWAW]

Oh and I missed who will cause you most issues. We have a good team, Forestieri is the talisman and will either play as a number 10 or from the left wing. If he plays well, Wednesday play well.

Hooper and Fletcher are a good Championship pairing. We have signed Abdi from Watford who was their main man when they got promoted. Keiran Lee is the midfield engine and Barry Bannan the playmaker. Most Villa fans don't seem to rate him but he was excellent for us last season.

Villa and Watford fans tell me that Bannan and Forestieri are lazy. Carvahal must therefore have something because last season they are two of the hardest working players I have ever seen in a Wednesday shirt, their work rate was phenomenal.