Plenty of positives to take from yesterday's game: Cabango, Cooper and Grimes reminded us what they are capable of, Franco outstanding again, Ronald and Eom showing real potential. Of course we should be aspiring to finish in the top 6 - that should be the minimum goal for most clubs in this division - but no one is seriously saying we are contenders for that as things stand. Not even the manager. In fact there are far more people predicting we'll be in the bottom six come the end of the season. So on that basis, Saturday was a good day for us - we did not perform like relegation contenders, and we were playing a team that is certain to be top 10, if not top 6, come the end of the season. Plus it was a very enjoyable game, and we haven't had many of those in recent years.
On Skippyjack's point about losing 5,000 supporters, I have argued previously that we can learn a lot from Norwich. They expanded their ground and encouraged young supporters to attend games and get in the habit of attending matches week in, week out, and now they fill their stadium even when they on the TV. And the extra income they get as enabled them to become an established EPL yo-yo club. The Liberty has had far too many fairweather season ticket-holders since day one, who only attended matches against 'big' clubs even in the Premier League. We need to work harder to engage the next generation, and keep them coming.
