We've only got ourselves to blame for our dwindling attendances

[Colossal Squid]

And this cretin is PAID for his views??

Surely anyone, even without the slightest bit of football knowledge, could work out that AS A BUSINESS it makes sense for the club to offer the facility to buy tickets to as many people as possible, as often as possible. There is nothing to be gained from shutting up shop, this is a restriction placed upon us, and hardly a secret.

I'd love to know if the guy on the phone actually said it was against club policy, or did in fact point out that it simply wasn't possible.

What a total bell end

 

[Djmiles]

How ignorant can you get? What an arse.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Someone email him and set him straight on his errors. I'm sure the facility to do so is there?

 

[tgretton87]

Ian Winward. I shall be writing to the Mirror to demand an apology what a wanker.

 

[tgretton87]

Complain to this email about his poor Journalism

mailbox@mirror.co.uk

 

[guster]

A chant for sun perhaps

"Where's our famous empty seats?"

 

[brighton_tom]

seriously cant believe he gets paid to write that nonsense!

dwindling attendance? i think you'll find we've sold out pretty much every home game.

and i'd hardly call mid table a season that is rapidly plummeting..

it reads like a bitter man throwing his toys out thet pram because he couldnt get a ticket for the game! maybe if he was a bit more organised and tried ringing his own clubs ticket office he'd have a better chance.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I'm not bothered about his ignorance of our situation, but it makes you wonder how many times he has, as an 'ardent' Barnsley fan, actually gone to any of his team's matches recently.

 

[seagullondon]

In his little picture he looks like a total bellend

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Our attendances are actually up by about 250% and again, another stat sorry, we sit top in all of England and probably Europe on that particular growth.

 

[kip]

I had to sign up and say something, what a twonker. I'm in the south stand tomorrow if we had pay on the gate it would just be half empty

 

[Hercules Rockerfeller]

Fair play to everyone who has commented on the article. There really is nothing more to say, you've made a, so called, qualified journalist look like an ill-informed mug - Marvellous!

 

[Gwm]

I googled his name and the word Barnsley and there are other articles where he just moans. You guys have got it right. The bellend hasn't got himself organised and now hasn't got a ticket so is using his column to sound off.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

a sentence in a newspaper should really be between 15 and 25 words.......I learnt that in my first week of training

his 2nd sentence is 11 words and his 3rd sentence is over 40 words long

he also opened the whole article with a lower case letter


did this article go to print or was it just online? I genuinely can't believe it got past the editing process (not to mention the complete lack of ANY research)

 

[R. Slicker]

Nope - we are not allowed to.

Liked the HB&B reference

I thought it was an unnecessary cheap shot.

 

[Lady Gull]

Sounds like sour grapes as he could not get a ticket - idiot - we don't want his type in our glorious Amex - he can sod off

 

[HantsSeagull]

I know this doesn't contribute much to the thread but I just had to say 'what a wanker'

 

[pasty]

Which ever one of you lot registered as "bhafan" and made the comment below, all I can say is

Made me laugh out loud

What a complete CJTC

 

[Bozza]

In his defence, he is a music journo (so he says)...

 

[Bwian]

He's from Yarkshire-don't be so shocked that he's ill-informed and mouthy.