I am excited by the Hallett era and as has been said 'there is more to buy into' and 'this isn't the same old Argo'. Our attendances have been on the up for several seasons and I think initially we could be selling out the ground in the Championship ...but there could be 2 checks on that, first being the possibility of £30 and more a ticket, and the second would be the likelyhood of poor form relative to that division. I mean unless there is an upheaval in footie finances ( see below ) we will struggle to fund a Championship squad. So I would guess big initial demand for tickets but not sustained...sound familiar ?
At the same time I have some additional concerns...first off we have assembled a top quality backroom organistation and have had no choice but to recruit, and recruit quality on the playing side, and yet here we are with our main income stream decimated. If things dont turn around we definately will trip over the lack of money problem eventually. Also if people lose the habit of attending, move on to other things in their spare time?
On top of this It is quite possible we will see the mother of all global recessions arrive within the next 18 months ( the seeds were sown long before Covid ) and consequently attendances around the country will plummet, including Argyle's of course.
I hope history records we got a vaccine, grew a team of super kids and blasted our way up the pyramid with Home Park packed to the rafters,but I fear the head winds to those big gates remain considerable.