Hmm - agreed that most of our online supporters don't pay to attend games - one big reason being that most of them (well, us) tend to be from overseas and physically can't attend games.
However, wouldn't say they're not paying fans, per se. I'd wager many of us have One Hotspur memberships and buy a lot of Spurs merch, and a lot of us also show up at our official supporters' clubs. Not counting the obvious contributions through TV licenses, although that's aggregated, obviously.
The bunch of lovelies I heard on the walk to the Tube after the Chelsea game were actually moaning about that very thing - complaining about 'slopes' comin' over 'ere, buying our gear and saying the club had forgotten long-suffering c*nts like them. Racism aside, the truth is that's an income stream that will be larger than the matchday attendances in time, and so the club are naturally pivoting to them.
I'd definitely agree that support for Levy has decreased, and support for Mourinho has increased. I wish we had a more regularized way of knowing outside of forum polls.
Mmm. Agreed that matchday fans are probably more supportive of Levy - I wonder how much of that is down to being in the new stadium on a regular basis, design of which was 400% down to Levy?
I can see why you'd be more fond of the bloke if you visit the new gaff regularly - I've only been once, but it was an experience I won't forget as long as I live, even if we did lose pretty miserably.