And you have to ask yourself why? If we had owners who invested in the long term and the product on the pitch was good. Fans would go. We get neither so there's your answer
Have you forgot we played a year at sixfields? That was literally the final straw for many fans. Yes we had the homecoming with the gills game but take that away the fan numbers have dwindled. Many years back it was said we'd always have hardcore of 9k to 10k that hardcore now is down to 6k and falling game by game.
Reputations are worthless, it is performances that count. Too many happy with just enough, not enough leaders, people who can take a game by the scruff of the neck and boss it.