As many have already said within this thread the football when we play it on the deck is the best we have played since our return to the League, the only time we come unstuck is against physical sides Bournemouth & Dagenham which spring to mind recently where we end up back to route one.
The cup runs are great and are a great revenue stream for the Club as money is straight in either via the turnstile or money for progressing and are more likely particulary the more high profile to either attract larger away following or encourage the neutrals on. The flip side could be focus could drift away from the league particulary if the Arch becomes more visible and the more games with the smaller squad could lead to more injuries suspensions etc.
I think in an adverse way having the embargo may just have helped with having a smaller squad there is less inclination to chop & change things and leads to a squad that knows it strong points and also it's weaker points and probably leads to a more focussed squad.
As for attracting crowds back to the Crown well things like specific groups being targetted, schools could be more focused on with giving away a selection of free tickets to kids so long as they are accompanied by a paying Adult (I know that already exsists with the ASFC Redz scheme) but maybe a focus on each individual school in the borough?
An odd match could be offered up as reduced admission to Season Ticket holders from other Clubs to encourage more walk on's?
More use of the media maybe we burnt our chips there with the SOS Scheme but having seen Rovers "Taking back Ewood" and Burnley's "Dare to Dream" used over the past twelve months and what it has achieved for both Clubs maybe a full on clever marketing campaign could work or just stick with the steady progress that is already being made by the Club?
One thing for sure is how nice is it to look at the League Table on the run up to the New Year thinking we still have a Club and in more way's than one things are definately on the up