If it was up to me I would:
1 Ditch Platinum.
2 Dock 10 points for home SC non attenders.
3 Offer 50 points for home Euro & Cup games that look unlikely to sell out.
4 Offer 50 points for unpopular aways like Newcastle.
Something else worth doing would be give increased points for hard to fill games
Utd at home gets 10
Burton st home gets 100
That would fill the stadium and stop people ( the press ) going on about empty seats
My biggest issue with points is the people who buy to retain points and don't go . I am not sure how that can be stopped though
The club offering priority final tickets to members who went to the Burton game was a step in the right direction
Can't see it. Those guys are so head of the game points wise it won't register. Just a suggestion for giving those below a kick up.As the majority of the higher points holders go to most of the games anyway, won't this just have the effect of them definitely buying the tickets for the unpopular away's too? As soon as you restrict the supply of something (points) then you immediately put a premium on them; basic economics.
Loyalty points should be earned on attending aways. However, Loyalty points should be deducted for SC holders who cannot be arsed going to home games because of the game being on TV, shit weather, or anymore shit excuses. If you can't go, flog your ticket or even give it away like I do. Otherwise points deducted.
Why did a Leeds fan have the ticket in the first place?
I was walking around a Council Estate in Leeds on Friday night in a sweatshirt in the middle of a blizzard. Some of you will know Smiler whose been following Leeds home and away since the early 70s. He was having to miss Huddersfield game with having the flu bad but he wanted to make sure his ticket was used. I passed it on to another lifelong Blue who had just missed out on the points. This might outrage some points zealots
All credit to the minority of Blues that gave the Lads loads of support.!The fact that this was a minority highlights the problem.
Not if you’re not on the cup scheme you’re notNice try, but everyone who wants to go is pretty much guaranteed a Carabao Final ticket anyway.....
Loads on here talking about tickets were available for Cardiff, Newcastle, Lyon etc but surely you can't have a go at 16-25 year olds not going to Lyon away, mid week.
I never come close on 9/10 away criterias but the truth is I can't afford to go to both Wembley and Newcastle at the same time some need to realise and not think that this game being on GS means that people who can't/don't go away are just moaning.
I think Ballots should be held for away games (not all of em) and maybe 200-500 tickets out of a 3000 allocation allowing those lower down to get a chance to pull themselves up cos be honest, no ones catching the 20,000 pointers for at least another 10 years.