Oh how I agree with you! I always ask for a front row seat for the away matches but it doesn't make a bit of difference really because most people stand. That wouldn't be so bad if they didn't also bring their friends along as well so that you end up with 3 and 4 for one 'seat'.
If I can't get a front row I ask for an aisle seat so that I can at least see some of the pitch. That also doesn't always work but mostly fans are helpful if they see I can't stand.
However I don't blame our club, I blame the host clubs who have stewards who don't insist on it for the first few rows at least. The only place this season where I have seen and heard stewards making people sit down was at Newport County. They were great, and our fans were great as well.
Sunday was almost the worst experience I have had in all my years of travelling to away grounds. Don't even get me started on the selfish drunken behaviour of some of our fans there and the turn a blind eye stewards from Burnley. (Not just for me but for others as well!)