CL stand closures v BMG and Celtic

[CTID1988]

Theyll shift everyone then magically open up the stand and sell the seats guaranteed

 

[cleavers]

What really is going on?

They are maximising the crowd for the TV audience, making sure the most obvious seats are full, and whilst doing that ensuring they have somewhere to put away fans who end up in the home sections.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Right.

We sold 40,000 in the play off 2nd leg, which was a dead rubber game.

Yet City don't think we'll sell out for a match against Celtic, along with the good priced bundle.

Who wants to see a dead rubber match against a team of Scottish postmen and taxi-drivers.

 

[Gingers Dad]

I think the real debate here is why is our support so shit. I know I'll get a reply from someone who travels 600 miles to every home game and has to take 2 days off work before I say this. But at the price they've set the tickets at for these matches I can't believe any season ticket holder wouldn't go to these matches.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

I think the real debate here is why is our support so shit. I know I'll get a reply from someone who travels 600 miles to every home game and has to take 2 days off work before I say this. But at the price they've set the tickets at for these matches I can't believe any season ticket holder wouldn't go to these matches.

I can. Its not always just about price although this will be the reason for some. Work is a reason, kids being at school the next day another, distance, traffic, no beer etc etc... The three game deal is good but for someone who pays £299 for 19 games this may be too much.

I made three of the six last year despite being in the scheme. Two were due to work and one holiday. I will pick and choose this year and just pay as and when rather than waste money like last year. The three games I saw last year, including the non event against Kiev cost me over £200. I ended up giving my ticket away for one and had no takers for the other two even though I didn't want any money for them.

People who have stopped going because of price who could probably afford the £15 have got used to not going. Once you break a habit its not something you always want to rush back to. To be honest I can take it or leave it. I hate evening kick offs in midweek when been working all day so wouldn't be overly bothered if I didn't go to any.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

I think the real debate here is why is our support so shit. I know I'll get a reply from someone who travels 600 miles to every home game and has to take 2 days off work before I say this. But at the price they've set the tickets at for these matches I can't believe any season ticket holder wouldn't go to these matches.

who says it isn't going to sell out ? the games not for a while yet, more than likely it will be a sell out at those prices

 

[law74]

They are maximising the crowd for the TV audience, making sure the most obvious seats are full, and whilst doing that ensuring they have somewhere to put away fans who end up in the home sections.

That's my reading of it as well, they know Celtic & BMG fans will get hold of tickets in the home areas & can now direct them to SS3 lessening the potential for trouble

 

[SWP's back]

I think the real debate here is why is our support so shit. I know I'll get a reply from someone who travels 600 miles to every home game and has to take 2 days off work before I say this. But at the price they've set the tickets at for these matches I can't believe any season ticket holder wouldn't go to these matches.

Then why say it's shit of you belive the game will sell out?

 

[M18CTID]

I think the real debate here is why is our support so shit. I know I'll get a reply from someone who travels 600 miles to every home game and has to take 2 days off work before I say this. But at the price they've set the tickets at for these matches I can't believe any season ticket holder wouldn't go to these matches.

40-odd thousand season ticket holders. The cup scheme is voluntary so some fans pick and choose their games. Some of the most loyal fans I've known down the years don't always bother with CL games. Take the 2 mates I sit with - 2 of us have been ST holders since 1990 and 1 since the late 80's save for a 12 month ban he got a couple of seasons back. One of them hardly ever does CL games due to the extra cost whilst the other attends a fair few but isn't on the cup scheme these days so picks and chooses his CL matches. There will be numerous other examples of fans like the two I've mentioned but it would be unfair to label them as "shit" fans because they've put more than enough time and effort into following the club and often at far less glamorous fixtures than CL group games. It's worth noting that if United's CL cup scheme wasn't compulsory then tens of thousands of their ST holders wouldn't bother attending CL games either. Simply put, when you've played numerous games in the competition the kudos of being in it begins to wear off, and drawing the same teams almost every year doesn't help either.

 

[Gingers Dad]

I can. Its not always just about price although this will be the reason for some. Work is a reason, kids being at school the next day another, distance, traffic, no beer etc etc... The three game deal is good but for someone who pays £299 for 19 games this may be too much.

I made three of the six last year despite being in the scheme. Two were due to work and one holiday. I will pick and choose this year and just pay as and when rather than waste money like last year. The three games I saw last year, including the non event against Kiev cost me over £200. I ended up giving my ticket away for one and had no takers for the other two even though I didn't want any money for them.

People who have stopped going because of price who could probably afford the £15 have got used to not going. Once you break a habit its not something you always want to rush back to. To be honest I can take it or leave it. I hate evening kick offs in midweek when been working all day so wouldn't be overly bothered if I didn't go to any.

Fair enough mate if you can't be arsed.