Fulham League Cup - Post Match Thread

cleavers said:
If you all carry on shouting at each other we might get a City match win thread to 30 pages.

I'm a c**t because I didn't go tonight, but I've three games, from 200 miles away, in 7 days, so I hope I can be excused :-)

Oh and there were a few empty seats, I saw them on my stream, when it worked, and when it wasn't trying to give me a virus.

Chill FFS.
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Strange regards the empty seats on L1 & 2
Due to a change in circumstances I decided mid afternoon to go with one of my kids. I searched for two together on L1/2 north stand and that end of the east but there weren't two together so ended up on L3. Yet at the game it was clear to see small groups of empties, which I can only put down to people who had bought but didn't make it.
We got in two minutes late and there were five empties next to us and three in front. Twenty minutes into the game and all eight people showed up!
 
Comes to something when it’s easier to get to Wembley and back on Monday. One lane traffic junction closures again on M6 and M5, I will be walking back into work in the morning at this rate!! No trains after 9.30pm such a poor transport system we have. How good was Danilo last night he was superb and read the game so well. Didn’t have much to do but Aro is as cool as a cucumber could be Eddie’s brother. Delphi never lets us down. Was watching Díaz last night and the positions he takes up are excellent and so strong for his size. Reminds me a little of Sergio with his strength. He is definitely ready. Stonesy solid as a rock. Jesus had a good game and did not stop trying. Great to see all the players acknowledge Díaz including the referee and a nice hug from Pep when he came off. Kevin getting back at it let’s hope it’s just a knock. Foden had a useful game but needs a lot more game time. Leroy always scares defences but not quite at his best last night. I was sat there last night just thinking of all the players that did not play. Wow!
 
dickie davies said:
Strange regards the empty seats on L1 & 2
Due to a change in circumstances I decided mid afternoon to go with one of my kids. I searched for two together on L1/2 north stand and that end of the east but there weren't two together so ended up on L3. Yet at the game it was clear to see small groups of empties, which I can only put down to people who had bought but didn't make it.
We got in two minutes late and there were five empties next to us and three in front. Twenty minutes into the game and all eight people showed up!
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The lower two tiers were sold out. They might not have been 100% occupied but they were as full as any normal game which is why I believe the 35,000 attendance that was announced was wrong. I make it 38 to 39k based on the capacity of the bottom two tiers plus the crowd in the EL3. Perhaps they gave the actual attendance rather than the tickets sold, which is not what they normally do. It doesn't make sense to me, but it's not important.
 
squirtyflower said:
Liverpool’s stadium was as empty as their trophy cabinet this week.
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If he moved to LIverpool then the pecking order would be EFC, Tranmere, Southport, Marine. The Redshite don't even figure! I wonder if they are not too enchanted these days with the silky skills of Henderson and Lalana, and they would love an injection of Belgian guile! Wishful thinking, laaaaaaaaas!
 
James Dicker in the DT this morning has two thrusts to his match report: first, Diaz will not be here next summer, and second, the KdB moment of discomfort. This is a report written for the red hordes at either end of the East Lancs. Had it been a report on the football match I suppose Dicker would have choked and been inundated with death threats. The minute he makes the suggestion in the first sentence that this semi-reserve team that City fielded were never in trouble from The Cottagers A Team his job would become redundant.
 
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader said:
James Dicker in the DT this morning has two thrusts to his match report: first, Diaz will not be here next summer, and second, the KdB moment of discomfort. This is a report written for the red hordes at either end of the East Lancs. Had it been a report on the football match I suppose Dicker would have choked and been inundated with death threats. The minute he makes the suggestion in the first sentence that this semi-reserve team that City fielded were never in trouble from The Cottagers A Team his job would become redundant.
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I am glad we didn't loan Diaz out. We can play him in the League Cup and CHampions league games if we beat Shakhtar, but I do think he will leave anyway. Like Sancho he could probably walk into any top side and the journalists know his contractual situation and talk to the agents etc. That is their job. The good ones do it.
 
schfc6 said:
Got to say, the family stand looked busier than normal. It did seem pretty sparse for the first 5-10 minutes then filled up.

If we’d have been playing a club with away fans, they’d have been an extra 5000+ there.

So 40,000+ for a carabao on a Thursday is pretty good.
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It was OK, but the figure announced was inconsistent with their usual method of declaring attendances which was based on tickets sold. The lower two tiers were sold out bar single seats and that is about 35k. I believe EL3 and WL3 hold 5,500, perhaps a few more after the SOuth Stand extension which added a few more the EL/WL3 at that end. Take the old capacity of 46k and knock off 11k you get 35k. Therefore if bottom two tiers were sold out and EL3 is 2/3 full I get a crowd of c.38k.

Any flaws in my argument?

Small but insignificant: Fulham brought 400 (info from stewards). South stand singing block may not have been sold out. I am not certain whether that block is on line and available. Block 215 corporate wasn't full. But these are in the hundreds not thousands.

Only way 35k makes sense is if they did it on the number through turnstile rather than the no of tickets sold but then that would be a change in practise. League games are based on tickets sold. If 40k seasoncard holders stayed at home they'd still say it was 54k.

I might ask the club about this and see if I get a response. I am more intrigued rather than annoyed because as you say the turnout was good enough. After all there was more City there last night than Chelsea had for their game and that was Frank Lampard's return to the Bridge
 
Marvin said:
It was OK, but the figure announced was inconsistent with their usual method of declaring attendances which was based on tickets sold. The lower two tiers were sold out bar single seats and that is about 35k. I believe EL3 and WL3 hold 5,500, perhaps a few more after the SOuth Stand extension which added a few more the EL/WL3 at that end. Take the old capacity of 46k and knock off 11k you get 35k. Therefore if bottom two tiers were sold out and EL3 is 2/3 full I get a crowd of c.38k.

Any flaws in my argument?

Small but insignificant: Fulham brought 400 (info from stewards). South stand singing block may not have been sold out. I am not certain whether that block is on line and available. Block 215 corporate wasn't full. But these are in the hundreds not thousands.

Only way 35k makes sense is if they did it on the number through turnstile rather than the no of tickets sold but then that would be a change in practise. League games are based on tickets sold. If 40k seasoncard holders stayed at home they'd still say it was 54k.

I might ask the club about this and see if I get a response. I am more intrigued rather than annoyed because as you say the turnout was good enough. After all there was more City there last night than Chelsea had for their game and that was Frank Lampard's return to the Bridge
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I'm not stalking you mate but there was 39,564 attendance at Chelsea vs Derby game.
 
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