Leicester away tickets

Maccblue said:
If they were still issuing points it’s a great opportunity for them down the line to try and catch up

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Let’s not go there shall we ;)
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The problem is that if we do issue points, people will buy them for those, rather than to attend the games.

So yes, let's not go there.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
The problem is that if we do issue points, people will buy them for those, rather than to attend the games.

So yes, let's not go there.
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It's helped my relationship no end. I no longer have the pressure to attend as many away games as possible to ensure I can keep towards the top of the points pyramid.

Now I know I'll still get tickets for Old Trafford and Anfield and can pick and choose the aways I want to go to because my points level isn't moving.
 
Obviously Covid appears to have had an impact on the speed of sales for these early away games - I'm sure some regular away match goers who would normally attend a fixture like this can't make it for one reason or another. The good thing as PB said is that it does give a chance to some of those who wouldn't expect to get one. I've got 2 or 3 mates who wouldn't normally get near a ticket on their own points who are coming to this. It'll be great to attend an away game without flying solo for once - not that you're ever alone watching City of course - and the fact that it's a 3pm Saturday kick-off is an added bonus.

Anyway, just the 12 tickets left now
 
wolfie1988 said:
It's helped my relationship no end. I no longer have the pressure to attend as many away games as possible to ensure I can keep towards the top of the points pyramid.

Now I know I'll still get tickets for Old Trafford and Anfield and can pick and choose the aways I want to go to because my points level isn't moving.
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Exactly, if anything the decision to offer no points for away matches has almost made it impossible for anybody to catch up. I've got decent points and if I decide to go to no away games (which I wont) nobody's catching me. Next season when all the deferrals are back and people are more confident going out, games will be selling out earlier and tickets will be going to high pointers.
The notion that high pointers buy all the tickets and not bothering going to the game is pie in the sky.
 
dowty said:
Exactly, if anything the decision to offer no points for away matches has almost made it impossible for anybody to catch up. I've got decent points and if I decide to go to no away games (which I wont) nobody's catching me. Next season when all the deferrals are back and people are more confident going out, games will be selling out earlier and tickets will be going to high pointers.
The notion that high pointers buy all the tickets and not bothering going to the game is pie in the sky.
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Correct my friend. But we've been beating that drum since this happened! Points whoring just wasn't that big a deal!
 
Corky said:
When demand is low demand from supporters clubs has always been low too.

Obviously they don't need their allocation anymore and other fans are stepping up to sell out Spurs and this game.
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Not really Corky. Newcastle away has been very slow to sell out in recent years and we’ve taken loads from our Branch. As you have pointed out in the past, plenty of games have gone to low points each season.
 
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wolfie1988 said:
Correct my friend. But we've been beating that drum since this happened! Points whoring just wasn't that big a deal!
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The club seemed to think it was. And the evidence from here and other social media sources confirmed that it was. There were hundreds of tickets changing hands. The whole points system is ridiculous and needs to be brought into line with what other clubs do, which is limit the time frame in which the points you earn count.

I'd rather people got rewarded for attending home games.
 
Tim of the Oak said:
No really Corky. Newcastle away has been very slow to sell out in recent years and we’ve taken loads from our Branch. As you have pointed out in the past, plenty of games have gone to low points each season.
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That is a local away, games like Swansea away less so I imagine.

My local branch have meeting on away match days and only put transport on for Liverpool, United and Burnley away.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
The club seemed to think it was. And the evidence from here and other social media sources confirmed that it was. There were hundreds of tickets changing hands. The whole points system is ridiculous and needs to be brought into line with what other clubs do, which is limit the time frame in which the points you earn count.

I'd rather people got rewarded for attending home games.
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but then with a name like Prestwich blue my guess is you live ludicrously close to the Etihad so it is rather easy for you to say that :-). I do agree with you the system is flawed btw.
An easy solution... At the end of this year add up how many away games people have been to in the past 3 years when there was 'no reason to go to store points'. And then retrospectively give them points and restart from there. Then the real away fans who have been going without caring about points would be top
 
edinburgh123 said:
but then with a name like Prestwich blue my guess is you live ludicrously close to the Etihad so it is rather easy for you to say that :-). I do agree with you the system is flawed btw.
An easy solution... At the end of this year add up how many away games people have been to in the past 3 years when there was 'no reason to go to store points'. And then retrospectively give them points and restart from there. Then the real away fans who have been going without caring about points would be top
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So do something that they have specifically said they wouldn’t do. Who do you think City are? The Government?
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
The club seemed to think it was. And the evidence from here and other social media sources confirmed that it was. There were hundreds of tickets changing hands. The whole points system is ridiculous and needs to be brought into line with what other clubs do, which is limit the time frame in which the points you earn count.

I'd rather people got rewarded for attending home games.
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Hundreds? Really. In my experience the problem has been tickets being given to ticket agencies to sell them to anyone and I mean anyone including home fans in our end and tickets being siphoned off and distributed amongst corporates and ticket office friends. Still not sure why people with high points just buy a ticket and then don't attend only to attend three or four big games a season. They reason why they had high points to start with was because they went to games unless so called points whoring has been going on for over a decade. If the club believe that it is going on then maybe they can start by looking closer to home and ensure tickets are being sold to genuine City fans rather than any old Tom, Dick or Harry which are then being sold on for profit.
 
GSW Blue said:
So do something that they have specifically said they wouldn’t do. Who do you think City are? The Government?
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The government will be judged sometime before December 2024 at the next General Election.

City are accountable to no one, certainly not the fans, they do what the fuck they want.
 
Eds said:
Hundreds? Really. In my experience the problem has been tickets being given to ticket agencies to sell them to anyone and I mean anyone including home fans in our end and tickets being siphoned off and distributed amongst corporates and ticket office friends. Still not sure why people with high points just buy a ticket and then don't attend only to attend three or four big games a season. They reason why they had high points to start with was because they went to games unless so called points whoring has been going on for over a decade. If the club believe that it is going on then maybe they can start by looking closer to home and ensure tickets are being sold to genuine City fans rather than any old Tom, Dick or Harry which are then being sold on for profit.
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Yep.
I reckon a know 20+ people with 22K-27K points & they've one thing in common. They go to nearly all the games and have done since points began and before.
I don't know anyone at all with high points who doesn't go everywhere watching City.
 
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