suarez7 said:
which part of 55k ST's holder you didn't get , we always have 20k not so regular fans for the matches so you add them up and get 75k , 70k at least as all on waiting list may not pay when called
We averaged more than 45k this season(officially) despite finishing 8th , that is mostly sold out
So, erm, this waiting list, commitment to buy by being on it is there? You're entering into a contract when you go on the waiting list are you? It's just that United a few years ago claimed 100k on their waiting list. Now, I could ring up tonight as a Manchester City fan whose only games at Old Trafford have been in the away end, and buy a season ticket. If they'd gone by your logic they'd have built a 190k stadium which would now hold 40k for Carling Cup matches and would only hit 50% capacity for the biggest games.
The reasoning I use, is far more concrete, and that is what is your lowest league attendance in the past few years, and I'll tell you, it's lower than ours was under Pearce (when we didn't score once at home between January and August), and we wouldn't have a hope in hell of selling 75k on a regular basis. Your fans, paying what they do, will not accept mediocrity. They will not accept no European football on a regular basis but it's one hell of a fight now even to make Europa League football. Your cup game attendances are hardly anything to shout about either. You're nowhere near selling out for them. The evidence does not suggest you're massively oversubscribed to me. I think, like our other red neighbours, your list will dry up as soon as you ask people to buy them. Still, dare to dream and watch Liverpool get pulled down by the anchor labelled 'new stadium interest payments'. It's a calculation your club has to make carefully because you could end up much worse off if the move doesn't come off.
