RB Leipzig (H) - CL | Post-Match Thread

paulchapo said:
We scored 16 goals in the last three games here. I'd like more people to come on Saturday. We will be tired. Southampton are so dangerous. I invite all our people to come 3pm to watch our game."
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With respect mate, that on the face of it doesn't warrant the grief you and others are giving him. It's just a call for fans to turn up and get behind the team.
That said I didn't watch any aftermatch interviews so don't know if it sounded worse than it looks.
 
BringBackSwales said:
What Pep and the club need to realise is that our fan base has not grown in line with our success, we are drawing our crowds from the same relatively small pool of fans, so the turnout % is probably always very high. The reason the pool of new fans, jcl’s hasn’t grown, in my opinion, is the constantly negative press we get, from all the papers, bbc, itv, sky, bt; we used to be cool to support because we were loyal but shit, now we are Arab owned and a threat to the established clubs, and the continuously negative press we get has clearly restricted the growth of the fan base. The fact that the club do nothing about the slurs really doesn’t help, nor does Pep doing a paul scholes about empty seats. If the scums fan base is 700 million, their turnout rate is miles lower than ours. City’s way if increasing the fan base seems to be ignoring the slurs and putting in shit mobile tickets. Thanks anyway Pep, even more empty seats jibes coming our way
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Your first sentence is a long way off the reality. It's discernible we have a growing fan base, especially different nationalities and ethnic groups, on Champions League Evenings it's easy to see.
 
Stevieatlasblue said:
He is right. We are champions of England and most successful club in the world playing the most attractive football ever seen on this planet and we fans don’t turn up.
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I didn't turn up for the following reasons:
  1. Can not stand UEFA or their money grabbing competition.
  2. The public transport (Metrolink) is appaling at the best of times and worse for night matches.
  3. Kick-off time far too late, all because of the great God television.
So there it is, but I will be there on Saturday for a competition with far greater appeal and on the whole a better standard of football.
 
Gray said:
I didn't turn up for the following reasons:
  1. Can not stand UEFA or their money grabbing competition.
  2. The public transport (Metrolink) is appaling at the best of times and worse for night matches.
  3. Kick-off time far too late, all because of the great God television.
So there it is, but I will be there on Saturday for a competition with far greater appeal and on the whole a better standard of football.
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Kick off time is perfect for many, years ago evening games were always 7:30, we used to complain it was a bit too early as a lot of people only finished work between 5-6 pm. What time do you think we should kick off?
 
hammocity said:
Your first sentence is a long way off the reality. It's discernible we have a growing fan base, especially different nationalities and ethnic groups, on Champions League Evenings it's easy to see.
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Yes it’s a bit bigger but hugely bigger? I don’t think so.

Mind you when Pep wants to slag us off he could think about his beloved Barcelona, huge CL game against much bigger opposition than us and couldn’t even sell out a reduced 40k capacity.
 
Shirley said:
BBC have the attendance at 38,062, looked more than that.
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Peter Swales lives!
Capacity of 54000, 3000 away fans missing, and from where I sit in EL304, there were the odd gaps around the ground, but nowhere near enough to account for the "missing" 13000 supporters. I would have said around 45K there.
 
worsleyweb said:
We dont turn up? 45k midweek with no away fans? Great crowd.
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As I just quoted below Worsley, Pep’s beloved Barcelona, who have a fan base probably 100 times our’s, couldn’t even sell out a 40k capacity for a game with Bayern Munich. Our turnout % is really high, we just dont have a pool of support available like the “history clubs@. Next time Pep (much as I love him) wants to do us down and talk up Barce he might want to have a think about this
 
crazyg said:
Peter Swales lives!
Capacity of 54000, 3000 away fans missing, and from where I sit in EL304, there were the odd gaps around the ground, but nowhere near enough to account for the "missing" 13000 supporters. I would have said around 45K there.
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Capacity of 52k - less 3k away fans and 4k further empties - yes 45k i agree.
 
BringBackSwales said:
Yes it’s a bit bigger but hugely bigger? I don’t think so.

Mind you when Pep wants to slag us off he could think about his beloved Barcelona, huge CL game against much bigger opposition than us and couldn’t even sell out a reduced 40k capacity.
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I can only go off what I see, I'm in the CB stand.
 
crazyg said:
Peter Swales lives!
Capacity of 54000, 3000 away fans missing, and from where I sit in EL304, there were the odd gaps around the ground, but nowhere near enough to account for the "missing" 13000 supporters. I would have said around 45K there.
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I agree, no way was there 13k empty seats, I think you are correct, about 45k, was pleasantly surprised at the turnout.
 
Celeste said:
Was a game that had everything - a really good one for the younger fans, and the ones sitting near us thoroughly enjoyed it.
Loved the “mickey taking” while waiting for the var decisions! All in all a good night out, with plenty of laughs and a great result.
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i agree. took my nephew and he was mesmerised for the whole 90 minutes. couldn’t care less what people think about the atmosphere/attendance; it’s seeing a kids face light up with genuine joy that makes going to a match worth it imo.
 
A proper feast of football last night. Great value.

Let's get rid of defenders all together.
 
Some of the comments re Peps rallying cry have been a bit polarised I would say, I heard it as a call to arms, thats all, nothing more. I didn't see it as a criticism of anything.
There are 1900 tickets left on the planner, with only the returned away sections of SS3 accounting for nearly 400 so not based on poor sales of the prospective league game. People hear what they want to hear and see what they want to see. Sometimes I think a little does get lost in translation.
Looking forward to Southamptons visit especially if Ralph wants to take us on in a proper game of football like last time where we errr scored 5.
 
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