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jrb said:
If it's sold out they should now open el3
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If it's sold out they should now open el3
de niro said:if we actually had a decent fan base all this brinkmanship wouldn't be necessary.
we have the best side for decades and the cup crowds this season have been nothing short of a disgrace.
if the club close part of the ground due to a poor sales history who the fuck can blame them.
this is the real truth ... we just have not got a high number of core seasoncard holders who care about/can afford the cup games. fact. Top 3 Premiership club players appealing to fans to come to a Sunday FA Cup game, top price £25. Arsenal had nearly 60k against Orient. U*d 75k v Crawley. There's something wrong. Yesterday hardly any tickets had gone in the SS for the Kiev game, today there's still loads all over the ground. people go on about its all about the league and coming 4th, but you tell me the situation will be any different next season when we're trying to fill the ground for the lesser CL games.
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jrb said:But the point remains.
Why close the 3rd tiers?
FA Cup quarter final, cheap tickets, Sunday = big crowd.
I don't see any logic at all in the way City are handling this.
It's getting byond a joke now. Tuesday and the 3rd tiers still aren't open.
There'll be nobody around with the authority to open them now. The TO staff will be in the pub watching the Barca match and laughing: "Look at those clowns, they've opened Level 4, have they no sense?".
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Very good.lancs blue said:The TO staff will be in the pub watching the Barca match and laughing: "Look at those clowns, they've opened Level 4, have they no sense?".
Relax hasty one, they'll do it in the next couple of days.jrb said:But the point remains.
Why close the 3rd tiers?
FA Cup quarter final, cheap tickets, Sunday = big crowd.
I don't see any logic at all in the way City are handling this.
It's getting byond a joke now. Tuesday and the 3rd tiers still aren't open.
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We won't sell out for champs league I don't think. We don't have the fan base.benbeer said:de niro said:if we actually had a decent fan base all this brinkmanship wouldn't be necessary.
we have the best side for decades and the cup crowds this season have been nothing short of a disgrace.
if the club close part of the ground due to a poor sales history who the fuck can blame them.
this is the real truth ... we just have not got a high number of core seasoncard holders who care about/can afford the cup games. fact. Top 3 Premiership club players appealing to fans to come to a Sunday FA Cup game, top price £25. Arsenal had nearly 60k against Orient. U*d 75k v Crawley. There's something wrong. Yesterday hardly any tickets had gone in the SS for the Kiev game, today there's still loads all over the ground. people go on about its all about the league and coming 4th, but you tell me the situation will be any different next season when we're trying to fill the ground for the lesser CL games.
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peoffrey said:SWP's back said:Could not agree more
You Guys are saying this as if the Cup crowds have only recently been low. They were only 25000-ish during the last Europa jaunt.
Hamburg took an extreme tactic to sell out. The others were nowhere near.
i think i'm dissapointed cos back then we wern't real challengers for any cup, we now have a top side and although money is tight it was worse 2 years ago.
shame.
Not yet. The clubs who are mentioned have had sustained success, we have gone 35 years with diddly squat.
Attendances and success are linked. Maybe we're gonna need the band waggon jumpers to regulary sell out in the cups
Attendances and success are linked. Maybe we're gonna need the band waggon jumpers to regulary sell out in the cups
I empathise with de niro's comments.
However, in my view, the upturn of money and, so, expectation cannot immediately generate fans who would already have been with us had we had been successful in the past '35 years'.
Now we are becoming more successful, we get more TV exposure. Hence, we have probably acquired many armchair fans who might be persuaded to atend matches once we start flautnign the silverware.
Am I being over-simplistic?
However, in my view, the upturn of money and, so, expectation cannot immediately generate fans who would already have been with us had we had been successful in the past '35 years'.
Now we are becoming more successful, we get more TV exposure. Hence, we have probably acquired many armchair fans who might be persuaded to atend matches once we start flautnign the silverware.
Am I being over-simplistic?