Stoke post match thread

[HarrytheBlue]

Fucking hell Harry. How many of you are there?

Just the one last time I looked.

 

[cleavers]

Cleavers - Away fans are in the South Stand - and unless you get a decent team visiting there's always empty seats in the away block.

You weren't talking about away fan empty seats earlier though, it was how you were embarrassed by OUR empty seats.

 

[HarrytheBlue]

You weren't talking about away fan empty seats earlier though, it was how you were embarrassed by OUR empty seats.

Yes, I was embarrassed by our empty seats in all areas last night. The away fans thing is a separate issue. Normally, away fans get the worst seats in the house. We give away fans plum seats.

 

[Two Gun Bob]

Yes, I was embarrassed by our empty seats in all areas last night. The away fans thing is a separate issue. Normally, away fans get the worst seats in the house. We give away fans plum seats.

So with respect Harry why did they not fill these plump seats ?

 

[jrb]

We haven't got the fanbase willing to pay these prices for a Wednesday night match against Stoke City.

Getting close to 50K is about our current level.

We are well off the 55k and 60k mark that would warrant a NS expansion, even if City made match tickets more affordable, which they won't.

Sadly I'm coming to the conclusion that the NS won't get expanded, and we have reached our Etihad capacity of 54,000+, even with Pep in charge of the team.

A honest reality check is due.

 

[Wanchope n me Dickov]

I thought the North Stand expansion is definitely happening in the summer?

I think we could fill 60k for every game in 5 years. Just need to build our tourist quota sadly. Prefer plastic seats to plastic fans TBF

We haven't got the fanbase willing to pay these prices for a Wednesday night match against Stoke City.

Getting close to 50K is about our current level.

We are well off the 55k and 60k mark that would warrant a NS expansion, even if City made match tickets more affordable, which they won't.

Sadly I'm coming to the conclusion that the NS won't get expanded, and we have reached our Etihad capacity of 54,000+, even with Pep in charge of the team.

A honest reality check is due.

 

[nellyonthewing]

Success ,prolonged and exciting success is what is needed to build the fanbase. We have wasted 4 years of that process whilst we went into standby mode . Not a popular view I know ,we are moving beyond our peer group of Everton ,Newcastle etc but are still not where we would be had we won 3 or 4 back to back titles. I have been one of the 25-30,000 and the 40,000 but not sure how we fill the 60,000 without that consistent trophy haul.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

We haven't got the fanbase willing to pay these prices for a Wednesday night match against Stoke City.

Getting close to 50K is about our current level.

We are well off the 55k and 60k mark that would warrant a NS expansion, even if City made match tickets more affordable, which they won't.

Sadly I'm coming to the conclusion that the NS won't get expanded, and we have reached our Etihad capacity of 54,000+, even with Pep in charge of the team.

A honest reality check is due.

If I could draw an analogy; imagine a restaurant: it would be empty on a Monday and a Tuesday and overbooked on a Friday and Saturday - turning loads of customers away on a weekend - and it would seem your solution in that situation would be to do nothing. My solution would be to make the restaurant bigger to cope with the demand when it was most exposed. Who gives a fuck how busy it is on a Monday? No cünt goes out on a Monday.

The weekend is where it's at.

 

[HarrytheBlue]

So with respect Harry why did they not fill these plump seats ?

Why did Stoke not fill those seats ?

 

[Two Gun Bob]

Yes mate why ?
Given your thoughts that they had plumb seats ?