TinFoilHat
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Be nice to go to Wemberlee. Not been since the Sunderland LC final.
You're perfectly entitled to your opinion. Of course. The issue I have is that if you leave booking a flight until short notice, you potentially end up paying a lot more than if you book 3 or 4 weeks before the dates you want.
Same. Plus, even for normal PL games, I have to arrange accommodation. Which is subject to the same issues. Short notice = higher prices. It's akin to a military operation, working out what games are "attend-able", working out if it's a cup weekend, waiting for the TV companies to confirm dates etc etc. As I said before, I can't justify the outlay for a single game any more. I'm hoping that if we get to the CL final, that Ric will have arranged the same hospitality package for the mods that he did last year. Free flights, accommodation and match ticket in the posh seats.And I entirely understand the financial problem. I have the same, identical problem. Easyjet fares, to limit myself to them, go up steeply the closer you get. Something that gets on my wick is the way matches get moved around the satellite tv companies. If I could, I'd buy my plane tickets months in advance. But I can't.
If you enjoy it on the telly other than being there you can't be a proper football fanI am / not doing the semi nor the final if we get there. I just really don’t enjoy the day. Think I will enjoy it more on the telly. Anyone else feel the same?
I'm not Wembleyed out, I'm moneyed out. If I give the semi-final a swerve, it covers the cost of my season ticket increase. I think most people are having to make hard choices and that's mine.
Exactly the same as me. I'm in all three cup schemes and with Real Madrid coming out of the bank next week, something had to give. At a push I could have afforded it, but the day out would have cost £100-150. I'll be honest - I'm a bit Wembleyed out. I've been more than 20 times and decided after the Treble to start to look at semi-finals on a case-by-case basis. I haven't done Community Shields since Villa Park in 2012. If we get to both finals though, I shall be there. It's not success of which I am weary, but that stadium and everything around it. No amount of people telling me that I should never get tired of visiting Wembley will make me feel differently. Kudos to all those who do make the trip to support the boys, your support is superb and your own decision about going isn't for others to criticise.I'm not Wembleyed out, I'm moneyed out. If I give the semi-final a swerve, it covers the cost of my season ticket increase. I think most people are having to make hard choices and that's mine.