Was still loads outside 5 mins after game had started. A group of us arrived around 11.55 and went to different queues, some of us made it in, others didn't.
No issues last season. We had complete sell outs against Blues and Boro and no problems. I think it is fair to assume it would be ok...
Last season they opened far more entry points, you could enter via the exit gates, not sure why they have stopped that. This, coupled with it taking longer for people to scan tickets was the reason I guess. Should be a one off.
Well that was excellent. Cheered me up no end. Important we pick up points while the new players bed in and we add one or two more. Couldn't have asked for any more today, some excellent individual performances.
Was hoping to see Simms and Wright. It's a £14m strikeforce. Calls of 'Wright is not fit' no doubt, but not buying that tbh.
Aside from that, pretty much what I was expecting.
He does care though, as did Vic, but it is more on a human level than a professional one for sure. I imagine there will have been some emotional goodbyes.
Not sure I understand why so many are predicting that we'll go long tomorrow. There is nothing to suggest this is the case, the summer recruitment and pre-season games do not point to this at all.
We got the ball forward quickly against Leicester, but I think that was more about the opposition...
No, £10m is the fee, that would be guaranteed, but you'd never get that up front, it would be phased. Add ons are add ons, you may never receive those.
I'm only repeating what I've seen on twitter, think it may have originated from Stuart Linnell.
It's not a computer game. You don't replace somebody as influential as this easily. It will take us a good while to adjust and who knows, the replacement(s) may not work out, wouldn't be the first time.
Hopefully we get ourselves over the line tomorrow and can stay in touch, but things have...
I think we'll struggle for a few more weeks yet potentially, we look seriously undercooked and we have some tough games. It'll all come together, but hopefully sooner rather than later and not playing catch-up.
Not true. Cat A average gate fell last season and was only dragged up by the Blues game otherwise would have been a big fall on previous season. Prices last year went from £30 to £34. Another hike to £37 and it will have an impact for sure.
The two biggest gates last season before the final...
Plenty of ST holders saying £37 is fine, and when people object, the standard retort is 'buy a ST then'. Not everyone can of course.
Of course there should be an incentive for buying a ST, but the pro-rata price difference is too much I feel.
Personally I would have been happier if they had...
We all had etickets for the play off game iirc, so won't be an issue.
Dhillons open at 8am, so plenty of time for a beer or two.
Edit, no they were loaded onto card. Still, should be fine.
Clearly we are in total attendances, it's great to see. But we were talking about matchday sales. These fall as ST sales rise. Last season the season average was up by about 800, but we'd sold 2.5K more season tickets than previous season. This season we've sold 4.5K more again, so expect...
I think we sold about 1750 for one midweek game last season excluding away fans, but how many of that number now have season tickets? I agree 500 is a bit of a stretch, but it's fair to say matchday sales will be down on last season notably, just as they were last season on the season before.