collins91
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I CANT WAIT FOR THIS ONE COME ON BRIGHTON 2-1 BRIGHTON WIN
Why would we ask for more if we haven't sold out the first lot?
Under 3000 is pretty poor really. We should be selling more than that, are we asking for any more, does anyone know?
you have high expectations!
Our last 3 away games have seen followings of 2,400 (Bumfluff), 4,000 (Watford) and 2,000 (Orient). We have also sold out Withdean for pretty much every game this season. You should remember that not everyone has the cash to see as many games as they'd like, and people prioritise. It might not even be the fact that this is "only" the FA Cup that is causing some to give it a swerve, it might just be that's a day out in STOKE and that a game at a similar sized club in a more interesting location would have seen us sell out our allocation.It's the FA Cup 5th round, two games from Wembley, away at a Premiership club.
We took 6000 to Villa in the 4th round last year. I know things were different then and I'm not suggesting we should take 6000, but we should be more or less selling out our allocation. Or has everyone got too ahead of themselves in thinking 'It's only Stoke, we're bigger than them, I'll start a thread talking about us being in the Champions League in 10 years time instead'?
Strangley, I reckon if we had drawn Reading, Notts County, Orient or Sheff Wednesday away, we would have sold more tickets, despite Stoke being an established Premiership side.
Our last 3 away games have seen followings of 2,400 (Bumfluff), 4,000 (Watford) and 2,000 (Orient). We have also sold out Withdean for pretty much every game this season. You should remember that not everyone has the cash to see as many games as they'd like, and people prioritise. It might not even be the fact that this is "only" the FA Cup that is causing some to give it a swerve, it might just be that's a day out in STOKE and that a game at a similar sized club in a more interesting location would have seen us sell out our allocation.
And anyway, 3,000-3,500 is not an embarrassing turnout, IMO.
Well the decision to make now is probably whether we want Stoke to send us the remainders of the 4300 (?) allocation to sell over the next day or so - or for them to just keep hold of them for POTD purchase. Actually, knowing how desperate the club seem to sell in advanced, I doubt there's much of a decision to be made.
Possibly. Although towards the bottom of this article (published this morning), it says they're expecting a crowd approaching 20,000 - so I can't imagine they'd decide the demand from their fans justifies cutting off our allocation.The may decide to sell them to Home fans.