If that's true about no-shows then fair enough. It must just be psychological if it feels emptier to me!
I think it is slightly dishonest to use ticket sales to prove kick-offs don't affect fans given that the vast majority of those sales are guaranteed anyway - but as I say fair enough if...
Points 12 & 16 suggest, to me at least, that Paul either doesn't quite get it or is deliberately avoiding the point.
I understand the logic of announcing tickets sold, but using that figure to support your point that attendances aren't affected by moving kick-off is a little dishonest. By...
No, not really. I tried to get my beloved involved and took her to a game... unfortunately it was that dire home defeat by Fulham last year and she won't believe that it isn't always that boring so hasn't been willing to try again since. I blame Hyypia.
A couple of weeks ago, in an attempt to...
By the time we next kick a ball on Saturday, we'll all have played the same number of games which will make the situation a lot clearer - Boro play tonight & Friday, and Hull play Thursday. It's very possible they'll both drop points - playing twice in the same midweek will be tough for Boro and...
NorthStandChat even made it into the Pier club with us...
Edit: I also remember the DJ giving many a Happy Birthday shout out that night. Happy Birthday Kerry Mayo! Happy Birthday Paul Watson! Happy Birthday Robert Zamora! etc etc etc...
I wasn't here right at the start. I would have joined around 2001 time - I met Fatboy at University who introduced me to the site. I remember those days of manually entering your username (or just posting as "anonymous")... and the NSC meetup (at the pub whose name I've long forgotten), playing...
I'm worried I'll buy it and never get past the hours I'll no doubt spend in the character design section. I'm almost at the final quest in ESO (which again I spent hours designing my character in...) - once completed I imagine I'll splash out on Fallout 4...
Graduated
Moved to London
Qualified as an accountant
Had 3 different jobs
Got engaged
Got un-engaged (which involved a bloody brilliant weekend Stag-Don't)
Moved house 9 times (it's possible I'm missing one...)
No kids
Um, I think that's it.
I'm sorry, but that's a proper politician's non-answer to the question that's asked about lead times and fans who "miss out financially". Paul says fans are "inconvenienced" but that doesn't acknowledge the financial aspect... and then he changes the subject to talk about the old days.
Missing...
I expect both to be on the bench after the other night, so it might be better to have the back-up there just in case. Surely, other than Dunk returning, Houghton won't make any changes??
The guy running the Southern Twitter is backtracking on it all now - it seems someone's had a word in his ear saying there are extra trains after all...
When we played Arsenal in 2013, there were no trains between London & Brighton, with replacement buses half the way. I told the club this weeks in advance but they only made any kind of announcement about 2 days in advance. The cynic in me wonders whether bad transport news will get buried for...