[Albion] Has the club made a mistake opening every stand on Monday

[Gazwag]

I suppose at least it should be easy to get a beer at half time

You are of course basing that assumption on a normal staffing level with all of the counters open

 

[Justice]

Pathetic the club can't host a Derby game everyone else seems to manage it, I'm hearing plenty would of made the effort iif Palace had the full allocation.

 

[Perkino]

Possibly, it does seem an undesirable game. So close to Christmas, in the FA Cup, clearly our 2nd string getting a run out and it's on the tele. So many factors that would suggest a low attendance

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Pathetic the club can't host a Derby game everyone else seems to manage it, I'm hearing plenty would of made the effort iif Palace had the full allocation.

So loads of people would only come if there were loads of palace? Not 'real' Brighton fans then are they if they are only bothered about the away contingent?

 

[happypig]

Pffft....I’m up there so no they shouldn’t

Me too, along with my boy that's three of us.

 

[Giraffe]

Much bigger mistake was to not play the game on Sunday lunchtime.

Entirely this. Monday night is the pits. Should have been on the Sunday and a bit cheaper then I’d have been confident we would have got 25k plus.

 

[kevo]

All stands will have sparodic groups of fans therefore difficult for songs to take off and no atmosphere

They made a mistake by not offering very low price deals e.g. 15 or 10 quid and kids for a fiver, like other clubs have done. And only five loyalty points is ridiculous. Last year's third round match was 20 I think.

 

[LamieRobertson]

They made a mistake by not offering very low price deals e.g. 15 or 10 quid and kids for a fiver, like other clubs have done. And only five loyalty points is ridiculous. Last year's third round match was 20 I think.

Personally i don't see why the loyalty points should be higher or whether it would make much difference ..blimey didn't the club get criticised for the Bounemouth game earlier

 

[LamieRobertson]

Still no one for five seats right and eight seats left plus the two rows in front of me completely empty in the EU. But I see one empty seat front row so going to check it again Monday and make a bee line straight for it on arrival.
Of course, with ST holders told to buy early to guarantee their seats the club cant make it a free for all on arrival.

Change of deodorant?

 

[Leegull]

Monday night is the pits. Absolute worst day of the week for football
Transport for midweek evening games is generally harder work than weekends
Mass team rotations for the majority of cup games over the past few seasons
We played them recently and the game was awful as was the atmosphere
Over policed, few too many dickheads in attendance
It’s available on TV
£25 is slightly OTT given the above negatives for me..

Hopefully it will be an absolute blinder for all of those that have handed over their hard earned but for me I’ve decided to swerve this one. When we start treating the FA Cup as more of a priority then I think the fans will too...

 

[Sorrel]

I think it was a mistake. Close one or both or the uppers and it would be a packed and good atmosphere next to the pitch.

 

[kevo]

Personally i don't see why the loyalty points should be higher or whether it would make much difference ..blimey didn't the club get criticised for the Bounemouth game earlier

They have traditionally always been higher for cup games. This is the first time they've only offered five points.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Just to confirm there is a special train for Palace fans after the match.

https://twitter.com/BTPFootball/status/949592882566004736


[tweet]949592882566004736[/tweet]

 

[kevo]

Still no one for five seats right and eight seats left plus the two rows in front of me completely empty in the EU. But I see one empty seat front row so going to check it again Monday and make a bee line straight for it on arrival.
Of course, with ST holders told to buy early to guarantee their seats the club cant make it a free for all on arrival.

I'll kick you out of my regular front row seat if you're sitting in it! Yes, hopefully everyone will move to the front to create a better atmosphere - tho it's never at fever pitch in ESU to be honest!

 

[Is it PotG?]

Just to confirm there is a special train for Palace fans after the match.

https://twitter.com/BTPFootball/status/949592882566004736


[tweet]949592882566004736[/tweet]

I ain't getting on THAT

 

[Nixonator]

A thread full of more excuses, sake.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Probably

I bought my normal ST seat in WSU, there aren't many tickets sold around me.

If the 2 x upper stands weren't open and there was an initial free for all for all STH I would have bought elsewhere

Off topic question:

does the ticket get added to your ST card, or do you get a ticket sent out?
I thought it said that a ticket would be sent out, but haven't received mine yet.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Off topic question:

does the ticket get added to your ST card, or do you get a ticket sent out?
I thought it said that a ticket would be sent out, but haven't received mine yet.

PDF, attached to your email confirmation

 

[crookie]

At least it might be easier to get into the Park & Ride, Lewes Road been full up over an hour before KO last 2 midweek games. Only upside to the poor attendence

 

[Nixonator]

It is pretty embarrassing that we can not sell out a home derby game. What would people have thought if the liverpool-everton game had been half empty?

Once we can threaten people's Season Tickets for not attending cup games, have thousands upon thousands of asian 'fans' just waiting in the wings to be able to attend their first ever games, thousands of domestic bellends who have no affiliation with liverpool or the surrounding area whatsoever clambering to do their 1-2 games a season to try and justify being 'fans' as they belt out that absolute dirge with scarf aloft, be challenging at the top of the PL with a handful of world class players, build another stadium in the city with palace building one next to it and ultimately grow our fanbase by about 1000% domestically and globally, we can then compare the attendance of their 3rd round cup derby to ours.