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Post by WATR on Jan 3, 2024 15:19:03 GMT 1
I've heard a lot of safe standing have exchanged for block 19, odd behaviour. There might have been a few who went for 19 because until a couple of days ago Safe Standing was showing as pretty much sold out with only isolated spots available, so if you wanted to go with some friends who weren't ST holders 19 was at that point the only place to easily get together. Was certainly the case for me. Yup, I know of at least 10 block 9ers who will be in 19 as it allowed them to get tickets with their (previously uninterested) mates. Understand it, but no doubt hugely detrimental to the overall atmosphere.
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Post by davycrockett on Jan 3, 2024 15:21:35 GMT 1
I've heard a lot of safe standing have exchanged for block 19, odd behaviour. There might have been a few who went for 19 because until a couple of days ago Safe Standing was showing as pretty much sold out with only isolated spots available, so if you wanted to go with some friends who weren't ST holders 19 was at that point the only place to easily get together. Was certainly the case for me. I’ve heard this as well. The problem is and I mean no offence, many of the instigators of singing in the SS were in their early to mid teens when safe standing started. They’re now in the late teens / early 20s and have found alcohol judging by the mass migration 10 mins before half time returning late for the 2nd half. Some have not bothered returning and had to leave because stewards won’t let them stay drinking all game…. So a bit of an attraction to try 19 I guess. Im hoping the South Stand Flags are well organised for this sell out as they don’t seem to get used in numbers anymore 😌
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Post by wxm801 on Jan 3, 2024 15:29:40 GMT 1
I won't sleep tonight now. Your lack of sleep is of no worry to me buddy. But giving it large that you have got a ticket in the home end is irresponsible and if there any sat near me, they will be reported. I'll be wearing a James McClean face mask.
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Post by londonshrew75 on Jan 3, 2024 15:36:18 GMT 1
There might have been a few who went for 19 because until a couple of days ago Safe Standing was showing as pretty much sold out with only isolated spots available, so if you wanted to go with some friends who weren't ST holders 19 was at that point the only place to easily get together. Was certainly the case for me. Yup, I know of at least 10 block 9ers who will be in 19 as it allowed them to get tickets with their (previously uninterested) mates. Understand it, but no doubt hugely detrimental to the overall atmosphere.
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Post by londonshrew75 on Jan 3, 2024 15:44:42 GMT 1
What atmosphere? So a few lads want to sing a few songs about our Welsh neighbours? So a few "undesirables" get in. It's all prevardo and there will be no trouble, as there will be more Police than Wrexham. This is the type of game the club needs to wake it up and possibly/hopefully gets some life back into it. When ever we have our biggest game of the season, we get someone commenting that they hope people don't stand up or heaven forbid swear. Let's hope these dam louts in Block 19 have all got Bobba boots on so the plod can give em a clip behind the ear and send them home to their parents.....
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Post by doctorproctor on Jan 3, 2024 15:50:02 GMT 1
I’ve seen enough run of the mill League One victories to last a while, I think beating Wrexham in a one off cup match would be a bit sweeter & given we aren’t in an imminent danger of the drop and obviously don’t need points to maintain a playoff push, I’d choose beating Wrexham all game long. They, on the other hand, wouldn’t. Every 3 points is massive for them as being in a promotion challenge is relentless. Given a choice, I would definitely give priority to the league for us. Doing well in the FA Cup can have a positive knock on effect in the league though. Winning in whatever the format breeds confidence and an eagerness for the next game. I don’t know how Taylor will approach the game, but Parkinson will definitely pick the strongest XI available to him.
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Post by Pilch on Jan 3, 2024 16:53:12 GMT 1
I think you'll Find they were strong favourites , and even Kieran maguire ( football finance expert ) confirmed they cost us £500,000 with their antics Completely wrong on both fronts. We were odds on on with all bookies for the replay once their team was announced. We lost money from if the game had been televised true , but you dont get 1million split for a cup replay and we didn't lose from the gate receipts it was still a sell out. And I repeat if we had won which we should have done then we would have gained far more than half a million anyway in the next round. just for your info. here are the odds archive, and as Martin berry mentions Liverpool deliberately made sure the game was not televised despite it making no difference to their want of a break, they were already on it and not only that it allowed all their tactics and analysts boffins to focus on dealing with us, meanwhile our one man and his dog coaching staff had zero to go against their unknown side www.oddsportal.com/football/england/fa-cup-2019-2020/liverpool-shrewsbury-AwpLQLTc/#1X2;2anyway, back to the guy who brought Liverpool into this debate just to slag off our chairman again and give him abuse, I actually wish he'd have started an all out food fight in the board room, it would have had legendary status ;-)
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Post by tarporleyblue on Jan 3, 2024 17:01:19 GMT 1
Unless I've missed it, I've not seen any recent update from the club in respect of the number of tickets sold.
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Post by wxm801 on Jan 3, 2024 17:02:53 GMT 1
I’ve seen enough run of the mill League One victories to last a while, I think beating Wrexham in a one off cup match would be a bit sweeter & given we aren’t in an imminent danger of the drop and obviously don’t need points to maintain a playoff push, I’d choose beating Wrexham all game long. They, on the other hand, wouldn’t. Every 3 points is massive for them as being in a promotion challenge is relentless. Given a choice, I would definitely give priority to the league for us. Doing well in the FA Cup can have a positive knock on effect in the league though. Winning in whatever the format breeds confidence and an eagerness for the next game. I don’t know how Taylor will approach the game, but Parkinson will definitely pick the strongest XI available to him. Yep league all the way for me too. Be nice to thump this lot on Sunday but we ain't winning the FA Cup and we'll be above them in the not too distant future as they're a club that's on the way down. Sir Parky didn't last season away at Coventry, he played Hall-Johnson and Dalby who weren't first choice. But I agree he will on Sunday. Players should be well rested and its a derby game.
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Post by davycrockett on Jan 3, 2024 17:32:28 GMT 1
Unless I've missed it, I've not seen any recent update from the club in respect of the number of tickets sold. They haven’t given any. I do wonder why they keep it a secret 🤐
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Post by Beefy on Jan 3, 2024 17:52:47 GMT 1
Completely wrong on both fronts. We were odds on on with all bookies for the replay once their team was announced. We lost money from if the game had been televised true , but you dont get 1million split for a cup replay and we didn't lose from the gate receipts it was still a sell out. And I repeat if we had won which we should have done then we would have gained far more than half a million anyway in the next round. just for your info. here are the odds archive, and as Martin berry mentions Liverpool deliberately made sure the game was not televised despite it making no difference to their want of a break, they were already on it and not only that it allowed all their tactics and analysts boffins to focus on dealing with us, meanwhile our one man and his dog coaching staff had zero to go against their unknown side www.oddsportal.com/football/england/fa-cup-2019-2020/liverpool-shrewsbury-AwpLQLTc/#1X2;2anyway, back to the guy who brought Liverpool into this debate just to slag off our chairman again and give him abuse, I actually wish he'd have started an all out food fight in the board room, it would have had legendary status ;-) At kick off Shrewsbury were favourites. When the teams dropped the price collapsed. It was priced in that the Liverpool team was a young team but I don’t think the betting market quite realised how weak Liverpool would be. Far weaker than the “youth team” they beat Everton with in previous round . So I am afraid you are wrong
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Post by hectord0g137 on Jan 3, 2024 18:07:45 GMT 1
Beefy I genuinely believe your talking bo77ock5. We were never favourites and from my recollection at the time we genuinely had no info on the scousers at all. Fare play to them they played a blinder but any respect I had for Liverpool died that day. And you know what it hasn't bothered Klop one bit so it doesn't matter now either
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Post by jamo on Jan 3, 2024 18:22:44 GMT 1
Mental how people like you support him. Even if he played for us I don’t think I could bring myself to support him. You guys do have a strange Celtic love-in though don’t you? Out of interest, why wouldn’t you ‘support’ him if he played for us ? Genuine question, as I would certainly have a player of his quality in our team, god how we need someone like him. I’ve always found all this faux outrage about this bloke all a bit purile. He is who he is and from where he is from, and he has always been true to his heritage, good for him.
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Post by jamo on Jan 3, 2024 18:30:29 GMT 1
I think you'll Find they were strong favourites , and even Kieran maguire ( football finance expert ) confirmed they cost us £500,000 with their antics Completely wrong on both fronts. We were odds on on with all bookies for the replay once their team was announced. We lost money from if the game had been televised true , but you dont get 1million split for a cup replay and we didn't lose from the gate receipts it was still a sell out. And I repeat if we had won which we should have done then we would have gained far more than half a million anyway in the next round. Exactly that. It wasn’t the chairman who cost us substantial monies, it was Ricketts approach too and tactics during, the match itself. Shameless cowardice by a manager way out of his depth.
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Post by GrizzlyShrew on Jan 3, 2024 19:11:14 GMT 1
I’ve seen enough run of the mill League One victories to last a while, I think beating Wrexham in a one off cup match would be a bit sweeter & given we aren’t in an imminent danger of the drop and obviously don’t need points to maintain a playoff push, I’d choose beating Wrexham all game long. They, on the other hand, wouldn’t. Every 3 points is massive for them as being in a promotion challenge is relentless. Given a choice, I would definitely give priority to the league for us. Doing well in the FA Cup can have a positive knock on effect in the league though. Winning in whatever the format breeds confidence and an eagerness for the next game. I don’t know how Taylor will approach the game, but Parkinson will definitely pick the strongest XI available to him. Taylor will play WHOEVER is available to him. Like most times this season we dont have many other options (Unless of course we bring in a handful of newbies this week)
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Post by Pilch on Jan 3, 2024 19:14:29 GMT 1
Completely wrong on both fronts. We were odds on on with all bookies for the replay once their team was announced. We lost money from if the game had been televised true , but you dont get 1million split for a cup replay and we didn't lose from the gate receipts it was still a sell out. And I repeat if we had won which we should have done then we would have gained far more than half a million anyway in the next round. Exactly that. It wasn’t the chairman who cost us substantial monies, it was Ricketts approach too and tactics during, the match itself. Shameless cowardice by a manager way out of his depth. this is how B&A works, as one attempted hijack of a thread whimpers out, along come the big boys with all guns blazing to attempt a war have fun
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Post by Beefy on Jan 3, 2024 20:22:34 GMT 1
Beefy I genuinely believe your talking bo77ock5. We were never favourites and from my recollection at the time we genuinely had no info on the scousers at all. Fare play to them they played a blinder but any respect I had for Liverpool died that day. And you know what it hasn't bothered Klop one bit so it doesn't matter now either Well it’s true whether you like it or not. I remember driving up to the game listening to Adrian Durham slaughter Town for their whinging and him quoting the live odds saying your now favourites win the game and shut up . By the time of kick off on betfair we were 1.85 ish Liverpool were far weaker than was predicted. Apologies for hijacking the thread
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Post by Coops on Jan 3, 2024 20:36:04 GMT 1
Unless I've missed it, I've not seen any recent update from the club in respect of the number of tickets sold. looking on line it seems we’ve almost sold out, around 300 tickets left from what I can see
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Post by Bob Rickerton on Jan 3, 2024 20:53:15 GMT 1
Given a choice, I would definitely give priority to the league for us. Doing well in the FA Cup can have a positive knock on effect in the league though. Winning in whatever the format breeds confidence and an eagerness for the next game. I don’t know how Taylor will approach the game, but Parkinson will definitely pick the strongest XI available to him. Yep league all the way for me too. Be nice to thump this lot on Sunday but we ain't winning the FA Cup and we'll be above them in the not too distant future as they're a club that's on the way down. We've heard this one before. Quite a lot actually over the last 16 years, and it's still taken the FA Cup and some Disney schmaltz for you to even be allowed the honour of drawing us in the cup. Wind yer neck in, son.
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Post by Bob Rickerton on Jan 3, 2024 20:55:46 GMT 1
There might have been a few who went for 19 because until a couple of days ago Safe Standing was showing as pretty much sold out with only isolated spots available, so if you wanted to go with some friends who weren't ST holders 19 was at that point the only place to easily get together. Was certainly the case for me. I’ve heard this as well. The problem is and I mean no offence, many of the instigators of singing in the SS were in their early to mid teens when safe standing started. They’re now in the late teens / early 20s and have found alcohol judging by the mass migration 10 mins before half time returning late for the 2nd half. Some have not bothered returning and had to leave because stewards won’t let them stay drinking all game…. So a bit of an attraction to try 19 I guess. Im hoping the South Stand Flags are well organised for this sell out as they don’t seem to get used in numbers anymore 😌 Not sure I remotely understand your point or why you've quoted my post here tbh.
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Post by gobowenshrew on Jan 3, 2024 21:03:17 GMT 1
The club earlier alleged the tickets were on "general sale" but several people queried the terminology as you need an STFC supporter number history to purchase - not a general sale per se.
Could we actually see empty seats not go unsold for fear that Wrexham fans may infiltrate the home end?
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Post by Coops on Jan 3, 2024 21:08:18 GMT 1
The club earlier alleged the tickets were on "general sale" but several people queried the terminology as you need an STFC supporter number history to purchase - not a general sale per se. Could we actually see empty seats not go unsold for fear that Wrexham fans may infiltrate the home end? it’ll be a sell out mate, not many left now. If we allowed anyone buy tickets that’s when you would see red scarves in the home end, and we don’t want that do we, it’s already bordering on world war three as it is. 🤣
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Post by gobowenshrew on Jan 3, 2024 21:12:21 GMT 1
I'll always remember James McClean coming on as a sub for Stoke 2-1 up against us at the Britannia a few seasons ago with about 20 mins to play.
We know how that ended 😉
Hopefully the horrible git (excuse my French) will give his side a similar kiss of death on Sunday.
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Post by stuttgartershrew on Jan 4, 2024 11:42:29 GMT 1
I'll always remember James McClean coming on as a sub for Stoke 2-1 up against us at the Britannia a few seasons ago with about 20 mins to play. We know how that ended 😉 Fingers crossed. I can understand the poppy thing but not his actions on that Albion tour. If you can't respect the flag and national anthem of the country in which you play, of the club you play for, of the majority of supporters of that club then I think it best you ply your trade elsewhere. Otherwise you just come across as a hypocrite. Lets hope he has a stinker come Sunday anyhow.
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Post by bobbyc on Jan 4, 2024 11:46:35 GMT 1
Living in London I don’t get to many home games these days. But have purchase history for London away games from past couple of seasons. However this means that I’m not eligible to buy a ticket for Sunday. Have emailed the club about it yesterday but no response.
Frustrating!
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Post by Pilch on Jan 4, 2024 11:55:49 GMT 1
Living in London I don’t get to many home games these days. But have purchase history for London away games from past couple of seasons. However this means that I’m not eligible to buy a ticket for Sunday. Have emailed the club about it yesterday but no response. Frustrating! sounds like you've not been home or away this season , I think this is the whole idea of the loyalty scheme
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Post by gtismygod on Jan 4, 2024 11:56:11 GMT 1
Living in London I don’t get to many home games these days. But have purchase history for London away games from past couple of seasons. However this means that I’m not eligible to buy a ticket for Sunday. Have emailed the club about it yesterday but no response. Frustrating! My mate was in a similar predicament. He called up the ticket office a few times and eventually someone answered the phone and sorted him a ticket. They could see that he had booking history so there were no questions asked.
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Post by belfastshrew on Jan 4, 2024 12:35:49 GMT 1
Hoping you get sorted today bobbyc.
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Post by servernaside on Jan 4, 2024 12:44:32 GMT 1
I'm as excited about the Wrexham match as anyone else, but it's a terrible indictment of football when we are as concerned about fan segregation as anything else.
It's a much better atmosphere at Rugby matches where fans mingle and treat one another with respect....I believe it's called common decency.
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Post by Pilch on Jan 4, 2024 13:00:11 GMT 1
I'm as excited about the Wrexham match as anyone else, but it's a terrible indictment of football when we are as concerned about fan segregation as anything else. It's a much better atmosphere at Rugby matches where fans mingle and treat one another with respect....I believe it's called common decency. If no away fans were allowed in football I think some football fans would still need segregation and police standing there to ensure they behave
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