Raises the question, who was the indispensible spark that made us Champions League possibles rather than relegation fodder, Nuno or Elanga? Or have we been Edued (a new verb meaning to employ the worst possible director of football).
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I would be delighted if Dyche had a go at winner stays on, and picked up a wedge. It would be a lovely completing the circle for him.
He's also a lot better football manager than the average fan gives him credit for. I don't think not doing the stupid thing that we are not yet equipped to do, is that much of a loss.
We were never going to challenge for champions league football this season. So for me that's a false yardstick.
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I do like Dyche, but how can our shortlist be Dyche, Cooper and Silva? Presumably three different people added a name to the list.
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...I strongly doubt it ever has been.
What they say to their shills, isn't necessarily the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
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1 and 2 - won't get a hard time if we have some bad results. 3, presumably who Marinakis actually wants but isn't prepared to pay for, so will wait until the summer.
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Benitez in talks with Panathanaikos.
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Good.
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Busy night at the framing factory.
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The answer is Messi though.
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Porto tickets on general sale now. Can’t act soon enough to add 50% to the capacity.
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Maybe we should consider upgrading what we have instead.
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I honestly find it amazing that this has gone to general sale, even factoring cost of living issues and how shite we've been for a few weeks. But yes, it absolutely should make the club question their capacity dreams (and their pricing policies).
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It amuses me. The ticket office and club have had a fuck you attitude since promotion, assuming tickets would sell themselves forever.
I remember not that long ago kids for a quid and kids season tickets free with a junior reds membership and full house two or three times a season. Didn't expect it to start to dwindle until we were relegated but our norm is definitely not to have demand exceed supply.
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Exactly, I lost so much interest when they wouldn’t reschedule me and my son on a ground tour after a last minute emergency meant we couldn’t attend. The clown I was dealing with told me if I’d told them before it started they would have. (I emailed 1 minute after it started). I’m sure this level of service has been across the board.
And then you have it costing £85 for adult and child ticket in the family section. It was around £45-£50 two years ago.
And treating the £100 members like fools (not even a slight discount for this European phase). Looks silly now.
I know I’m going much less and can’t see that changing.
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Isn't this a little from column A, a little form column B?
The demand is mostly bigger the supply but also the club are charging what they can get away with.
I don't buy this we don't need extra capacity cobblers though, it's a myth perpetuated by long term season ticket holders like Simon to make themselves feel special. We'd clear another 5,000 season tickets tomorrow if they were available.
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Obviously we do need extra capacity but the target should be somewhere in the 36,000-38,000 range. It's more that the club needs to be a bit more realistic about how much tickets are actually worth. And that if they add another 15,000 seats, the value of an individual ticket will reduced hugely if they want to sell them all. Which is probably no bad thing but I'm not convinced they see it that way.
