Not sure about that they hold the games in smaller stadia so each team gets c 10k tickets or less I think.
Going to be a bun fight to get any away tickets I'd think given smaller size of grounds of many teams in the tournament.
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To be fair it was good fun watching Haverfordwest, proper local club. Their goalie is from New Zealand, so good reunion in the offing with Chris Wood. Although there were rumours of interest from English clubs as he's had a good season. He lives in the village where we were watching the game, they were very proud.
Three qualifying rounds for teams from smaller leagues/countries to reach the play-off round (Welsh clubs Haverfordwest and Penybont are unseeded and enter in the first qualifying round).
Dundee United, Sparta Prague, AEK Athens among teams entering in the second qualifier
Draw for the play-off round is August 4, with matches scheduled for August 21 and 28. Premier League kicks off on August 16.
On the plus side, we have a bye to the third round of the League Cup now.Presume Dominguez will pull out of the Argentina squad, which is a shame for him.
Given our transfer situation it might include Tyler Binden and Marko Stamenic as well. I reckon we might see Binden in a Forest shirt next season.
Hopefully we still go for two or three quality additions. The core looks good, we just need a bit more on
Nuno didn’t sound keen when Fray suggested we’d need a bigger squad but we’ll see.
I am suggesting a small number of quality to be fair, rather than bodies.
A strange afternoon. We played well first half but couldn’t do enough to get the goal. Second half we have away the scrappy goal and then Chelsea were just happy to waste time and sit back. But having said that Wood should have buried the chance at the end.
And then we waited an age for the Chelsea to clear off the pitch so we could acknowledge the players but I still felt very disappointed by it all despite our best season for decades.
There’s clearly scope to increase the playing pool without actually increasing the size of the squad. It’s clear that there are quite a few current squad members that Nuno has no interest in letting onto the pitch.
Careful, you'll be lynched by the armchair supporters for comments like that.
Final has been at smaller grounds in the past, but I think UEFA is learning a lesson, as next year's is at the 45,000-capacity Red Bull Arena in Leipzig, so should be 13,000 tickets per club at least.
(Chelsea have been given 12,300 for this year's final at the 42,000-capacity Wroclaw Stadium, while West Ham only received 5,780 for the 2023 final at the 19,000 capacity Fortuna Arena in Prague)
