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Discussion in 'City Talk' started by Twinny, Sep 30, 2018.

  1. Bronco

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    Ah but there learning, and this time James Mason cant be blamed.
     
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  2. NorthernMonkey

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    Nope. Absolutely no contact whatsoever.
     
  3. NorthernMonkey

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    Sounds like a plan. Daughter wants to sit in the Kop anyway, she reckons it's louder in there and hopefully it'll drown out my snoring.
     
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  4. How

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    Sunderland sold the extra tickets in an hour....
     
  5. How

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    Ever thought the club might have been giving home fans ample opportunity to buy tickets for the day, leaving them plenty of options?

    We've checked the ticketing portal and seen lots of spare seats still in home end so took the option to sell another 330 tickets guaranteed than wait for home fans to buy some?

    But no, lets use it to bash the club... again
     
  6. Steve1970

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    Who is this 'we've' you and who else?
     
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  7. How

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    As a club, nothing to do with me

    Just a figure of speech, don't take it so literally
     
  8. NorthernMonkey

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    The club is being bashed because of the lack of notice. If they'd have said, "don't worry about it, just use your existing ST card in a different stand and we'll log it against the barcode" then fine.

    Yet in reality, they've given people a couple of days tops, many who will be working right up until Saturday dinnertime to get down to VP and change their tickets with the cherry on the cake being they take your ST off you for the privilege and you have to go through it all again before the next match to collect it.

    And all this for around £8000 when, if this is about money, we could have given them the whole MR stand and announced it a month ago.

    It's really not rocket science and a professional club should have had the foresight and staff to have thought of this instead of trying to quell the criticism with a £10 club shop voucher.
     
  9. City loyal

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    The bother on the night match against United was a direct result of the the Ointment turning over Man United firm in the previous season. The red army was after retribution after city lads ran them previous year hence why so many MU nutters in N/W corner that night
     
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    The majority of people who sit in E block are season ticket holders, and have been for years, not just casual turn up on the day fans. To make a decision like this to accommodate just 300 extra away fans, so late on is crazy. Either make an early call and give them the whole of Midland Road or stay as is. The £10 voucher for the club shop is an insult.
     
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    This is poor planning on the club's part and those affected are right to feel annoyed with such short notice. If using the club's website is the only form of communication to this group of fans, I suspect there'll be more confusion on the day. And it was all avoidable imo and all for just £6k!
     
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    i imagine it's because what if you rock up in another stand without an allocated ticket and sit in someone's ST seat - there'd be hell to pay with some people. there'd be fighting on the stairs!
     
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    Good grief, why could they not have made the seats for the Sunderland supporters available much earlier? For sure there are spare seats for City fans and they can easily offer alternatives within VP.

    I struggle to understand inability to have a reasonable degree of forward planning.

    The only other side which is likely to bring those sort of large numbers is Portsmouth, so perhaps City need to start thinking about it now as that is 3rd November.
     
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    I agree but the point is that all the inconvenience is laid squarely at the door of the customer that's already paid and the club just silently pockets the profits.
     
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    I don't want to bish, bash, bop anybody on here or at the club...but Sunderland have sold out all their allocations this season. 5k @ Coventry last weekend so maybe we could have been smarter about it. Saying that I don't want 5k Mackems outsinging us!!
     
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    That was the game when keeper Robert Zabica played and had a shocker !!
     
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    God yes.

    That was a chastening night.
     
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    ☆☆WINNER☆☆
     
  19. Bronco

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    Its going to be interesting to meet you and see if you do have a sense of humour.
     
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    Can you remember him playing any good games ;).
     
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