TheAlehouseBrawlers

Can the moderators change the title of this thread, there's something about it that's hurting my eyes every time I see it. Pretty much irrelevant now too.

I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if this luxury coach was really for transporting staff/players complimentaries but like Hull the staff freebies aren’t so popular for the northern trips and so filling it with a “limited number” of lucky fans. Wonder if they’ll be a block of 80-100 empty seats in a prime spot tonight like last time. Hull sold out 3 weeks in advance, fans couldn’t buy tickets so those that missed out must have been understandably narked to see the empties on TV.

When I said the team should be the same again I was thinking more of a mix of the recent changes that have improved us at Liverpool and yesterday. No doubt one or two will be switched out to rest some if needed there's Jelert, Downes, Robinson, Fraser that can step straight in. Is sold out btw, confirmed on the OS - just under 2,800. Will be interesting to see if there's another batch of empty, what were clearly, 'staff' seats as there was at Hull and other aways this season despite selling out.

They got their first win yesterday away at Oxford so could now spark a bit of a revival under Wilder. Sounds like they're OK-ish at the back but a bit lightweight up front. Cue Danny Ings returns from...surprise, surprise...injury (was said to be close for Saturday's match) on Tuesday night. Looks like a lot travelling up, we took the full allocation of 2,700, assume it's now sold out as tickets have been unavailable for a few days unless we sent some back. Was mostly sold a week ago so guess it's a sell-out. Team has got to be same again so no repeat of Hull away, time to start putting away our chances.

Will Still kicks himself.....😛

Maybe.

Ah, hadn't realised that, not quite so good then.

Update on ticket sales for this batch of northern games - Hull (2,300) and Derby (3,100) both sold out weeks before the games, we took the 2,700 allocation for Liverpool with 350 still available and only 160 left for Sheff Utd (2,700) which will be very close if not a sell-out by the time it comes round. Impressive numbers, 1,200 miles on the road for most and two midweek fixtures. Time for the team to step up.

We can have up to 7,000 for Blackburn…why couldn’t they be down south 🥴

I’m a bit amazed anyone is really surprised that there’s still availability tickets for some our next 4 aways. All up north, 2 midweek and all fairly big allocations, fans doing them all will clock up 1,200 miles on the road over a couple of weeks. Some fans just prefer closer fixtures that inevitably sell out fast but mostly miss out. No rocket science.

You’re right, the city boundaries stretch out roughly west to east from Redbridge, Millbrook, Lordshill, Bassett, Swaythling, Townhill Park, Midanbury, Harefield, Thornhill, Hightown, Sholing, Woolston to Weston and everything in between to the city centre. There’s your 250k. But every city has a metropolitan area that immediately doubles it. The ‘City of London’ has a population of only 8,500, ‘Central’ London is a couple of million, Greater London (Metropolitan area) around 9m. I think Southampton’s ‘city’ population is expected to rise to around 300k by 2040.

I assumed this would certainly be attempted but the OB are going to need some convincing unless they’re bringing the skate coaches in over the Itchen Bridge. Even then they may put measures in place to prevent it. We’ll be getting the same when we go down there in the reverse fixture so…carry on.

There is speculation in Ipswich that he could be heading their way. But they do seem to be linked with him every transfer window.

I agree, you would expect things to start falling into place September onwards but I'd still have preferred to be playing the skates a one or two weeks later once the new boys had a couple of games under their belts. We'll likely be far more affected with absentees over the international break, if everyone was around then a couple of clear weeks on the training ground would be ideal but by the time the skates come around we'll still be a bit raw, they'll be settled. Not an ideal fixture for newbies. Happy to have my concerns blown out the water.

FFS, gazumped by f’kin Watford……….

...and looks like the Ticket Exchange may have opened as limited tickets available here https://tickets.southamptonfc.com/selection/event/seat?perfId=10228791642378&ot=0&gtmStepTracking=true Edit: also now confirming sold out and details for ticket exchange/ticket transfer https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/news/article/portsmouth-h-ticket-exchange-and-ticket-transfer-update

Yep, David Armstrong, great player for us and Boro - poignant to note that it was 3 years ago last Friday that he passed away. If we get a return from Azaz to a similar level then we've done well.

I’m still a bit pissed after being there when they stuck 7 past us and the OB held us back in extra time making us miss the last train back from Waterloo. Payback time………eventually

Just tuned in, looks like we're doing good in East...ahem...Anglia...

Back in the day their mob was known as the Naughty Forty, it’s more Squirty Thirty these days.

Started out at Royston Vasey FC...his mum and dad are so proud

He'll be aware that we may well have £100m burning a hole in our pocket shortly if we get what we want for Dibling and Fernandes so holding out for a little personal incentive to make the deal happen.

As of today there are 600 tickets left for the skates, 1200 home seats left for Stoke on Saturday and just 18 left for the cup game away at Norwich. Don't thank me.......

Hull sold out https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/news/article/hull-city-a-sold-out

You could normally just put a traffic cone in charge of Celtic or Rangers and it would still be nailed on for a second place finish....although RM does look like he may buck that particular trend!