franniesTache

I dunno when i went there last time we got promoted i was surprised by how much it had improved as a city, seemed to be a lot of development there, especially around the university. Some good spots to both eat and drink i thought and pretty similar to southampton in many ways. One thing i hope if it's Boro is that we manage to find a way of beating our North East curse, because i dread every game in that corner of the country and our record there is appalling

Live sports and people in replica shirts? Dear god no, we wouldn't frequent such a low class establishment as that. Not when we're in our country's capital city. There are much finer establishments to be visited.

A grade 2 listed victorian pub that has been used in multiple tv shows and has a fantastic outside space whilst still being on the tube line to wembley

The green man has to be the worst pub in london, why our fans all turn up to it to drink almost £10 pints of terrible beer out of plastic pots, queue for an hour to get served and sing songs at the minimum wage bar staff who don't want to be there i have no idea. We on the other hand will be frequenting much higher end establishments off the beaten track that provide stylish surroundings, good beer and are away from football fans.

The central --> basingrad --> reading --> paddington route might be viable but i guess that'll be packed by saints travelling from north hampshire?

Guess it's a pay off of speed getting up vs not enough seats tbf, but yeah it's been a pain a lot of the times i've had to use it this season

For people thinking about doing the cross country southampton/reading/paddington route i use it semi regularly to get down to home games and a word of warning it'll be an absolute nightmare, a lot of this year it's been reduced to 3 coaches so there's never any space. It might take a bit longer on the rerouted waterloo train but it's definitely the better option as there's more trains and far more coaches on them too

As things stand currently i can't make the date of the final, so put your house on us nicking a win

Same as it was for any away game, go in, select seats, go to the allocation screen and allocate seats to supporters numbers. Had one extra to add so just used the "add new supporter" button in that checkout flow and jobs a gud un. As far as i saw the whole thing was identical to every single other away game i've done and a million times better than the god awful booking system for the play offs that was run by ticketmaster

Don't know about the membership side but the hospitality will definitely count as a purchased game. I was actually a bit surprised how easy it was this morning, got in just after 9:30, booked five seats all behind the goal in the slightly cheaper seats, got the booking confirmation a couple of minutes later and all done. Didn't look like many had gone when i logged in either. I'm sure the club will find a way to bugger it up closer to the game mind.

Wouldn't be surprised if a bunch of people buy tickets with no intention of going and thinking it'll jump them up the queue for semi final tickets, but they'll be disappointed to learn that those tickets won't count as they only count once the game has been played

on sale tuesday 👀

yup it is, i have no idea why anyone buys a rail card or oyster anymore as they're not worth spending money on

That pony shirt is one of the worst we ever had, yeah there's good memories of Le Tiss in his prime in it but everyone at the time hated it. To be fair i also remember most people hating the Denmark kit too but people seemed to love that when it came back too. Wonder if they'll do the "centenary" shirt next (that wasn't done in time for the centenary) that everyone hated but now some will pretend is great

Not sure about players but corporate and club staff have to pay for them

Time for some over confidence, i think we'll beat arsenal and finish 5th. Don't know why but i have a weird feeling we'll take arsenal to penalties and win, and in the league i quite fancy our run in compared to Hull and Wrexham's. So now i've said that we'll be hammered by Arsenal and lose to Oxford and Norwich

My favourite bullshit term is "aerial duals" as if we've got a fucking spitfire and messerschmitt hovering over the pitch. I'm honestly convinced that the rise of this MBA speak in football is so posh folk can justify liking the game and getting to make out it's "actually intelligent and complex", instead of just 22 blokes kicking a ball around. Bit fucking hurtful that mush, i'll have to report you to the FAB grass line for being sizeist, another period in the gulags it is for you

I am supposed to be meeting him at Coventry station on Saturday, I am now concerned that when i step off the rattler instead of being greeted by @Noodles34 I shall instead be met by The FAB's armed Stazi wing ready to bundle me into a re-education gulag. Scary times

Ticket touting AND encouraging a breach of ground regulations? @Noodles34 will be sending your post to FAB as we speak as i heard that as part of his plea deal he agreed to be this board's resident grass.

The Northam Wall was always going to be bollocks, the people saying that though got shot down by the zealots who refused to listen to criticism of it.

I can't believe there are people against this, it's a massive improvement on SOCCERBALL and keeps the excitement going for the end of the series. The London Hornets vs Derbyshire Rams would be prime time viewing in match week 49! Hopefully they schedule the game day for a late evening kick off so the world doesn't miss out

With time and persistence they'll achieve their final dream goal. Every game a bubble game.

I mean as someone who knows what happened with Fonte, directly from the horses mouth, i can tell you for nothing that is absolute bollocks. The person responsible for Fonte leaving was Fonte, with some nudging from his agent. He acted like a dick and didn't give the club a choice. But it's fine you blame Puel who had nothing to do with it. That was such a relief that goal, genuinely felt like we'd never win again, up there with Barry Horne's goal for one of the biggest "release" moments i've seen from a crowd at a game I take it you don't go away?

And this is where my "puel was good" and "ralph should've been sacked" align. Puel 8th and a cup final which was lost by a bad decision, beat inter milan at home & played some brilliant counter attacking football away from home is roundly thought of by many as shit. Ralph who lost 9-0 twice and never got us higher than 11th or into a cup final is somehow a messiah who only didn't achieve domination because of things out of his control. Surely clapping at the fans can't make that much of a difference?

Which reminds me of another... Ralph should've been sacked immediately after the first 9-0 as a point of principle that that level of failure wasn't acceptable at the club