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I think the Skates announcement yesterday resulted in quite a few buying to ensure they qualify for tickets. Strangely Wrexham still haven't put the away allocation on sale which is very late, was checking on that to see how many we give them and at what price. Home end will definitely be sold out very soon

Crikey when you put it that way can I add my name to the list of offended people?

Go on then, list Armel Bella Kotchap on there on behalf of the club , let's see what we can get for him *buyer will also have to take on his wages

How many players have they actually "sold" for real money vs players walking away from the club as free agents?

Bookmark this for inevitable loss later in the season 😃

I agree with you, however it is true that 1 - the squad is still too big, how many centre backs does one team need?! There's not been much interest for our players. 2 - loan market really doesn't get going until last fortnight, I think we're bound to pick up a couple of those and hopefully have a plan. Especially for a goal scorer. Personally I think we'll have a bumpy start to the season and Still is going to need time

Not sure they ever did, was rumoured in 2010 they were going to but it didn't happen , funny old video from that day

Amen , pints for breakfast, WBA play off atmosphere required

Agreed, that seems reasonable

Actually ignore me, would also need a purchase from previous season as well

If I'm reading that correctly a Pompey fan could buy a membership now along with the cheapest ticket for Stoke at home and go straight to front of the queue for derby day tickets?

Come on these sorts of posts are put out by trolls to get a reaction, just ignore it. As for the Lionnesses they've done really well to make the final, hope they go on and win it , I think Spain look strongest team though

I'm not a fan of these calls for tit for tat pricing, at the end of the day it's just the loyal match going fan who suffers, fans groups uniting like Spirit of Shankly did with others in campaign to cap Premier league away pricing had much more impact and benefited all of us. (That campaign sprang from Cat A teams getting stung like Arsenal charging £63 for Cat A and £26 for Cat C) About time championship followed suit with £30 cap. Also don't understand why Premier League enforces away allocation to be 3000 or 10% if smaller, but Championship just has 2000 or 10% if smaller, would certainly help us to receive some bigger allocations

I remember Cardiff I think offering £20 if opponents reciprocated for their fans. Hull are charging £24 , that will be a better away day

Football really is fucked isn't it. £43 to be stuck in upper tier corner, midday on a fucking SUNDAY , no trains, really couldn't be a worse arrangement, it's a NO from me.

Combined with a very inexperienced manager who will need time I just don't see us in the top 2 , in fact we'll be quite a few points off them

Regional supporters clubs used to be able to help members out with tickets, I know London Saints used to and I thought Northern Saints arranged something similar , worth looking into in case that helps, although being a member will be enough for majority of games north of Birmingham I think anyway.

Out of interest which aways did you want to go to last year that you missed out on? And which aways do you have an eye on for this season?

Still has said he'll take a smaller squad I think so will be interesting to see who doesn't make it on the plane

They do need to upgrade a few players from last season, seems decent business for them, Cacace is a handy left back and rumoured to be costing more than the £2M they paid for Sam Smith last season Windass is proven player at this level , seems sensible business as a free agent (loss for Sheff Wed) ,

Loads of people do have the chance to attend away games, both young and old as has been explained. Might not be the first choice game you want but that's life, and if you asked away regulars I think you would find the less desirable trips are often the best ones anyway.

Loads of aways made it on sale to just season ticket holders with no aways last season, it wasn't hard if you wanted to go.

Don't be silly. There are some who literally go to every game, regardless of distance, kick off time, how shit we're playing, those fans deserve to be ahead of others just because someone else fancies an away day in London once a year. To compromise I'd say make 80% of tickets based on loyalty and 20% to a ballot of season ticket holders / members If fans want to build up away credits just got to go to less desirable trips when opportunity arises, there will be several aways that make it to that.

It's nuts really, league cup 1st round would have been a pay on the day low key event a few years back, not selling out weeks in advance to season ticket holders with 7+ aways, massive club. Skates, Oxford and Wrexham will all need a high % of away games bought to guarantee a ticket

That bodes well for Skates at home, need those 1500 filled with lads stood either side of them recreate the old Itchen North