sandwichsaint

Bump, for all those on here who had 'no idea' that there could/would/might-be a light show for Markus.

I don't have FB and I knew. I'm surprised people who spend most of the day on here (claim) they didn't know, it was in the Tifo thread and discussed by several people on here as soon as we got through to the final (don't know how to link a thread). What's slightly much more worrying in the times in which we live is how many people are prepared to randomly group-join-in with something they know nothing about! Hands up, my missus joined in, then said what was that for?

Great stuff, we were prob a bit 'premature' getting it out a good 5 mins before the teams came out so prob not seen on telly. But that might have been a Wembley type decision? Hopefully Kat saw it, liked it, and lets it out more often. Would be great to see it passed around SMS for big games.

Did anyone see the two young lads who tried to jib in about 3 o'clock right round on the far right hand side of the concourse of the lower tier? They came in through a side turnstile close by a wheelchair, they clearly didn't have tickets, they got to the second line of security and were challenged by lady steward, they put up a very weak bluff about being with someone, the lady wasn't having any of it and called for assistance and tried to block them, one bottled it and gave himself up and one broke clean through and sprinted through the concourse and I guess out into the bowl as he came in at pretty much at a dead end. Took them a good half minute to react before a couple of stewards hot footed after him but he was well away by then, wonder if he got picked up via CCTV or if he saw the game? Anybody any tout tales? Did prices fall at KO time? Saw some Mancs and touts having a right set to just under the tunnel as we came off the tube at about 14-00.

Fantastic day and really proud of the team. So many 'if onlys', the offside goal, the injury to VVD, the too-late signing of Caceres, the lack of any cover in goal but let's not dwell on that. So many positives and after the disappointment of the Europa campaign good to see us back to our vibrant attacking best, flying the flag for the non-top 6 clubs and giving ourselves another tilt at the best-of-the-rest title. Stayed over last night and drove home this morning and Talk sport (yuck!) very complimentary, someone on Jim White's show had us down as being in a completely false league position and on our day a match for anyone ... what a difference having a top line striker makes! Loved the atmosphere, stood with a great bunch of young and old lads at the back of the lower tier right behind the goal on the right hand side and we didn't stop for 90 minutes. Fair play if you were in that group, top support. I was the old loon with the sash shirt and the middle aged wife with a camera (she loved it too!). Was a bit weird seeing a lot of the lower tier seated though, and gutted for people who couldn't get tickets and then to hear of the empty seats, I reckon I could have sold 20 of them on my own.

I booked Sunday and had a very prompt reply (in the affirmative), ref 123 if that means anything?

It always comes down to the blo-ody coefficient! Links to Ripping Yarns/Barstenworth Utd.

Yep, think MLG can put his stadium expansion pics away for the foreseeable, we're more likely to yo-yo into the championship at some time in the next 5-10 years than see regular crowds of c40k at SMS.

Not sure where this leaves anyone going fd, eg not for 'this' cup final but for next season and onwards. I have 2 STs, and bought two Europa home bundles against those two numbers. Mrs Sandwich was 'persuaded'/panicked into getting a membership for Milan away when those tkts then later went to open sale (with a purchase history) despite the club saying they wouldn't. I should have put the EL home bundle in her name/membership, put the second EL bundle in my other son's name, put the away Milan tkts in his name and then paid his membership if/when it goes to 4 games for a cup final! This selling of retrospective memberships has been a total farce. Feel very sorry for anybody that has stumped up £25 for a membership in Aug/Sept to support the club/get away tickets/move themselves up the queue for cup final tkts, used it to go to 3 homes and 3 aways and has then been trumped by someone who has bought a cheap Arsenal tkt and a membership.

Fake news, Wembley's penalty areas aren't 20% bigger than those found on regular grounds.

Dover are at home tomorrow v Wrexham, it's £15, there's no booking fee, it's (fairly) safe standing, the beer service (has never been) quick, the kit's OK, it's 3pm kick off on a Saturday, ...........see you there?

Totally agree , I put this out there several years ago that they should put the away tickets out as 'singing' or 'non-singing' and fill singers from the back and non-singers from the front (or left/right) or however the size/shape of the allocation. I remember a particularly grim experience away at Colchester when I ended up literally surrounded by bingo-bus day trippers, with actual flasks and tartan rugs, no singing, no standing, no swearing FFS! Grim as grim, prob for them as well as for me. Couldn't I have just moved? Yes and no, we've stood five in four seats before and it can be done but it can get pretty anti-social pretty quickly. Remember at Charlton a while back 6 ****ed up ****s trying to stand in the two spaces next to me; we ended up being pushed into the people next us (who pushed back) and we then ended up trodden on and sworn at for doing nothing but standing in our own seats. My preference would be to stand in one space (and sing and swear) and I am happy for others to do whatever they do that doesn't affect my enjoyment of the game, I also accept I have to sit down if people behind me genuinely can't see and can't stand, and moderate my swearing to consider those around me. Safe standing is the way to go though even then the Charlton 6 would still push in together to be with their mates, so I guess give and take is the way to go, in football, as in life.

Fair play! Didn't see your clarification, back in my good books.

Disappointing response, I find you one of the more opinionated posters on here, with your opinions backed up by facts and actually going to actual games, which is always a bonus. Think you've badly mis-judged this one though, are you really saying that if you rocked up at an away game (as you often do) and just the one time you'd been allocated seats just in front of the disabled fans, you'd stand and block their view, just for one game like? And if you yourself didn't actually do that (and TBF you didn't say you would) you'd understand those that do 'because it's an away game'. Really? Read the OP again, read your response, and maybe have a word with yourself.

One of his many attributes is that he was bomb-proof and played every game but now the jury's out. Saints rush him back and he gets another one, or Saints nurse him back and he could still meet a Vardy in his first game back. Maybe we already had peak VVD pre-Leicester?

Probably be Eric Black and that Watson bloke, make of that what you will.

Go on then... I haven't a clue who out of Barry/Boufal/Tadic/Redmond/Long/JRod will be shoe-horned in where ... at least 2 of those are carrying injuries to some degree ... you would have to think Barry and Redmond would start, I'd say the third spot is very much up for grabs. Back 4 may or may not change depending on the personnel available, Romeu will play in the middle plus perm any two-from-four, chuck in the wild cards McQueen and Sims and a tinkerman manager, and I've never seen a side that's less likely to pick itself. On the evidence so far I think we can safely assume Puel has no idea of his best side!

Sorry lads, but I'm with MLG on this one. If it's a 'must win' then surely there has to be a consequence to 'not winning'; eg knocked out of a cup, manager sacked, board under pressure, some sort of a protest etc etc. For what it's worth, we'll probably not win on Saturday, there will be a massive meltdown on here, and our league position will look a shade worse; but personally I'd much rather win the cup final v Man Utd than a routine league game away at Sunderland.

Lloyd James' completely out-of-character 20 yd screamer away mid-week at Brentford, same game as Kelvin had a sensational evening in goal. And all in front of a packed away support on the terraces. For all those worrying about the R word a reminder that there is plenty of life and football beyond the PL. (Unfortunately for the purposes of this thread wiki also records him as scoring a second goal against Exeter, I also saw that but it's not one that sticks in the memory).

If we 'must' play 4-3-3 next week our current best side is probably: Mr Invisible Cedric Yoshi Stephens Bertrand Hoj Romeu McQueen Redmond Boufal Barry Beef up the midfield, that front 3 would create plenty, but prob still not score enough, we really need a 4-2-3-1 with Austin up top, and a half-way decent GK would make a massive difference.

Row Z?

Conserving energy, it's a long season,

Has anybody used the phone lines to order disabled/enabler tickets? What were the queues like and did you get to choose blocks etc?

Actually it's 5 out of 11 P11 W5 D3 L3 F13 A11 Pts18: Pts per game c1.6 which equals 31 points from a full 19 games. Beaten: Swans / Burnley / Everton / Midds / Leic Drawn: Watford / Sunderland / L'pool Lost: Chelsea / Spurs / West Brom

Batteries not included