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Post by vicar on Aug 12, 2024 13:17:33 GMT
I'd hope the club, when faced with the choice of a sold out Railway End full of County fans or one full of away fans, would opt for the former. County fans at both ends of the pitch and more tickets for people who have a chance of becoming regular or semi-regular attendees at EP, rather than once a season when their club is playing away there. Obviously, in situations where the away side will definitely sell out and we would struggle to shift tickets to home fans in the RE, I'd be more inclined to allocate the lot to the visitors (but only give them one block of the Pop) as per the discussion at the FF. To be honest I can't envisage too many of these - if depends how much of a drop in attendance we suffer if / when our form dips. I don't see many clubs at this level "doing a Salford" and giving us a paltry allocation out of spite. I don't mind admitting I was wrong if it does come to pass! We will see. I'm not counting things like Bolton only giving us the upper tier and Wrexham restricting us to the usual 1,100 or so. They are going to happen regardless of how many seats we allocate to away fans. Would t surprise me to see us give Birmingham the RE, we could sell it out ourselves it if we hold it back in an initial allocation the. We’d need to give them 2 blocks of the popside as a minimum allocation. If we then decide at a later date to give them the RE the. They get an even bigger allocation than is necessary. May depend on how many home fans use the RE when open in games up to that point. I don't see why they should get special treatment, Bolton, Wigan, Blackpool, Barnsley, Huddersfield, Wrexham and Rotherham would all sell out whatever we give them.
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Post by Barmy Blue Army on Aug 12, 2024 13:17:36 GMT
Preston fans also “never want to see wing backs again” Back 4 every day of the week for me. Back 5 is a waste of a forward position. But a "back 5" is often really a back 3 and more attacking than a back 4 with the wingbacks getting very high and the wide centre backs stepping up to help in build up. It definitely isn't that simple.
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Post by nelly on Aug 12, 2024 13:19:50 GMT
Back 4 every day of the week for me. Back 5 is a waste of a forward position. But a "back 5" is often really a back 3 and more attacking than a back 4 with the wingbacks getting very high and the wide centre backs stepping up to help in build up. It definitely isn't that simple. You need the right players for it to work. I'm just not a big fan of it.
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Post by desmond on Aug 12, 2024 13:24:21 GMT
Would t surprise me to see us give Birmingham the RE, we could sell it out ourselves it if we hold it back in an initial allocation the. We’d need to give them 2 blocks of the popside as a minimum allocation. If we then decide at a later date to give them the RE the. They get an even bigger allocation than is necessary. May depend on how many home fans use the RE when open in games up to that point. I don't see why they should get special treatment, Bolton, Wigan, Blackpool, Barnsley, Huddersfield, Wrexham and Rotherham would all sell out whatever we give them. I could see a few of them potentially getting the RE too, but certainly wouldn’t see Wigan/Rotherham/Wrexham in the same context as the others.
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Post by Barmy Blue Army on Aug 12, 2024 13:37:03 GMT
But a "back 5" is often really a back 3 and more attacking than a back 4 with the wingbacks getting very high and the wide centre backs stepping up to help in build up. It definitely isn't that simple. You need the right players for it to work. I'm just not a big fan of it. That's true. Wide CB is a very specialist position as we've seen. You have to have pace to defend in the wide areas and have something to your game to either pass or carry the ball out as you get stifled in attack if you just have 3 traditional CBs there (as well as being able to defend the box). Similarly, wingbacks get asked a lot physically and being able to go both ways. We've made it work well though and have the players for it, well, when everyone is fit.
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Post by sidcup on Aug 12, 2024 14:04:29 GMT
I'd hope the club, when faced with the choice of a sold out Railway End full of County fans or one full of away fans, would opt for the former. County fans at both ends of the pitch and more tickets for people who have a chance of becoming regular or semi-regular attendees at EP, rather than once a season when their club is playing away there. Obviously, in situations where the away side will definitely sell out and we would struggle to shift tickets to home fans in the RE, I'd be more inclined to allocate the lot to the visitors (but only give them one block of the Pop) as per the discussion at the FF. To be honest I can't envisage too many of these - if depends how much of a drop in attendance we suffer if / when our form dips. I don't see many clubs at this level "doing a Salford" and giving us a paltry allocation out of spite. I don't mind admitting I was wrong if it does come to pass! We will see. I'm not counting things like Bolton only giving us the upper tier and Wrexham restricting us to the usual 1,100 or so. They are going to happen regardless of how many seats we allocate to away fans. Would t surprise me to see us give Birmingham the RE, we could sell it out ourselves it if we hold it back in an initial allocation the. We’d need to give them 2 blocks of the popside as a minimum allocation. If we then decide at a later date to give them the RE the. They get an even bigger allocation than is necessary. May depend on how many home fans use the RE when open in games up to that point. We have Bolton and Wrexham* at home before that, which will be good dry runs for Birmingham. *Subject to international call ups, I'm not making any travel plans that weekend. See also Reading and Wycombe.
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Post by The Real Exile on Aug 12, 2024 14:04:58 GMT
The thing I'm trying to calculate is cannage for the train assuming of course the plod don't try to make it dry. It isn't really far circa 1 hrs 20. It seems to fall in the territory of a 3 canner meaning 1 left over 🤔
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Post by nelly on Aug 12, 2024 14:10:22 GMT
The thing I'm trying to calculate is cannage for the train assuming of course the plod don't try to make it dry. It isn't really far circa 1 hrs 20. It seems to fall in the territory of a 3 canner meaning 1 left over 🤔 Nah, sod that. 10 cans and a tactical chunder.
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Post by The Real Exile on Aug 12, 2024 14:35:10 GMT
The thing I'm trying to calculate is cannage for the train assuming of course the plod don't try to make it dry. It isn't really far circa 1 hrs 20. It seems to fall in the territory of a 3 canner meaning 1 left over 🤔 Nah, sod that. 10 cans and a tactical chunder. 🤣
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Post by Barmy Blue Army on Aug 12, 2024 15:33:22 GMT
I love it when we play against a hapless back 3. Shades of Notts... I like the sound of their hapless back three, Husband in particular appears to be quite hapless according to their forum. Sounds like they don't like pace on the counter too. Don't want to get my hopes up - this is really a freehit - but having Tanto off the bench with Fevrier to refresh Barry and Diamond is an exciting prospect.
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Post by Bredburyhatter on Aug 12, 2024 17:00:11 GMT
Not seen anyone asking for tickets on here, so assume everyone who wants to go, is sorted?
Btw, this doesn't mean I either have a ticket to give away or need a ticket.. just an observation.
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Post by Ngard on Aug 12, 2024 18:04:45 GMT
Not expecting a bite but looking for two tickets if possible for this!
Change of plans means we can go to this now.
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Post by Mozzer on Aug 12, 2024 18:08:21 GMT
The thing I'm trying to calculate is cannage for the train assuming of course the plod don't try to make it dry. It isn't really far circa 1 hrs 20. It seems to fall in the territory of a 3 canner meaning 1 left over 🤔 The season's started now. Put some effort in.
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Post by Bredburyhatter on Aug 12, 2024 18:22:15 GMT
The thing I'm trying to calculate is cannage for the train assuming of course the plod don't try to make it dry. It isn't really far circa 1 hrs 20. It seems to fall in the territory of a 3 canner meaning 1 left over 🤔 1 on the platform, or maybe on the way to the station? The other 3 on the train.
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Post by bighead on Aug 12, 2024 18:22:53 GMT
Not expecting a bite but looking for two tickets if possible for this! Change of plans means we can go to this now. I might know a man..
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