oldstandrobin Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 8 hours ago, Judda said: Same Same here as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bh_red Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Time of year, money is tight. dont generally do cup games, didn’t do Man U and won’t be doing City, shame they didn’t reduce prices for the home leg, do wonder if it will sale out the home leg, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelksRed Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 I bought our usual 3 seats.....can't really afford it.....extra shift taken......it' a difficult time of year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobintheRed Red Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 11 hours ago, Chappers said: Personally, I think the club have over-priced this one. Man U are always a bigger draw, there is the risk of it being a pointless game, and there has been a lot of expense lately with Christmas and football. I also think they should have applied the members discount on this occasion, just for once accept that fans don't have an endless supply of money! Mainly because some of us have spent so much of it watching City for the past 40 years. quite agree got tickets for both games but think the club could have charged twenty pound home leg max also a bit unfair on the real Man City fans travelling down charging thirty four quid especially when they dropped prices for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 4 minutes ago, RobintheRed Red said: quite agree got tickets for both games but think the club could have charged twenty pound home leg max also a bit unfair on the real Man City fans travelling down charging thirty four quid especially when they dropped prices for us I don't really get the argument about their prices, if they knew they could sell out the game I bet they'd be charging £30 plus as well, if we were to drop to £20 a ticket we'd be losing out on around approximately £156,000, pays a top player for around 10 weeks for us, the club isn't in the position financially where we can afford to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobintheRed Red Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 1 minute ago, hodge said: I don't really get the argument about their prices, if they knew they could sell out the game I bet they'd be charging £30 plus as well, if we were to drop to £20 a ticket we'd be losing out on around approximately £156,000, pays a top player for around 10 weeks for us, the club isn't in the position financially where we can afford to do this. but they rarely sell out there home games and were talking a semi final mind as the guys quoted train fare hotel 100 quid an i booked when draw was made with xmas just gone all these games especially if your taking kids it all adds up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelts Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Got home and away tickets . Manchester City over two legs and away in the first I can see why many would want to see the outcome of leg one . People are feeling the pinch with many massive games recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ska Junkie Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 I'll be at the first leg but will have to miss the home leg as, ironically, I'll be in bloody Manchester! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl&Toby Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 15 hours ago, BobBobSuperBob said: Hopefully if we somehow got through they will prioritise those that have been to the semis That’ll be you and me sorted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl&Toby Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 9 hours ago, shelts said: Got home and away tickets . Manchester City over two legs and away in the first I can see why many would want to see the outcome of leg one . People are feeling the pinch with many massive games recently. And we have. Opportunities like this don’t come along often. And if the unthinkable does happen we’ll be delighted we saw it first hand. Passion and belief. And I’m still thinking we’ll finish top two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Northski Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 Would more people attend if we experimented with smaller goals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshtonGreat Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 After what happened last night, I think Bristol City will be properly fired up at the Etihad, and if City play their kids I reckon we could turn them over. Or at least get a draw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 14 hours ago, Punkymatt said: Going to both legs. For folk looking to make the Manchester trip a little cheaper I managed to get Megabus to Manc land for £7.50 each way and Easy Hotel (twin room) for £37. i will probably curse these decisions when I’m stuck on a coach going nowhere and get a terrible nights sleep but you gets what you pay for! That’s a good deal on travel and hotel, but it would mean taking 2 days off work. Sometimes time is just as important as money, many can’t afford to give two days holiday up. i myself only purchased my ManC home tickets in the early hours of New Years Day, wanted them to be the first tickets I bought this year! I had already purchased my away ones and coach travel and booked Derby away and coach, so the club isn’t doing too bad out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheshire_red Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 37 minutes ago, Lord Northski said: Would more people attend if we experimented with smaller goals? Only if it’s our goal, reckon it should be a five a side size for them to score both home and away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBobSuperBob Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 58 minutes ago, BigAlToby&Liam said: That’ll be you and me sorted! Was thinking Al -I probably wouldn’t , Youd be popular though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portland Bill Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 16 hours ago, Robin TBW said: Works the same the other way. Serves non-season ticket holders right for not buying a season ticket... Surely you must understand that all City fans would like to buy a season ticket. I’ve been a ST holder for years, but due to having two sons who are now involved in ‘other’ football matches on a Saturday, it’s not now viable for me to pay out £4-500 for something I would hardly use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelts Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 2 hours ago, BigAlToby&Liam said: And we have. Opportunities like this don’t come along often. And if the unthinkable does happen we’ll be delighted we saw it first hand. Passion and belief. And I’m still thinking we’ll finish top two A top two finish is a massive ask . Not impossible . Improbable . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 Got mine bought and wouldn’t miss it even if we went 15-0 down in the first leg! But I hope we are still in the tie. What a night it could be if so. Really don’t understand why it’s two legged though. Completely kills the magic of the cup for me, all cup games should be one off affairs, and to only have it for the one round....pretty much kills of all hopes of an upset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted January 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 7 minutes ago, BRISTOL86 said: Got mine bought and wouldn’t miss it even if we went 15-0 down in the first leg! But I hope we are still in the tie. What a night it could be if so. Really don’t understand why it’s two legged though. Completely kills the magic of the cup for me, all cup games should be one off affairs, and to only have it for the one round....pretty much kills of all hopes of an upset. Completely agree. It would seem an obvious way of easing fixture congestion too. Would love it to have been a one-off game at a neutral venue - Millennium or Old Trafford for example, saving Wembley for the final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grove park city Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 Being old enough to see City play Spurs and Forest in our only 2 League Cup Semi - Finals i just can't get the same level of excitement or hope of going through watching some mega bank rolled juggernaut who have bought their way to the top, taking on an exhausted injury ridden squad of City players who had given everything when taking on another bank-rolled mega squad play thing namely Wolverhampton Wanderers. The home ticket prices are way overpriced for both sets of fans for what could be a dead duck ,Leeds United away will be expensive but i'd rather save for that where we at least have a fair chance of winning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityboy Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 Naively, when booking a holiday abroad, I only checked to make sure I wouldn't be missing a home league game. I should have thought about it being the league cup semi finals week really, since we traditionally do really well in the cups.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Watts Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 3 hours ago, AshtonGreat said: After what happened last night, I think Bristol City will be properly fired up at the Etihad, and if City play their kids I reckon we could turn them over. Or at least get a draw Genuinely baffled at referring to us as Bristol City and Manchester as simply City.... As for the reasons for the slow sales, it is clear that people are wanting to see if they're paying over £30 for a glorified friendly. I'm surprised the club hasn't had an early bird price for tickets given that they recognise the first leg concerns too, which they clearly do by rushing the sales options to general sale before the first leg is played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myol'man Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 More than 14,000 tickets have been sold for the second leg on Tuesday, January 23. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cov 77 Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 25 minutes ago, Steve Watts said: Genuinely baffled at referring to us as Bristol City and Manchester as simply City.... As for the reasons for the slow sales, it is clear that people are wanting to see if they're paying over £30 for a glorified friendly. I'm surprised the club hasn't had an early bird price for tickets given that they recognise the first leg concerns too, which they clearly do by rushing the sales options to general sale before the first leg is played. To be honest 14k sold so far , still on priority members who have been to four or more games , next members in general and so on , see what we have sold in a week or so but the game is actually 3 weeks today ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlborough Red Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 After complaints from almost every premier Club on fixture congestion over the festive season, would love to see some common sense employed and the League Cup semi final next year being played in a one off game (no replays) at a neutral venue. Imagine City v Manchester City at a packed Villa Park with our fans in the Holte End ! Tickets would be like Gold Dust. We would easily sell our 20,000. 2 legged affairs are often boring with risk adverse tactics in the first game ,with all the action saved for the 2nd leg or in the worst case , a dead rubber as one team has an unsurmountable lead from the first leg. Not surprising the home leg Man City sales are slightly slower than the one off Man Utd game. Have no doubt we will sell out eventually after the tickets go on general sale. Exception being the Play Offs where 2 legs are played after the season end and don't create fixture congestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBW Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 8 hours ago, Portland Bill said: Surely you must understand that all City fans would like to buy a season ticket. I’ve been a ST holder for years, but due to having two sons who are now involved in ‘other’ football matches on a Saturday, it’s not now viable for me to pay out £4-500 for something I would hardly use. I was being fasicious in reply to a guy saying serves season ticket holders right... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inactive user Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 I'm giving it a miss. Can't stand another night full of gloryhunting day-trippers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRed Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 12 minutes ago, Rednwhiterob said: I'm giving it a miss. Can't stand another night full of gloryhunting day-trippers. Perhaps we could drop down to Div 4 over the next couple of seasons so you can be a smug superfan in a half empty stadium? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderingred Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 16 minutes ago, Rednwhiterob said: I'm giving it a miss. Can't stand another night full of gloryhunting day-trippers. Bizarre comment. Would you prefer to play Rochdale infront of 8000 in League 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyredredrobin Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 4 hours ago, Marlborough Red said: After complaints from almost every premier Club on fixture congestion over the festive season, would love to see some common sense employed and the League Cup semi final next year being played in a one off game (no replays) at a neutral venue. Imagine City v Manchester City at a packed Villa Park with our fans in the Holte End ! Tickets would be like Gold Dust. We would easily sell our 20,000. 2 legged affairs are often boring with risk adverse tactics in the first game ,with all the action saved for the 2nd leg or in the worst case , a dead rubber as one team has an unsurmountable lead from the first leg. Not surprising the home leg Man City sales are slightly slower than the one off Man Utd game. Have no doubt we will sell out eventually after the tickets go on general sale. Exception being the Play Offs where 2 legs are played after the season end and don't create fixture congestion. I wouldn't even mind a one legged play off at a neutral ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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