Sleepy1968

I thought Twine got done bad two or three times. Book the first, it doesn't happen again. Ignore it, and you risk the player getting injured.

Refs are meant to protect players from this sort of thing.

25 minutes ago, eardun said:

I hope so, although I can see Birmingham getting away with it again and Plymouth going down.

We were thinking the same thing - as soon as we heard Plymouth were losing it was 'oh no, they're going to stay up again!'

17 minutes ago, BCFC31 said:

Ryan Frederick's is now springing to mind

I thought the only reason he left was because one of the other players decked him. One that played in the same position ...

58 minutes ago, Ziderarmy said:

The pair of them giving it large to about 200 Rotherham fans mainly dressed as Mexicans and Bannanas. 
 

What a claim to fame, got the impression the apple didn’t fall far from the tree…

Whole thing was embarrassing. I first thought he was after a photo or hug with Conway the way he ran on. 
 

I assume they both got kicked out. 

 

 

That reminds me. Time to watch Dumb and Dumber again.

22 minutes ago, Barrs Court Red said:

At £5m though ?  

I'd offer £2m plus a £4m PL promotion bonus. C'mon Burnley, you know you want to.

(I fully appreciate that Fevs and Silvio have mentioned better value options, but LM only has eyes for ST.)

1 minute ago, fishy said:

You must be cockahoop

I'm loving it. I've cashed out my 5p bet for a whooping 21p profit.

I honestly thought Leeds would struggle tonight, but I didn't think they'd roll over like this.

1 minute ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

 

Sooner Leeds than that ***** at Portman Road tbh.

We know your feelings :). I'll take a Huddersfield (and City) win tomorrow, and call it a good weekend.

5 minutes ago, Super said:

Oh dear

I want close ups of Leeds fans crying.

1 hour ago, REDOXO said:

For my tuppence I’ll buy mine in July if I see that commitment. If they won’t sell me one then, if I deem it worthy they shalt GO **** Themselves ! 

I waited after the play off final failure v Brighton. Then we sold Leroy Lita. So I didn't renew, and missed a few years - and came back after the Hull play off final failure.

2 minutes ago, Red Army 75 said:

Some huge games in the EFL this weekend. Starting tonight with QPR V LEEDS 

I'm looking forward to Leeds falling apart, again.

1 hour ago, eardun said:

On point 3, we’re just going on what Gavin Marshall said in the FBC podcast when he says we have 15k season ticket holders currently and (direct quote) “we probably don’t want to have that many more season ticket holders”.

He then goes onto talk about getting POTD seats in the SS by reducing season tickets there (ensures a mix of different fans in the SS like in the other stands) which is your point 2. This is consistent with what they said when they launched season tickets which was this:

“Following feedback at the Fans Forum in November, where there was a collective desire to improve matchday atmosphere, we have made a number of changes to try and increase matchday attendance, particularly in the South Stand by capping the number of Season Tickets to enable more match tickets to be made available here.”

I think someone said there is an EFL cap on percentage of season tickets but I’ve not seen it. However City themselves don’t seem to want to sell many more than 15k (if you take what GM says at face value) which would leave around 8k for POTD (home fans only). Their comms keep stating that there are limited tickets available. Of course they might be tested if people keep buying even after they get to, say, 16k - are they really going to say ‘no thanks’?! Not convinced they will sell that many though. 

 

I get you. You are right but I just don't want believe what he says. We aren't supported anything like well enough for this to be a good idea.

I'm hoping it's a marketing gimmick to try to generate more ST sales, but if its not, I look forward seeing how it plays out.

10 minutes ago, REDOXO said:

I am so confused! 
 

How many season tickets have actually been sold to supporters?

How is withholding seats in the South Stand advantageous to the football club?

Am I off base here, but are the club threatening/implying they will limit sales of season tickets at a relatively low level? 
 

All help appreciated!

1. 12k+

2. Two reasons: They are trying to increase bums on seats, seeing as the South Stand attendances have been hugely under capacity for many games, with all tickets sold to ST holders (as in Sold Out). Also gives us cheaper POTD alternative.

3. I think some people got the wrong end of the stick. Ain't no way the Club would limit ST sales below the proscribed limit (there have to be a certain percent of POTD tickets available.)

Waits for people to disagree ...

He's a greater little player. Very snappy in the tackle. Shouldn't this be in the transfer forum?

5 hours ago, Major Isewater said:

Brrrrrrriiiissstol, was the chant in the past . Why are people so tetchy ?

I remind you ‘OTIB ‘ . 

 

Yeah, I mentioned that in the past. For me, Bristol Bears are too insignificant for this to cause an issue.

1 hour ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

Obviously we don't know how next season is going to pan out on the pitch. 

But let's just say we do about the same. 

I don't think people are quite aware of the impact the new TV deal will have on fixtures and that come next years renewals we will see a drop off because of the TV schedule. 

We will. I suspect the FSF will do a survey to help quantify the impact of this. Apart from people not attending, it will also cause major inconvenience to some fans. That this isn't recognised by the other 'stakeholders' shows that the pursuit of the dollar (or pound) trumps all in modern professional football.

1 hour ago, JBFC II said:

Don't the club have to keep a certain number of tickets back for pay on the day anyway?

Let's say we have 22000 seats available for home fans, we'd probably be looking to max out at 18k season tickets and then leave the rest for general sale.

The issue with the south stand was the number of unused season tickets. From what I heard, despite being sold out it was at around 60% capacity on average, the club had to do something. Season tickets are still of huge importance for a club like ourselves, can't see there coming a time in the near future where we won't have them

Yeah, that situation was untenable.

It probably looked worse than it was because a number of supporters invoked the free upgrade to unattended seats in other parts of the ground.

7 minutes ago, eardun said:

Pleased Hull are winning. If they see it out, they should be up for it v Ipswich at the weekend as play offs still on. 

They'll need to win both remaining games well, and hope wba or Norwich lose one for their final two.

Sheff Weds v WBA Saturday. Like to see Weds and Huddersfield win Saturday.

I think I'll be on flashscore most of Saturday afternoon. The wifi's okay during the game.

It comes to something when I want Everton to beat Liverpool. Not that I have any liking for either club, but I have been hoping that Everton get relegated up to now.

4 minutes ago, phantom said:

As I have touched on previously, there are ongoing discussions between the SC&T and club, these will ramp up over the coming weeks and months but will depend on the buy in from our board.

One of the items raised already is this

In current discussions it has been raised that if if happens it will be from the point of being unavailable to attend the game

That is likely to be a team that has a buyback scheme and "sells out" but has unused seats

I would say it is a good thing if someone doesn't attend but also doesn't offer their seat to be resold

I have a *feeling* that it included the ticket being resold officially as non attendance by the holder. I do remember thinking, 'Jesus, that can't be right, can it?'

Unfortunately, there are too many TPOF pods to go back and check. I might see if anyone does show transcripts that I can search ...

12 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

I think, this is how you and I think in our “normal” careers…or sometimes this is how your boss handles your aspirations!

Do I want the hassle of a promotion, more demands on me, etc, for a 5% pay rise, a few other benefits, e.g. the swivel chair, the automatic bottle opener…

…when in their case they are talking doubling, trebling, quadrupling, etc, notwithstanding the playing elements.  I

Yep, one club in particular are well aware of TC’s strengths and aware that his current team’s style isn’t helping…in fact you could argue that the only thing it is helping is the buying club’s outlay should he leave.

Yep. His market value is currently way below his book value. Or something like that.

I do wonder that if we get stupidly low offers, and/or can't find the no's 9/10 we want, we'd do something risky and keep hold of him in his final year and get the 'value on the pitch'.

35 minutes ago, Roger Red Hat said:

'The successful role out of digital tickets'.

Mine hasn't worked once! Always have to be flashed in by the operative at the turnstile.

I sometimes have to wait a few seconds or try it again, but it's always worked for me eventually.

Have you asked to have a physical card next season cus that process seems to be a pain. Unless you like getting flashed of course.

16 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

It will happen - but will only happen when games sell out constantly. From the clubs perspective they’ve sold your seat to you and have the money for it - they’d rather sell the other seats in the ground then have to resell yours (and possibly give you a cut)

I heard on The Price of Football recently, that one club were taking your season ticket back - or at least not allowing you to renew - if you missed three games.

If we ever get that arrogant I'm off. I don't care that we'd probably be in the Premier League for that to have a chance of happening.

36 minutes ago, 1960maaan said:

I just went on for a nose and got as far as choosing seats , and I've already renewed . Strange.

All this would need is a upfront message explaining why ticket sales were offline and when they'd be back and for what 'customers'. Maybe the offer of an email when sales are available.

The slipshod way they tend to implement solutions will lose people.

There are many improvements that could be made to the bristol sport online user experience/interface that they seem reluctant to do anything about. Credit cards not working for no good reason being an obvious example.

(Tyreek has a nice ring to it.)

I'd like to think he wound Nathan Jones up good and proper.

36 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

To be fair, and I know you’re not saying it wasn’t publicised, it was on Twitter and the OS.

 

Thanks Silvio.

I do check in with the OS daily, so must have missed it.