Marlborough Red

Always amazed to see so many empty seats in the South Stand despite none available on the ticket website when I try to buy . Always looks half empty on TV 

Find it hard to believe that these seats are not used by ST holders if this is the case. The Norwich match was a good example with a sell out on the website but literally hundreds of empty seats. Seems to me Adults are buying ST and a child at a special price and simply not using them. Bet this doesn't happen for the Man City game ! Perhaps the number of special child seats can be limited next season to allow the South Stand to be packed for every game.

Also amazed how many fans leave their seats at least 5 minutes before half time and don't return until 5 minutes into the second half.  Again particularly noticeable at the Norwich game where the ground was half empty for the last 3minutes of the first half and the start of the second. If this happens for the televised Man city game the optics on TV will be awful.

Certainly will celebrate and wear a City scarf too. Sure to be loads of our fans in there.

The section next to the City fans behind the goal is a mixed zone where opposing fans always  sit. Bought 4 tickets there over the weekend .Plenty of room  for more City fans to buy and get behind the team. Just have to register on their website ,very simple at no extra cost. Certainly worth a try.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e66-8_JXq6o&feature=youtu.be

Alternative view on the Coronavirus  situation from Peter Hitchens. 

Perhaps the cure is worse than the Virus?

Worth a listen ! Just saying.

Just wondering what Talksport  will find to talk about in the next few weeks or even months. Advertising revenue will fall off a cliff as numbers of listeners decline dramatically. 

Additionally Sky Sports subscriptions may well be cancelled by millions as there simply is no Sport worth watching on TV..

Examples of some of many  sporting business models that will find the upcoming months very challenging with perhaps serious long term consequences.

For fans not planning to renew your season ticket ,this might be the right time to invest in the stock market.

Long term gain as opposed to season long pain !

50 minutes ago, ChippenhamRed said:

While I share your concern about the economic damage, I can’t get behind your simple maths. The problem is they’re too simple, and don’t account for a huge number of variables, and the broadly unpredictable nature of the spread of the virus itself.

A few things off the top of my head:

- The virus in China was predominantly centred around Wuhan, rather than evenly distributed across the country.

- China is geographically huge, and far less densely populated than the UK (365 people per square mile in China, 671 in the UK).

- China took drastic measures, shutting down an entire city. We’ve responded with a few posters on washing your hands.

- Travel patterns in a country are linked to the culture, demographic and wealth of its people; the way people move around China may not be directly comparable to Western Europe.

- The nature of reporting itself has a large margin of error. It’s possible many more died who weren’t reported or whose deaths weren’t attributed to Coronavirus.

I’m sure there are other variables, but these are just a few examples that spring to mind.

Appreciate your considered response.

However the comments you make about China are exactly why I suggested an infection rate of 1 % for the UK as opposed to 0.006 % identified in China. Cant 'see how we are going to get 4 times the deaths which have occurred in China which is the predicted number using UK  infection of 1% with  1.87 % dying from the virus.

People forecasting 80 % of the  UK population having the Coronavirus are simply scaremongering and causing unnecessary concern and panic. Italy today has 0.02 % of it's population with the virus for example.

10 minutes ago, Coxy27 said:

I think your simple maths is quite seriously flawed for multiple reasons.

Perhaps you could expand on your comments. These are all facts.

Some simple Maths lead me to the conclusion that the effect on the health of the UK from Coronavirus will not be anything like as bad as the media suggest.

We can probably all agree that China, where it originated , has been hit the hardest with 80,761 people having contracted the Virus and  3,136 deaths, The virus now seems to be under control in China with only 26 new cases yesterday in a population of 1 billion,400 million people.

• The % of the Chinese population who  tested positive for Coronavirus is only 0.006 %. This in the worst affected country. 
• Lets assume  worst case , 1 % of UK  testing positive,. Almost 200 times higher infection rate than  China
• 1% of the UK 67 million population represents 670,000 people who would get the Virus (currently 321)
• Assuming current death rate in UK of 1.87%  dying from the virus 
• Therefore expected deaths in UK from the Coronavirus could be around  12,529. (currently 5)
• Highly unlikely we would get 4 times as many deaths as China in  a UK  population a fraction of the size
• Using the Chinese Data ,  the number of UK infections drops to 4,020 and deaths drop to less than 100 !
• Bear in mind that 616,014 people die every year in the UK,
• 11,848 UK  deaths every week so you can perhaps see why I believe we are significantly  exaggerating the impact of Coronavirus on the UK . 

The economic damage caused by the panic is in my opinion far more dangerous in the long term to our economy and national prosperity 

Who is the skipper  today? Wilbs , Wright , O'Neil or Korey?

I would go for  Wilbs as senior pro. Really missed any leadership on the pitch Wednesday. Didn't see any direction , advice or anger from Wright or indeed LJ

Engvall not even on the bench when we have  Tammy and Duric injured !

Surely more energy  than a 37 year old Wilbs ?

Complete waste of money if not being selected . Shame- as he has not been given a chance to impress .

Another interesting and thought provoking pre match thread. Well done Havanatopia.

Lived in Derby for 3 years in the 70's and still visit family in the area. As Hav' says it's a football town through and through . Even old ladies in the street know the team and could name most of the players.. The local paper is full of football and I believe they still produce a football special  similar to the old Green Un and Pink Un which sadly disappeared from Bristol many years ago. The East Midlands people  love their football and even named the A52 between Derby and Nottingham the "Brian Clough Way"

.Love to see a couple of major Roads names after our best players . Changing the Portway to "The Atyeo Way" would be a good start!

Reading this in sunny Lyon. What a fabulous week for the Red's. Back for the Leeds match Tuesday. Upper Stand needs to be opened, expect over 20,000 with a big POTD attendance. Club needs to get more than the usual 4 staff at the Ticket office meeting the POTD demand to cope with what could be our biggest crowd of the season so far