Mike Stone

10 hours ago, Super said:

Crikey football on a Thursday evening. That would be a new one.

Aldershot in the cup?

52 minutes ago, willem ii said:

Apologies that I couldn’t react earlier, was busy driving some city supporters from Amsterdam airport back to Tilburg… :-).

I already knew this was coming, but I am so happy that it is officially announced! We were waiting and asking for this for a very long time and It is great that it is going to happen (for whatever reason).

Fingers crossed that this will be the start of more to come in the following years! Let’s have a great party together!

I am so happy that this is actually going to happen but really sad that my great friend Scooter will not be there to witness the event.

RIP mate, never forgotten.

8 hours ago, exAtyeoMax said:

I miss the one that used to be across the top of the Eastend. Can we bring that back and put it on the Atyeo?

What about the lorry advertising I J McGill transport .

Happy Dayz

3 minutes ago, INCRED said:

How can you state that our complete transfer budget will be used up on Twine?

It will probably cost us the £4m Burnley paid for him. I would be surprised if Wells is still with us at start of season and Conway looks 80% out of the door 

Regardless of what we pay for Twine or an alternative, the priority has always been a striker that has more physical presence but a bit of pace also and they don’t come cheap 

There is almost certainly funds held back from the sale of Scott and what was spent in January was minimal

I would not be surprised if we spent £10m - £12m on the two key positions and hope the business is done early 

What we need to be mindful of is if anyone comes in for any of our players!! 

10-12 spend, that won't be happening

3 minutes ago, phantom said:

Already confirmed the Atyeo isn't being used 

Something else ive missed then, i now know how Bas Savages used to feel.

Shame really as there will be people who would of left it late and will now miss out,  Combine this with the empty seats where season ticket holders dont turn up its a potential loss of further sales.

Never mind

4 hours ago, JBFC II said:

They've released a load of unsold hospitality tickets for general sale.

Probably waiting for those to go before announcing anything

So the official site has now gone to sold out again.

Will more seats be found in the horse shoe to be put on sale tomorrow or will the Atyeo be opened!

I got a feeling that Villa bus could have some objects being hurled its way later.

9 minutes ago, phantom said:

But as we do with every game we haven't released all tickets yet 

Also the number you quoted is about normal so no massive demand 

Apologies, only going by tickets available to buy on website

On 11/04/2024 at 11:36, phantom said:

Won't happen, there is simply not the demand for the additional seats

So with two weeks to go by my very rough calculations we have around 1500 tickets left to sell.

10 hours ago, redkev said:

Why open up the Atyeo to city fans when half of the south stand will be empty

Because those seats arnt available for sale as theyve already been purchased, you cant make people turn up but hopefully it will be different next season. 

12 minutes ago, reddoc said:

Boring airports aren't they? 

Departure lounge sat on the flooor

I hope plans are being drawn up to give Rotherham a small section of the away end over by the Lansdown,  so we can give at least half the Atyeo to City fans.

Last games of the season are usually popular so we have a real opportunity to increase the attendance due to a very small away support.

My player of the season.

42 minutes ago, Curr Avon said:

Not Max then?

Call yourself a fan? 

Cuh!

This is all said in jest by the way, except the bit about Max.

Sat in a boozer in Sunderland and the popular vote is the crisp packet wins.

Yep a proper fan

Cheers

The cheese and  onion crisp packet, covered every blade.

Enough said , bloody rubbish 

So theres a good chance we will get to 60 pts and the suits will say it was an improvement on last year.

Wonderful 

1 hour ago, redsquirrel said:

yes, the lane to the ground was flooded in places which made dodging some potholes impossible but i was in a works loan car so it didnt matter too much.

i left my car behind as i wasnt sure where i was parking and didnt want my mirrors hit off but i neednt have worried, the roads around the houses up there had loads of space

Spot on

I live in Tetbury and thats part of my route to work, much easier than the stroud nailsworth route.

7 hours ago, redsquirrel said:

im quite happy to go again, really enjoyed the space to move freely and a table and chairs to eat and watch tv before match. so easy to get to off m5 too

Out of interest did you go up Frocester hill and through Nympsfield?

7 hours ago, ralphindevon said:

His appointment to our games always seems to get it’s own thread but I don’t think he’s been the worse ref in recent years, not even close.

He maybe averaging himself out a bit with us now Ralph but dear god hes had a few shockers down here.

I stood and watched it over in the Dolman and i thought it was very well done by the club.

Very sad to think so many had passed in the last 12 months though.

RIP all

I know they dont always come off but i love his long throw outs.

Great game today, fair play to him.

4 hours ago, BS3 Ark at Ee said:

Gave us 2,000 tickets…..900 left 

I got two tickets from the ground today and i was told we have sold just over 600

10 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

No way at all did Coventry have the 18th lowest budget last season. 

I'd also imagine that following their summer expenditure their wage bill has gone up quite considerably this season. 

 

Just now, Mike Stone said:

Found on planet football, not sure how reliable that is mind

22 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

Based on which year. If 2022-23 maybe but they've surely upped it somewhat this year.

Then again Cardiff had a surprisingly oddly low wage bill last season..£14-15m on the the Football side and £22m all in if you can believe it. Mind you they did nearly go down.

I did find it very strange when it was quoted, but as it was on the radio i naturally thought it would be this year

3 minutes ago, Roe said:

No chance. I would imagine though that their budget is somewhat comparable to what we had a few years afo

Well they cashed in on Gyokees and Hamer for around £35 million and reinvested on Wright, Simms and four others for around £28 million give or take a few quid.

Still hard to believe mind