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I think last season it sold out quite late, maybe a week or so before? Can anyone remember if they did the extra ticket thing last year?

It's all about money. If they did it pre season then Lincoln in April would be the lowest category but if we're going for promotion you can bet it'll be higher. Arguably there shouldn't be any categories at all in this league anyway. Has the new FAB been appointed yet?

Nope. They used to years back but then realised there's more money in deciding as they go throughout the season. Would be interesting if somebody could be arsed to keep a record of each one for this season to review at the end

In fairness I think them saying any A/B/C game does make it pretty clear given it was its own category last season as well. I think the pricing is the bigger issue.

Probably be about 9:20.

Was £40 cheapest last season I think? Hate to be that person but please only buy in blocks either side of the away end if you're going to stand and sing. Need people there who are gonna drown the cunts out.

Sheffield Wednesday under Martin.

And then how much the extra people spend at concession stands... For me though maximising profit is the wrong way to look at these games. The focus should be getting as many youngsters into the ground as possible as that's the potential future season ticket holders.

I don't think a tenner for U18's is good for this sort of game if I'm honest. Should be a fiver. It's actually £12.50 for non members too. We should use matches like this to try and entice future fans and a parent with multiple kids may be put off. Surely it's better to have cheap prices, get more in the ground spending money and try and get kids hooked. Will be interesting to see how many we give West Ham. If only the standard 3k then I doubt we'll get 20k attendance.

https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/southampton-vs-west-ham-united-carabao-cup-2627 That's me out. Absurd pricing.

Like say I don't pay much attention to media so not arguing that point.

Fair enough. I don't pay a huge amount of attention to media so won't disagree with you mate. I suspect though that there probably were people in the media calling those clubs cheats but it might not have been as visible to Saints fans as it obviously was when it's our club. We are of course an easy target when it comes to the media.

All those clubs were called cheats by many people. Leicester in particular are constantly labelled as cheats on here. I'm not saying I massively agree with the punishment or anything but I don't think anyone should get upset by the term 'cheat' as I don't see why that word isn't applicable to a club which deliberately broke rules.

Out of interest what else would you call deliberate rule breaking?

Think it might be in later rounds. Doesn't work when new teams are still entering though and they'll have to merge the north/south for the third round.