CFSFC Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 With the blues likely to bring 5/600 down i can see a below 22k game on sunday. Hoping i'm incorrect as hate the brummies and want to smash them into pieces....
Saint Garrett Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 Maybe the club have finally realised that a bit of pushing make a bit of difference and want to fill the ground.
This Charming Man Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 Sad thing is, most of the potential walk up fan-base would probably rather stay at home and watch Man Utd v Chelsea.
Bourne Valley Saint Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 I would have thought that we should get a few more on Sunday. It's not now on the telly and the people who normally work Saturdays will now be able to go (I know that the ones that work Sundays now won't but I'm guessing that more work Saturdays than Sundays) and the blokes that play football on Saturdays, or who watch other clubs, like Eastleigh & Salisbury, will also be free. Also we are on a winning home streak and things are really looking up.
Baj Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 My dads going. He's never seen Saints win at home. He goes to about 8 games a season. We will lose. FACT
Appy Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 24k i reckon. Birmingham's following will be miniscule
Chez Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 With the blues likely to bring 5/600 down i can see a below 22k game on sunday. Hoping i'm incorrect as hate the brummies and want to smash them into pieces.... out of interest, what advertisements are you talking about?
Stepgar Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 Probably because it was on tv and now it's not therefore accept a few stay way fans. But now it is NOT on tv they need raise the profile of the game. Just my thoughts.
Sour Mash Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 out of interest, what advertisements are you talking about? Go on the official site and there has been various articles about corporate packages, tickets stil available etc etc.
Sour Mash Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 Maybe the club have finally realised that a bit of pushing make a bit of difference and want to fill the ground. They should have thought of that when it came to selling season tickets.
Chez Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 Go on the official site and there has been various articles about corporate packages, tickets stil available etc etc. oh right, cheers. I never seem to go on the OS now that they charge a booking fee to buy away tickets online, so I missed all that `publicity'.
Sour Mash Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 oh right, cheers. I never seem to go on the OS now that they charge a booking fee to buy away tickets online, so I missed all that `publicity'. Also regularly highlighted in the OS facebook and twitter posts, does definitely give the impression we haven't sold too many for Sunday. You're not missing much.
dellboypete Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 Isn't the Boat Show on this weekend? = traffic worse than ever and parking even worse.
Benali Saint Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 I would have thought that Brum would be bringing over 1000
Toomer Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 My dads going. He's never seen Saints win at home. He goes to about 8 games a season. We will lose. FACT Talk the old fella into staying at home if thats the case Baj.
Toadhall Saint Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 talk the old fella into staying at home if thats the case baj. ^^whs^^
Saint Lindford Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 I would expect Brum to bring the same number as Forest really, Can't see why people think they will only bring 500!
JRM Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 I would expect Brum to bring the same number as Forest really, Can't see why people think they will only bring 500! because they are not a particularly well supported club who have more appealing games coming up in Europe etc. They played Middlesbrough on a sunday and took 591, they took 1,378 to watford which is much closer to Brum then southampton, plus they have had a poor start. I reckon they will bring 850 max. Total crowd 21k
oldsarum Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 Because their official site is still talking about they have 1000 tickets for this game, which suggests they haen't yet sold their initially allocation
100%Red&White Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 I would expect Brum to bring the same number as Forest really, Can't see why people think they will only bring 500! Well, they've only taken 1000 tickets and they're still on general sale for them. They could just have minds on tonight's European game and that may change after but I can remember playing them midweek in the Championship (last time we played them at SMS in league?) and they had around 500.
SB Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 Sad thing is, most of the potential walk up fan-base would probably rather stay at home and watch Man Utd v Chelsea. Rubbish, properly just you, tosser.
SB Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 Or probably, either way what q silly statement.
Thedelldays Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 isnt this the extra communication from the club we all wanted..?
captainchris Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 Sad thing is, most of the potential walk up fan-base would probably rather stay at home and watch Man Utd v Chelsea. A very poorly informed generalisation that probably is over 90% inaccurate. I don't know one Saints fan who would rather stay home and watch Manuer than go to the ground and watch Saints if they were going any way..
Chez Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 isnt this the extra communication from the club we all wanted..? what, lot's of emails advertising overpriced corporate hospitality? Not sure that sort of `communication' is all that desired by fans.
Sour Mash Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 isnt this the extra communication from the club we all wanted..? No. It's not really. Maybe if the club had taken a bit more of an interest in selling season tickets back in pre-season, they wouldn't be quite so desperate to shift tickets now.
The Kraken Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 No. It's not really. Maybe if the club had taken a bit more of an interest in selling season tickets back in pre-season, they wouldn't be quite so desperate to shift tickets now. What thoroughly odd logic.
JRM Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 What thoroughly odd logic. Why? Pretty simple, more attractive season ticket deals, higher number signed up for every game therefore less need to start chasing fans to come to the less popular games.
The Kraken Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 Why? Pretty simple, more attractive season ticket deals, higher number signed up for every game therefore less need to start chasing fans to come to the less popular games. How many season tickets did we sell?
Turkish Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 Sad thing is, most of the potential walk up fan-base would probably rather stay at home and watch Man Utd v Chelsea. You're not wrong there mate. A lot of "fans" are only interest in top flight football. It's well known that crowds at non top flight clubs are down when big premier league games or champions league games are on tv. Very sad by just emphasises how sky have destroyed real football.
JRM Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 How many season tickets did we sell? Not as many as we could have done, for example if they sold them from may with promotion high and with better offers. I think we should also categorise games gold and silver to have lower prices for less popular games. Fulham v Blackburn last Sunday season ticket holders could buy 2 additional tickets for £5 each. Helps fill the ground.
The Kraken Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 Not as many as we could have done, for example if they sold them from may with promotion high and with better offers. I think we should also categorise games gold and silver to have lower prices for less popular games. Fulham v Blackburn last Sunday season ticket holders could buy 2 additional tickets for £5 each. Helps fill the ground. I don't neccessarily disagree with the first part about getting season tickets on sale earlier. But you are speculating about how many we could have sold were this to be the case. Put it this way, how many people were put off buying a season ticket because they went on sale later than expected, and for a shorter window? Were there significant amounts of people who were caught out by the short renewal and regular price window? For the record, I don't disagree with the idea of what you're saying. Its just that, without being in posession of the full facts (knowing how many season tickets we actually sold is just the start of that) I'm loathe to make sweeping statements about what the club should and shouldn't have done, or be doing. Although I can't see any logical reason for having a shorter window for season ticket sales. Also, with "better offers", I assume you mean lower prices? OK, that may bring in higher sales of season tickets. But you'd have to be in posession of a decent cost-benefit analysis to show that the money you'd "lose" on lower prices would be more than regained by the supposedly higher level of season ticket holders. Also, by that rationale with your Fulham v Blackburn example, you'd have to know whether the higher attendance would actually make you more or less money than just operating with regular sales. No-one (apart from perhaps the club) knows that, so anything else is pure speculation. Filling the ground is all well and good, but when it's done for a a fiver a ticket it doesn't bring in huge direct revenues, and also increases the variable costs such as stewarding, policing etc etc. So its not so simple as to just say "get more people in and we'll make more money". Of course that's a massively simplistic view of it, and doesn't incorporate such notions as feel-good factor, attracting more people to the club for future sales etc, but I hope you understand my point.
supersonic Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 With the blues likely to bring 5/600 down i can see a below 22k game on sunday. Hoping i'm incorrect as hate the brummies and want to smash them into pieces.... They can only bring 3,200 down maximum anyway so that's and end to that theory
Baj Posted 15 September, 2011 Posted 15 September, 2011 They can only bring 3,200 down maximum anyway so that's and end to that theory He said 5 or 600, not thousand
Turkish Posted 16 September, 2011 Posted 16 September, 2011 A very poorly informed generalisation that probably is over 90% inaccurate. I don't know one Saints fan who would rather stay home and watch Manuer than go to the ground and watch Saints if they were going any way.. The fact that you called Manchester United manure shows you don't know what you're talking about.
Sour Mash Posted 16 September, 2011 Posted 16 September, 2011 What thoroughly odd logic. Why? It's pretty straight forward really.
Wes Tender Posted 16 September, 2011 Posted 16 September, 2011 The fact that you called Manchester United manure shows you don't know what you're talking about. No it doesn't. Do you really believe that the use of a derogatory name for a despised rival is indicative that any further opinion expressed about that team is ill-informed?
Turkish Posted 16 September, 2011 Posted 16 September, 2011 No it doesn't. Do you really believe that the use of a derogatory name for a despised rival is indicative that any further opinion expressed about that team is ill-informed? The sort of people that call Man United Manure, probably call Portsmouth "pimpley" and Bournemouth "Bompey" Utter f*cktards. No place for them if football. THe only thing offensive and derogatory about it is it makes them look like morons. Now run along East Ender. LOL @ me, see what i did there? I'm sooooooo witty and funny.
The Kraken Posted 16 September, 2011 Posted 16 September, 2011 Why? It's pretty straight forward really. As I explained to JRM above, it really isn't.
La BoIS Saint Posted 16 September, 2011 Posted 16 September, 2011 Latest ticket office news on OS dates from August 2009. No wonder they are struggling to sell tickets! http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~1761089,00.html
This Charming Man Posted 16 September, 2011 Posted 16 September, 2011 (edited) Or probably, either way what q silly statement. You're not very good at this typing thing, are you? I'll let you borrow my season ticket if you want? Seeing as I'll be staying at home to watch Man Utd. Edited 16 September, 2011 by This Charming Man
This Charming Man Posted 16 September, 2011 Posted 16 September, 2011 A very poorly informed generalisation that probably is over 90% inaccurate. I don't know one Saints fan who would rather stay home and watch Manuer than go to the ground and watch Saints if they were going any way.. Classic. You have a pop at me for making a sweeping generalisation, then go and make one yourself.
Ampersound Posted 16 September, 2011 Posted 16 September, 2011 My dads going. He's never seen Saints win at home. He goes to about 8 games a season. We will lose. FACT Baj it's a season of records breaking. Hopefully your dads record will break too!
doddisalegend Posted 16 September, 2011 Posted 16 September, 2011 Latest ticket office news on OS dates from August 2009. No wonder they are struggling to sell tickets! http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~1761089,00.html on this birmingham forum they have the venue down as St Andrews http://z15.invisionfree.com/BirminghamCityForum/index.php?act=idx
Wes Tender Posted 16 September, 2011 Posted 16 September, 2011 The sort of people that call Man United Manure, probably call Portsmouth "pimpley" and Bournemouth "Bompey" Utter f*cktards. No place for them if football. THe only thing offensive and derogatory about it is it makes them look like morons. Now run along East Ender. LOL @ me, see what i did there? I'm sooooooo witty and funny. Grow up sonny
theyin Posted 17 September, 2011 Posted 17 September, 2011 My dads going. He's never seen Saints win at home. He goes to about 8 games a season. We will lose. FACT You heard it here first.... "Baj's Dad lost it for us"
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