Not sure this competition will be around much longer, given the paltry prize money (less than Pizza Cup!) and lack of enthusiasm - at least one QPR fan said "get in there!" for the NORWICH goal yesterday!
Sad times - the League Cup has generally had more exciting finals than the FA Cup.
The problem with the strategy chosen is that rather than encourage families to come, with kids at a really cheap price, we have effectively said, "Nah no-ones going to come. Let's shut half the ground".
It might make business sense but is it good PR? Everything doesn't always have to be justified purely by the immediate financial plus/minus. Sometimes you need to invest for future returns.
I agree in principle with @A_Worboys but this competition has been so devalued, and Sutton are such uninspiring opposition that even if it were a fiver for adults and quid a kid we'd struggle to get 3,000.
Closing the FA is admitting defeat, but the defeat happened a long time ago.
Scrap the League Cup, pump all the money from that into the FA Cup, and totally reinvent the EFL Trophy to include teams from the other countries in the UK.
I don't mind the League Cup, gives small clubs a chance to play big clubs quite early on.
Or small clubs to play small clubs in this case...with a view to getting a big club in the next round.
Also if you lose the first two games of the season it gives you a chance to change and improve things before starting a rip-roaring roller coaster ride to the play-offs.
Why not shut the terrace and make the most of the acoustics in the FA from fans that move across, if we need to shut a stand? If we ever made the championship and established ourselves then we need to be all sitting in seats so it would be practice for fans who stand in the terrace
Just close the upper tier of the FA, promote the family stand , make it quid a kid , and get some more kids hooked. Flog them merch and burgers as well.
But they're not perfectly good seats. The Main Stand was built when it appears the average height of people was 5' 4". The last time I sat in there, the person in front complained he couldn't hear anything due to the inside of my knees being so close to his ears.
I lasted sampled the delights of the main stand for those 2 games we.were allowed in for in the covid, championship season.
I was grateful to be there, but the total lack of leg room (luckily we were all sat 3 or 4 seats apart so could spread out), horrible view of the far end of the pitch wasn't great.
Add in some really loud screaming Scottish woman who had 1 line that was wheeled out 400 times a half and it was one to forget.
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And when you came for a quid as a kid, where did you sit?
Not sure this competition will be around much longer, given the paltry prize money (less than Pizza Cup!) and lack of enthusiasm - at least one QPR fan said "get in there!" for the NORWICH goal yesterday!
Sad times - the League Cup has generally had more exciting finals than the FA Cup.
The problem with the strategy chosen is that rather than encourage families to come, with kids at a really cheap price, we have effectively said, "Nah no-ones going to come. Let's shut half the ground".
It might make business sense but is it good PR? Everything doesn't always have to be justified purely by the immediate financial plus/minus. Sometimes you need to invest for future returns.
Kids up to 11 are £5. Then up to 25 £10 over that £15.
how much cheaper do you want them to go?
I agree in principle with @A_Worboys but this competition has been so devalued, and Sutton are such uninspiring opposition that even if it were a fiver for adults and quid a kid we'd struggle to get 3,000.
Closing the FA is admitting defeat, but the defeat happened a long time ago.
Scrap the League Cup, pump all the money from that into the FA Cup, and totally reinvent the EFL Trophy to include teams from the other countries in the UK.
Away to Wick Academy in the first round.....
And that's just Exeter's draw.
Was going to say Plymouth but of course they're not in it.
The League Cup is a good competition, handy opportunity for clubs to introduce their youngsters in actual games - unlike the piss-take PJT.
Little known fact of the day:
Chandler from 'Friends' was educated at Wick Academy.
Did you need the last three words?
Assume you missed "dis" off agree there? 😋
Quid a kid games were always for league games, so a different scenario to a minor round of a lesser attended cup.
If we're shutting this stand for a 3rd round game v Man City then we know something is wrong.
I don't mind the League Cup, gives small clubs a chance to play big clubs quite early on.
Or small clubs to play small clubs in this case...with a view to getting a big club in the next round.
Also if you lose the first two games of the season it gives you a chance to change and improve things before starting a rip-roaring roller coaster ride to the play-offs.
Not according to his Wikipedia page he wasn't. Matthew Perry was raised in Canada, and educated in Ottawa.
He then moved to LA to begin his acting career, and appeared as Chandler Bing in all episodes of Friends.
He is estimated to be worth $80 million, so probably doesn't give a flying whatsit either way.
I bet @micra got it. But I won't wax lyrical.
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Good spot 😀
Got wot @LX1 ?
Dismissed?
Why not shut the terrace and make the most of the acoustics in the FA from fans that move across, if we need to shut a stand? If we ever made the championship and established ourselves then we need to be all sitting in seats so it would be practice for fans who stand in the terrace
I was thinking this as well, would look a lot better than having the biggest stand in the ground empty
Where does the drummer go?
Just close the upper tier of the FA, promote the family stand , make it quid a kid , and get some more kids hooked. Flog them merch and burgers as well.
How many more kids do you think would come if priced at £1 rather than £5?
Does the price charged to their parent - cut to £15 for this game - have any impact?
Should any marketing price reductions be targeted just at parents with kids but also include adults without kids?
But they're not perfectly good seats. The Main Stand was built when it appears the average height of people was 5' 4". The last time I sat in there, the person in front complained he couldn't hear anything due to the inside of my knees being so close to his ears.
Conjures up a delightful image!
They can now bill that as the Premier League experience due to our chums at Kenilworth Kennel
I lasted sampled the delights of the main stand for those 2 games we.were allowed in for in the covid, championship season.
I was grateful to be there, but the total lack of leg room (luckily we were all sat 3 or 4 seats apart so could spread out), horrible view of the far end of the pitch wasn't great.
Add in some really loud screaming Scottish woman who had 1 line that was wheeled out 400 times a half and it was one to forget.
Agreed, I'm amazed people choose to sit there instead of the Frank Adams