Tamworthowl

I think the pertinent question is, how patient will the fans be? The OP suggests it won’t take long for questions to be raised of the new owners’ ambitions / plans.

If it’s justified as cover for Afcon, it’ll be inclusive of January.

All depends on what we’re allowed/able to bring in. On balance, I’d keep. As a sub preferably, but he’ll do well in L1 as a started if necessary.

Tart up Hillsborough, carry out essential maintenance, consolidate and away we go. Nice 20,000 stadium for Wednesday Ladies and the U21. Meanwhile, the first 11 move somewhere approaching modern standards.

That’s because they’re out of stock because the players have walked off with them all.

I agree with this. And it’s what concerns me about the administration process. What if the… quick flipper sees a good short term return for modest investment so offers, say, £50m. long term planner sees the need for mega works so offers, say, £40m. We end with the quick flipper as our owner because the administrators have to do what’s best for the creditors. A quick flipper (Mike Ashley type?) could do a good job, up to a point, but it would take longer and they could sell to another DC type (more money than business acumen and understanding of how to run a football club). So I want the long term planner now, not further down the line. Hopefully, the administrators can steer the best potential owners to put in a winning bid, but I’ll be on edge until it’s all done and dusted one way or the other.

We have a difficult away game in midweek. Cooper has (I read somewhere) been training at home. So, playing him on Sunday is asking for a muscle injury. Give him a place on the bench and hope the back three last long enough to allow Cooper 15 minutes at the end as we defend our lead. Then consider a start on Wednesday night.

If we get money in from transfers are we allowed to spend it with the embargoes we currently have?

That applies to a fair few season ticket holders as well. But if you don’t go because you can’t face the possible lows, you miss out on the highs.

The positivity of our entering administration stems from the joy of getting rid of a despised owner. But it’s more than that. I think many of us were coming to the conclusion that the previous owner was going to let the club fold to spite the fans. His reluctance to sell the club (or even talk to anyone) despite his obvious inability to fund it reinforced those fears. So when it happened, a bit out of the blue, it was relief as much as anything. Points deduction and near certain relegation with new owners are massive positives compared to where we thought we were heading. I still don’t understand why he suddenly accepted administration when he’d taken us so close to the edge.

Ticket exchange for ST holders to use does even thing up. But ticket exchanges are only successful where the ground (or a particular area) is sold out. At Hillsborough, for the foreseeable at least, few would use ticket exchange when unsold seats are available. I don’t want to appear negative, my point being that none of the schemes proposed in this thread are as straightforward as they might seem initially. Most need the caveat of “subject to availability” and/or have to be bought well in advance.

These, and a four game voucher pack are fine but must come with a caveat of “subject to availability” otherwise the casual fan gets squeezed out, or would have limited time to buy because seats are reserved for part-time ST holders. Having a big ground that we rarely sell out minimises the risk of this being an issue, but it could happen for big games. Im getting sick of the midweek drive down the M1 so a Saturday ST would be great for me. But the last time we had them they ended in chaos. We had a few cancellations due to the weather and cup games, but the Saturday crowd insisted on going to the midweek rearranged fixture even though it wasn’t on a weekend. Add the number of fixture rearrangements and how do you price a Saturday ST? It’s a non-starter.

I take your word that this is how City operate (some) ticket sales, but it seems to have the potential to totally undermine season ticket sales. You reserve the seat next to me for £120. I pay, say £500. Over the season, you pay match by match to see every game for an additional £380. If you miss a game, you pay a little less. But me, if I miss a game through illness or work or whatever, I’ve paid for it. No refund. Why wouldn’t everyone move onto the reservation system just in case they miss a game or two?

From the club website re Blades tickets. On sale from… “Wednesday 12 November (9:00am): Supporters with a previous purchase history” I.e. to those with zero TPPs. Tickets have been available to all fans for four days.

I think that’s what @gypsyowl is saying. We’ve reached our maximum. That maximum is 31/32000. And a maximum of 32,000 is embarrassingly small for all our talk.