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Reply | Cardiff away
at 14:33 26 Feb 2024
Agree. Birmingham was particularly bad. My mum (in her 70s) had to stand the whole match, despite us trying to swap or find somewhere she could sit. There was another woman behind us who just missed half the match because she couldn't stand for more than a few minutes at a time.
Stoke, on the other hand, were really helpful on the day.
I prefer to stand if my mum's not with me, but when she is, I want to be able to make sure she gets to sit down and still see. Much easier with home games than away games, and living in the Midlands, we go to as many away as home. Because of the priority system, it's often a case of get what you can, and often the seating only or front row seats have already gone. |
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Reply | Guardian story McKenna and Palace
at 11:49 14 Feb 2024
When was the last time we had a manager poached, rather than sacking them for underperfoming (or them resigning for a similar reason - e.g. Lyall)?
Is there anyone since Sir Bobby? |
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Reply | Walton Celebrating equaliser
at 11:05 12 Feb 2024
Cheers Joe. Yeah, thought you guys were fair - it was the observation that he wasn't celebrating that was unfair.
Hope he gets a good move - assuming nothing unfortunate happens to Vaz and Walton doesn't need to step back in again for us and end up number one again. |
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Thread | Walton Celebrating equaliser
at 10:45 12 Feb 2024
Just listening to Blue Monday, and the discussion from Town in 5 about Walton not celebrating our equaliser on Saturday. Just wanted to point out that I don't think that's fair at all. When the goal goes in he jumps up, shouts and fist pumps. He does sit down before a lot of other players, but he's clearly still supporting the team even though he's not playing.
These little things can become narratives - that Walton isn't behind them or whatever. Obviously he wants to be playing, but one of the best things about our squad is that they all support each other and play a part, whether they're in the team or not. Walton was amazing for us last season, as Vaz has been this season. |
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Reply | New club song?
at 10:48 6 Feb 2024
Football songs are the modern cultural equivalent of old sea shanties - easy to remember, rousing and with regional adaptation and variation. I've thought for a long time we could adapt one of the old classics. So I submit (to the tune of Leave Her Johnny Leave Her):
Ipswich, Oh my Ipswich
Oh, Ipswich, oh my Ipswich
When the season's done
And the Town are up
We'll be heading to the Premier League |
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Reply | Bitter Leicester fans
at 06:58 23 Jan 2024
The fans I spoke to walking out of the ground were very complimentary, especially about our subs.
Every club has its idiots. Most fans are decent. |
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Reply | LOWER NORTH - WTF are you doing?! Seriously
at 09:20 14 Jan 2024
Sat in lower Alf Ramsey behind the goal, and first half wasn't great. You can hear blue action, but it's this faint noise in the distance - as people have said, acoustics and where you sit makes a huge difference.
I'd love to sing more, but it's very difficult to get a chant going without a critical mass of people. Which is what blue action is.
I understand the frustration with other supporters, but really as that critical mass, you're where the power lies. So keep going. And thanks.
I don't think the move has helped. But the reason the north stand was historically the noisiest stand was because the away fans were there. Honestly, a move to SAR would probably make a massive difference. Or even if an offshoot group of BA moved there.
There are two other things that I think would help, if you want to get more people singing.
1. Keep going with one song.
It takes time for the songs to spread around the ground. Often by the time they get to SAR, you're already on to the next song. When you stick with one song and keep going, it really does raise the atmosphere as it spreads around the ground.
2. Song choice. If the atmosphere is flat, start one of the more simple songs. For example, I've seen a lot of people on here begging for the amazing grace Ipswich song. But I've yet to hear it. Coupled with 1, I do think if you started it, and kept going for a few minutes, it'd spread round the whole stadium, as it used to. |
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Reply | Big screen in fanzone
at 09:24 1 Dec 2023
Because they're legally not allowed to. It's still numbers on site, and there's a maximum they're allowed for safety reasons :( |
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Reply | Waiting room for Norwich tickets
at 14:38 27 Nov 2023
Thanks. Just called them and they were really helpful - there are better tickets available now, so they swapped them for where we'd prefer to sit. |
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Reply | Waiting room for Norwich tickets
at 11:13 27 Nov 2023
This. I joined the queue at 9. Went through the captcha progress, joined the queue, then was 'let in'. Left my phone on and browser open.
At 1010, it still said 'coming soon', the button hadn't activated, so essentially had to start again at the back of the queue. Just managed to get two restricted view tickets. System could definitely be better. [Post edited 27 Nov 2023 11:14]
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Reply | Brexit
at 12:59 23 Nov 2023
Partly complacency - I don't believe for a second that Cameron believed that the Brexiteers had a chance of winning when he called the referendum. The Remain campaign was pathetic and barely scratched the surface of actually engaging with obvious issues like the NI border- they didn't think they needed to.
Partly narrative vs facts - Brexiteers had a stronger narrative, despite being based on lies.
But despite all that, those intelligent Remainers HAVE succeeded in persuading the general public that they were indeed right all along. Look at polls since the actual referendum. A majority of people think Brexit was a mistake. |
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Reply | WBA away tickets
at 15:42 3 Nov 2023
Is it just a case of hitting refresh on the tickets website to look for tickets due to returns? Or do they appear somewhere else? |
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Reply | Away games.....in the home section.
at 14:02 28 Oct 2023
Done it at Villa and at Reading. At Reading they had a last minute equalizer, so had to stand up and gently applaud whilst trying not to grimace.
Just have some self-restraint and watch quietly and you'll be fine. |
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Reply | Rotherham rearranged!!!
at 10:28 24 Oct 2023
I'm returning four tickets. Can't make the rearranged game. I asked whether we still keep our away priority points, given that we're already out of pocket on travel expenses, and would have been there had it not been postponed. Was told that it was being considered due to the exceptional circumstances. Will be irritated if they don't. I mean, morally, Sky should be refunding everyone's travel costs, but that isn't gonna happen. But keeping the priority points would be something. |
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Reply | Omari Hutchinson Chant
at 18:27 25 Sep 2023
IMO the two best options are,
"I wanna dance with Omari" (Whitney Houston, Dance with Somebody) - my daughter is keen on this one.
Or
"Omari oblada, life goes on" (the Beatles, Obladi Oblada). |
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Reply | Trump, the new Capone ?
at 14:43 15 Aug 2023
The only thing missing from this is that it's not in ALL CAPS. |
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Reply | The 3 New Signings
at 13:48 15 Aug 2023
Yeah, I'm pretty sure they thought they were just having a laugh.
For me, it clearly crossed a line. Just happening to spot a car and taking a photo is a different thing to purposely going somewhere you think someone might be and shouting for them to come out.
Hirst's partner was with him too. Drunk guys standing outside shouting at you where you're staying could well be intimidating.
Yeah, what you describe would have been much worse. Doesn't mean what they did was not appropriate too. |
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Reply | The 3 New Signings
at 13:29 15 Aug 2023
There were the two guys that went and stood outside the hotel shouting for Hirst to come to the window / balcony. That definitely crossed into stalking, and was totally inappropriate. |
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