Wembley Apathy

Agent Zigzag

Midfield
Regardless of supporter numbers, phases and timing of block releases.... I' am staggered at the number of absolute shite excuses I'm hearing from "MLFs" for not attending the final on Sunday.

Literally can't believe the excuses. Promised the wife I'd paint the fence. Next door neighbours cousins daughters kids christening, family holiday in a caravn park in North Yorkshire, wormng the dog...

Yes we were there 8 weeks ago but really?

It was 16 years in between 1998 Play-off Final and 2014 Man City Final!!!! We have no reasonable grounds to expect we'll be there again in the next 5 years.

Absolutely pathetic. We are not as big a club as we make ourselves believe we are.
 


Regardless of supporter numbers, phases and timing of block releases.... I' am staggered at the number of absolute shite excuses I'm hearing from "MLFs" for not attending the final on Sunday.

Literally can't believe the excuses. Promised the wife I'd paint the fence. Next door neighbours cousins daughters kids christening, family holiday in a caravn park in North Yorkshire, showering with the dog...

Yes we were there 8 weeks ago but really?

It was 16 years in between 1998 Play-off Final and 2014 Man City Final!!!! We have no reasonable grounds to expect we'll be there again in the next 5 years.

Absolutely pathetic. We are not as big a club as we make ourselves believe we are.

Made a slight amendment mate
 
Regardless of supporter numbers, phases and timing of block releases.... I' am staggered at the number of absolute shite excuses I'm hearing from "MLFs" for not attending the final on Sunday.

Literally can't believe the excuses. Promised the wife I'd paint the fence. Next door neighbours cousins daughters kids christening, family holiday in a caravn park in North Yorkshire, wormng the dog...

Yes we were there 8 weeks ago but really?

It was 16 years in between 1998 Play-off Final and 2014 Man City Final!!!! We have no reasonable grounds to expect we'll be there again in the next 5 years.

Absolutely pathetic. We are not as big a club as we make ourselves believe we are.
I don't need a spark.
This club is big enough for the both of us.
 
Charlton average attendance is 12k
Our average attendance is 32k

Despite this Charlton will take more which is shit but it's down to their location, price and the fact we've just been there.
 
Regardless of supporter numbers, phases and timing of block releases.... I' am staggered at the number of absolute shite excuses I'm hearing from "MLFs" for not attending the final on Sunday.

Literally can't believe the excuses. Promised the wife I'd paint the fence. Next door neighbours cousins daughters kids christening, family holiday in a caravn park in North Yorkshire, wormng the dog...

Yes we were there 8 weeks ago but really?

It was 16 years in between 1998 Play-off Final and 2014 Man City Final!!!! We have no reasonable grounds to expect we'll be there again in the next 5 years.

Absolutely pathetic. We are not as big a club as we make ourselves believe we are.
Loads on here giving it the big un to pompey thinking they wouldn't sell out and cos of their ticket policy +6.
We're really not as special as we thought we were which is a bit of a wake up call.
 
Regardless of supporter numbers, phases and timing of block releases.... I' am staggered at the number of absolute shite excuses I'm hearing from "MLFs" for not attending the final on Sunday.

Literally can't believe the excuses. Promised the wife I'd paint the fence. Next door neighbours cousins daughters kids christening, family holiday in a caravn park in North Yorkshire, wormng the dog...

Yes we were there 8 weeks ago but really?

It was 16 years in between 1998 Play-off Final and 2014 Man City Final!!!! We have no reasonable grounds to expect we'll be there again in the next 5 years.

Absolutely pathetic. We are not as big a club as we make ourselves believe we are.
WE!!!!

It’s my turn to wash up this Sunday after dinner !
 
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We've all become obsessed with attendances and empty seats, I was guilty of it myself on here last night like. It's a modern thing. When that D3D4 account tweeted out League One average attendances some people were replying asking for the % sold to size of ground. Why? Th massive clubs on the Continent sell thousands and thousands under capacity for a lot of regular league games. Having a big ground was supposed to be there for when you need it.
 
I didn’t bother going to Wembley last time as it would have cost me three days off work and I felt that the trophy itself was not worth bothering about.
On the Saturday night whilst everyone was having the time of their lives in Trafalgar Square, I was f***ing gutted to have not gone.
I reckon a lot of those not going will have similar feelings to me this weekend and this will be further exacerbated should we actually win.
To all those not going , you can’t buy these sort of memories .
 
Regardless of supporter numbers, phases and timing of block releases.... I' am staggered at the number of absolute shite excuses I'm hearing from "MLFs" for not attending the final on Sunday.

Literally can't believe the excuses. Promised the wife I'd paint the fence. Next door neighbours cousins daughters kids christening, family holiday in a caravn park in North Yorkshire, wormng the dog...

Yes we were there 8 weeks ago but really?

It was 16 years in between 1998 Play-off Final and 2014 Man City Final!!!! We have no reasonable grounds to expect we'll be there again in the next 5 years.

Absolutely pathetic. We are not as big a club as we make ourselves believe we are.

I've not seen my family in 6 months and my Mam has paid a few k for a week in the highlands, gonna be very difficult for me to get out of it like, its been planned for years.
 
I didn’t bother going to Wembley last time as it would have cost me three days off work and I felt that the trophy itself was not worth bothering about.
On the Saturday night whilst everyone was having the time of their lives in Trafalgar Square, I was f***ing gutted to have not gone.
I reckon a lot of those not going will have similar feelings to me this weekend and this will be further exacerbated should we actually win.
To all those not going , you can’t buy these sort of memories .

No doubt mate, but life gets in the way of things
 
If we hadn’t just been to Wembley, we would have sold out by now. There were a lot of fans at that match who wanted to experience it, and to enjoy the weekend, and the prices helped everyone to do it. Unfortunately we seem to have shot our bolt for the wrong match. The only positive is that more of us who go on Sunday will be there for the match and not the weekend, so our support might be very good anyway, but it’s still not a great situation.

Are there other dynamics going on? Some areas of the country are expanding, with younger populations, e.g. Leicester, and some are contracting with ageing populations. We come under the latter. We also need to hope it doesn’t deter potential investors. It shows how important it is to keep our regional and all our sources of support strong and not take anything for granted.

There is also the harsh economics of it - “what, another trip to Wembley?”.

All that said, I’m with the OP, just get there and back on the day, it might not happen for another twenty years.
 
Regardless of supporter numbers, phases and timing of block releases.... I' am staggered at the number of absolute shite excuses I'm hearing from "MLFs" for not attending the final on Sunday.

Literally can't believe the excuses. Promised the wife I'd paint the fence. Next door neighbours cousins daughters kids christening, family holiday in a caravn park in North Yorkshire, wormng the dog...

Yes we were there 8 weeks ago but really?

It was 16 years in between 1998 Play-off Final and 2014 Man City Final!!!! We have no reasonable grounds to expect we'll be there again in the next 5 years.

Absolutely pathetic. We are not as big a club as we make ourselves believe we are.

You’ve just made these excuses up

No one knows yet how many tickets we’ll sell

You’re even worse than the so called MLFs tbf
 
No doubt mate, but life gets in the way of things
If you can’t go , you can’t go , there’s no getting round that. However if someone is wavering because it’s a long way, we’ve lost there before or the other shite excuses I’ve heard , then my post was aimed at them.
 
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