Attendance Thread - Watford

[JAR7391]

Club should definitely be pushing it more. We've made huge strides the past few years, but the ticketing situation still isn't good enough.

 

[Vauxie]

Evidently might gan and have a look the weekend

My mrs went on facebook then asked me if I knew Sunlun had a game this Saturday, cos we flying in to UK this week and booked in the hilton at Sol,and was I going.
Imagine how suprised I was.

 

[stewart10]

I imagine the struggle is finding the stewards, the bar staff, the catering, the policing.

I dont think it's as easy as just flicking a switch and selling the tickets, imagine the carry on if they sold the tickets but didn't have anyone running the turnstiles, or stewards around.

 

[SAFC_Marc]

Club should definitely be pushing it more. We've made huge strides the past few years, but the ticketing situation still isn't good enough.

Be a waste of time mate.

Read on here it would make no difference to ticket sales

 

[JAR7391]

Be a waste of time mate.

Read on here it would make no difference to ticket sales

It genuinely does though. Especially if the club set targets, or countdown every thousand we've sold. Makes people who are still deciding jump in and buy.

 

[Oli Wagkz]

Open the bloody floodgates man, people are absolutely gagging to see Moggaball in full flow

 

[SAFC_Marc]

It genuinely does though. Especially if the club set targets, or countdown every thousand we've sold. Makes people who are still deciding jump in and buy.

Oh I understand that, seemingly others struggle with the concept of marketing however

 

[Nelson!]

Polis? Stewarding?

Maybe, but then you’d expect the price of tickets sold to outweigh that added expense or if it didn’t for the club to just cap the capacity at 35k.

 

[Bamber]

I wont be going unless they tweet about it like

 

[Gene Hunt]

Oh I understand that, seemingly others struggle with the concept of marketing however

I don’t know why the Hollywood Studios spend all that money on trailers and press junkets, I mean everyone knows where the local cinema is?

 

[Get Into Em]

Maybe, but then you’d expect the price of tickets sold to outweigh that added expense or if it didn’t for the club to just cap the capacity at 35k.

If we hadn't have won against West Brom we likely wouldn't be looking at over 40,000 imo. That means in a short space of time (one working day, or just several hours as of now) the club will have to find those extra stewards, bar staff, first aiders etc. for up to 6000+ people. I don't think it's the cost, it's likely more to do with actually finding the staff to work a Saturday for 7+ hours on less than a weeks notice.

They likely will have the staff by the end of the week, and by the end of the week the likelihood is it'll all be open, but as of now we've barely had one working day to find said staff. I don't blame the club for doing what they're doing - I'd much rather they're sensible and prepared than give thousands of fans an absolute nightmare experience on Saturday and deter then from coming back.

 

[Vauxie]

I don’t know why the Hollywood Studios spend all that money on trailers and press junkets, I mean everyone knows where the local cinema is?

Aye and git big signs outside as well as Pathe News inside

 

[Spelthorne mackem]

Some amount of cock waving going on here, I’m a season ticket holder but fully respect we’ve got fans who can’t get to every game due to location, shifts etc so give them the chance to buy…

Bizarre mate
Heading up from Devon.

 

[Vauxie]

If we hadn't have won against West Brom we likely wouldn't be looking at over 40,000 imo. That means in a short space of time (one working day, or just several hours as of now) the club will have to find those extra stewards, bar staff, first aiders etc. for up to 6000+ people. I don't think it's the cost, it's likely more to do with actually finding the staff to work a Saturday for 7+ hours on less than a weeks notice.

They likely will have the staff by the end of the week, and by the end of the week the likelihood is it'll all be open, but as of now we've barely had one working day to find said staff. I don't blame the club for doing what they're doing - I'd much rather they're sensible and prepared than give thousands of fans an absolute nightmare experience on Saturday and deter then from coming back.

And buy additional luminous bibs and jackets

 

[Blyth]

If we hadn't have won against West Brom we likely wouldn't be looking at over 40,000 imo. That means in a short space of time (one working day, or just several hours as of now) the club will have to find those extra stewards, bar staff, first aiders etc. for up to 6000+ people. I don't think it's the cost, it's likely more to do with actually finding the staff to work a Saturday for 7+ hours on less than a weeks notice.

They likely will have the staff by the end of the week, and by the end of the week the likelihood is it'll all be open, but as of now we've barely had one working day to find said staff. I don't blame the club for doing what they're doing - I'd much rather they're sensible and prepared than give thousands of fans an absolute nightmare experience on Saturday and deter then from coming back.

Just tell everyone to bring their own bait and some tinnies

 

[Grumpy Old Man]

Maybe, but then you’d expect the price of tickets sold to outweigh that added expense or if it didn’t for the club to just cap the capacity at 35k.

It's more availability than cost. All hospitality venues are having trouble filling roles. Only been the case since Brexit. Funny that.

 

[DufraisFTM]

1 random seat opened up in East stand so nabbed it for a mate who was after a lower bowl ticket.

Why are random ones dropping back, people keeping them in baskets or something then timing out?

That could have been mine. I’ve done a seat swap for Saturday so I can take my son. We’ve had to go in the Premier Concourse.

 

[Vauxie]

It's more availability than cost. All hospitality venues ae having trouble filling roles. Only been the case since Brexit. Funny that.

? So people dont want the jobs or because of Brexit there is no eastern europeans to do them?
Just asking like?

 

[Wrenthorpe Mackem]

If we hadn't have won against West Brom we likely wouldn't be looking at over 40,000 imo. That means in a short space of time (one working day, or just several hours as of now) the club will have to find those extra stewards, bar staff, first aiders etc. for up to 6000+ people. I don't think it's the cost, it's likely more to do with actually finding the staff to work a Saturday for 7+ hours on less than a weeks notice.

They likely will have the staff by the end of the week, and by the end of the week the likelihood is it'll all be open, but as of now we've barely had one working day to find said staff. I don't blame the club for doing what they're doing - I'd much rather they're sensible and prepared than give thousands of fans an absolute nightmare experience on Saturday and deter then from coming back.

But surely the club could have planned for that scenario?

 

[SAFC_Marc]

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This lot are wasting their time