KrefelderFox666

I have a spare adult ticket for this if anyone needs it?

Based on that there are 871 available from a 3,032 safe standing spots (home only). Which is a little over 70%. Based on the renewal figure of 20K, just under 70% is occupied. So it's about on par (standing at seating) as it stands. BUT no one has relocated into safe standing yet and there are still 3K of members to accommodate. I assume a lot of the members buying ST's will be safe standing over seating which will oversubscribe the areas before the first season. I imagine it will start moving into SK2 come 2026/27.

Rudkin? Is that you?

You're confusing them with one of the other fan groups who get royal treatment from the club because they never say a bad word about them. As much as this statement says very little, at least they are trying to challenge the club. Personally, I would like to see a bit more friction with the club because as always, they seem to be holding fan groups to ransom and getting their way.

Rudkin

To be fair there are multiple points to consider for this. 1. It's great to see others take a lead/initiative on this sort of thing and as a group, we don't feel it's right to barge in and take over. 2. Following on from point 1, the leader(s) of this also wouldn't want groups to get too involved. 3. As a group, we want to make sure this has value which meant biding our time a little bit to see how it evolves. Bottom line, I do think the group (or at least majority of members) will support this but not front and centre. We will be present to join in but not steal anyone's thunder. The closer we get, the more we will talk internally about any plans.

8-0

We stay up

I think so too

When you put it like that it seems unachievable for us based on what we have seen so far. But the same will go for the others near us. The "6 pointers" are going to be decisive. Lose a few of them and we leave ourselves too much to do.

I thought this was going to be a post about Iron Maiden

I do think UEFA take into account match scheduling of the participating teams so there have to be no changes to games following. It should only be a last resort putting Arsenal on the Wednesday before (likely a very small chance). That said, even a small chance means it could still happen.

In reality the odds take into account many other factors around which countries teams are from, how that affects policing, the other teams match schedules etc. etc. Even if we use your logic, Arsenal are almost guaranteed to finish at least 16th or higher. Place 9 to 16 play away first, it's not an open draw. Therefore, your first point is actually 100%. Arsenal will be away first.

PL Fixtures page also states Saturday.

Liverpool away please

West Ham, Brighton and Wolves I believe. Although once they are in, not sure if there is much point removing them (but maybe they will).

Which is what I find weird. I wouldn't expect an announcement minutes after the sacking but a few days after and before the next match would make sense. Why not after United when we had 2 weeks to bed someone in?

Cooper could have been sacked weeks ago. I am convinced that he got sacked yesterday because the club had lined the next manager up now and were happy to pull the trigger. Otherwise it's just weird timing after a 2 week international break against a title contender.

Bring back the Fox Leisure store in Britannia Centre Hinckley!!!

To answer your question, no I wasn't. Not through my choice and I will leave it at that. However, have been at front of section since it started and do give 90 mins of backing. There is no doubt that there have been games where even there it's gone flat, we regularly address this within UFS as well. So it's not perfect but generally, it is 90 mins of support. For the atmosphere to improve, it needs a lot more people to have that mindset. Back the team even when the football might be uninspiring, trust me, it makes the matchday experience much more enjoyable. If it wasn't for the section/UFS I would likely have given up spending money/wasting my time. The matchday experience is not as enjoyable without it.

I know that it happens, when we are losing or playing badly on the pitch, the stadium goes quiet. The point I am making is that it's down to us fans to change that. Just because we are playing badly, doesn't mean we have to be silent. It's not inspiring and it is hard work but that just requires extra effort from individuals. It's like saying player X and Y had a bad game because the team didn't play well. In those moments you need individuals to step up and try and change things.

Football on the pitch dictates the atmosphere - this is obviously true to some extent but it's a lazy excuse. Make some effort to change that. If that's the excuse you want to use, take a deep look in the mirror. Songbook is thin - again, lame excuse. Is it really? Plenty of songs around that regularly get aired. It might seem thin because trying to keep an atmosphere for 90 mins means repeating a lot of them multiple times. New songs are rubbish or not being aired - new songs do get aired. Some that haven't been tried, get them going, don't solely rely on UFS/SK1. In fact, some of the newer songs UFS try get bashed. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Songs are repetitive and last too long - this happens to try and get people to join in and prevent silence. Again, people need to pull their fingers out and join. "Oh I don't like that chant, I won't join in." Almost a 100% of the problems are people's attitude. It's horrific at times. If people could be bothered to back the team for 90 mins no matter what is happening on the pitch, there would be no need for all these discussions. That's the crux of it. But people will find multiple excuses to cover that. Yes, UFS can improve but everything is done with the aim of getting behind the team and getting others to join in. Chants are started because very rarely, others do. Thus it is mostly driven by UFS but if others are loud enough, that does not always have to be the case. There can be improvements on starting the "right" songs at the right time. Within UFS, this is something we look to do regularly but we are not perfect. A lot of the time it requires some quick thinking. In summary, we all need to be better if we want to improve the atmosphere. If you leave the ground knowing you gave it everything, you have done your job. I bet you will struggle to find many more than 100 or so who could really say that.

Either you are being fed some rubbish info or you are making a stereotype out of people in SK1. The general consensus is that most people in there understand the different types of support. L1 is a different type of supporter to the majority in SK1. People understand that. However, there are 28,000+ other supporters who don't really get involved with either and I am not having the fact that all those are happy clappers, sit down types. A fair few probably, but not all. So the biggest concern is how to bring more into the singing section who will give it a good go and those who don't like that style of support but want to contribute, get them to L1 (or now P block if that's the future for them). Both can exist and will benefit the atmosphere but it needs those sitting on the fence or not pulling their weight to get involved. Club don't help but there is still enough power with the people if they really want to make a difference. You mention the guy with his back to the pitch not supporting the team. Why do you actually think that? Do you think he does nothing to contribute to the atmosphere? If you actually knew a bit more about why he does that, then maybe you realise how wrong you are. Considering how "liberal" you are, you really do moan about SK1/the singing section a lot.

No

No, you can pass your season ticket on to someone in your friends and family up to 5 times per season. They do not need a membership. I did this the other week for Villa, Someone just created an account, I linked it to mine and passed them the ticket for that match.