chizumgeorge Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 It seems the away following today is going to be poor and were gonna be robbed of 5/6k seats that we could have easily have filled. Everybody knew it was going to be a full house today so why did we have to give them the full away end!? Couldn't we have just given them a few hundred tickets somewhere and filled leppings lane with our own fans? Making the atmosphere even more intimidating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUMBELOWS91 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Welcome to Owlstalk. You're about to be slaughtered by the thread police. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chizumgeorge Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 I'm sure all the replies will be intelligent, made by intelligent Wednesday fans and not b@ll ends, cos there's none of them on here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chizumgeorge Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 Surely it's easier for the police to manage 500 Cardiff season ticket holders in the corner of the south than police all of the leppings lane end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobster01 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Lets face it with the syp cover up of events in 1989 and certain sections of the media laying the blame solely on fans, were never going to be able to use our stadium to its full capacity as it stands we did for Wycombe game in league 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I'm sure all the replies will be intelligent, made by intelligent Wednesday fans and not b@ll ends, cos there's none of them on here! What are 'batll ends'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattitheowl Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Surely it's easier for the police to manage 500 Cardiff season ticket holders in the corner of the south than police all of the leppings lane end There are rules about minimum allocations, you can't just give them 500 tickets and shove them in the corner. There also has to be adequate segregation and concourse facilities (toilets etc) available, we can't segregate in the home stands and with Cardiff's notoriously less than perfect following they clearly didn't want to risk it on the Lep. You also have to weigh up the cost, is it worth the extra police and stewarding cost simply for another 2k Wednesday fans? And when the tickets went on sale there was a chance the game would be a dead rubber and potentially only attract 25K. Just not bothered... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animis Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 the club comments about the empty seats - 'we will continue to work closely with the Safety Advisory Group to address arising issues for future games', shows that they at least tried and hopefully with DC being a proper businessman, won't simply tolerate being fobbed off by some bureaucrat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrbluesky Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 At least the Pope is making an appearance on their end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chizumgeorge Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 There are rules about minimum allocations, you can't just give them 500 tickets and shove them in the corner. There also has to be adequate segregation and concourse facilities (toilets etc) available, we can't segregate in the home stands and with Cardiff's notoriously less than perfect following they clearly didn't want to risk it on the Lep. You also have to weigh up the cost, is it worth the extra police and stewarding cost simply for another 2k Wednesday fans? And when the tickets went on sale there was a chance the game would be a dead rubber and potentially only attract 25K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViolaOwls Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 (edited) Ask Ricky goo he's the only one more wrong than me on here That's a light heart joke Ricky Today is all about swfc only for me Edited April 30, 2016 by ViolaOwls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chizumgeorge Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 There are rules about minimum allocations, you can't just give them 500 tickets and shove them in the corner. There also has to be adequate segregation and concourse facilities (toilets etc) available, we can't segregate in the home stands and with Cardiff's notoriously less than perfect following they clearly didn't want to risk it on the Lep. You also have to weigh up the cost, is it worth the extra police and stewarding cost simply for another 2k Wednesday fans? And when the tickets went on sale there was a chance the game would be a dead rubber and potentially only attract 25K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bladeshater Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Why as nobody mentioned this before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chizumgeorge Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 The police and stewards will be there anyway for today's match ,stood amongst empty seats. I agree with the concourse issues, but maybe we could have given them just the bottom of leppings lane? Other clubs at other grounds cram small numbers of away fans in corners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattitheowl Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 The police and stewards will be there anyway for today's match ,stood amongst empty seats. I agree with the concourse issues, but maybe we could have given them just the bottom of leppings lane? Other clubs at other grounds cram small numbers of away fans in corners Like where? It's about a proportion of the ground and safe segregation. There would need to be extra stewards and extra police if we had owls on the Lep. Just not bothered... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan140177 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 we did for Wycombe game in league 1this. Poor effort from the police if they are responsible for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick_Turpin Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Ask Ricky goo he's the only one more wrong than me on here That's a light heart joke Ricky Today is all about swfc only for me There's a r8 mess on my kitchen floor. My sides have literally split. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmowl Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 the club comments about the empty seats - 'we will continue to work closely with the Safety Advisory Group to address arising issues for future games', shows that they at least tried and hopefully with DC being a proper businessman, won't simply tolerate being fobbed off by some bureaucrat Is your type-face size the equivalent of whispering? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattitheowl Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 this. Poor effort from the police if they are responsible for it They brought about 175 fans, a bit different to 2000. Just not bothered... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzOwl Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 It seems the away following today is going to be poor and were gonna be robbed of 5/6k seats that we could have easily have filled. Everybody knew it was going to be a full house today so why did we have to give them the full away end!? Couldn't we have just given them a few hundred tickets somewhere and filled leppings lane with our own fans? Making the atmosphere even more intimidatingWe haven't sold out our home tickets all season why is today any different? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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