OohMartWright Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Don't lose sight of the fact that the overwhelming majority of the people being shafted by Man Utd for this cup tie are their own fans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellafella Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 54 minutes ago, JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta said: I have had a ticket offered to me but it is in the United stands, very tempted to take it but if by some miracle we manage to Rowetball a 0-1 I will have an incredibly hard time not going mad and getting my head kicked in. ...surely a small price to pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 1 hour ago, ViewsFromTheMiddle said: To the fans with season tickets anyway. The whole point I was making is £45 is extortionate for a 3rd round FA Cup match. Absolutely correct, if we wanted to see top of the league and great football Manchester City vs top six in the premiership Burnley in the 3rd round of the FA cup the price is £10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andicis Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 1 hour ago, curtains said: The point is we aren’t in the Premier League so Approximately 1 Million coming in to DCFC from this Cup Tie is very welcome. PS 45 pounds is about the cheapest ticket Man U offer for this Cup Tie and Mel is subsidising it by 15 pounds Derby get 40 percent of the gate receipt Sure it's nice to have the money coming in, but if Mel hadn't subsidised, would it have even sold out? The fact it helps Derby doesn't change a thing, an FA Cup 3rd round tie costing £45? Ridiculous. Each time we just put up with it because ''it helps the club'' the more clubs will see it as acceptable to charge people these prices. A lot of people don't have £45 to be splashing out on after Christmas. So sure, if you look at it from a business point of view it's good for the club. However, if you look at it from the point of view from the fan base the price is ludicrous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doodle Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 If they have virtually sold out then someone as made a bit of a miscalculation on demand. We chose the lower amount and at 45 quid I think that was right, but by reducing prices we have upped demand drastically and could have filled the larger allocation. Going to be lots of disappointed fans ( albeit casual fans) who are not going to be there to roar us on. I just hope we don’t make the same mistake in the 4 th round ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PodgeyRam Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Looking at the ticket site there are 442 tickets left, pretty much all of which are in Block 331. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B4ev6is Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 I have heard thousands of derby fans are going in the home ends should be good to see if this happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doodle Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 44 minutes ago, B4ev6is said: I have heard thousands of derby fans are going in the home ends should be good to see if this happens. Where u heard this from mate. Away end not sold out yet so not sure why thousands have brought home tickets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sith Happens Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 1 hour ago, B4ev6is said: I have heard thousands of derby fans are going in the home ends should be good to see if this happens. Cant see it. Derby have over 5000 allocated already and there are 55 thousand season ticket holders who have to buy FA cup tickets. They have loads of corporate seats too so not sure how many will go on general sale but really don't see thousands of Derby fans getting these, will be some but not loads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gritstone Ram Posted December 20, 2017 Author Share Posted December 20, 2017 1 hour ago, Doodle said: Where u heard this from mate. Away end not sold out yet so not sure why thousands have brought home tickets Also I think we would have sold nearer 2000 if the asking price was still £45. So unless MM is subsidising the home end too I doubt it very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Ram Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 2 hours ago, B4ev6is said: I have heard thousands of derby fans are going in the home ends should be good to see if this happens. Not going to happen mate.. No idea where these rumours start but they are always rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B4ev6is Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Over twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sith Happens Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 10 minutes ago, B4ev6is said: Over twitter Ahhhh I read nibru was going to hit us earlier this year on Twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuespachRam Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 There won’t be more than a dozen Derby I the home end...ridiculous I don’t get the argument of “its only the 3rd round of the FA Cup”...it’s THE best weekend of the footballing calendar by far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B4ev6is Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Well bristol city just beaten them in league cup so we can so beat them at old Trafford come cup upset is on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 With Bristol City knocking them out of the League Cup, their main hope of a trophy is now the FA Cup with an outside chance of the Champions League. Surely that means they can't take any chances and will have a very strong team out. Great test for our lads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRam Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 8 hours ago, Carl Sagan said: With Bristol City knocking them out of the League Cup, their main hope of a trophy is now the FA Cup with an outside chance of the Champions League. Surely that means they can't take any chances and will have a very strong team out. Great test for our lads. Makes it much less likely that we'll upset them, but if we do no-one will be able to pull the "you were playing against their reserves" card. It's just more of a win-win now - as long as we don't lose 10-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCG Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 18 hours ago, Carl Sagan said: With Bristol City knocking them out of the League Cup, their main hope of a trophy is now the FA Cup with an outside chance of the Champions League. Surely that means they can't take any chances and will have a very strong team out. Great test for our lads. Agreed. Would be an even better performance than City's, if we beat them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 If they are all in the mood and up for it we should get swept aside. As long as we give it a go and are competitive at least in patches, that's ok for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannable Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Martin and George for me. Half tempted to say Winnall for Vydra as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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