Jimbo Ram Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 7 hours ago, PodgeyRam said: I would go but the train times aren't being very kind and the prices even less so. Can't afford to spend more than £50 getting there when I can watch it at home for nothing unfortunately. My finances aren't that great I'm afraid Understand Podgey ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 8 hours ago, PodgeyRam said: I would go but the train times aren't being very kind and the prices even less so. Can't afford to spend more than £50 getting there when I can watch it at home for nothing unfortunately. My finances aren't that great I'm afraid I feel for the club. I looked at it but it's £100 for designated trains to and from London (packed full of West Ham fans!) or more for an "off peak" return. Back late and an early start the next day, so I'm resorting to ITV4 or the pub. Expect we'll still get high 20s in terms of attendance, which is good, on top of the TV money. SKRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich84 Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Disappointing if don't get close to 30k for this. It's almost as if 12 months ago was a distant memory, everyone rallying behind the club, the march etc. We'll look like a small time club with the away end sold out, outsinging the 1/3rd empty home end. I know it's on terrestrial TV on Monday night, but it is reasonably priced. 95% of the WHU fans are making the journey from London....... "Derby are massive, everywhere we go!" Not a chance and embarrassing if we sing that! I'm just hoping that the closer it gets to the game it sparks more interest, a chance to show the audience why we were making a song and dance about saving our club. Rammy03, Kathcairns, The Scarlet Pimpernel and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 11 minutes ago, Rich84 said: Disappointing if don't get close to 30k for this. It's almost as if 12 months ago was a distant memory, everyone rallying behind the club, the march etc. We'll look like a small time club with the away end sold out, outsinging the 1/3rd empty home end. I know it's on terrestrial TV on Monday night, but it is reasonably priced. 95% of the WHU fans are making the journey from London....... "Derby are massive, everywhere we go!" Not a chance and embarrassing if we sing that! I'm just hoping that the closer it gets to the game it sparks more interest, a chance to show the audience why we were making a song and dance about saving our club. Good post. I can certainly understand that those that have a good journey to make would bualk at it especially if things are tight financially for them, and it being a Monday night, does not help at all. However I think that there are sufficient fans who do not have to make a long journey, the ticket prices are very reasonable, and it should be a heady 9 Celsius that I too will be disappointed if we don’t get a good crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob The Badger Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 14 hours ago, Sparkle said: Cough- we are not on fire - we are effective - West Ham are not a top club - they are in the premiership where they exist and never try to do anything more West Ham finished 7th and made the semi-final of the Europa Cup. The season before they finished 6th. And they have some very good players. I'd day they were a top club. Rammy03 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Rich84 said: Disappointing if don't get close to 30k for this. It's almost as if 12 months ago was a distant memory, everyone rallying behind the club, the march etc. We'll look like a small time club with the away end sold out, outsinging the 1/3rd empty home end. I know it's on terrestrial TV on Monday night, but it is reasonably priced. 95% of the WHU fans are making the journey from London....... "Derby are massive, everywhere we go!" Not a chance and embarrassing if we sing that! I'm just hoping that the closer it gets to the game it sparks more interest, a chance to show the audience why we were making a song and dance about saving our club. Anyone’s opinion I care about won’t just be looking at the attendance from one Monday night game, ignoring the very good home crowds and away followings we have had for a number of years now, before forming an opinion on how “massive” they think we are. If you want to focus on just one match then you can choose any of our top 5 home attendances this season (I think we have 5 of the top 10 in the league), or the sell out away followings in particular nearly 4,000 for a regular league match away on a cold Tuesday night. Also, why do we need to make a song and dance about saving our club (over and above what we’ve already done)? Don’t get me wrong, I’d love the ground to be packed to the rafters but I don’t think we should be judging or trying to guilt the loyal supporters who turn up for league games into buying a ticket. CBRammette 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 2 hours ago, Bob The Badger said: West Ham finished 7th and made the semi-final of the Europa Cup. The season before they finished 6th. And they have some very good players. I'd day they were a top club. Ok - I consider top clubs as ones that win things SKRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreveram Posted January 24, 2023 Author Share Posted January 24, 2023 55 minutes ago, Sparkle said: Ok - I consider top clubs as ones that win things Wimbledon ? jimtastic56, Tamworthram and SKRam 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 2 hours ago, Foreveram said: Wimbledon ? Wigan? SKRam and jimtastic56 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBRammette Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 7 hours ago, Rich84 said: Disappointing if don't get close to 30k for this. It's almost as if 12 months ago was a distant memory, everyone rallying behind the club, the march etc. We'll look like a small time club with the away end sold out, outsinging the 1/3rd empty home end. I know it's on terrestrial TV on Monday night, but it is reasonably priced. 95% of the WHU fans are making the journey from London....... "Derby are massive, everywhere we go!" Not a chance and embarrassing if we sing that! I'm just hoping that the closer it gets to the game it sparks more interest, a chance to show the audience why we were making a song and dance about saving our club. Linking this one match's attendance to saving the club is ridiculous. You are the lucky one. It may be reasonably priced to you but not perhaps to many at the moment. I dont go to matches to the benefit of the view of the outside world. We have bought tickets but no idea if we can make it yet due to uni interviews and work. Nothing to do with not supporting the club. Perhaps lay some of the blame on the TV scheduling not hard-pressed fans LazloW, BriggRam, Wistaston Ram and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB83 Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 51 minutes ago, AndyinLiverpool said: Wigan? Leicester?? jimtastic56 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty Swollocks Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Someone on twitter was saying that he went to the ticket office and a W Ham fan was buying a ticket for the Derby end and he was being quite open about it. Clearly Monday nights don`t affect W Ham fans attending!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammy03 Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 If we can get near sell out for League games against Accrington Stanley then why can't we for West Ham. It's the fourth round of the FA Cup and we could beat these with good backing from the crowd Betty Swollocks, DB83, Foreveram and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wistaston Ram Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Rammy03 said: If we can get near sell out for League games against Accrington Stanley then why can't we for West Ham. It's the fourth round of the FA Cup and we could beat these with good backing from the crowd I think it would have sold out if we had played Saturday, but it is a bit of a ball ache for those of us out of the county to get to after work on a Monday night. Nevertheless I will be there and I still think we will get a decent crowd of 25k plus. Should still be a good atmosphere. What have we sold so far 22k? Edited January 24, 2023 by Wistaston Ram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty Swollocks Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 23 hours ago, Wistaston Ram said: I think it would have sold out if we had played Saturday, but it is a bit of a ball ache for those of us out of the county to get to after work on a Monday night. Nevertheless I will be there and I still think we will get a decent crowd of 25k plus. Should still be a good atmosphere. What have we sold so far 22k? There are still over 7000 tickets available for this. Hopefully as its payday for a lot of people on Friday and Jan has been a long month lots of fans will buy tickets over the weekend as anything less than close to capacity for this is a bit disappointing imo. The "Its on TV" argument doesn`t really wash with me either unless you live miles away. It certainly hasn` put W Ham fans off making a 300 mile round trip on a Monday as they have sold out of their 4500 allocation jimtastic56 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Git Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 (edited) On 24/01/2023 at 15:07, Rammy03 said: If we can get near sell out for League games against Accrington Stanley then why can't we for West Ham. It's the fourth round of the FA Cup and we could beat these with good backing from the crowd Because it’s a Monday night. I’m fortunate that I can afford to stay over in Derby, but it’s a minimum of an extra £60 that a lot of people just don’t have spare. Edited January 25, 2023 by Grumpy Git Kathcairns and SKHunter 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimtastic56 Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 We have to make sure West Ham don’t make it like a home game for their players.How MASSIVE are we ? Get a ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaltRam Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 43 minutes ago, jimtastic56 said: We have to make sure West Ham don’t make it like a home game for their players.How MASSIVE are we ? Get a ticket. B4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 3 hours ago, Betty Swollocks said: There are still over 7000 tickets available for this. Hopefully as its payday for a lot of people on Friday and Jan has been a long month lots of fans will buy tickets over the weekend as anything less than close to capacity for this is a bit disappointing imo. The "Its on TV" argument doesn`t really wash with me either unless you live miles away. It certainly hasn` put W Ham fans off making a 300 mile round trip on a Monday as they have sold out of their 4500 allocation Big day out for them though init? ? SKRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 3 hours ago, Betty Swollocks said: There are still over 7000 tickets available for this. Hopefully as its payday for a lot of people on Friday and Jan has been a long month lots of fans will buy tickets over the weekend as anything less than close to capacity for this is a bit disappointing imo. The "Its on TV" argument doesn`t really wash with me either unless you live miles away. It certainly hasn` put W Ham fans off making a 300 mile round trip on a Monday as they have sold out of their 4500 allocation The replay will be on TV as well and we would take thousands there as well I have purchased my ticket but re to watch is free to watch and bills need paying Tamworthram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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