| The race for 22nd place 07:02 - Apr 11 with 6877 views | dmm |
22nd place is very much up for grabs and may well go to the wire. Huddersfield v Reading on the last day to be the decider? It's squeaky bums and gnawed fingernails for the next few weeks for this lot.
Rotherham United (18th, 45 points)
April 15: Luton Town (h)
April 18: Burnley (h)
April 22: Bristol City (a)
April 27: Cardiff City (h)
April 29: Middlesbrough (h)
May 8: Wigan Athletic (a)
Huddersfield Town (19th, 43 points)
April 15: Swansea City (a)
April 18: Sunderland (a)
April 29: Cardiff City (a)
May 4: Sheffield United (h)
May 8: Reading (h)
Queens Park Rangers (20th, 43 points)
April 15: Coventry City (h)
April 19: Norwich City (h)
April 22: Burnley (a)
April 29: Stoke City (a)
May 8: Bristol City (h)
Cardiff City (21st, 42 points)
April 15: Sheffield United (a)
April 19: Watford (a)
April 22: Stoke City (h)
April 27: Rotherham (a)
April 30: Huddersfield Town (h)
May 8: Burnley (a)
Reading (22nd, 41 points)
April 15: Burnley (h)
April 19: Luton Town (h)
April 22: Coventry City (a)
April 29: Wigan Athletic (h)
May 8: Huddersfield Town (a)
Blackpool (23rd, 35 points)
April 15: Wigan Athletic (h)
April 18: West Bromwich Albion (h)
April 22: Birmingham City (a)
April 29: Millwall (h)
May 8: Norwich City (a)
Wigan Athletic (24th, 34 points)
April 15: Blackpool (a)
April 18: Stoke City (a)
April 22: Millwall (h)
April 29: Reading (a)
May 8: Rotherham United (h) |  | | |  |
| The race for 22nd place on 17:41 - Apr 11 with 956 views | ParkRoyalR |
| The race for 22nd place on 17:20 - Apr 11 by Rangersw12 |
Coventry have home fans at both ends so isn't the same as us giving both tiers
Should have had safe standing at both ends and tried to build our support but nah let's just give away fans 3k tickets to make an extra 50k 🙄 |
Not trying to be disagreeable but their set-up is very similar to ours, with a home section to the right of the Away End, similar to our X-Block,
The owners created X-Block and offered very generous discounted season ticket prices and that worked well, likewise Safe Standing in Lower Loft, both of these worked well initially until our home form panned,
Coventry gave us 4k last year (and we were raucous), 3k+ this year and we were silent from the off not helped by a terrible start to the game,
This Saturday is down to the fans, the owners have had a bad twist of fate with Beale and now its up to the fans to be in full voice, as we do have 11 players who care, so we need to give them our full support form the off and create an atmosphere liked after we scored against Watford, just this time from the 1st minute. |  | | |
| The race for 22nd place on 18:13 - Apr 11 with 838 views | BazzaInTheLoft |
| The race for 22nd place on 16:53 - Apr 11 by Rangersw12 |
How many times have teams built up a head of steam with raucous away fans in both tiers.
With the ground only holding approx 17,500 nowadays it's ridiculous to give away teams nearly 3k tickets and I can't think of many clubs doing it.
Yes as fans we should be better to counter it but to me it just adds to the general malaise around the club and gifting away fans an advantage
I put this to Hoos when they requested questions but seems that interview never happened [Post edited 11 Apr 2023 16:57]
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The maximum is 2,500!
That’s £62k which is the equivalent the annual salary of a breakthrough prospect like Sinclair Armstrong.
I’d rather it be QPR fans obviously, but it’s seems an unfair stick to beat Hoos with bearing in mind FFP and potential relegation.
As for teams that have built up a head of steam because they held both tiers I can’t think of any. The only sides I can remember in recent season taking both tiers are Millwall and Birmingham.
If 12,000 QPR fans can’t drown out 2,500 Coventry fans then that’s on us. |  | | |
| The race for 22nd place on 18:17 - Apr 11 with 815 views | terryb |
| The race for 22nd place on 18:13 - Apr 11 by BazzaInTheLoft |
The maximum is 2,500!
That’s £62k which is the equivalent the annual salary of a breakthrough prospect like Sinclair Armstrong.
I’d rather it be QPR fans obviously, but it’s seems an unfair stick to beat Hoos with bearing in mind FFP and potential relegation.
As for teams that have built up a head of steam because they held both tiers I can’t think of any. The only sides I can remember in recent season taking both tiers are Millwall and Birmingham.
If 12,000 QPR fans can’t drown out 2,500 Coventry fans then that’s on us. |
Watford had both tiers Baz.
As you mention, I think we were louder than their fans & we will be on Saturday as long as the players give us cause to be. | | | |
| The race for 22nd place on 18:18 - Apr 11 with 807 views | BazzaInTheLoft |
| The race for 22nd place on 18:17 - Apr 11 by terryb |
Watford had both tiers Baz.
As you mention, I think we were louder than their fans & we will be on Saturday as long as the players give us cause to be. |
Ah yes Watford!
And look how it turned out for them. [Post edited 11 Apr 2023 19:04]
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| The race for 22nd place on 20:31 - Apr 11 with 634 views | derbyhoop |
4 points may be enough, but, to use a football cliche, 1 game at a time. |  |
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