Aberdeen home, is ANYBODY going

Vintage Claret · Post by **Vintage Claret** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 8:38 am

Yep, got my ticket.

Off on a European tour, about 3 miles from my house

TonbridgeClaret · Post by **TonbridgeClaret** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 9:08 am

My wife and I will be there for our first European match at the turf, 270 miles from our home in Kent. Ticket sales are looking very poor but we're hoping for at least 15,000.

lakedistrictclaret · Post by **lakedistrictclaret** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 9:13 am

I'll be in Birmingham, at the first two days of the first test against India, booked last autumn.
I'm going to Pittodrie though.

bfccrazy · Post by **bfccrazy** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 9:45 am

KRBFC wrote:How can you expect fans to be excited when all signs point towards the manager not really giving a toss about it?

Which is pretty much the point I was making

SalisburyClaret · Post by **SalisburyClaret** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 9:48 am

Will be there - we're in Europe!
It certainly beats Mansfield away on a cold wet winter's night

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 9:49 am

Going to Pittodrie as I'm on holiday for the home leg.

ICL · Post by **ICL** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 10:04 am

Four of us going from this family.
No problem in getting two seats next to our two season tickets in JHU

ŽižkovClaret · Post by **ŽižkovClaret** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 10:08 am

Im flying back. People need to give their heids a wobble

Lord Beamish · Post by **Lord Beamish** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 10:18 am

Dear, dear! Some people are really working themselves up into a lather. I knew that a lot of Burnley's Supporters were Fannies, but I hadn't realised just how many were Complete Fannies.

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 10:21 am

If you’re a season ticket holder and you don’t attend this fixture you should lose your seat.

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 10:22 am

Not strict enough

You should have your loyalty points reset to 0

Vino blanco · Post by **Vino blanco** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 10:36 am

Had there been a PL match on the following Sunday, I would have flown back from Spain for both games. But as it stands, it looks like I'll be watching it on tv hopefully.

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 10:42 am

Lancasterclaret wrote:Not strict enough

You should have your loyalty points reset to 0

Rumours of the home leg counting for priority in any further Europa tickets.

Same with the early away games at Southampton etc.. for the Premier league.

Things are changing in the ticket office.

gandhisflipflop · Post by **gandhisflipflop** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 10:48 am

Got mine other day. Got the opportunity to take mrs FF on too so she is looking forward to it.

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 10:53 am

If its a rumour from you, with the greatest possible respect your track record isn't the best!

Its the busiest holiday period of the year, so the crowd is going to be low.

If we progress to the next round and the group stages, there is no way I'd be missing a home game in this, but it is what it is. I'm on holiday with my family and they are more important than a football match.

NickBFC · Post by **NickBFC** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 10:57 am

Travelling up from West Sussex.

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:03 am

All info I give was good info at the time, things changed though regarding Aberdeen away.

Top Don · Post by **Top Don** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:07 am

I have a spare ticket for the home end if anyone is struggling to get one !

Foulthrow · Post by **Foulthrow** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:08 am

Rileybobs wrote:If you’re a season ticket holder and you don’t attend this fixture you should lose your seat.

I'm on holiday - didn't realise I needed your permission to go. I'll check first next time.

Foulthrow · Post by **Foulthrow** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:10 am

CrosspoolClarets wrote:Got mine, and I’m a huge Dyche fan, but if this game is tossed away like the other cup games (Leeds, Stanley, Lincoln etc), it is time for him to go. I can’t believe he will.

This is a once in a lifetime season.

So for all he has achieved here you'd want him gone if one game doesn't go well? Sounds like you'd be well suited to supporting Leeds. Actually, no, running Leeds.

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:11 am

Whoa, Crosspool must think this is a Brexit thread as he goes all in with a ludicrous idea.

UpTheClaretsFCBK · Post by **UpTheClaretsFCBK** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:13 am

Got my ticket for both fixtures.

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:16 am

Foulthrow wrote:I'm on holiday - didn't realise I needed your permission to go. I'll check first next time.

You don’t need my permission, go on holiday by all means. But if you don’t attend the game you should be punished. Your season ticket seat should be put up for general sale for the rest of the season so that a real fan has the opportunity to purchase it.

NottsClaret · Post by **NottsClaret** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:16 am

There'll be loads away on holiday. I'll be going though, I waited until I'd got the Europa dates before booking owt. But that's only because I'm a miles better fan than you.

Lord Beamish · Post by **Lord Beamish** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:16 am

Lancasterclaret wrote:Whoa, Crosspool must think this is a Brexit thread as he goes all in with a ludicrous idea.

Hes a Complete Fanny.

Woodleyclaret · Post by **Woodleyclaret** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:18 am

Its a crap tie and even some Latvian pub side in the draw would be better than one from the lower level Scottish league.We 2 are going from Reading as its in the school holidays.
The fiasco over tickets and the amateurish way Burnley FC treat fans wanting tickets doesn't help.
Comments about its not important to us from Sean is honest.Far better than the usual nonsense in cup competitions about us wanting to go as far as possible then fielding a weakened team.
That said I expect class to tell and for us to progress.

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:22 am

My only defence is my holiday was booked 18 months ago.

The idea that we might be in Europe was about as likely as Ringo holding his hands up and "Yup, I was wrong"

Foulthrow · Post by **Foulthrow** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:23 am

Rileybobs wrote:You don’t need my permission, go on holiday by all means. But if you don’t attend the game you should be punished. Your season ticket seat should be put up for general sale for the rest of the season so that a real fan has the opportunity to purchase it.

I assume you're joking?

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:24 am

Foulthrow wrote:I assume you're joking?

I thought that you were joking about going on holiday instead of going to the game?

Ptangyangkipperbang · Post by **Ptangyangkipperbang** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:30 am

Japebe43 wrote:Were all going on a European tour..! Then nobody does..

Forgive my way of thinking but I thought a tour was whenyou went around to different places not staying at home

Silkyskills1 · Post by **Silkyskills1** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:36 am

SalisburyClaret wrote:Will be there - we're in Europe!
It certainly beats Mansfield away on a cold wet winter's night

It certainly does but will the preparation for it be any different? I would guess that since the players returned for pre-season the manager's focus has been solely on the Premier League with 'friendlies' arranged to maximise everything that's needed to meet that challenge. Two extra games this time though but Sean Dyche hasn't altered the planned schedule to accommodate them with a friendly against Preston still going ahead despite a game in 'Europe' a couple of days later.
The squad is woefully thin at the moment with 3 of our more creative players,at least, not likely to feature in either game v Aberdeen so unless there is an influx of incomings which currently doesn't seem likely I expect our line-up to be way different to anything we might hope for against Southampton. I'd love to see us have a real go in this tournament like most fans seem to be craving but the reality is that it's not at the top of Sean Dyche's wishlist.

lucs86 · Post by **lucs86** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:38 am

What are the indications that the club / Dyche aren't taking it seriously?

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:41 am

Because we haven't signed as many players as Brighton I think.

Hard to tell as the pre-season whinges change every season.

Top Don · Post by **Top Don** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:43 am

Woodleyclaret wrote:Its a crap tie and even some Latvian pub side in the draw would be better than one from the lower level Scottish league.We 2 are going from Reading as its in the school holidays.
The fiasco over tickets and the amateurish way Burnley FC treat fans wanting tickets doesn't help.
Comments about its not important to us from Sean is honest.Far better than the usual nonsense in cup competitions about us wanting to go as far as possible then fielding a weakened team.
That said I expect class to tell and for us to progress.

So we're a lower level Scottish League side but your last sentence says you expect to progress.
Surely you're not that convinced as to how poor we are then

Going back a bit but I seem to remember a great Ipswich team taking us lightly in European football and getting a bloody nose

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:43 am

Quickenthetempo wrote:Rumours of the home leg counting for priority in any further Europa tickets.

Same with the early away games at Southampton etc.. for the Premier league.

Things are changing in the ticket office.

That’s actually a good idea.

JohnMac · Post by **JohnMac** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:43 am

I left the Turf really upset when we lost to Eintracht Frankfurt last time out so don't let me down twice.

I'll be there!

Winstonswhite · Post by **Winstonswhite** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:50 am

lucs86 wrote:What are the indications that the club / Dyche aren't taking it seriously?

Name a cup match that Dyche has ever took seriously?

Guich · Post by **Guich** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:55 am

I'll be watching in a bar in France. Does that count?

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 11:55 am

Winstonswhite wrote:Name a cup match that Dyche has ever took seriously?

The ones we’ve won. The ones we’ve lost obviously weren't taken “seriously”.

Truth be told a second string PL 11 should be beating the likes of Accy and Lincoln. It’s not about not taking something seriously. It’s about giving fringe players the chance to play and impress.

I’d expect a strong team against Aberdeen. Get competitive minutes into the players.

Tall Paul · Post by **Tall Paul** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 12:02 pm

Winstonswhite wrote:Name a cup match that Dyche has ever took seriously?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40944670" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

TeesClaret · Post by **TeesClaret** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 12:12 pm

Me from Middlesbrough and brother from Scunthorpe got tickets. We're in Europe so couldn't care less what first leg score is or the fact that it's on tele or that travelling on the M62 at that time of the day is a nightmare. It'll be a night to remember.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 12:13 pm

cutsy123 wrote:Gumshields and knuckle dusters ready?

No thats the russians.

Silkyskills1 · Post by **Silkyskills1** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 12:22 pm

Top Don wrote:So we're a lower level Scottish League side but your last sentence says you expect to progress.
Surely you're not that convinced as to how poor we are then

Going back a bit but I seem to remember a great Ipswich team taking us lightly in European football and getting a bloody nose

I also remember that but the game wasn't played amidst pre-season friendlies with the cricket season still in full swing. Your club are not being taken lightly but the game/tie doesn't have anything near the importance or significance that the games we have coming up do. I would personally love it to be a 'blood and guts British affair' but it isn't going to be, certainly not from us anyway.

Winstonswhite · Post by **Winstonswhite** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 12:28 pm

Tall Paul wrote:https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40944670

Not sure why you’ve linked that lineup when it just cements the fact that Dyche plays fringe players.

*This isn’t a criticism, it’s just a fact that his priorities lie elsewhere.

On this occasion I actually think he’ll go full strength as they’ve obviously worked it Into our pre season timetabling. But come October November there’s no chance we’ll send a full side playing over to Romania or wherever when we’ve got Huddersfield away on the Sunday for instance.

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 12:29 pm

Got mine. Might be last time we ever see Burnley at home in Europe surely that's a good enough reason ?

Foulthrow · Post by **Foulthrow** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 12:35 pm

Rileybobs wrote:I thought that you were joking about going on holiday instead of going to the game?

If only .....

Foulthrow · Post by **Foulthrow** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 12:37 pm

Winstonswhite wrote:Name a cup match that Dyche has ever took seriously?

Middlesboro v Chesterfield. FA Cup semi final. Circa 1997.

CaptJohn · Post by **CaptJohn** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 12:39 pm

I'll be there

Tall Paul · Post by **Tall Paul** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 12:42 pm

Winstonswhite wrote:Not sure why you’ve linked that lineup when it just cements the fact that Dyche plays fringe players.

I didn't link the lineup, I linked it as a cup game that SD took seriously which was the question you asked.

ayrshireclaret83 · Post by **ayrshireclaret83** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 12:55 pm

Not gonna miss it for the world