Crowd v Lincoln

TonbridgeClaret · Post by **TonbridgeClaret** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 12:52 pm

What attendance can we expect for this match? £10 and £5 tickets, a quarter final spot for the winners, plus a good number of carrot crunchers attending should push it up to around 20,000 IMO.

Lord Beamish · Post by **Lord Beamish** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 12:56 pm

We'll be very lucky to break 20k, what with the match being on telly.
I reckon 18k max. And each of the empty seats in the Home End will be like a dagger through the hearts of Lincoln's massive travelling faithful, reduced to watching the match from home.

wilks_bfc · Post by **wilks_bfc** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 1:20 pm

Lord Beamish wrote:We'll be very lucky to break 20k, what with the match being on telly.
I reckon 18k max. And each of the empty seats in the Home End will be like a dagger through the hearts of Lincoln's massive travelling faithful, reduced to watching the match from home.

On tele it may be but this could be the last home game for 7weeks

It'll be like preseason for some not able to get a "live" fix

clitheroeclaret2 · Post by **clitheroeclaret2** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 1:33 pm

Reckon good crowd for same reasons in op.

Full house if Lincoln had been given CFS though. Even better atmosphere as well. Better for telly coverage

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 1:39 pm

clitheroeclaret2 wrote:Reckon good crowd for same reasons in op.

Full house if Lincoln had been given CFS though. Even better atmosphere as well. Better for telly coverage

Certainly wouldn't be a better atmosphere if they'd been given the entire stand. Atmosphere always improves when home and away supporters are in the same stand.

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 2:29 pm

18k wont be a bad crowd.

Judging by the poor ticket sales in the JM stands I was right to suggest giving Lincoln that full stand.

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 2:33 pm

The Lincoln fans have called for a "million man march" to the turf to protest at them only getting more than they actually have season ticket holders. Their vast numbers of travelling bandwagon jumpers are seething that there might be spare seats in a ground where playing Arsenal and Chelsea is the norm these days.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 2:35 pm

ClaretTony wrote:Certainly wouldn't be a better atmosphere if they'd been given the entire stand. Atmosphere always improves when home and away supporters are in the same stand.

Agree with this. And probably a key reason why we shouldnt necessarily get all of the stand back.

When away teams get the whole CFS we just give up as fans.

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 2:36 pm

I will be glad when we have moved on to the next match. This Lincoln fixture isn't bringing the best out in either set of supporters.

Thankfully it is more than likely just Internet based crap.

Frenchclaret · Post by **Frenchclaret** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 2:37 pm

Which TV channel will it be on? I can't find any information other than it is a 12-30 kick-off.

bedfords · Post by **bedfords** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 2:37 pm

I remember when 18,000 was a belly buster of a turn out.

bedfords · Post by **bedfords** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 2:37 pm

BT Sport

Frenchclaret · Post by **Frenchclaret** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 2:39 pm

Thanks. Not in the St listings.

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 2:40 pm

17000 roughly.

der4 · Post by **der4** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 2:44 pm

17,700

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 2:48 pm

17 plus is not too bad a turn out. Bastards got half that in a Quarter Final against Millwall!

dibraidio · Post by **dibraidio** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 2:54 pm

Forgive me if I'm wrong but if we get to the final I'm sure there will be plenty on here who'd be gutted not to be able to attend despite the fact that we'd get more tickets than we have season tickets.

I reckon Burnley could sell 40,000 tickets for a game like that at Wembley. I'm sure we all know of people who've supported Burnley for decades but don't often go on any more who would still be gutted to miss out.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 3:15 pm

Probably. But priority should go to season ticket holders. And in the case of the Lincoln match our own season ticket holders given that its our home game.

beddie · Post by **beddie** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 3:30 pm

Still a lot of empty seats, especially in the Jimmy Mac and a good number in the JHL. I think the crowd will be around 15,000

Goody1975 · Post by **Goody1975** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 3:31 pm

There's almost a full week of sales to go and a few areas have turned red since this morning, i expect steady sales all week and the JHU and BLS to be just about sold out on Saturday, so that'll mean a similar crowd to the Bristol City game.

Goody1975 · Post by **Goody1975** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 3:33 pm

beddie wrote:Still a lot of empty seats, especially in the Jimmy Mac and a good number in the JHL. I think the crowd will be around 15,000

It looked very similar before the Bristol City game.

HendricksHair · Post by **HendricksHair** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 3:34 pm

They've not sold out their allocation yet... despite their claims they could sell 10K

Goody1975 · Post by **Goody1975** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 3:37 pm

They are still on sale to season ticket holders yet.

HendricksHair · Post by **HendricksHair** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 3:39 pm

Goody1975 wrote:They are still on sale to season ticket holders yet.

My point was their fans claimed they could sell 10K, yet they've still not managed to sell just over 3K the week of the game

Goody1975 · Post by **Goody1975** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 3:40 pm

...but they only have just over 1,000 season ticket holders.

Leisure · Post by **Leisure** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 3:57 pm

Their ST holders and Final StrEight holders have until tomorrow at 4pm to claim their tickets. At the moment they haven't even advertised what happens then to any unsold tickets! Seems a bit amateurish to me!

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 3:57 pm

Reckon very roughly, a 15,245 gate.
With Lincoln not managing to sell 32 tickets, despite the bullshit.
It's a mystery.

Looking forward to a proper cup tie.
Lincoln's are used to winning. Both league and cup.
It's a one off.
Personally, l think it could be a tough game if we don't field a mainly first team side.

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 4:11 pm

Lincoln are to put the rest of the tickets on general sale Thursday.

Seems a lot of tickets to shift in two days unless they have a better system than us in place.

dibraidio · Post by **dibraidio** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 4:22 pm

In terms of not putting out a first team....I don't think we have a choice:
GK : Heaton or Pope (I'd expect Pope)
Def: Lowton/Dariwka Keane/Mee/Tarks Ward/Flanagan
Mid: Boyd/JBG Barton/Westwood Arfield
Att: Vokes/Barnes/Gray
That's 16 of our squad, Who else is there? Defour, Long and Marney are injured, Brady is cup tied, Hendrick is suspended, that leaves Robertson, the rest are out on loan. I'd expect to see some youngsters fill the final place(s) on the bench.

Leisure · Post by **Leisure** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 4:25 pm

dibraidio - Robertson???

HendricksHair · Post by **HendricksHair** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 4:30 pm

Quickenthetempo wrote:Lincoln are to put the rest of the tickets on general sale Thursday.

Seems a lot of tickets to shift in two days unless they have a better system than us in place.

indeed, you'd think with only around 1,000 season ticket holders that they'd have given them a small window say Mon-Thurs last week and then put them on General Sale.

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 4:31 pm

Leisure wrote:dibraidio - Robertson???

I think Robertson is cup tied because he's still a Hull City player.

bfcmik · Post by **bfcmik** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 4:33 pm

Buxtonclaret wrote:Personally, l think it could be a tough game if we don't field a mainly first team side.

Look at the replacements we have used so far in the FA Cup: Pope - highly rated Championship keeper last season; Darikwa - experienced Championship defender highly rated by some posters; Flanagan - on loan from Liverpool, England international; Tarkowski - experienced Championship defender, played in a few PL games, football legend in waiting according to many posters; Gudmundsson - experienced Championship and international player, several PL starts; Vokes - genuine 1st team player. Not a bad set of replacements really.

And any of our bench players should be capable of fitting in at a moments notice as they may be called on at any time due to injury or tactical need.

ClaretTricks · Post by **ClaretTricks** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 4:33 pm

dont think brady is cup tied

HendricksHair · Post by **HendricksHair** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 4:35 pm

I'd expect the same team who played the Sunderland and Bristol City games with Westwood for Defour. However I'm sure Dyche did say Defour was a maybe so hopefully he could make the bench

HendricksHair · Post by **HendricksHair** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 4:38 pm

ClaretTricks wrote:dont think brady is cup tied

Played in the 3rd round replay vs Southampton for Norwich

Grumps · Post by **Grumps** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 4:38 pm

ClaretTricks wrote:dont think brady is cup tied

Having played twice for Norwich he is, Westwood isn't

Claret&Green · Post by **Claret&Green** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 4:42 pm

dibraidio wrote:In terms of not putting out a first team....I don't think we have a choice:
GK : Heaton or Pope (I'd expect Pope)
Def: Lowton/Dariwka Keane/Mee/Tarks Ward/Flanagan
Mid: Boyd/JBG Barton/Westwood Arfield
Att: Vokes/Barnes/Gray
That's 16 of our squad, Who else is there? Defour, Long and Marney are injured, Brady is cup tied, Hendrick is suspended, that leaves Robertson, the rest are out on loan. I'd expect to see some youngsters fill the final place(s) on the bench.

That's actually 17 players but I expect to see Yao, Agyei & Brad Jackson on bench

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 4:50 pm

bfcmik wrote:Look at the replacements we have used so far in the FA Cup: Pope - highly rated Championship keeper last season; Darikwa - experienced Championship defender highly rated by some posters; Flanagan - on loan from Liverpool, England international; Tarkowski - experienced Championship defender, played in a few PL games, football legend in waiting according to many posters; Gudmundsson - experienced Championship and international player, several PL starts; Vokes - genuine 1st team player. Not a bad set of replacements really.

And any of our bench players should be capable of fitting in at a moments notice as they may be called on at any time due to injury or tactical need.

Ok with Pope in goal
And Tarks. Never, ever a problem with Big Sam. Or our Icelandic star.

Not too keen on Flanagan. Has to be a good player in there somewhere, not convinced me though.
Like to see Westwood and Brady start, along with both Lowton & Ward.

Was just saying, they aren't used to losing.
They're on a roll.
Just think we need to take Lincoln really seriously. Really go for it.

bfcmik · Post by **bfcmik** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 4:52 pm

I would expect to see Heaton given a day off, Robinson on the bench with the rest of the 1st team squad and 1 place for a development squad player.

Hillimp · Post by **Hillimp** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 5:13 pm

Leisure wrote:Their ST holders and Final StrEight holders have until tomorrow at 4pm to claim their tickets. At the moment they haven't even advertised what happens then to any unsold tickets! Seems a bit amateurish to me!

Linking Burnley tickets to the purchase of last 8 books was anything but amateurish, it has raised about £100k for the club, a useful amount at our level. Until all those tickets are claimed the club does not know how many tickets are left for general release on Wednesday but since 5000 tickets for the Ipswich match were sold out by 2PM on the day they were released the club know they will sell them so are in no hurry. Not wanting to be intrusive on someone else's board but some posts on here are just plain wrong.

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Goody1975 · Post by **Goody1975** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 5:29 pm

How many tickets would you personally have liked Lincoln to get?

2 Bee Holed · Post by **2 Bee Holed** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 5:31 pm

Hill Imp;
I cannot take you seriously until you have the decency to answer my two questions,
which have been posted twice now.

Hillimp · Post by **Hillimp** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 5:35 pm

2 Bee holed, I have not answered the questions because I do not know the answers. To answer accurately I would have to represent Lincoln City Football Club and I do not, I am just a supporter.

minnieclaret · Post by **minnieclaret** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 5:37 pm

Buxtonclaret wrote:Reckon very roughly, a 15,245 gate.

Come on, Buxton. I want it to two decimal places at least.

Leisure · Post by **Leisure** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 5:51 pm

Hillimp wrote:Linking Burnley tickets to the purchase of last 8 books was anything but amateurish

My reference to being amateurish was around the timing only giving fans a couple of days to make travel arrangements etc

Hillimp · Post by **Hillimp** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 6:17 pm

Leisure wrote:My reference to being amateurish was around the timing only giving fans a couple of days to make travel arrangements etc

Fair enough. In another post on this thread the point was made that not many Imps fans attended the last game at Turf Moor. Burnley were not in the Prem then so the attraction was not as great. On this occasion the club are aware that any fans who get tickets will be grateful for them and will not mind making travel arrangements at the last minute. It's a seller's market this time.

davemanu2000 · Post by **davemanu2000** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 6:23 pm

The crowd should be above 15,000 . One thing to note that Burnley should not field with juniors .One or two may go but the best players have to play . It is a matter of honour .

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 6:55 pm

minnieclaret wrote:Come on, Buxton. I want it to two decimal places at least.

Holtyclaret · Post by **Holtyclaret** » Mon Feb 13, 2017 7:28 pm

I'm surprised many think they'll be less Clarets on than there were for brizzle.

14850 or so + 3200 Lincoln fans = 18050

I reckon they'll be 19000+ on.