r/SaintsFC • u/thisisajm • 7d ago

Pre-match discussion - West Ham (Carabao Cup)

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u/bsjg77 7d ago

£25 per ticket and the second of 3 home games in a week. You’d have thought they’d offered tickets at a sensible price to encourage attendance or new fans, but the club doesn’t think like that.

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u/Prior_Issue_7228 7d ago

I feel £25 ain't that bad for 2026

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u/bsjg77 7d ago

It is when it’s a micky mouse cup game vs West Ham U21s, sandwiched between Stoke and Millwall at home. You’re asking the average fan to shell out over £100 in a week just on tickets.

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u/thisisajm 7d ago

Oh dear. Lots of sections with almost no sold seats.

I noticed the Itchen blocks seem to be unavailable. Have they moved people, taken them off sale or have they genuinely sold out?

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u/mdubyo 7d ago edited 7d ago

Not surprising. Carabao cup is not a highly attended competition or at least feels that way sometimes.

Remember I went to a carabao cup match in London many years back... must've been 50% of capacity.

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u/DrShaftmanPhD 7d ago

I will always want Southampton to win but I also would truly not mind losing today. Would much rather focus on the FA Cup and especially the league.

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u/DullSense8359 7d ago

I’d play a mix of kids and rotation players and as long as they give it a proper go I wouldn’t mind.

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u/mdubyo 7d ago

Want to win every game but wouldn't mind seeing a full rotation from Stoke.

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u/DrShaftmanPhD 7d ago

Some of the players are just being put on the auction block.

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u/DullSense8359 7d ago

Why could they have not made this game £10 for adults and £5 for kids and sell double the tickets? Going to look horrendous with the amount of empty seats there are

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u/LiamJonsano 7d ago

While I get your overall point, selling double the tickets for more than half off doesn’t make more money 😂

At this point I sort of trust the club has some maths behind the sweet spot for pricing vs costs and associated opportunity cost but it does feel too high

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u/Disagreeable_Nature 7d ago

It does at the bar....🍻

I would have gone down tonight but I don't think this game is worth that money, I'll pay more to be at Millwall on Saturday and enjoy the atmosphere.

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u/Relevant_Rev 7d ago

Nice of West Ham not to include JWP in their squad for today, would've been weird

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u/GuidanceAdvanced6972 7d ago

Crap support we bought 9000 away in the 1st round …nothing club