I can't begin to tell you how shit Avanti trains are, how their clown show has ruined what was a great service when Virgin run it, wonder why no one in the media seems to care advance tickets are essentially a thing of the past and that the things are likely not to be running at any given time...
It's a self fulfilling prophecy. I've given up using the train for away games. Lack of advance tickets, strikes, overcrowding and the dreaded "Sorry lads we haven't got a driver" message over the tannoy means I don't consider them anymore.
Prior to COVID, I used the trains all the time. Now...