I think so too. I guess Barber didn't factor in the number of people who don't want to go to a match unless they can sit in their preferred seat! In contrast, I think the Palace game was handled badly (tickets too expensive and not enough loyalty points. Needed more incentives to get people to...
From the club's pov, there are a still a thousand tickets to sell in the lower tiers. They are not going to risk the expense of opening the upper tiers until most of these are gone. I, too, find it a little odd that people are so concerned about not being able to sit in their usual seat. I...
None of what you say makes sense. How is selling the lower tiers first going to make any difference to the attendance? And if anything it will be a better atmosphere, as the lower tiers will be packed, instead of having the crowd dispersed around the stadium.
That sounds about right. It is really poor given it's the fifth round. It seems a large proportion of STH dont give a monkeys about the Cup and only want to watch EPL matches. Doesn't bode well for if we get relegated.