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  • stoneroses19
    stoneroses19 Posts: 7,223
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    Gravesend_Addick said:
    Surely the club can only communicate if there is something to communicate?

    Or are people suggesting the club should issue a daily update that there is no update?
    The club could and should say that they are communicating with Wembley and pressing for more blocks originally designated to Orient to be put on sale for Charlton fans. At least we’d know Charlton are trying to help. 
    The club have communicated that. How does it help if they keep sending the same message out? 

    Given the exceptionally high demand, the club are continuing to request more tickets for the game and will issue a further communication to fans should this request be facilitated
  • southamptonaddick
    southamptonaddick Posts: 4,055
    edited May 23
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    Gravesend_Addick said:
    Surely the club can only communicate if there is something to communicate?

    Or are people suggesting the club should issue a daily update that there is no update?
    The club could and should say that they are communicating with Wembley and pressing for more blocks originally designated to Orient to be put on sale for Charlton fans. At least we’d know Charlton are trying to help. 
    The club have already said they have asked for more tickets
    They can't force Wembley, or whoever decides the ticket allocations, to take any of Orients allocation, especially as Orient can sell tickets until 5pm today, even if it looks like they will not sell out.
    Hopefully we will get some news not long after 5pm today. We may get more tickets we may not but if we don't it won't be because the club hasn't tried.
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,288
    How often do you want them to tell us they've requested more tickets? Every 15 minutes?

    Bet you lot were the kids constantly asking your parents "are we there yet" on car journeys
  • Belv
    Belv Posts: 836
    edited May 23
    The club literally put a statement out less than 24 hours ago saying they were continuing to request more tickets and they will communicate further should the request be facilitated. 

    What are people expecting here? Hourly updates telling you the same thing? and do you all purposely completely ignore every article and every statement so you can have a whinge?
  • Covered_End_Lad
    Covered_End_Lad Posts: 5,726
    Davo55 said:
    I don't think it would be at all unreasonable to expect an update from the club. Depending on the actual facts, something like the following would be helpful in filling the information void:

    " The club are acutely aware that there are very many Charlton fans still hoping to get a ticket. We continue to press Wembley/EFL and are hopeful that a decision will be made late this afternoon when Orient tickets go off sale. We are assured that any tickets purchased on Saturday will be emailed out same day, and fans are again reassured that tickets may be scanned from a mobile device or printed out. We will update further when we hear from the authorities."
    But if they aren't getting any meaningful response from Wembley/EFl how can they put out an update that has timings etc??
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 11,190
    Davo55 said:
    I don't think it would be at all unreasonable to expect an update from the club. Depending on the actual facts, something like the following would be helpful in filling the information void:

    " The club are acutely aware that there are very many Charlton fans still hoping to get a ticket. We continue to press Wembley/EFL and are hopeful that a decision will be made late this afternoon when Orient tickets go off sale. We are assured that any tickets purchased on Saturday will be emailed out same day, and fans are again reassured that tickets may be scanned from a mobile device or printed out. We will update further when we hear from the authorities."
    Make that statement and people will assume tickets will be sold on Saturday and will be disappointed if they aren’t. You have to word any communications with the assumption that people won’t read the whole thing properly. IF you’re going to do comms (which isn’t hugely necessary until a final decision imo) then it needs to be short and sharp. “The club continue to ask the authorities for extra tickets due to high demand from Charlton fans. We will provide and update when we can.” or similar is all that would be needed
  • valleynick66
    valleynick66 Posts: 4,891
    stoneroses19 said:
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    Gravesend_Addick said:
    Surely the club can only communicate if there is something to communicate?

    Or are people suggesting the club should issue a daily update that there is no update?
    The club could and should say that they are communicating with Wembley and pressing for more blocks originally designated to Orient to be put on sale for Charlton fans. At least we’d know Charlton are trying to help. 
    The club have communicated that. How does it help if they keep sending the same message out? 

    Given the exceptionally high demand, the club are continuing to request more tickets for the game and will issue a further communication to fans should this request be facilitated
    For example by saying we will issue  an update by x date/time.

    Don't force people down alternate expensive routes before they need to.

  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,815
    I looked this afternoon and the wembley site link had been removed from the CAFC website. Can't see why they would do this unless something significant was about to change. There were still odd tickets left so pulling it for no reason seems unlikely 
  • randy andy
    randy andy Posts: 5,457
    I'm expecting some sort of announcement at 5pm. That's when Orient tickets go off sale and you'd really hope that the two clubs + EFL + Wembley have already got a plan for the next stage in place and it just needs announcing/activating.

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  • redbuttle
    redbuttle Posts: 1,984
    Davo55 said:
    I don't think it would be at all unreasonable to expect an update from the club. Depending on the actual facts, something like the following would be helpful in filling the information void:

    " The club are acutely aware that there are very many Charlton fans still hoping to get a ticket. We continue to press Wembley/EFL and are hopeful that a decision will be made late this afternoon when Orient tickets go off sale. We are assured that any tickets purchased on Saturday will be emailed out same day, and fans are again reassured that tickets may be scanned from a mobile device or printed out. We will update further when we hear from the authorities."
    The clubs message says that there will be a communication if we are getting more tickets.
  • jacob_CAFC
    jacob_CAFC Posts: 2,063
    No event found on the website now, not even the box saying "restricted sale"
  • swords_alive
    swords_alive Posts: 4,275
    edited May 23
    Orient tickets still selling at about 50 per hour judging by these pics from block 517 that went on sale today. I counted 100 difference between the 2 pics (and yes i enjoyed doing that);

    1.15pm

    3.15pm;

  • vff
    vff Posts: 6,882
    edited May 23
    We well see in a couple of hours. It is looking like no further tickets will be sold. Ticket office are apologising and saying sold out. (its not in their control)
    Seems ridiculous when there are blocks and thousands of unsold tickets. When did anything make any sense with the business of football  management / organisation ? Minimal consideration it appears to be about is supporters.
    Sincerely hope I am wrong about - the Wembley leaving thousands of seats unfilled when there is clear demand to sell them bit. It is looking that way.
  • charltonnick
    charltonnick Posts: 3,063
    It's mad , there must be 20k unsold tickets and people wanting to buy.
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,288
    They could have given us 50k tickets and we would have sold out, or near enough. 

    At the end of the day it's in Wembley and the EFL's hands and if they want to leave money on the table, that's on them
  • Er_Be_Ab_Pl_Wo_Wo_Ch
    Er_Be_Ab_Pl_Wo_Wo_Ch Posts: 1,789
    I'm seeing 3 possible outcomes...

    Both clubs go to general sale, with a substantial number for both. This would sell most tickets, and fastest.

    We get more blocks in the upper, Orient stay as they are, and both clubs' sales remain in sale to those on the database. I guess this is most likely.

    No further sales to us. Crap outcome.
  • Spanish
    Spanish Posts: 856
    stoneroses19 said:
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    Gravesend_Addick said:
    Surely the club can only communicate if there is something to communicate?

    Or are people suggesting the club should issue a daily update that there is no update?
    The club could and should say that they are communicating with Wembley and pressing for more blocks originally designated to Orient to be put on sale for Charlton fans. At least we’d know Charlton are trying to help. 
    The club have communicated that. How does it help if they keep sending the same message out? 

    Given the exceptionally high demand, the club are continuing to request more tickets for the game and will issue a further communication to fans should this request be facilitated
    From my perspective, in today's world of Social Media, it surely wouldn't be a Big Ask for the club to have a relatively regular update ? Or at least state when the next update would be. This is a very emotive topic, and it seems those fortunate to have a ticket are more relaxed than those desperately trying to secure one....


  • RDG
    RDG Posts: 232
    Met don't want to deal with a capacity crowd on the same day as Premier League games happening? I can't imagine clubs, Wembley or the EFL wanting to leave money on the table, so I can't think why else they wouldn't have facilitated a potential sell out?
  • stoneroses19
    stoneroses19 Posts: 7,223
    Davo55 said:
    I don't think it would be at all unreasonable to expect an update from the club. Depending on the actual facts, something like the following would be helpful in filling the information void:

    " The club are acutely aware that there are very many Charlton fans still hoping to get a ticket. We continue to press Wembley/EFL and are hopeful that a decision will be made late this afternoon when Orient tickets go off sale. We are assured that any tickets purchased on Saturday will be emailed out same day, and fans are again reassured that tickets may be scanned from a mobile device or printed out. We will update further when we hear from the authorities."
    The club posts something like the above, then Wembley don't play ball, and we end up with no extra allocation. Fans who are moaning about lack of communication will then moan that the club lied about potential extra tickets.


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  • charente addick
    charente addick Posts: 3,810
    RDG said:
    Met don't want to deal with a capacity crowd on the same day as Premier League games happening? I can't imagine clubs, Wembley or the EFL wanting to leave money on the table, so I can't think why else they wouldn't have facilitated a potential sell out?
    The Met are going to have to police a crowd of 70,000 as it stands. Can't see that another 5-10k will make a huge difference.
  • RDG
    RDG Posts: 232
    Agree it would be crazy if that was the reason, but struggling to understand why they might leave seats empty. Feel bad for saying everyone who wants a ticket would get one, because I didn't imagine it would play out like this
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,819
    I fully expect more to pop up - can't believe they'll leave near on 20k seats unsold. I reckon we'll hear later today that another 5-8k available tomorrow

    Wembley do this sort of event on such a regular basis you struggle to see how they've managed it so badly. 
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,659
    RDG said:
    Met don't want to deal with a capacity crowd on the same day as Premier League games happening? I can't imagine clubs, Wembley or the EFL wanting to leave money on the table, so I can't think why else they wouldn't have facilitated a potential sell out?
    Another case for not having any Premier league being played this week, whilst the playoff finals are taking place.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,448
    I wonder if its coming down to the fact that they cant issue us more tickets, even if they wanted to, because of how they've stupidly handled the distribution to Leyton Orient - If the only tickets available, are behind Orient supporters, I doubt we'd be given those on safety grounds.

    In which case, the argument can be made, as to why have they allowed Orient to "spread out" so much.
  • stoneroses19
    stoneroses19 Posts: 7,223
    ForeverAddickted said:
    I wonder if its coming down to the fact that they cant issue us more tickets, even if they wanted to, because of how they've stupidly handled the distribution to Leyton Orient - If the only tickets available, are behind Orient supporters, I doubt we'd be given those on safety grounds.

    In which case, the argument can be made, as to why have they allowed Orient to "spread out" so much.
    It's a difficult balance isn't it. 

    The fair thing to do is allow both clubs equal amount of lower/mid tier seats. 

    However, we were always going to sell more than Orient, so the safety ground question you mention should have been thought about presale. 
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,852
    guinnessaddick said:
    RDG said:
    Met don't want to deal with a capacity crowd on the same day as Premier League games happening? I can't imagine clubs, Wembley or the EFL wanting to leave money on the table, so I can't think why else they wouldn't have facilitated a potential sell out?
    Another case for not having any Premier league being played this week, whilst the playoff finals are taking place.

    There is the Premier League and there is the rest of the known world - and never the twain shall meet.
  • Briston_Addick
    Briston_Addick Posts: 11,736
    bobmunro said:
    guinnessaddick said:
    RDG said:
    Met don't want to deal with a capacity crowd on the same day as Premier League games happening? I can't imagine clubs, Wembley or the EFL wanting to leave money on the table, so I can't think why else they wouldn't have facilitated a potential sell out?
    Another case for not having any Premier league being played this week, whilst the playoff finals are taking place.

    There is the Premier League and there is the unknown world - and never the twain shall meet.

    From a Premier League perspective.
  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,108
    I signed up to a LO supporters group on FB. A number of supporters are trying to offload tickets that they’ve bought coz they can’t shift them 🤔 

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