Carling Cup Round Four - Ipswich Away

[Erith_Cobbler]

How many tickets will they give us and how many do you think we will sell?

1,900 with an extra 800 if needed. I reckon we'll do well to bring 2,000 to be honest.

[paul_ntfc]

I really didn't see that coming, but that shows how silly I am to have assumed that Man Utd wouldn't want to play Sunday and then Tuesday... then I remembered that money (SKY) runs the game these days and so they control who plays ans when!

The most irritating thing will be watching Alex Ferguson complaining about the Sunday then Tuesday thing... when clearly if it wasn't for the SKY money he and his team wouldn't be in the position they are in (along with a number of other very rich clubs!)....

I still feel that although we may not all agree that we have a chance of beating Ipswich, if we did surely that would be where you'd want the cameras to be? :-(

[ClaretKing]

f*** sky, their loss

They might show up in the quarters!

[DustCobb]

I guess like someone else pointed out, you'll get more people watching Manure v Wolves than Ipswich v Cobblers.

Sky are pretty s***e at picking the best games for tv in cup competitions anyway.

[SteveRiches]

For once, I do not agree with Sky's choice. The Newcastle game I can understand, but I reckon ours has by far the more potential of the others and they generally do one on Tues., and one on Wed. We'll just have to prove them wrong, again! 

[Marvo]

I guess like someone else pointed out, you'll get more people watching Manure v Wolves than Ipswich v Cobblers.

We'll never know, they have never tried anything different. People fed on seeing the same sides week in, week out, with coverage all over the place. You'd think they'd like a change.

[stevecobb]

The fa cup draw is on Sunday 24 oct at 1pm.Busy old week and we play on sat 6th nov.

[GrangeParkCobbler]

Some bright spark obviously pointed out that Sky could leave their cameras and studio in place for 48 hours rather than pack everything up and go elsewhere! Man Utd v Stoke on Sunday lunchtime then Man Utd reserves v Wolves on Tuesday night!
Sky might as well just show every single Man Utd game bring as their viewing figures are so important to them!

[WadeyCobbler]

It's a rubbish choice to put Man U v Wolves on. Man U were on in the 3rd round, so were Arsenal for that matter. The cup is all about the romance and the possible unexpected results. That is a rubbish choice. As for more people wanting to watch Man U reserves v Wolves, I am not so sure. We see enough of Prem sides as it is. I would much rather see Prem or Champ clubs vs League One or Two in the hope of an upset. It's garbage but I guess we will just have to wait for the quarters to be on telly - or the FA Cup.

[The 12th Marquis of Sixfields]

Hang on, I've got half of you saying United will play their reserves and the other half saying Fergusson will moan at playing twice in 3 days. Make your minds up! Unless you reckon he'll play the second string in the prem game too

[guest49]

Fair enough....gives us a bit more of a chance as there are probably 500 Cobblers fans who wouldn't have bothered going if it was live on TV. An obvious blow to the bank balance but that makes little difference to your average fan.
To be fair to Sky, they were never going to pick us, unless we had one of the big teams or a home draw with a better chance of an upset.
Let the (non televised) giant killing commence! 

[supajama]

Hang on, I've got half of you saying United will play their reserves and the other half saying Fergusson will moan at playing twice in 3 days. Make your minds up! Unless you reckon he'll play the second string in the prem game too

Ferguson probably won't even bother to be at the game (like at Sc***horpe in the last round!)

[Tyro]

If you look on the games that Manchester United have played this season on one channel or another I think you'll find 90% of them have been live on tv Money talks I guess

[Enya_NTFC]

On one hand, i'm surprised.

On the other I'm not, Man U was always going to be on, no other team even exists in SKYS world.

[The 12th Marquis of Sixfields]

Thjey have the most fans in the country, put them on the tv and you'll get higher viewing figures.
Get high viewing figures and you can sell advertising space for more money.
Sell advertising space for more money and you'll have a bigger profit margin at the end of the year.
Make a large profit and you're laughing.

[SeanODonovan]

I thought we had the most fans in the country 
since last Wednesday all of ours plus all of Everton's plus all of Man U's plus all those Liverpool fans who said "I'd rather support you than that shower of sh*te"

[GrangeParkCobbler]

1,900 with an extra 800 if needed. I reckon we'll do well to bring 2,000 to be honest.

Carling Cup rules state that the away team can take an allocation of 15% of the total capacity of the ground. This would equate to 4500 if necessary in this case.
This rule can only be broken if there are serious safety concerns to consider!

[Marvo]

Although I've been before, I'm looking forward to this game, I particularly want to see what they've done to the ground since my last visit. When you consider how inbred they are down there, the family stand must take up half the capacity!

[DustCobb]

Suspect we will take around 2,000?

[GrangeParkCobbler]

Although I've been before, I'm looking forward to this game, I particularly want to see what they've done to the ground since my last visit. When you consider how inbred they are down there, the family stand must take up half the capacity!

lol, and extra-wide spaces in the car park for tractors and combine harvesters!