Lou

For me the biggest concern is that, with the exception of the odd game, it's been like this since we opened the season at Spurs. After such a fantastic second half to last season, what the hell happened during the summer?

Just got a message to say that they're going to start taking payments for the Burnley game tomorrow. I presume they won't bother if we don't make it through but who knows given the current chaos. In the message they have the cheek to re-iterate that you get removed from the scheme if payment fails. I'd like to think they won't try it with those who've had trouble with their Reading ticket but I'm not holding my breath. It will be interesting to see what happens to those who think they have a ticket but where payment has not been taken. Will they get entrance to the ground? Will the club try and reclaim the money later?

In my case they gave me the money before taking it back! But I'm thinking the same as you. I don't see the point in risking life and limb to get to a game that I may have difficulty getting in to. There's a significant risk you could spend the bulk of the first half queuing at the ticket office to get the matter sorted.

I think the weather is worse than Sunday when the Spurs game was cancelled and Radio Merseyside is now reporting that many schools are closing early.. I still haven't been able to login to the website (don't know how Fred has managed it) so I have no idea whether I have a ticket assigned. But regardless of what it says I don't know if I trust it because there has not been a net debit taken out of my account. What I don't want to do is struggle through the snow and then face difficulty getting in. Furthermore I expect there will be many on the auto cup scheme who are unaware of the situation and will turn up late assuming they can get it when they've no ticket assigned. It could be total madness at the ticket office (which can be chaotic on a good day). Given it's been snowing here all day, the armchair in front of the TV is appearing an attractive option for once.

I think there's been another screw up on the weather forecasts. They predicted a heavy fall for Sunday which never happened and which I think contributed to the Spurs postponement. I don't recall a bad forecast for today but a lot has fallen on the Wirral and I presume it's bad in the city centre.

I've been trying to logon since yesterday evening but not managed it yet :-( To be honest, if the snow keeps up, I may have to contemplate watching it on the TV anyway. If I have paid then I'll just have to accept the ticket money has been wasted. But I've no idea what happens if I've not paid. Will they cancel my auto-ticket membership? Out of interest Fred...have you checked if they've taken the money?

Has anyone managed to check their purchase history yet? The online service seems permanently unavailable. I've not had a chance to call customer services. Has anyone done that yet? If you have a reserved ticket do you pay by giving a card number to customer services or do they want you to queue at the ticket office tonight?

Money went into my account on 7th and out again on 8th - so it looks like I haven't paid either. Bizarre. They ask you to check your purchase history but the service is currently unavailable. Just great

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The club used to be about the fans and the ground was part of the fans identity. The shared ground would take that away. When you add that to an increasingly uncompetitive league, high ticket prices, availability of football on TV, the constant shifting of matches to inconvenient times and the feeling that the game is polluted by too many hangers-on both on and off the pitch (priority given to corporate attendees, too many players playing for the wage packet and not the shirt etc) I think the shared ground would be the final nail in the coffin for many. No doubt those empty seats would be filled temporarily by the glory hunters with their LFC bags filled with newly purchased goodies. But a long run of poor form and failure to win a shiny pot or two would soon see them toddling off to the Mancs or some other fad that becomes cool to be attached to and it would totally kill any mystique and atmosphere that remains about our home. I also remain to be convinced of the wisdom of going into partnership with an organisation (in the form of the Bluenoses) that has seen off so many CEO's recently and makes us look well run

But made from the point of view of someone who was left without a father and who had to watch his mother struggle alone. I don't think it's for us to pass judgement - on the person who committed suicide or the person(s) left to deal with the mess

There was a time when I'd have agreed with you 100 percent. However my boss's father committed suicide and he has very differing views on the act - which he regards as selfish. I guess I can see both points of view. We cannot imagine what turmoil that poor man's head was in. On the other hand, he's left a spouse and another child to cope alone. Either way - it's a very sad situation

This may have been mentioned before but I can't be bothered reading all the way through this thread.... What happens if Hicks goes bankrupt? There appear to be rumours across the pond that it's about the happen

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For midweek games a lot of people come straight from work (and therefore in a suit). It will be more interesting to see if this happens again for a week-end game

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Totally agree. We came far too close to not qualifying last year and I am delighted that we're not being put through the stress again. These games are played very early in the season. New players are bedding in and some leagues start earlier than others and have players with better match fitness. Therefore you can get surprise results (the Liege tie was the not the first time we've struggled). I wouldn't like to predict the outcome of this one.

Approximately what time does the performance finish?

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