Schards#2 No real solutions, the best you can do is try and buy a seat that is most likely to suit your requirements. For Monday, I went upper tier as it's steeply banked and I thought most people would stand in the lower tier. At other times, with the children, I've tried to get tickets near the front so there are fewer potential standers in front of us. Likewise, the standers should try, where possible, to book seats at the back where standing won't impede others view. It's a shame the club can't offer this as a solution but, presumably, it would be seen as condoning standing which is, technically, not permitted.
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I agree entirely and that's why I having eventually got onto the shyte TicketZone I spent well over thirty minutes trying to get tickets in the back couple of rows. However, everytime I tried I got kicked out by the pile of shyte and in the end realised I would have to opt for a row further forward if I wanted to be sure of us getting tickets.
It may take time to get standing brought back (if ever) but they could kick those useless effing f*ckers TicketZone out of ticket sales and get in a decent system that will allow you to choose the rows you want!
Matt de K Good post Schards.
I stood when everyone was standing - then I watched the people eventually sit down from the front row, which filtered all the way back to us (apart from Royalblue, who aggravated a few people). I sat down, even though I would have liked to stand up all the way through, as I knew I had a family sat behind me (all of whom were singing and making noise) which had 2 kids, and I would have definitely blocked their views .
As I mentioned earlier, had someone politely pointed out that kids views were being blocked (instead of moaning at me for standing when a corner was being taken and then taking an aggressive stance later on) I would have been a lot more sympathetic. As it was, a couple of people considerably aggravated us, particularly the middle aged 'hard man' who thought the right approach was to threaten someone who, had he felt inclined, could have wiped the floor with him.
However, I would question just how much people's views are actually obstructed by a few individuals scattered around, several rows in front, particularly when seats are banked quite steeply and staggered.
Also, whilst it was difficult to get seat towards the back through TicketZone, it was pretty easy to buy them towards the front, so Schards' point is absolutely spot on. Buy tickets behind a goal and towards the back of a block that had joined those unofficially designated as 'singing' and you are far more likely to find people standing in front of you.
When my son was young I made sure we got into Elm Park early enough that he could stand behind/sit on the wall surrounding the pitch - I didn't stand him at the top of the terrace because his view would have been obstructed - simples!
Once were Biscuitmen I think the internet is having its normal magnifying effect on what was not really a massive problem.
15000 people standing up would not have been as useful to the team as 40000 fans; either on the day or in terms of growing the fanbase for the future.
The overwhelming majority of those 40,000 fans were f*ck all use to the team when we were 2 and 3 nil down! Thank goodness the team didn't give up in the same manner! Now I've been pretty peed off by some of the performances of the team over the past season but having worked their balls off and performed a minor miracle to get to the playoff final, they did not deserve their support giving up on them that easily.
Matt de K Just to put a few things into context - I've just been speaking to a Swansea fan, who could not believe how loud we were. And he went on ".....and when your 1st goal went in, I couldn't believe it - you were much louder than us"
In full agreement with you there. Just a shame about the silent parts in the first half.
They said block 133 was a singing bit 
Some bloke threw his drink at a middle-aged woman who was standing. But yeah, shit atmosphere. I hate Wembley, horribly boring stadium, full of people who couldn't care less. Give me jumping about like a lunatic in Cardiff anyday over that morgue atmosphere. There was maybe about 20 people who were up for singing around where I was. I didn't expect much else anyway. Why couldn't it just be the 2,000 in the green man where I was sitting. 
Did enjoy the whole build-up to the day though, glad I went in a strange kind of way.
