Here's what the Villa faithful have been saying on social media.

[blackpoolhibs]

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Just want to remind people, that the fans massively backed this team on Sunday with a home sell out. Only for many walk ups to go away bitterly disappointed again. The club holds a massive responsibility in ensuring fans continue to come back. Our supporters and fans don’t just attend and back the team when it’s a big game or a semi/finals.

Of course fans who can attend should attend but let’s not pretend hibs didn’t shoot themselves in the foot with the **** we seen on Sunday after fans massively backed the club again.

I would rather we got as many hibs fans into the ground for what would be a special occasion in the hope you build on the regulars have fans coming back for more etc…

Thats just silly, dont let Hibs fans in until they regularly turn up in bigger numbers, that will teach them.

[Hermit Crab]

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Just want to remind people, that the fans massively backed this team on Sunday with a home sell out. Only for many to go away bitterly disappointed again. The club holds a massive responsibility in ensuring fans continue to come back. Our supporters and fans don’t just attend and back the team when it’s a big game or a semi/finals.

Of course fans who can attend should attend but let’s not pretend hibs didn’t shoot themselves in the foot with the **** we seen on Sunday after fans massively backed the club again.

I would rather we got as many hibs fans into the ground for what would be a special occasion in the hope you build on the regulars have fans coming back for more etc…

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Sold out? Half the Dunbar end was empty! Nowhere near a sell out.

[Hibbyradge]

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We couldn’t even fill our ends at Easter Road last night plus we’ve not even won through to the play off round yet anyway.
That lot from over the city has a waiting list for season tickets, on that basis we have no right to be demanding almost all of the stadium for our fans alone, I’m in the give them the whole south stand camp, not only do I think it’s the right thing to do, it will make the occasion itself much better for atmosphere.
I was at the 5-5 game in the south stand and it was a brilliant occasion but that was against the Orcs and the less of them in our stadium the better, we have a decent relationship with Villa, let’s keep it like that.

Good to realise that fellow Hibs fans would prefer total strangers from the Midlands to get tickets for a Hibs home game rather than people like me who simply can't get to every game because of where I live.

I'll happily pop along to York station to wave at any Villa fans from London on their way up to Edinburgh after which I'll go home and watch it on Hibs TV, like the worthless so called supporter I am.

[McD]

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Sold out? Half the Dunbar end was empty! Nowhere near a sell out.

Home sell out - we weren’t selling tickets to Hibs fans for the Dunbar end.

[Billy McKirdy]

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Good to realise that fellow Hibs fans would prefer total strangers from the Midlands to get tickets for a Hibs home game rather than people like me who simply can't get to every game because of where I live.

I'll happily pop along to York station to wave at any Villa fans from London on their way up to Edinburgh after which I'll go home and watch it on Hibs TV, like the worthless so called supporter I am.

Opinions mate, opinions.. if that’s your argument, let’s not have any villa fans at the game and maybe 20654 Hibs fans will miraculously turn up on the night.

[Hibbyradge]

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Opinions mate, opinions.. if that’s your argument, let’s not have any villa fans at the game and maybe 20654 Hibs fans will miraculously turn up on the night.

What opinion?

You'd rather villa fans went to the game instead of Hibs fans. That's a fact.

We should be encouraging as many Hibs fans to go to the game as we can.

[Frazerbob]

Deary me, this thread is turning into a shocker!

[B.H.F.C]

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Maybe not my best argument but my point still stands, our fans are the most fickle around, a bad result and empty seats everywhere, truth is, we should do better than that as a support.

It’s a terrible argument full stop. If you can sell the seats to Hibs fans, you sell them to Hibs fans. Every set of fans are fickle when they’re no very good. When Celtic weren’t very good under Delia they had whole sections closed and banners covering the empty seats. When Rangers were toiling first season in the championship we went there a couple of times and played in front of about 25,000.

Folk wanting to go to big games and big occasions is hardly a surprise.

[Billy McKirdy]

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It’s a terrible argument full stop. If you can sell the seats to Hibs fans, you sell them to Hibs fans. Every set of fans are fickle when they’re no very good. When Celtic weren’t very good under Delia they had whole sections closed and banners covering the empty seats. When Rangers were toiling first season in the championship we went there a couple of times and played in front of about 25,000.

Folk wanting to go to big games and big occasions is hardly a surprise.

Ok, we sell out our maximum allocation after villas minimum, fair enough, would love to see it happen, if that’s what happens.
Brilliant.
It’s all up in the air anyway, it’s half time in this round.

[Stairway 2 7]

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Deary me, this thread is turning into a shocker!

It's so ridiculous I think many are trolling.

[Billy McKirdy]

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What opinion?

You'd rather villa fans went to the game instead of Hibs fans. That's a fact.

We should be encouraging as many Hibs fans to go to the game as we can.

I’d rather Hibs go through regardless, anyway, it’s a moot point, we’re not there…yet!!

[Stairway 2 7]

I'm sure villa will give us around 6% and we'll give them around 9% half the stand. Both stadiums will sell out

Let's get there first

[Billy McKirdy]

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It's so ridiculous I think many are trolling.

I’m not trolling, I’m just not very good at this forum debating, that much is obvious.
Good night!! 👋

[wookie70]

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It's mind boggling that a Hibs fan would deny other Hibs fans tickets for the benefit of opposition fans.

I genuinely can't believe that.

Is there not a bit of quid pro quo too in their reasoning. If we give Villa more then they may give us more so St holders would benefit from a once in a generation trip to a European game in England.

I'm not an uber fan any more but the Hibs fans I most value as those that go every week, those that go pretty much every week and then those that are ST holders and go to a reasonable number of away games. I'm probably out those groups now after a long time of being a part of them. If losing a few tickets for once in a blue moon Hibs fans means as many as possible of the Hibs fans that really support their club by putting there bums on a seat then that is a good thing imo. The biggest issue in that is we don't have any classification for fans barring the Hibs first group which is smaller than the allocation we will get for Villa and then ST holders which is far larger. I would hope other groups like Block 7 are not given any priority.

For that reason the allocation will be a lottery anyway for those outside the first group so lots of fans will miss out that really should get a ticket if the club hadn't abandoned a perfectly decent way of allocating tickets.

[Greenio]

So we still have no idea if we are switching home/away games if both us n them get through?

Surely someone can say for certain what happens in this scenario?

[Stairway 2 7]

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Is there not a bit of quid pro quo too in their reasoning. If we give Villa more then they may give us more so St holders would benefit from a once in a generation trip to a European game in England.

I'm not an uber fan any more but the Hibs fans I most value as those that go every week, those that go pretty much every week and then those that are ST holders and go to a reasonable number of away games. I'm probably out those groups now after a long time of being a part of them. If losing a few tickets for once in a blue moon Hibs fans means as many as possible of the Hibs fans that really support their club by putting there bums on a seat then that is a good thing imo. The biggest issue in that is we don't have any classification for fans barring the Hibs first group which is smaller than the allocation we will get for Villa and then ST holders which is far larger. I would hope other groups like Block 7 are not given any priority.

For that reason the allocation will be a lottery anyway for those outside the first group so lots of fans will miss out that really should get a ticket if the club hadn't abandoned a perfectly decent way of allocating tickets.

They will give us 6% maximum, its already online on their website section plan for the game with prices. They aren't going to cut that as we will give them at least that, probably closer to 9% half the stand

[wookie70]

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They will give us 6% maximum, its already online on their website section plan for the game with prices. They aren't going to cut that as we will give them at least that, probably closer to 9% half the stand

If there is no give and take from them then I would give them the exact same percentage

[Lancs Harp]

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If there is no give and take from them then I would give them the exact same percentage

I think there's a minimum. Not sure if its the same split in Europe but for example the minimum ticket allocation for visiting teams in the EPL is 10% or 3000. The home team normally allocating which ofbthe two is lower.

[Jones28]

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Why would it be silly? We’d sell that extra allocation for a game vs Villa to our own supporters no bother. I’m happy enough to lose a few rows of seating to segregation if it means more of our fans get a ticket.


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Me too, that’s what I’d want to happen anyway. I’m just not 100% certain it would.

[Jones28]

Yikes, this thread has taken a turn..

[Trinity Hibee]

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We have no right to sell more tickets to our own fans because Hearts have a waiting list??

It gets even odder it seems

[blackpoolhibs]

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It gets even odder it seems

Perhaps those season ticket holders who cant get to the game should we get through, could donate them to Villa fans.

[Stairway 2 7]

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If there is no give and take from them then I would give them the exact same percentage

We will have a maximum of about 2.8k as the section next to them are on sale already. Reasonable prices

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[Stairway 2 7]

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I think there's a minimum. Not sure if its the same split in Europe but for example the minimum ticket allocation for visiting teams in the EPL is 10% or 3000. The home team normally allocating which ofbthe two is lower.

5% in Europe. Their stadium is 42k

[cameronw-hfc]

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Is there not a bit of quid pro quo too in their reasoning. If we give Villa more then they may give us more so St holders would benefit from a once in a generation trip to a European game in England.

I'm not an uber fan any more but the Hibs fans I most value as those that go every week, those that go pretty much every week and then those that are ST holders and go to a reasonable number of away games. I'm probably out those groups now after a long time of being a part of them. If losing a few tickets for once in a blue moon Hibs fans means as many as possible of the Hibs fans that really support their club by putting there bums on a seat then that is a good thing imo. The biggest issue in that is we don't have any classification for fans barring the Hibs first group which is smaller than the allocation we will get for Villa and then ST holders which is far larger. I would hope other groups like Block 7 are not given any priority.

For that reason the allocation will be a lottery anyway for those outside the first group so lots of fans will miss out that really should get a ticket if the club hadn't abandoned a perfectly decent way of allocating tickets.

Do Block 7 not do every home and away game as well as some girls games? Surely that sort of commitment deserves a bit of priority?

[hibee-boys]

‘IF’ we get through that will be an almighty rush for tickets. Lucky if there is 2k left after comps/sponsorship/away season ticket holders🤔 I reckon we could have taken up double that amount of tickets.

[Hibbyradge]

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Do Block 7 not do every home and away game as well as some girls games? Surely that sort of commitment deserves a bit of priority?

Hibs fans should get priority over Villa fans as a matter of principle.

We have to give Villa 5% so if we can sell the rest to our own supporters, we should.

[cameronw-hfc]

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Hibs fans should get priority over Villa fans as a matter of principle.

We have to give Villa 5% so if we can sell the rest to our own supporters, we should.

I agree, my comment was referring to the poster that said block seven shouldn't get priority, when imo, they're the exact sort of fans that if we were giving priority, it should be to them

[Trinity Hibee]

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I agree, my comment was referring to the poster that said block seven shouldn't get priority, when imo, they're the exact sort of fans that if we were giving priority, it should be to them

With greatest of respect, I imagine many of block 7 will have been going to Hibs games for a lot less time than many ST holders so I don’t see how they should be given priority over others just because they sing/drum etc.

This has turned into probably the strangest discussion I’ve ever seen on here and that is saying something.

[Hermit Crab]

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I agree, my comment was referring to the poster that said block seven shouldn't get priority, when imo, they're the exact sort of fans that if we were giving priority, it should be to them

We were told at the AST holder relaunch night that block 7 would not be given priority over Hibs first members. I refuse to believe that though as they always get the same block at Tynecastle before everyone else get a chance to buy.