whatever way you look at it demand is high, hell, plymouth has sold out. the club probably sees no reson to change the system
That's my main argument though - they should have 'changed the system' in this instance.
If this particular sale had reached a level where previous LC away loyalty (or League Cup loyalty full stop) doesn't come into it - then the times where I've missed chances or 'not been on the ball' as you put it, shouldn't even be an issue.
(For what it's worth, I attend every home game, every comp. But unfortunately, have only been able to be in a position to start going away the last three seasons - that's why I'm constantly hoping for a drop that's 'below' any previous away loyalty)
For this game, if tickets were being offered to STH with no previous aways, why couldn't they offer members with all 19 the same chance? I probably still wouldn't have got one, with only around 100 available, but all I would have really liked is a chance - However small that actually might have been.
Perhaps the club could have done 'STH/members with 19 with Spurs & Leeds' as first priority; then same with one of those games if any left after that. Surely that would have been fairer than just 'all STH'.
In fact, even leaving the STH/Members issue aside - why wasn't this sale done as 'STH with Spurs & Leeds' first anyway? Seeing as that's how tickets are sold for the home leg, surely it makes sense to do the same in this instance? Guess it's just because the club hasn't mixed home and aways before... well if so, that seems crazy to me that they haven't made an exception in this instance.
Anyway, it's done now - just got to hope that one day, somehow, my chance will come!