I'm surprised only 1000 people have jacked it in, but I'll be interested to see if there are less empty seats at the ground next season. For most home games, there were thousands of seats available before match day, and thousands of empty seats on the day (or more usually, night). So my guess is that a fair percentage of fans are happy to pay for a season ticket that they don't use for every match, and most of those on the waiting list don't want to buy tickets for one-off games - or certainly not at the inflated prices Seat Unique want for them.
Anyway, I'm aiming to move to a seat a bit lower in the stand - and a bit nearer an exit so I can get up, boo, and leave quickly at the end of the game.