I have to agree with those saying that a smaller crowd is actually more preferable for general atmosphere and things of that nature. I didn't notice it quite so much at the League Cup Final, because it wasn't *that* big a crowd as finals go, but I do recollect a Ross County fan talking about their experience of their crowd the time they got to the Scottish Cup Final. Seemingly the whole experience was very disappointing. The crowd was full of Big Time Billys constantly asking things like "Who's that number 5?" etc. and who promptly left en masse as soon as Dundee United took the lead.
To be quite honest, should we get to the final, I'd like some way of keeping the seasonal ticket holders/regular fans together and give them priority to the ticketing, so that they at least can bellow out as one, as opposed to being broken up across the stand. We - the people reading this and those who have season tickets and/or attend games regularly should be given priority. Not the big game dandies.