They definitely would have pulled the games If they didnt allow fans. Dublin and Bilbao both lost their games for that reason.
Agree with @RandomGuy. is saying re why they allowed it. You dont have to approve/agree with the reasoning but thats definitely why they allowed it. Not allowing huge numbers into friendlies right now is almost irrelevant as well. While we pretty much all want as many fans as possible back it doesnt make much sense to allow loads of fans to meaningless games which is out of step with the restrictions lifting nationally for what is a glorified training game.
European games & league games should be target for me.
Clubs should be allowed to keep increasing their numbers as the friendlies progress as well as they continue to prove they can jump through the hundreds of hoops. Its not just "but thats only 5% capacity and hAmPdEn HaD 12,000" its also about can the club be in control and manage the numbers they're allowed. Saints had 1000 last night and while I dont believe there was problems at the game whatsoever there was problems getting tickets out to people etc and even at 5pm yesterday people hadn't received a ticket for entry which would have been unmanageable teething problems if they were allowed loads more.
Once "most of the legal restrictions" are removed then we'll all be able to act like big bairns again and hug each other when we score etc!