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So is the PDF version I have on my phone from a while back still valid, or will I have to get the App version? Due to go to Majorca in about 10 days.

United have messaged me back regarding Covid and Season Ticket streams. They say that Sky changed the contract regarding this so they cannot offer a VST stream anymore. I’ve seen recent posts related to Hearts and Aberdeen fans who have been able to access a stream in similar circumstances, and in the early terms and conditions for the Dundee Season Tickets they said that fans could access games virtually if they couldn’t attend due to Covid (although a Dundee fan might have a bit more clarity if they have had this happen themselves). I know I’m probably fighting a lone battle on this but I’m stuck in the house, feel like shit, I’m going stir crazy and I have little else to do. Edit - I asked United about those other clubs. Their response- “You’ll have to ask those other clubs, it was made quite clear to us we couldn’t offer a stream”.

No response from United but I have found this from the site before the Hearts game - “With full access now available to season ticket holders, virtual season tickets no longer apply for home games.” PPV it is. Edit - I’ve found two (there may be more) clubs in the Premiership who, as part of the season ticket purchase, guaranteed all games if you are personally affected and cannot attend. A pity this doesn’t seem to be how United view things.

Yeah I’ve sent them a message, just awaiting a response.

I’ve tried to look online but can’t see a clear answer - is my season ticket this year still valid for streaming games? I’ve tested positive for Covid so can’t go on Saturday. I think I can buy a PPV ticket for £12.50 via the PPV site but hope that I can watch using my season ticket like last year. I have tried different searches but can’t see an obvious piece of information that makes it clear.

We’ve been shite at throw ins for about 9 years.

Outrageous prices for the Dundee game. It’s an absolute scandal, and as pointed out on Twitter last night it even goes against United’s own Supporters Charter which talks about fair pricing and a section which mentions affordable tickets at a range of between £10 and £25.

I have only ever really watched WWE, however I totally lost interest when the crowds disappeared during the pandemic. Once they were back with fans I watched for a few weeks and just the presence of a normal set of shows, with people there, had me reasonably entertained. However… A few weeks ago I started watching AEW. I’d been planning on it for a while, and after more former WWE wrestlers were heading over to them. I must say, I’ve absolutely loved it so far. I bought a FITE pass this week and have been keeping on top of the weekly schedule. I think for me it boils down to three things that are currently keeping me very entertained (and of course a fourth now that CM Punk is here) 1. The crowds. It seems the age demographic is similar to my own, with the fans being a little bit older and therefore more vocal and up for it. 2. The length of each show. I, like many, fast forward so much of Raw and Smackdown, which leaves me feeling like I’m always just digested little bits rather than a whole show. With tighter run times I don’t think I’ve skipped anything in AEW. 3. The wrestlers themselves just seem to be having so much more fun and have the body language of stars who can try different things and feed off the crowd in a much more natural way without the same restrictions and pressure under McMahon and WWE. The quality of matches does vary but when it clicks, I’ve seen better matches on AEW, even in just the last few weeks, compared to the majority of WWE stuff in the last few years. I’ll still do my weekly fast forwarding through RAW/Smackdown but I’m loving AEW so far.

Confirmed by the club.

Asghar and Ogren (along with Derek Bond) are out having a drink in the Ferry at the moment.

Adam Barton could be the manager, bring back 53 year old Lance Key as our new number one, then make Christopher Rabitsch and Emil Lyng co-captains - I’d still be back at Tannadice in a heartbeat such has been the length of time not being able to watch us live.

Absolutely brutal. What a pointless 90 minutes of football from United.

Can’t think of a single redeeming feature from this first half. Complete and utter guff.

United confirming that ALL season ticket holders should be able to attend against Rangers, which is excellent. I’m in Newcastle that Saturday, which is shite.

My gripe with the kit and training gear launch was the fact that they mentioned in the club statement that a new shop website will be launched in August to allow for online purchases, and that at present the kit will only be available in-store. It’s pretty amateurish to decide that the club needs a new online platform and then to not have it available for the launch of the new kit and training range. To be honest much of the communication and information from the club has taken a nosedive since Mal Brannigan left. Not that he was amazing or anything, but he hasn’t been replaced and it has meant Asghar and co all doing a bit of everything around the club and certain areas slipping as a result. At present it is a Sports Lawyer, Financial Director and Sporting Director trying to do much of the work they would never have been exposed to previously. We still have a media team, commercial team and retail team but it seems like they haven’t had anyone to co-ordinate everything. Some of the moans (and I’ve been guilty myself) could all be sorted with just a bit of effort and additional information being published by the club. Dave Cormack published a big Twitter thread explaining the procedures surrounding Aberdeen’s attendance application and all the logistics regarding that. It’s something that leaves fans with enough information to quell them and give some reassurance. With Asghar off social media and nobody at United in charge of general communication there is nothing coming from Tannadice and it leaves fans bickering with one another on social media. Take the Rangers game, we won’t find out if we have been successful with our application for additional attendance until after Dundee find out about next Saturday, but a holding statement or little piece published on the website at least gets some information out there and allows for some fans to at least understand where the club is with that matter (I only found out through someone who was at the supporters meeting last week, which should also be publicised better by the club). With a lot of uncertainty over the appointment of Courts, the club don’t then help themselves with the lack of social media activity and communication with fans.

Dundee are still waiting on the Council to give them approval for increased numbers at Dens next week. We have someone at the club asking the questions and the plan is to have (according to the supporters meeting this week), “at least” all season ticket holders attend if they can get the approval.

Thanks, appreciate it.

Thanks. It was old age in the end, and it happened in as positive a way as possible - happened over just a few days, no pain, able to hold conversations, saw family etc.

My grandpa died last week. If you are a regular on this thread, you’ll know that my dad (also a United fan) has struck up a random friendship with Adam Legzdins. I saw my dad yesterday and he told me that Legzdins had found out about my grandpa’s passing, and that he had turned up at my parent’s house, unannounced, with a condolences card and had a chat with them. I think it meant quite a lot to my dad. So, Adam Legzdins = Good guy.

Cheers!

Some ramblings - https://perennialunderachievers.blog/2021/07/08/dundee-united-season-2021-22-preview/

Absolutely fuming/frustrated this morning. Our wee one has to go to A&E, hopefully nothing serious, but only one parent is allowed to go. I’ve been double jabbed, wife has been single jabbed. We’re teachers so have about a thousand of these test kits in the house, each testing negative, but only one can go to the hospital. Honesty, get this shite so far to f**k.

Really not keen on either of our tops for this season. Usually I’m a fan of nearly everything Macron do, but can’t take to these at all.

Caught a bit of Roger Federer getting interviewed on Centre Court. Place completely packed, not a mask in sight (apart from the employees). Find myself a mix of delighted to see a full house for an event but also fucking raging that I’ve had to be entered into a ballot (unsuccessfully) for one of just 500 tickets to United’s first League Cup game (and one that in a ‘normal’ year would still be left with tonnes of space given we would have 3000 maximum). As someone said earlier in this thread - either there is a problem with large outdoor events, or there isn’t. We either need to avoid these things completely or we just need to crack on and get everyone back to the football and other larger scale events. Of course, It’s blatantly obvious that Wimbledon is as full as it is due to it being driven by social class and political pressure by the wealthy.