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    Linlithgow Rose - 2019 onwards

    in East of Scotland Football League

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    7 hours ago, GordonS said:

    Next up in the Season of Disappointment is Newtongrange, tomorrow night, another game under the lights. Feel like attendances have been notably lower for evening matches (groundhop and Falkirk excepted), anybody have a theory for why? Do guys just not fancy it if it's not on a Saturday afternoon, do they not know the game is on, is it work, or what?

    Hard to believe that it was mostly the same team who beat Broxburn away that shat the bed at home to Whitehill. Such a weirdly inconsistent season.

    One of the big plus points of football at this level is your team should be playing on a Saturday afternoon every week of the season (weather permitting) - it's not like top tier where a lot of Saturday afternoons can be free. So it's a routine, a ritual - you know there will be a game on a Saturday afternoon.

    In the Juniors folk were used to midweek games at the start and end of the season but not in between.  They're not used to midweek winter games.

    I can't make the Nitten game (though I'd have been there if it had remained on the Saturday) - I'm sure I won't be alone. It's a busy time of year and lots of people will be on nights out etc.

    Personally I think moving this fixture was a mistake.

     

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    Linlithgow Rose - 2019 onwards

    in East of Scotland Football League

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    I'm pretty sure the ref would have given a specific reason why he wasn't happy with the lights - but Camelon have chosen not to share that so far.

    Until we get that reason then the jury is out on whether fingers should be pointing at the ref, or at the Camelon committee if they have overseen the installation of lights that aren't fit for purpose.

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    Linlithgow Rose - 2019 onwards

    in East of Scotland Football League

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    On ‎05‎/‎10‎/‎2019 at 16:46, GordonS said:
    On ‎04‎/‎10‎/‎2019 at 15:58, Culter Away said:
    If you went to the club's AGM you would have at least some understanding.
    I don't expect any club officials to divulge their playing budgets on a forum like this - it should be for member / stakeholder consumption only. Putting information like that in the public domain risks putting themselves at a disadvantage in transfer / signing negotiations.
    So in conclusion, don't look for answers here, look inside your own club when the chance arises.

    I didn't ask anyone to divulge any individual player's wage.

    If you reread my post you'll see it's not about individual player wages - it's about playing budgets.

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    Linlithgow Rose - 2019 onwards

    in East of Scotland Football League

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    2 hours ago, GordonS said:

    I've already answered that very clearly - so I know what's fair to expect from the players and the management. At the top end of the game, where we know the operating budgets of clubs, we all know it's not fair to expect Aberdeen, Hearts or Hibs to challenge the Old Firm, and we know that clubs like Livi and Accies are doing very well to stay ahead of clubs with bigger budgets. So as a Linlithgow Rose fan, I don't know whether we ought to be romping the league or exactly where we are. I know we've spent a lot on facilities lately (about which I'm very impressed), so I know it's a mistake to make a guess about budgets based on crowd sizes.

    Bottom line is, (and you hit the nail on the head when you mention players' performance level) I've no idea if a player like Scullion is the best we can get and that's just our level, or if we should be able to bring in better defenders. I don't know if we can bring in defenders as good as those at, say, Bonnyrigg, or whether this is as good as we can afford. I don't know whether our peers or benchmark is Broxburn or Albion Rovers. As a fan and a member, I think that's something of which I should have at least some understanding.

    For the life of me I can't understand how that's not obvious and reasonable to everyone. 

    If you went to the club's AGM you would have at least some understanding.

    I don't expect any club officials to divulge their playing budgets on a forum like this - it should be for member / stakeholder consumption only. Putting information like that in the public domain risks putting themselves at a disadvantage in transfer / signing negotiations.

    So in conclusion, don't look for answers here, look inside your own club when the chance arises.

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