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I wonder what went on there. Not saying he was great, but he certainly was not worse than Jon Craig without anything like the game time. I wonder if Jon Craig had a loan agreement that he had to play.

Clyde have, without doubt, had the longest run of completely inept left backs for quite some time. My last memories of Broadwood seem to be watching Mark Docherty in at left back being outpaced but anyone making any sort of movement with their legs. Last season possibly a highlight for the sheer number of players to have graced left back. (Edit - last season as in 22/23. This time of year always throws me)

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/var-going-nowhere-sfa-chief-33013334 Now we have the reasons why VAR is "here to stay" and it is complete gibberish, without embarrassment, or respect for the intelligence of fans. Interesting we have officials literally making stuff up in their heads and presenting it as fact.

Looks like a decent squad getting put together indeed. I seem to recall he was quite fancied at one point, hopefully that can emerge again, but I am prepared to be corrected by any well versed Accies fans

This seems to be arguing against a point nobody has been making and missing the point others have actually been making. Unless I have missed a lot of posts, it looks like everyone saying the season ticket is fine and most people are buying one. People complaining about the pricing of a match day ticket, myself included, won't be impacted by it. But the club needs to have a little incentive to get more supporters through the door and the £19 walk up is likely to put many off. The fag packet maths done previously suggest a couple of dozen extra supporters paying £17 would make up for the existing support paying £19. I have typed this out and realised there's no point. It's just going round in circles, but I'm posting it anyway so the last 120 seconds of my life were not a complete waste.

Those of us who have given going will still be going regardless of the price increase. I don't think anyone is upset about the season ticket prices. There's no doubt everyone who has been through the last (20) few years and is still going is going to take a lot more than a couple of quid increase to put them off at this point. We need to get those back that haven't been going and get them back long term. We need sustainability. Relying on the same 500 regulars is not sustainable. We need new and returning supporters. Enticing them starts with match days. I feel this risks missing an opportunity to do just that. (In addition to this price just generally being outrageous, which I still can't stop stressing enough)

There is a stunning lack of ability, or willingness, to look at the bigger picture. At a more extreme level, this is how clubs are happily taken over by dodgy nation states etc. and souls sold.

I feel supporters almost have a responsibility to each other to keep things right. One club raises prices others follow and a new higher benchmark is set, and so it continues. I will have a season ticket anyway and I'm happy enough with the pricing for that, and many of us would still pay £20+ because going to the football is what we do. This loyalty doesn't justify the pricing, however. It feels shortsighted to get a more attractive offering on the pitch whilst making it less attractive financially to attend, especially when it doesn't feel like it was completely necessary to do so. I'm quite surprised so many people seem to not see a problem.

I understand the point of view, but we've not been talking about £10 to watch the previous product. The obvious thing to point out here is the stadium issue. I understand very well the funding gap this causes and the impact this has on the admission price. I must admit, I was concerned with the match day ticket price comment in Allan Maitland's interview. Everybody wants to see a winning team, naturally, but there's more to it than that. £17 was already hefty and there's a new source of funding. I'm not saying use that funding directly to cover tickets (i.e. drop prices), but at least put that budget work and protect ticket prices. The budget difference over a season may be a player (not done the maths), that's fine. Don't sign the extra player. It sounds like the benefactor was going to contribute an amount that would ensure a competitive squad on its own. Whatever way it is dressed up £19 for a League Two game is not acceptable, in any context. Let that budget do its job and have another eye on building the support or at least acknowledge the support that have stuck with the club through a horrendous couple of seasons.

£19 is an embarrassment and a complete affront to decency! I would have been fine with season tickets going up but keeping walk ups the same. Even then, £17 for League Two is outrageous enough.

This is our fundamental difference in opinion. I don't think there was anything wrong with the way things were before. It was imperfect previously, but it was football. The determination to fit VAR into the game will naturally lead us back to imperfect football but with the best parts damaged with it already far less enjoyable.

I don't disagree with anything that you're saying and I understand from our (fans) perspectives what those points are on why it'll probably stay. I just want to hear from those higher up, those who are supposed to be custodians of the game, but are letting it generally descend to farce. It'll be interesting to see what comes out of the English vote next week. Almost certainly they'll retain VAR, but the degree of support is what I'll be on the look out for. And again, agreed with the fans. The 'ultras' scene (for the extreme lack of a better word) in Scotland continues to be little more than rebranded singing sections. A bit of effort from them to highlight dissatisfaction will be nice. But I suppose we would need to wait until they came up with suitable VAR lyrics to a Calvin Harris song or something until they'd consider it.

At a basic level, there is nothing wrong with replaying an incident. When you consider it in the context of a football game then there is plenty wrong with it. I don't think any of that would mean it is here to stay. The part I agree with is the behaviour of fans, which has driven this. Fans needs to grow up, essentially. If fans did this, we would maybe be able to get on with life without VAR at all. Although, I have never left a game after a contentious decision and heard any fan wish VAR had been there. There are so many suggestions to shoehorn VAR in after many years, when do you say what's the point? There is goal line technology. Use that. There are already 4 officials at top flight games. Train them and use them. I've never heard anyone is any official capacity asked why an expensive, enjoyment impacting, ineffective system is here to stay. Scottish football fans want rid of VAR by the few polls that have been done. However, the lack of engagement with fans from clubs about it has been telling.

The problem is this never gets challenged. Why is it here to stay? Apologies if this is covered on the podcast, not had time to listen to it yet, but it is missing from the general discussion.

They're all just milling about the Kingsgate retail park waiting for SPFL football.