Broken Algorithms Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Frankly, I'd give them it. Supply and demand is basic in business. Frankly, our fans are miserable and the stay away fans barely show anyway. We'll have played Rangers 10 times over three seasons at this point. Take the cash and run with it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGuigan1978 Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Moaning for the sake of it? Are you actually being serious?!? I'd rather we have a lesser budget for next season and do something for our own fans then by bending over and taking one from Rangers. We will make nowhere near £30k from doing this. If there's 1500 fans going in there why not move all season ticket holders from South Stand into the Main Stand and get an extra 3500 Rangers fans into there instead? By your calculations that'd get us £70k and who gives a damn about the home fans when we can bathing in all those £20 notes! As for Ramsdens not being about the money, of course it was. How many times did we hear "but think of the money you could make of it being at Ibrox?". We said no as we wanted to have the best opportunity at beating them. By doing this we are losing a huge element of home advantage. The ground will be surrounded by away fans and I can guarantee there will be a number of home fans who now stay away from the match. As for fans of other clubs...well Dundee, Dundee Utd and Rangers to name but a few. Honestly don't tell me I'm moaning for the sake of it mate. I'd suggest that moving a final to the home of our opponent, is considerably dafter than asking some folk to budge up a bit on a one off occasion. If the cost of extra police, wiped out the extra gate money that comes in, then the club wouldn't be suggesting it. Surely that's obvious? I can understand folk feeling a bit put out, but I find it bizarre that folk can get their knickers in a knot over it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Fodder Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Being a member of the Mcmillan club, I'm more concerned about how this will affect my pre/post match pint. The thing that annoys me most about this is that there will still be plenty room in the south stand, which a sad reflection of our piss poor home support. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkiplier Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 We are currently 4th and we're all hoping we'll still be in a fight for a play-off place come the time of this match. So why effectively give up home advantage? And before anyone says we're not, having an extra load of away fans occupying the Main Stand and therefore, along with the McDermid and Keytech Stand's, the majority of the ground will do just that psychologically. Aye, dunno how the players are going to cope without having the Main Stand roar behind them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 How much are the club actually going to make from this? It seems to me that it's not going to be tens of thousands that'll be made here. at! If we're all about the money, we'd have been better giving them the South Stand. From memory, the Main Stand holds about 2000 which is plenty for us these days. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers_Lad Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 f**k the all ticket and make it a pay at the gate 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Aye, dunno how the players are going to cope without having the Main Stand roar behind them. Shut it you, we have presence. They hear the rustle of our sweetie papers and know we're behind them...well, over to the side and behind them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkcaldybanjo111 Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Throwing away home advantage when hopefully still trying to reach the play offs.feckin raging about this I will defo be giving this one a miss and maybe more. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Not a great decision. Understandable, but not great. I suspect the club/FFP//whoever mentioned it could be using the Police as a scapegoat, but if not they should be told to shove it up their arse. I suppose if we were capable of filling the home allocation this wouldn't be an issue. I don't think it's for the benefit of the Fife Loyal either - I think the attendances in the home end of our three home matches with them show they can't even be arsed getting down to Stark's Park to watch their 'beloved' team. Wouldn't be chuffed if I was in the Main Stand, and my main concern is definitely leaving the ground. If the Rangers mob aren't held back there's huge potential for trouble. Willing to bet there'll be ten/fifteen police who watch the match from the gap between the stands (like at Dundee) and stay there at full time as there's a running battle on Pratt Street. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers_Lad Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Unlikely I know but wonder what the clubs take would be if we met Rangers in the play off if Hibs win the league and we managed top four 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpaddyx Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 (edited) If I was a season ticket holder in the main stand, i'd probably be raging. If it was up to me The Rangers would have an allocation of about 20 seats in the corner of the Railway stand. But i'm not and its not up to me so i'm a bit meh about the whole thing, considering I won't even be going to this game. Edited February 11, 2016 by mrpaddyx 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpaddyx Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 That was absolutely nuts, was the 9th of November? Hence the fireworks. Checking the history books football stats site, it was on the 7th of November 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebanda's Handyman Services Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Rubbish for the main stand mafia but completely understandable move from the club. We had about 2k at the recent game against Rangers so why should the board sit on their hands counting the empty seats and lost revenue when they can maximise profit? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers1992/1993 Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Queens home game rescheduled for Tuesday 8th of March with a 7:45 K/O St Mirren away game rescheduled for Tuesday 22nd of March with a 7:45 K/O 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Not a great decision. Understandable, but not great. I suspect the club/FFP//whoever mentioned it could be using the Police as a scapegoat, but if not they should be told to shove it up their arse. I suppose if we were capable of filling the home allocation this wouldn't be an issue. I don't think it's for the benefit of the Fife Loyal either - I think the attendances in the home end of our three home matches with them show they can't even be arsed getting down to Stark's Park to watch their 'beloved' team. Wouldn't be chuffed if I was in the Main Stand, and my main concern is definitely leaving the ground. If the Rangers mob aren't held back there's huge potential for trouble. Willing to bet there'll be ten/fifteen police who watch the match from the gap between the stands (like at Dundee) and stay there at full time as there's a running battle on Pratt Street. It was me that brought it up, on here. Since then I've read the letter the club have sent me about it, and although the safety thing was mentioned in it, they haven't tried to hide behind it and have been honest about it being primarily a financial decision. (And medical costs being substantially over budget is the main financial issue they've referred to.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donny86 Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Fantalk is hilarious, bigger meltdowns than Chernobyl on there 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Makes sense financially, and as Yoss has pointed out from the letter he received, all those injuries have taken their toll on the club's budget. Trouble is, we'd have at least 1,000 seats free in the South Stand if we didn't do this. Ultimately, the harsh truth is this wouldn't be happening if our attendances were better. It isn't great at all, but the club does have to try and maximise its income where it can. Completely understand the view of those who aren't happy, though. I'm not happy about it either, even if I see where the club are coming from. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 I'm very worried about this move by the board. What if the extra £20k goes towards a new contract for Scott Robertson? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambino7 Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 LV got on fine yesterday but is still a few weeks away from 1st team training it seems. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers_Lad Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Fantalk is hilarious, bigger meltdowns than Chernobyl on there No bigger a meltdown than on here 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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