Pride of Fife Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Ironic the are getting The Turnbull Hutton Stand. Turnbull would have scoffed and laughed off this idea. Not end of the world but I am disappointed in our club on this one for several reasons 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrfsee Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Have we calmed down yet? This could be the last chance to grab some cash for next year. I fancy we will see the back of the *** and Hibs this year. Even if they are replaced by Scumfermline and Dundee United this will impact on the playing budget for next season. Who here wants to see Ray's budget cut? I say bite the bullet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pub car king Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 If you think about it every time in the past when we've played that mob they're followers have been in the home end because fife is full of "ra peopul" Just giving them it from the get go will cut down on problems from the get go to an extent. If the club want to cash in ram up the ticket prices and exploit it. That said it is a shite situation that we have to do this but we just don't have a decent level of support anymore where rovers fans could at least match the away teams numbers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALDERON Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 We cant just "ramp up" the prices - you cant charge more for away fans than home fans. Also, I just dont see why we are doing anything to overly accommodate the fans who gave our staff death threats and threatened to burn down our stadium. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 I'm very worried about this move by the board. What if the extra £20k goes towards a new contract for Scott Robertson? Knowing our luck this is what will happen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Starko Rover Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 (edited) Not overly happy with this decision, yes extra income is welcome but.....We didn't do this for Hearts last yearWe didn't let them have an advantage at the cup final despite the £'sWe are meant to be fighting to get into the play off's but giving away some of our home advantageThese are the same fans who threatened our board members (including Turnball Hutton who the stand is named after)These are the same fans who threatened to burn down our stadium Be nice to see the state of our Main stand after the Orcs cover it in the stupid Ultras stickers they put in every away stand they visit Edited February 12, 2016 by San Starko Rover 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithie Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 The money we make from this idea isn't going towards the playing budget for next season. People need to get that out their heads. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Not overly happy with this decision, yes extra income is welcome but..... We didn't do this for Hearts last year We didn't let them have an advantage at the cup final despite the £'s We are meant to be fighting to get into the play off's but giving away some of our home advantage These are the same fans who threatened our board members (including Turnball Hutton who the stand is named after) These are the same fans who threatened to burn down our stadium Be nice to see the state of our Main stand after the Orcs cover it in the stupid Ultras stickers they put in every away stand they visit TURNBULL 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 (edited) The money we make from this idea isn't going towards the playing budget for next season. People need to get that out their heads.Well, it probably is in a way. If you've a financial hole (due to medical costs) that needs filled, that money has to come from somewhere. If the financial hole isn't filled, you'd have to suspect a reduction in squad budget for next season. Still, that may just mean not replacing perma-injured Craig Barr. Edited February 12, 2016 by Scary Bear 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 TURNBULL That name is a lot less painful. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers_Lad Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 (edited) Medical costs?guessing our players/ club/staff are not insured? Edited February 12, 2016 by Rovers_Lad 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 (edited) Medical costs?guessing our players/ club/staff are not insured?Guess so. The letter from Eric noted that the medical fees budget is ersed. Edited February 12, 2016 by Scary Bear 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Starko Rover Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 TURNBULL I would like to lie and blame auto-correct but it was just my spastic fingers in this case 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ding Dang Doo Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 There's a lot of talk about grabbing the cash and it making good business sense. Sorry but I have to disagree. A quick bit of extra cash is all good and well but it should never be done to the detriment of your regular clientele. In the short term you get the money but in the long term it is likely to do more damage than good. I could and would never do it for my own business. Add to that that we will lose an element of home advantage and, after the Hibs match on 19th March we only have this plus Falkirk at home, we should be doing all we can to help maximise the chances of picking up points here. I wonder what the reaction will be if we missed out on 4th place by a point and we look back at this match... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Medical costs?guessing our players/ club/staff are not insured? It wouldn't be remotely close to affordable to insure players at this level against medical expenses (they have life and career insurance through the league). They also quite simply wouldn't cover pre-existing injuries like Barr's. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithie Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Well, it probably is in a way. If you've a financial hole (due to medical costs) that needs filled, that money has to come from somewhere. If the financial hole isn't filled, you'd have to suspect a reduction in squad budget for next season. Still, that may just mean not replacing perma-injured Craig Barr. Sorry, I probably wasn't overly clear. What I'm meaning is people need to get out their heads that we're suddenly going to have money to spend on NEW players after the club goes ahead with this idea. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGuigan1978 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 There's a lot of talk about grabbing the cash and it making good business sense. Sorry but I have to disagree. A quick bit of extra cash is all good and well but it should never be done to the detriment of your regular clientele. In the short term you get the money but in the long term it is likely to do more damage than good. I could and would never do it for my own business. Add to that that we will lose an element of home advantage and, after the Hibs match on 19th March we only have this plus Falkirk at home, we should be doing all we can to help maximise the chances of picking up points here. I wonder what the reaction will be if we missed out on 4th place by a point and we look back at this match... If we miss out by a point, then that'll be more to do with the one win in eleven, and counting, between October and February. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottydog Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 I get the notation that insuring Craig Barr would be something like a 17 yr old phoning Direct Line and asking for fully comp on an Ferrari. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ding Dang Doo Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 If we miss out by a point, then that'll be more to do with the one win in eleven, and counting, between October and February. But that's in the past and can't be changed. What we should have done is try things to get as many points between now and the end of the season and this will not help matters. I see the announcement has been made on the official site now and that season ticket holders in Main Stand will get a discount voucher for next season's season tickets so the apparent £30k windfall has already taken a hit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Fodder Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Do people actually think that having the home fans in only the south stand lessens our chances of getting a result against Rangers? That's just bizarre, absolutely nothing to back that up whatsoever. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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