Boghead ranter Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 #lesstictacsmoretactics 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenzo71 Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 58 minutes ago, Boghead ranter said: #lesstictacsmoretactics #leshopenaehope 'Now you've taken that too far' 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jan Vojáček Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 The home end attendance against Ayr United on Tuesday was 277.I think that says an awful lot about our pricing policy. I'd imagine it would've been sub 250 if the weather hadn't been as good as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallochSonsFan Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 It's easy to put it all down to price but I don't think that was the only issue.We've been poor in the early stages of cups for the past few years. I reckon a fair number of fans simply expected a poor game and didn't want to give up an evening to watch it. We've treated the early rounds of the league and challenge cup as part of pre-season and there's an expectation of being disappointed. Price becomes the thing that fans use to decide to give the cup games a miss, but it's an accumulation of reasons.Which is a problem. How do you convince people to turn out to watch the Sons? If entry prices had been £10 adults, £5 under 18s and free to under 12s, would the home crowd have been much more than 300? It was a great night to be at a game but I doubt the crowd would have been significantly higher. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Parr Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 9 minutes ago, BallochSonsFan said: It's easy to put it all down to price but I don't think that was the only issue. We've been poor in the early stages of cups for the past few years. I reckon a fair number of fans simply expected a poor game and didn't want to give up an evening to watch it. We've treated the early rounds of the league and challenge cup as part of pre-season and there's an expectation of being disappointed. Price becomes the thing that fans use to decide to give the cup games a miss, but it's an accumulation of reasons. Which is a problem. How do you convince people to turn out to watch the Sons? If entry prices had been £10 adults, £5 under 18s and free to under 12s, would the home crowd have been much more than 300? It was a great night to be at a game but I doubt the crowd would have been significantly higher. Yeah, the price merely sealed rather than drove my decision not to bother going. We've ceased to be competitive in these early season competitions and so the motivation to attend just isn't there. Supporters will be more inclined to tune in when squad building is complete and the real action starts. For us that could be anytime between now and the clocks going back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Back Paddy Flannery Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Whilst I agree cheaper prices wont lead to an influx of punters, personally the price was the sole reason for my non-attendance. Similarly the price is the sole reason I'm not buying a season ticket.The issue we now face is not attracting new supporters, it's driving away the supporters who previously attended every game, the 'hardcore' if you will. FWIW I know for a fact I'm not the only one.Perhaps if Les Hope was able to justify why he increased the prices people would be more understanding. As it stands we've not heard a peep. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 6 minutes ago, Bring Back Paddy Flannery said: Whilst I agree cheaper prices wont lead to an influx of punters, personally the price was the sole reason for my non-attendance. Similarly the price is the sole reason I'm not buying a season ticket. The issue we now face is not attracting new supporters, it's driving away the supporters who previously attended every game, the 'hardcore' if you will. FWIW I know for a fact I'm not the only one.Perhaps if Les Hope was able to justify why he increased the prices people would be more understanding. As it stands we've not heard a peep. Maybe he'll justify it if he's elected to the SPFL board... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 That, right there, is literally all he's involved in football for. A blazer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Back Paddy Flannery Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Is he a Dumbarton supporter? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young gun Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 4 hours ago, Sonsteam of 08 said: Maybe he'll justify it if he's elected to the SPFL board... What the f**k is happening ,it's getting worse, I never thought that was possible. Les Hope is a hinger on no mark who jumped on the Brabco wagon. was there not a blogger who used to rip Brabco a new one a few years ago? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 BBC Scotland news tonight had a famous face. No mention of Sons' Sorrow or tactical genius, disappointing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleslie99 Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Picture from my wife's instagram. Any reason Novo has our training top on? Surely we're not going down that road? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Jesus Christ no. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 He is a free agent... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Just now, RandomGuy. said: He is a free agent... Here's my outlandish theory. We have about 11 fit players at the moment. Novo signs non-contract/amateur terms, helps us through the Betfred Cup until we get a few loans in and then moves on. If he did that I certainly wouldn't object. In fact if he stayed to play the full 90 against Rangers U20s I'd fully support that. I suspect he's just training with us for fitness/potentially evening coaching reasons as a friend of Durrant though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyWilsonsMoustache Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 29 minutes ago, pleslie99 said: Picture from my wife's instagram. Any reason Novo has our training top on? Surely we're not going down that road? Surely he's just keeping fit via the Durrant connection or an extra pair of hands to dip his toe in the coaching water. Surely! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Back Paddy Flannery Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Na, not having that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scosha Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Novo is a terrible footballer and an absolute dick of a guy. Shudder to think what kind of wage we paid him in 2013 and he was finished at this level back then. Not sure if it's been mentioned on this thread earlier but I heard from a very good source that the news on Grant Gallagher isn't good. Been told he could be looking at a year out injured potentially. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Back Paddy Flannery Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 When yo wife opens up Instagram and shows you Nacho Novo in a Dumbarton training top 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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