MeadowArab Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Did he que for ages also if you go back down later today you should get one for game at Tannadice no bother as they have just opened up the shed Yeah, I'll get him to do that, but he's in Arbroath til 4 but it should be ok 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnitedLoon63 Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Will the shed be PATG? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dundee Hibernian Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Dealing with three aspects in reverse order of recent postings:- 1. The play-off system needs re-examined, certainly as Bairnardo says the Final should be a one-off, and generally more thought needs to go into the structure: why is it different in the other two league set ups? The answer, of course, is to do with offering an advantage to the Premiership side. 2. Of the near 2,800 tickets sold for the away game, there is no shadow of a doubt that a large percentage of attendees will not be season ticket holders. They will be friends of season ticket holders, Fed members, or both. 3. There were no ticket stubs for the first game of the play-offs in Greenock, so the idea that the supporters who went there should be prioritised would be impossible. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pull My Strings Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 16 minutes ago, MeadowArab said: That's what I'm thinking. Clearly either my dad or the shop assistant has been an idiot, or both of them. Certainly your Dad's an idiot (sorry). The poor lasses in the shop will have been working quite reasonably on the basis that everyone in the massive queue was there for away tickets. On the plus side there should still be plenty of tickets for the Shed for tomorrow night's game if he wants to head back down. I got the tickets for the quarters and the semis so it was my Dad's turn to get the tickets for us for Sunday's game. I think he was planning on getting them by phone. Still to hear whether he was successful but I'm fearing the worst. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chazas_ Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 4 hours ago, Twinkle said: To be fair hes got a point to a certain extent. There shouldve been some scheme in place where the 600 that went to Morton and the 2000 that went to Falkirk, were given priority. Retaining the ticket stubbs should give you first refusal on these tickets I was at both games, couldn't get through on the phone this morning and I'm gutted about it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pull My Strings Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 2 minutes ago, MeadowArab said: Yeah, I'll get him to do that, but he's in Arbroath til 4 but it should be ok There will be tickets right up to kick off tomorrow night, I expect. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeadowArab Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 There will be tickets right up to kick off tomorrow night, I expect. Yeah. I'd rather sit in the jerry Kerr than the shed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeadowArab Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 [emoji38] Certainly your Dad's an idiot (sorry). The poor lasses in the shop will have been working quite reasonably on the basis that everyone in the massive queue was there for away tickets. On the plus side there should still be plenty of tickets for the Shed for tomorrow night's game if he wants to head back down. I got the tickets for the quarters and the semis so it was my Dad's turn to get the tickets for us for Sunday's game. I think he was planning on getting them by phone. Still to hear whether he was successful but I'm fearing the worst. I was leaning towards my dad being the idiot so no offence taken 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinkle Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 I was at both games, couldn't get through on the phone this morning and I'm gutted about it. Shite situation mate. As ive said, id be byling if i couldnt get a ticket for this due to some day tripper 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel hutz Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Got through on the phone earlier, at pretty much 8am bang on. Only took 19 calls. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Well I think, and I imagine most agree, that at the very least the final should be a 1 leg neutral venue affair, thats if you think the team in 11th should even get a chance at all. For me the final being a one off is the no brainerest of no brainers I can say with the utmost sincerity that I don't think the 11th-placed team should be involved. However it'd be slightly off having a team finishing pretty much bang-on mid-table going into the play-offs and potentially getting promoted. Though I still think it'd be a better idea than having the 11th placed team going into it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel hutz Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 I think it should just be 2nd vs 3rd, and the winner vs 11th, both being two-legged ties. The Issue with a one-off final is that it will almost certainly be played at a 1/3rd-1/2th full Hampden. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aladdin Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 The play off system does need reformed but the notion of a play off is great. Echo what people have said about a one off game at a neutral venue. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree house tam Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 30 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: No excuse to play it at hampden. Hibs or Hearts for example have the size and accessability to allow for a capacity crowd and a huge game. What a spectacle that would be Oh joy, like a battle of the diddies. Canny wait. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BucksburnDandy Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Not a fan of a one-off final at all. To me, the playoff is to decide the best team to be playing in a higher division. It is easy to fluke a one off game, but over two legs, we are more likely to see if there are any big differences between the two teams. Kilmarnock totally dominated the first game last season but ended up losing 1-0. For them to end up in Championshop given their superiority to Falkirk in terms of quality would have been awful. For Accies fans, they may not have been promoted against Hibernian had it been one leg, and we'd have continued with a dire Hibernian in the top league. Two games normally allows the better quality team to shine through. Another reason is that it is a distinctly different system to England. When we moan about everything having to copy our larger neighbour in football, the two legged final offers something totally different to down south. A slow burner, the narrative can build up over two legs in front of both sets of fans rather than at the soulless national stadium. Both clubs will likely have their biggest attendances of the season this week. Third and perhaps most importantly, we got to see Motherwell skelp Sevco twice. Halving the level of hilarity of a diddy skelping one of the Ugly Sisters is a no from me. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinkle Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Why have 11th in the league vs 4th in the league below and 2nd vs 3rd in the two lower leagues yet we have to go thru all this shite in the premiership and championship? Its nonsense, regardless if we progress or not 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibsFan Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 2nd vs 3rd, winner plays 11th, two legs for both games. Don't see the reason for a team who finished 4th out of 10 to get a place, only lessens 3rd's chances of going all the way because they have to play 6 games. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moanthebairns Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 The two leg system needs to be looked at, its hugely unfair. But most importantly, your turning away fans at times for games like these. How many have been left out due to the home team only allocating a certain amount, in times due to capacity, but at others to gain an advantage. 11th v 4th 2nd v 3rd play off one leg final at a suitable venue, like Easter road, tynecastle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Malcolm Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 17 minutes ago, moanthebairns said: The two leg system needs to be looked at, its hugely unfair. Totally disagree. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BucksburnDandy Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 12 minutes ago, moanthebairns said: The two leg system needs to be looked at, its hugely unfair. But most importantly, your turning away fans at times for games like these. How many have been left out due to the home team only allocating a certain amount, in times due to capacity, but at others to gain an advantage. 11th v 4th 2nd v 3rd play off one leg final at a suitable venue, like Easter road, tynecastle. The joy of the playoffs is you get home advantage and can choose to do what you want with the pitch, stands etc to give you the best possible chance. Both teams get a chance to have a crack at home, and it served Falkirk very well last season. While I agree capacity should be maximised, that does not require abolition of two legs, merely a change of the rules to ensure normal away allocations are given out. The system may be unfair in terms of 3rd and 4th having to play 40 games as opposed to 38 for the Premiership team to reach the final, but the simple solution is finish 2nd in the league to get the rest. If you finish 2nd, you also have 38 games, same as the Premiership team. Not that it did Falkirk any good last two seasons, but that's not the system's fault - that's the players fault for not being good enough or fit enough. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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