AndyX Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 For most of the last 23 years the Scotland team didn't deserve the support the fans showed. Today was different..... Imagine waiting so long for a tournament, being one of the few who gets a ticket, not seen a real game for over a year, and then completely disappearing from the moment your team goes behind. Sorry but that was a really shitey home support. I know that there wasn't that many fans there, but I've been in small crowds at Hampden that offered *far* more to support the team. Darren Fletcher clearly noticed it but was trying to be diplomatic. The team were better than the support today - and the team weren't great -6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Over 2,000 unsold tickets as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Ro Sham Bo said: Over 2,000 unsold tickets as well. If there were, they were all 185 euro as that's what it was offering me right up until kick off. I'm glad they didn't sell all of those, they only charge those prices because we're suckers. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 1 hour ago, AndyX said: For most of the last 23 years the Scotland team didn't deserve the support the fans showed. Today was different..... Imagine waiting so long for a tournament, being one of the few who gets a ticket, not seen a real game for over a year, and then completely disappearing from the moment your team goes behind. Sorry but that was a really shitey home support. I know that there wasn't that many fans there, but I've been in small crowds at Hampden that offered *far* more to support the team. Darren Fletcher clearly noticed it but was trying to be diplomatic. The team were better than the support today - and the team weren't great It must be weird being spaced out around the ground. How do you think song get started? It's also hard to tell much about the atmosphere over the TV. I don't think it's cool to insult people like this without a lot more to go on and when you don't know what it was like to be there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 14 minutes ago, GordonS said: If there were, they were all 185 euro as that's what it was offering me right up until kick off. I'm glad they didn't sell all of those, they only charge those prices because we're suckers. Yeah I won't argue with that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 3 hours ago, AndyX said: For most of the last 23 years the Scotland team didn't deserve the support the fans showed. Today was different..... Imagine waiting so long for a tournament, being one of the few who gets a ticket, not seen a real game for over a year, and then completely disappearing from the moment your team goes behind. Sorry but that was a really shitey home support. I know that there wasn't that many fans there, but I've been in small crowds at Hampden that offered *far* more to support the team. Darren Fletcher clearly noticed it but was trying to be diplomatic. The team were better than the support today - and the team weren't great You obviously weren't there. I thought the fans were great today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 9 minutes ago, Cosmic Joe said: You obviously weren't there. I thought the fans were great today. I just said that on another thread. Plus great rendition of FoS. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vimto90 Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 If yous read the post he clearly says after we went behind. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 2 minutes ago, ThatBoyRonaldo said: Tartan gonk imo Tartan gonkery has its place, chief! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Pikey Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 4 hours ago, AndyX said: For most of the last 23 years the Scotland team didn't deserve the support the fans showed. Today was different..... Imagine waiting so long for a tournament, being one of the few who gets a ticket, not seen a real game for over a year, and then completely disappearing from the moment your team goes behind. Sorry but that was a really shitey home support. I know that there wasn't that many fans there, but I've been in small crowds at Hampden that offered *far* more to support the team. Darren Fletcher clearly noticed it but was trying to be diplomatic. The team were better than the support today - and the team weren't great Could you get yerself as " far" away to f**k as possible from all concerned in the future please? Asking for a friend. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 €185 tickets?That can get in the sea.Ludicrous. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 4 minutes ago, Richie said: €185 tickets? That can get in the sea. Ludicrous. Yep, and from the diagrams I think that would have been the entire North Stand and almost all of the South Stand. Cat 2 was €125. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagtastic Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Was at the game today and thought the fans gave as good an atmosphere as could be expected after being told to turn up two hours before kick off and having nothing but the “official euro 2020 DJ” and mind numbing MC directing you to watch videos on the screen at the other end of the park to keep you awake. The whole setup was a shambles. Stagger the entry to avoid crowds coming in together, but at full time it’s just the usual free for all coming up the stairs and out round the ground. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 11 minutes ago, Richie said: €185 tickets? That can get in the sea. Ludicrous. I'm not sure of the current Euro-Pound exchange rate but I'm sure that's more than an Edinburgh City (and no doubt other L2 clubs) season ticket. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyX Posted June 14, 2021 Author Share Posted June 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Mr Pikey said: Could you get yerself as " far" away to f**k as possible from all concerned in the future please? Asking for a friend. Nope, I won't, but I wish all the fairweather friends would. A Scotland support is not there to be entertained - it's pretty much *never* entertaining. It should be about giving the team a lift when they need it. That support today did nothing to lift a team who were clearly giving there all. I don't give a toss about singing Flower of Scotland in time if you're not gonna be there when the team needs you. I get the point about strange circumstances and hard to get a song going, but it seemed noticeably easier to do it before the Czechs scored. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 2 hours ago, GordonS said: Yep, and from the diagrams I think that would have been the entire North Stand and almost all of the South Stand. Cat 2 was €125. Absolutely scandalous pricing. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJF Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 9 hours ago, AndyX said: Nope, I won't, but I wish all the fairweather friends would. A Scotland support is not there to be entertained - it's pretty much *never* entertaining. It should be about giving the team a lift when they need it. That support today did nothing to lift a team who were clearly giving there all. I don't give a toss about singing Flower of Scotland in time if you're not gonna be there when the team needs you. I get the point about strange circumstances and hard to get a song going, but it seemed noticeably easier to do it before the Czechs scored. Now is not the time to go all uber-fan. I think the fans were fine. At 1-0 behind there was clearly an effort to lift the team after we survived the mini-onslaught from the Czechs following half time. They were willing the team on. But the 2nd goal was a killer and I'd ask you to show me an example of any fanbase behaving differently after that. After a 23 year wait, turning up to the first match to see your team go 2-0 behind is a very humbling and deflating experience after all the build up it got. It would be very difficult to get going. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 26 minutes ago, AJF said: Now is not the time to go all uber-fan. I think the fans were fine. At 1-0 behind there was clearly an effort to lift the team after we survived the mini-onslaught from the Czechs following half time. They were willing the team on. But the 2nd goal was a killer and I'd ask you to show me an example of any fanbase behaving differently after that. After a 23 year wait, turning up to the first match to see your team go 2-0 behind is a very humbling and deflating experience after all the build up it got. It would be very difficult to get going. Crowds are like a fire, they need a heart to keep them going. In football grounds there are areas where the singing and chanting usually start - for Scotland games at Hampden it's usually the centre-rear of the North Stand, with some from the back of the West Stand. You need groups of people tight together and uninhibited, picking up when one person starts. How could that ever happen with social distancing and fans having no control over where their seat will be? All the reasons you say, plus that - it was the worst possible set of circumstances to generate an atmosphere. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 10 hours ago, tamthebam said: I'm not sure of the current Euro-Pound exchange rate but I'm sure that's more than an Edinburgh City (and no doubt other L2 clubs) season ticket. In 2019-20 (pre-pandemic) the cheapest adult season ticket at Bayern Munich was €145. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 UEFA have long been pricing fans out of games. Not only that, but more and more tickets go to sponsors too. FIFA are just as bad for both too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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