Grumpy Soo-sider Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 4 minutes ago, williebraveheart said: February and March home games announced to be played at Stenhousemuir. February confirmed as Friday night games and March to be played on the weekend of ???????. Bet they are a Friday as well. Utter shambles. Three full seasons away from our own stadium and what have we got to show for it? Possibly the worst stadium in the SPFL which is unfit for the purpose for our ambitions. Please, Dempster and Hunter - just go now. I'll put the lights out - if we have got any. Yet another entry date come and gone. Why can't the club tell us what is happening - what's causing the delay now? This really is an embarrassment. It's the talking point of any discussion about the club and not the great work of Owen Coyle and the team on the park. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
an86 Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 Let’s be quite honest. Is any Queen’s Park fan going to believe a single thing Leeann Dempster says about the stadium? She should resign. It’s pretty clear that she carries neither the confidence or trust of the wider support. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletar Spider Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 I can't see a game scheduled for Syngenta on 4th March and Stenny are away to Annan, so in theory our game against Morton should be on the Saturday at Ochilview. But then why can't they commit to that? Stenny are at home on 11th March, Syngenta are at home on 18th March and then Stenny are at home again on 25th March. The fact our game against Raith has already been announced for the Friday night would suggest Stenny aren't keen on their games being brought forward to accommodate us (why should they?), so you've got to imagine the games against Cove and Arbroath will also be played on Friday nights, but we might be able to come to an agreement with Syngenta for the Caley Thistle game to be played on the Saturday evening with Syngenta playing earlier in the day. (Few things can provide a better illustration of the shambolic way the club is being run off the pitch right now than just how many times I've found myself saying/typing the word 'Syngenta' in the past six months. Can't be long before my daughter starts saying it.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymous Spider Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 "Test events in April"... should have pinned her down to which year.... Brutal. Stunning levels of incompetence. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QPFC67 Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 57 minutes ago, Skeletar Spider said: I can't see a game scheduled for Syngenta on 4th March and Stenny are away to Annan, so in theory our game against Morton should be on the Saturday at Ochilview. But then why can't they commit to that? Stenny are at home on 11th March, Syngenta are at home on 18th March and then Stenny are at home again on 25th March. The fact our game against Raith has already been announced for the Friday night would suggest Stenny aren't keen on their games being brought forward to accommodate us (why should they?), so you've got to imagine the games against Cove and Arbroath will also be played on Friday nights, but we might be able to come to an agreement with Syngenta for the Caley Thistle game to be played on the Saturday evening with Syngenta playing earlier in the day. (Few things can provide a better illustration of the shambolic way the club is being run off the pitch right now than just how many times I've found myself saying/typing the word 'Syngenta' in the past six months. Can't be long before my daughter starts saying it.) The Arbroath game is being played on the Saturday of the Scotland game so they can use that as an excuse to move it to the Friday night 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledLichtie Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 Frankly, if you couldnt guarantee stable fixtures without all this shuffling around, you shouldnt have been allowed to play in the grown up leagues. You know who else had an unsuitable stadium and ended up getting a waiver to make a mockery of this division? Gretna. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHitman Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 (edited) This club needs an actual fan to start writing these updates. Someone who can read it and say… ‘you know what, that’s all a load of shite, tell the truth and stop treating your loyal fan base like customers and idiots’ Edited January 20, 2023 by TheHitman 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie Of The Month Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 14 minutes ago, QPFC67 said: The Arbroath game is being played on the Saturday of the Scotland game so they can use that as an excuse to move it to the Friday night You might end up with the Saturday if Stenny follow the lead of East Fife, Falkirk, Edinburgh, Morton and Ayr (so far) and move their game to the Friday night to avoid clashing with Scotland. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjameos Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 26 minutes ago, ExiledLichtie said: Frankly, if you couldnt guarantee stable fixtures without all this shuffling around, you shouldnt have been allowed to play in the grown up leagues. You know who else had an unsuitable stadium and ended up getting a waiver to make a mockery of this division? Gretna. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 Surely putting ‘test events’, e.g. Queen’s Park’s final two home league games which could decide their promotion to the Premiership would be the most ludicrous thing the board have managed throughout all of this? Club’s biggest game since the First World War shifted to a bus shelter in unfamiliar territory for the players, on a pitch that hasn’t been used, in front of about 800 people. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Your Own Socks Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 1 hour ago, an86 said: Let’s be quite honest. Is any Queen’s Park fan going to believe a single thing Leeann Dempster says about the stadium? She should resign. It’s pretty clear that she carries neither the confidence or trust of the wider support. She only needs the trust of one man. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Your Own Socks Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 51 minutes ago, TheHitman said: This club needs an actual fan to start writing these updates. Someone who can read it and say… ‘you know what, that’s all a load of shite, tell the truth and stop treating your loyal fan base like customers and idiots’ If only the fans had some kind of club, an association or something like that. One voice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Your Own Socks Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 27 minutes ago, Paco said: Surely putting ‘test events’, e.g. Queen’s Park’s final two home league games which could decide their promotion to the Premiership would be the most ludicrous thing the board have managed throughout all of this? Club’s biggest game since the First World War shifted to a bus shelter in unfamiliar territory for the players, on a pitch that hasn’t been used, in front of about 800 people. Test events don’t need to be the first team. Your nightmare scenario is most probably what will happen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledLichtie Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 32 minutes ago, mcjameos said: Well, honestly...its a bit annoying. Way back in the dawn of time, Arbroath got promoted to division 1. However, our stadium wasnt up to scratch, so we needed to spend everything we had on a new stand and segregation. No ifs, no buts. The result was severe financial limits that took 10 years to recover from. When Gretna got promoted, their ground was a shambles, didnt meet criteria, but they got a 1 year waiver as they had plans for an eco stadium, so they got promoted with a total joke of a stadium. And now we have Queens. Stadium plans a total shambles, no idea when construction will be finished, seemingly unable or unwilling to play 3pm saturdays in the stadium you are clearly the junior tenants of, and talking about using potentially crucial football matches as "test events". You shouldn't have been allowed up if you didn't have a proper plan in place. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arachnophile Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 5 minutes ago, ExiledLichtie said: Well, honestly...its a bit annoying. Way back in the dawn of time, Arbroath got promoted to division 1. However, our stadium wasnt up to scratch, so we needed to spend everything we had on a new stand and segregation. No ifs, no buts. The result was severe financial limits that took 10 years to recover from. When Gretna got promoted, their ground was a shambles, didnt meet criteria, but they got a 1 year waiver as they had plans for an eco stadium, so they got promoted with a total joke of a stadium. And now we have Queens. Stadium plans a total shambles, no idea when construction will be finished, seemingly unable or unwilling to play 3pm saturdays in the stadium you are clearly the junior tenants of, and talking about using potentially crucial football matches as "test events". You shouldn't have been allowed up if you didn't have a proper plan in place. I think most of us probably agree with all this... ...apart, of course, from the last sentence 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Your Own Socks Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 1 minute ago, ExiledLichtie said: Well, honestly...its a bit annoying. Way back in the dawn of time, Arbroath got promoted to division 1. However, our stadium wasnt up to scratch, so we needed to spend everything we had on a new stand and segregation. No ifs, no buts. The result was severe financial limits that took 10 years to recover from. When Gretna got promoted, their ground was a shambles, didnt meet criteria, but they got a 1 year waiver as they had plans for an eco stadium, so they got promoted with a total joke of a stadium. And now we have Queens. Stadium plans a total shambles, no idea when construction will be finished, seemingly unable or unwilling to play 3pm saturdays in the stadium you are clearly the junior tenants of, and talking about using potentially crucial football matches as "test events". You shouldn't have been allowed up if you didn't have a proper plan in place. It’s an interesting summary, but not from the viewpoint you’re staring from. Despite not being in the room, not one QP fan on here would imagine anything other than Dempster committing, earnestly, to the beaks that our stadium “would be open for the start of the season” which is what she told club members back in February. Without blinking once. What’s interesting is that whilst we’re all pissed off, maybe somebody at the SPFL is also pissed off. Card marked. Hopefully! Laughable to think she was once being touted as taking over Presidency at the SFA. Can’t wait for Netflix to make the movie. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavvyheid Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 No Queens supporter should be surprised at this . We have all looked at Lesser is the past weeks and muttered it will never be ready for Feb. All that's happened is that we have been given the bad news a wee bit earlier. What a farce ! lots of good work on the park and now the focus ,rightly so will be on off the field affairs. Wonder if all the recent publicity about us being top of league , stadium not finished etc has led to this announcement. You couldn't make this up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT1867 Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 Looks like our friends at Stenny were correct last August when they said we were there for the season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
an86 Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 2 hours ago, Paco said: Surely putting ‘test events’, e.g. Queen’s Park’s final two home league games which could decide their promotion to the Premiership would be the most ludicrous thing the board have managed throughout all of this? Club’s biggest game since the First World War shifted to a bus shelter in unfamiliar territory for the players, on a pitch that hasn’t been used, in front of about 800 people. It’ll be Stenny for the season. Kicking the can down the road until March is fooling nobody. Another in a long line of half-truths and evasion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjameos Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Thinking of getting my dad home/away shirt for 80th. I've got an Irn Bru one and it comes up small. Not sure of size yet but would guess he normally takes a Large. Can anyone advise what sizing is like on the current shirt? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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