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imported_Jamie_Beatson
08-08-2006, 11:20 PM
Get this one started early.

If we're going to go 3-5-2 I would go with this:

Halliwell
Mensing/McManus-Ruti-James
Lawrie-Hardie-Sheridan-Young-Stanic
Scotland-MacDonald.

Although I am yet to be convinced by Lawrie I'm also not sure about Stevo, so I'll give Lawrie the benefit of the doubt. Sheerin has been anonymous for the last couple of games so I'd give young a chance ahead of him. I think Mensing is better at the back than in the midfield position so I'd be tempted to put him back there, but then again its hard to drop McManus.

Any thoughts this far ahead?

Radford 72
08-08-2006, 11:23 PM
Any thoughts this far ahead?
Halliwell

Ruti - Chalky - James

Lawrie - Young - Shez - Sheerin - Stanic

Scotland - Peaso

Subbies: Cat, Mensing, Hardie, Savo, Jacko.

Need to match their effort and work-rate and be aware than Weir up front will chase every ball all day.

Broon
08-08-2006, 11:27 PM
If I had my way:

Cuthbert

Lawrie Ruti James Stanic
Mensing Hardie Young Sheerin
Peaso Scotland

Subs: Jackson, Milne, McManus, Halliwell, Stevo.

SaintSam1884
08-08-2006, 11:36 PM
Any thoughts this far ahead?
Halliwell

Ruti - Chalky - James

Lawrie - Young - Shez - Sheerin - Stanic

Scotland - Peaso

Subbies: Cat, Mensing, Hardie, Savo, Jacko.


That was my idea - I'd drop Hardie as well. I must've been at a different game tonight, I didn't think he was great and Andy Lawrie seemed to be very frustrated at times with Hardie.

I actually thought Mensing did pretty well covering for Sheridan tonight although appreciate he probably didn't stand out the way Sheridan does on a good day.

I think anyone who had previously argued for a change in tactics at corners had their awakening this evening. The lack of Kevin James was very noticeable, there was nobody else tall enough to reach the balls and send them goalwards.

If we play like we did tonight, I'd fancy Queens to beat us. Hopefully Coyle will start with Young though and have MacDonald replace the painfully ineffective Milne from the start. Do that and we'll have a chance. Don't and we'll be chasing the game from kick off.

Dev
09-08-2006, 08:34 AM
That was my idea - I'd drop Hardie as well. I must've been at a different game tonight, I didn't think he was great and Andy Lawrie seemed to be very frustrated at times with Hardie.

I was very frustrated at times with Andy Lawrie! I know we've only seen him in a few games so far but I've been pretty unimpressed with him. He's little or no improvement over Stevo.

Radford 72
09-08-2006, 09:06 AM
That was my idea - I'd drop Hardie as well. I must've been at a different game tonight, I didn't think he was great and Andy Lawrie seemed to be very frustrated at times with Hardie.

I was very frustrated at times with Andy Lawrie! I know we've only seen him in a few games so far but I've been pretty unimpressed with him. He's little or no improvement over Stevo.
I've highlighted the important part.

Players need to be given time to settle but unfortunately, like I predicted, it looks like Andy Lawrie is going to be the boo-boys #1 target this season. :(

He needs to be given a chance.

blueheaven
09-08-2006, 11:41 AM
Halliwell

Ruti - Chalky - James

Lawrie - Young - Shez - Sheerin - Stanic

Scotland - Peaso

Subbies: Cat, Mensing, Hardie, Savo, Jacko.


I'd expect that team too. I don't really like dropping Hardie & Mensing because I think both offer us quite a lot, but the problem with Mensing as I see it is that he isn't first choice in either of his positions - Sheridan's ahead of him in midfield and McManus/Ruti are ahead of him in defence. Hardie's arguably our best midfielder, but shouldn't be guaranteed a start, especially after being quite disappointing against East Fife. I would hope that starting Young and Peaso would make a big difference to us in terms of creating and taking chances from the start.

wee john
09-08-2006, 12:26 PM
That was my idea - I'd drop Hardie as well. I must've been at a different game tonight, I didn't think he was great and Andy Lawrie seemed to be very frustrated at times with Hardie.

I was very frustrated at times with Andy Lawrie! I know we've only seen him in a few games so far but I've been pretty unimpressed with him. He's little or no improvement over Stevo.
I've highlighted the important part.

Players need to be given time to settle but unfortunately, like I predicted, it looks like Andy Lawrie is going to be the boo-boys #1 target this season. :(

He needs to be given a chance.

Did you predict he would be pish in the 1st 2 games :***:
He is not the target of the boo boys, people are only giving an opinion on what they have seen and he will get a chance.

Radford 72
09-08-2006, 12:30 PM
Did you predict he would be pish in the 1st 2 games :***:
He is not the target of the boo boys, people are only giving an opinion on what they have seen and he will get a chance.
On here they are but I thought he was getting a fair bit of stick from the stands last night. Heard people saying things like "How rubbish is he?" etc...

To me, I don't see how people can judge a player on two competitive games; he's been poor but he's won two titles with Falkirk and played a bit for them in the SPL last season so I'm sure he's easily good enough for our current side.

Would you rather have Ryan "1 good game in 6" Stevenson back in, John? :wink:

Mensing would be an option but Lawrie looks like a confidence player to me and we need to keep the faith with him at the moment.

I'd point to the example of John Robertson as proof that players need time to settle.

Jimmy Wallace
09-08-2006, 12:34 PM
I'm getting pretty fed up with the boo boy thing on here. I have never, nor will I ever boo a player whilst they are on the field, but if we can't have a good moan on this forum, then where can we. OK it would be an ideal to think that we can supply constructive criticism all the time, but there are occasions when we just need to get things off our chest. I would doubt very much that many of the posters on here would actually have a real go at a player during a match, but surely it's better to vent your spleen here than at McD.

Sorry this doesn't have that much to do with the QoS match, which I'm sure will be a spectacle of entertaining and attractive football. I'll be interested to see how that nice Ian McCall chap has his team organised this season, especially as he has made a couple of interesting signings recently. Anyway, I can't go. Inspiral Carpets at night in Aberdeen. Moo.

Radford 72
09-08-2006, 12:37 PM
I'm getting pretty fed up with the boo boy thing on here. I have never, nor will I ever boo a player whilst they are on the field, but if we can't have a good moan on this forum, then where can we. OK it would be an ideal to think that we can supply constructive criticism all the time, but there are occasions when we just need to get things off our chest. I would doubt very much that many of the posters on here would actually have a real go at a player during a match, but surely it's better to vent your spleen here than at McD.
Any "boo-boys" I talk about are folk in the ground. Nothing wrong at all with moaning on here. I always try to be constructive but there are times I've had nothing good to say about a player and it does no harm to make those feelings known.

wee john
09-08-2006, 12:54 PM
Did you predict he would be pish in the 1st 2 games :***:
He is not the target of the boo boys, people are only giving an opinion on what they have seen and he will get a chance.
On here they are but I thought he was getting a fair bit of stick from the stands last night. Heard people saying things like "How rubbish is he?" etc...

To me, I don't see how people can judge a player on two competitive games; he's been poor but he's won two titles with Falkirk and played a bit for them in the SPL last season so I'm sure he's easily good enough for our current side.

Would you rather have Ryan "1 good game in 6" Stevenson back in, John? :wink:

Mensing would be an option but Lawrie looks like a confidence player to me and we need to keep the faith with him at the moment.

I'd point to the example of John Robertson as proof that players need time to settle.

No not Ryan please.
Ofcourse you can give an opinion after one match, certainly two matches, while at the same time giving the player the benefit of the doubt.
I hope I'm wrong about Lawrie, but he has not impressed me so far.
Nobody is saying for definite that he is no good for us, only that he has been poor so far.
We all want Young to get a start after 2 games as a sub.
I'm pretty sure if Lawrie was playing for a contract or a start we would be saying that we should not give him it on performances so far.

Radford 72
09-08-2006, 01:05 PM
No not Ryan please.
Ofcourse you can give an opinion after one match, certainly two matches, while at the same time giving the player the benefit of the doubt.
I hope I'm wrong about Lawrie, but he has not impressed me so far.
Nobody is saying for definite that he is no good for us, only that he has been poor so far.
We all want Young to get a start after 2 games as a sub.
I'm pretty sure if Lawrie was playing for a contract or a start we would be saying that we should not give him it on performances so far.
That's all fair enough but I don't think everyone is giving Lawrie the benefit of the doubt.

I would agree that if these two games had been trials, he might not get a deal but he does have a deal so we may as well stick by him and hope that Owen was right about him when he said he had his best years ahead of him.

For all he's maybe not been brilliant, he was in the right position to hit the winner on Sat, and to hit the post and put in the great cross for Jason in the first-half.

True Saintee
09-08-2006, 01:08 PM
____________Halliwell

_____Rusti Mcmanus James

Lawrie Young Mensing Sheerin Stanic

_________Hardie Scotland

Obviously Hardie isin't a natural striker but could he be the big man upfront that we're looking for?

SaintSam1884
09-08-2006, 01:37 PM
____________Halliwell

_____Rusti Mcmanus James

Lawrie Young Mensing Sheerin Stanic

_________Hardie Scotland

Obviously Hardie isin't a natural striker but could he be the big man upfront that we're looking for?

I think you rubbish your own suggestion just before you make it. Hardie filled in up front for us last season and whilst he did alright, he isn't an option when you have proper strikers fit. It'd be totally criminal to play him in there ahead of three fit natural strikers - Jackson, MacDonald, Milne.

Incidentally, Jackson looked great last night, although I don't think playing him alongside Peter MacDonald was a stroke of genius but it was obviously going to be Scotland making way since Peaso himself was a substitution. I think he'd be ace up there with the more laid back brilliance of Scotland rather than the similar type player of Peter MacDonald. I felt there was a huge gap between Peaso and Jackson for the time they spent together last night.

Radford 72
10-08-2006, 08:34 AM
Queens fans seem really worried about the lack of pace throughout their side.

Despite the score the other night (which was literally down to four breakaways), Clyde tore them apart with their pace, much like they did to us at times.

Unfortunately, we're not exactly gifted in the speed department which is very frustrating. :(

Broon
10-08-2006, 08:50 AM
Queens fans seem really worried about the lack of pace throughout their side.

Despite the score the other night (which was literally down to four breakaways), Clyde tore them apart with their pace, much like they did to us at times.

Unfortunately, we're not exactly gifted in the speed department which is very frustrating. :(

I wouldn't say we were exactly pedestrian up front. If you look at the likes of Scotland, Savo and Jackson - all three have pace albeit different types of pace. If they are that slow at the back I would be tempted to start with Scotland and Peaso and bring Milne and Jackson in with a half hour to go when the legs get tired.

Saint Paul
10-08-2006, 01:35 PM
My team would be :-

Halliwell

Ruti - McManus - James

Lawrie - Hardie - Sheridan - Stanic

Young

Scotland - Peaso

Subs :- Cuthbert, Mensing, Sheerin, Jackson, Milne


I thought on Tuesday that Jackson looked very good when he came on and I would definately give him half-an-hour, especially if QOS fans are worried about pace.

Young also deserves to start, and I would have him a bit further forward and allow Hardie and Sheridan to sit.

Lawrie is in my team, as I have only seen him once, but I wasn't impressed with him at all.

Cagey
10-08-2006, 07:34 PM
I think I would go with that one Saint Paul. We have to give Lawrie & perhaps Halliwell a few games to prove themselves but at the same time we can`t afford to lose ground in the league. Playing catch up is a dangerous game & it also affects confidence.

True Saintee
12-08-2006, 12:39 AM
That's me away to bed for the early rise tomorrow!!

CUMON YOU SAINTS!!

sainteesrule
12-08-2006, 12:54 AM
Im not one to boo the Saintees but i still feel it's fair to judge Lawrie over his two poor performances. It quite clear OC doesnt rate Stevo much and neither do many folk on here but imho he is a better player for that position. Lawrie gets forward fair dos, but his delivery was pish. I'd rather see Stevo playing for my money than him please. Fair enough give the boy a chance n' all that but i can forsee a topic in the future, 'How many chances is Mr.Lawrie gonna get? Does Owen want to win this league or not?', as hes out and out pish as far as i can see.

Anyway, Mon the Saints, Lets hammer the doonies tomoro!

blueheaven
12-08-2006, 09:43 AM
Im not one to boo the Saintees but i still feel it's fair to judge Lawrie over his two poor performances. It quite clear OC doesnt rate Stevo much and neither do many folk on here but imho he is a better player for that position. Lawrie gets forward fair dos, but his delivery was pish. I'd rather see Stevo playing for my money than him please. Fair enough give the boy a chance n' all that but i can forsee a topic in the future, 'How many chances is Mr.Lawrie gonna get? Does Owen want to win this league or not?', as hes out and out pish as far as i can see.

It is fair to pass an opinion on him after two games, but surely you appreciate that there's such a thing as form? Just because a player is in poor form doesn't mean he's "out and out pish". Even the best players in the world have had poor games at times. The fact that Lawrie has been an integral part of a championship-winning team in the past would surely suggest that he is capable of better.

I agree that, on what we've seen so far, Stevenson is a better option for that position - but it would be madness to punt a guy after two mediocre performances. People in any job need time to settle in. The guy's only human.

The Real Saints
12-08-2006, 02:47 PM
Owen really doesn't have a clue.

Line-up is..

Halliwell

Rutkiewicz
McManus
James

Lawrie
Sheridan
Mensing
Sheerin
Stanic

Hardie
Scotland


OC has already said that Peaso and Young changed the game on Tuesday when they came on, yet no sign of either in first 11. What a stupid line-up, especially if Martin Hardie is playing up front with Scotland, when we clearly have better options. :roll:

sainteesrule
12-08-2006, 02:55 PM
Id also liked to have seen Peaso and Young in the starting line-up. Think its more a case of fitness rather than Owen preffering to play Hardie up front. Never mind ay, Mon the Saints.

mainstand
12-08-2006, 03:07 PM
Owen really doesn't have a clue.

OC has already said that Peaso and Young changed the game on Tuesday when they came on, yet no sign of either in first 11. What a stupid line-up, especially if Martin Hardie is playing up front with Scotland, when we clearly have better options. :roll:

maybe they changed the game because he brought them on, fitness wise it is debatabkle whether they could play 90 mins.

hardie up front gives you height and a physical presence which neither of our other strikers do.

So maybe he does have a clue, and we'll have to wait until the end of the match to see if we get a win, and who knows it might just be a better clue than you ever have :wink:

Nick
12-08-2006, 03:07 PM
Very dissapointed both Young and Peaso aren't playing, lets just hope the manager knows best... :?

sAiNtE BrIaN
12-08-2006, 03:09 PM
am i right at sayin jas is up front on his own :?

The Real Saints
12-08-2006, 03:10 PM
It's either 3-5-2, or 3-5-1-1 with Hardie just behind Jase.

sAiNtE BrIaN
12-08-2006, 03:11 PM
thats not 2 bad ive been told by a queens fan that were winnin 1-0 not sure if shes takin the mickky

Watty
12-08-2006, 03:12 PM
Mensing 1-0 :***:

mainstand
12-08-2006, 03:12 PM
MENSING 1-0 so OC does know best

Nick
12-08-2006, 03:12 PM
1-0 Simon Mensing!

pezza70
12-08-2006, 03:13 PM
Mensing on 10

OC is a genius :***:

The Real Saints
12-08-2006, 03:13 PM
I stand corrected. At the moment anyway... :wink:

sAiNtE BrIaN
12-08-2006, 03:13 PM
calm down evri 1 I GT THERE FIRST SO HA :D

Watty
12-08-2006, 03:15 PM
calm down evri 1 I GT THERE FIRST SO HA :D

Didnae realise it was a competition.

sAiNtE BrIaN
12-08-2006, 03:16 PM
it is for me its my only proffesion :(

pezza70
12-08-2006, 03:21 PM
watching this sky sports scoreboard is bloody depressing

we have a long hour or so to go

pezza70
12-08-2006, 03:22 PM
Lovering red carded for Airdrie for serious foul play it says

I wonder what he did for a straight red?

sAiNtE BrIaN
12-08-2006, 03:22 PM
ok *** i dont understand why ur depressed WERE WINNING and if the scores stay the same :? :***: and we score 2 mre say hello to our 1st place postion for the rest of the season

sAiNtE BrIaN
12-08-2006, 03:23 PM
partick 1-0 airdrie so much for my plan

pezza70
12-08-2006, 03:24 PM
It is 12.23am down here my missus is out on a girls night, and there is nothing but bloody info commercials on tv, and I have just drunk my last bottle of grog.

pezza70
12-08-2006, 03:26 PM
Yellow card for Sheridan on 18 for unsporting behaivour.

pezza70
12-08-2006, 03:48 PM
Half time 1 nil to the good guys

sAiNtE BrIaN
12-08-2006, 03:48 PM
half time saints are winning so im happy :D

Nick
12-08-2006, 04:16 PM
Partick are winning 4-1, dark horses maybe?

sAiNtE BrIaN
12-08-2006, 04:18 PM
there only winning that because airdrie got a player sent off.

notice all there goals are after the player gets sent off

The Real Saints
12-08-2006, 04:25 PM
Well, the player did only get sent off in the 18th minute. ;)
A score like 4-1 would definitely not be all down to one man getting sent off.

Nick
12-08-2006, 04:25 PM
Personally Id be bringing on Young and Peaso/Jackson on, to run at the OAP's in defence!

sAiNtE BrIaN
12-08-2006, 04:26 PM
ye just pointing out that would give a big sway in the score line possible the score if all players were on the feild it would be 1-0

The Real Saints
12-08-2006, 04:26 PM
Personally Id be bringing on Young and Peaso/Jackson on, to run at the OAP's in defence!

OC is answering your call. Young on for Sheerin. ;)

sAiNtE BrIaN
12-08-2006, 04:27 PM
*** whats the chances eh

sAiNtE BrIaN
12-08-2006, 04:35 PM
milne on for rutki think were goin for the attack ?!?

Nick
12-08-2006, 04:36 PM
Milne on for Ruti :o

Strange subby, I would have rather had Peaso or Jacko on before Milne

sAiNtE BrIaN
12-08-2006, 04:42 PM
i think it might be to help his confidence if hes goin to get some back hes got to play aint he...not like were going to get beat....... :? :D

Two Js
12-08-2006, 04:43 PM
Milne on for Ruti :o

Strange subby, I would have rather had Peaso or Jacko on before Milne

Jacko is not one of the subs. OC might be looking for Savo's pace to cause problems against a tired defence.

sAiNtE BrIaN
12-08-2006, 04:49 PM
QUEENS HAVE HAD A PLAYER SENT OFF

pezza70
12-08-2006, 04:54 PM
Full Time Scores

Hamilton 1 - Dundee 0 :D

Partick 4 - Airdrie 2

QoS 0 - Saintees 1 :D :D

Ross County 0 - Livinston 3

Well done the lads

lethamsaintee
12-08-2006, 04:54 PM
happy wi' that :D

sAiNtE BrIaN
12-08-2006, 04:58 PM
a queens fan said we cheated i dont think we really did do we care..........NOPE!!!! SAINTEES FOR THE TITLE

mainstand
12-08-2006, 06:55 PM
A nice wee whining thread courtsey of some queens fans:

http://www.pieandbovril.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=44365

HertsSaintee
12-08-2006, 06:57 PM
Milne on for Ruti

Strange subby, I would have rather had Peaso or Jacko on before Milne

Ruti went off injured.


Herts

imported_Jamie_Beatson
12-08-2006, 07:38 PM
Pretty poor game I felt, Saints were bypassing the midfield entirely, and the only time we played any decent football we scored.

Their red card was for Lauchlan who was tugging at Savo's shirt when he ran clean through.

templeofsaints
12-08-2006, 07:47 PM
Report's up at the Temple. We weren't brilliant going forward but solid enough in defence. Midfield had plenty of the ball but lacked movement and pace (and yes Lawrie failed to get down the wing again!).

Hardie was the wrong choice up front - for games like this we needed 2 out-and-out strikers especially given the lack of support from midfield.

As for QoS they weren't too bad but it's easy to see the McCall influence kicking in with the physical nature - Lawrie and Halliwell were both on the end of late challenges and Jason was being kicked all over the park.

Still I'd have settled for this before the game so can't complain too much :***:

Radford 72
12-08-2006, 08:03 PM
An improvement and a deserved three points but that still doesn't mean we were good.

Important thing was the points though.

New away strip is really nice.

auchterarder mark
12-08-2006, 08:15 PM
lets celebrate the first of many wins - party time! lets get pissed

Super J
12-08-2006, 09:48 PM
Sorry to come on here and be critical but I thought that was awful. The goal was a nice move bewteen Stanic and Sheerin with the latter crossing for Mensing to nod home but that was about the only decent passage of play all afternoon. There seemed to be no cohesion or urgency about our play and I felt the only positive was the three points. I don't think either keeper had a save to make in the second half.

As has already been pointed out Peaso and Young changed the game on Tuesday so I was disappointed to see neither start. Also, Jackson was impressive on Tuesday night but there was no sign of him today. To have three recognised strikers fit but play a midfielder upfront also baffles me when Peaso especially has some sort of aerial threat. I would love to see us play more attacking football but out of that line up today I think you could only say three were attacked minded.

Also, who got booked just before Ruti on the mainstand touchline? I thought it was him and that he therefore had to go! :shock:

Anyway, it's three points and at least Dundee got beat!

Dev
12-08-2006, 09:52 PM
Also, who got booked just before Ruti on the mainstand touchline? I thought it was him and that he therefore had to go! :shock:

I think McManus was booked for putting the ball in the stand after the referee had blown for the foul.

Ruti ended up going anyway, hope it was nothing serious.

Super J
12-08-2006, 09:55 PM
Thanks Dev for clearing that up, thought it was a Graham Poll-esque mistake!

t
12-08-2006, 10:17 PM
Thankfully couldn't see much of that dirge for the seagulls.

Absolutely dreadful game - still 3 points eh :roll:

KG-Saint
12-08-2006, 10:27 PM
wasnt at the game but i heard my mate was pissed on the bus!! :***: :***:

auld reekie saint
12-08-2006, 11:40 PM
NO problems in defence.Goran most creative as usual.Everyone else pretty solid but lack of spark and PACE. A good winger would have ripped them apart but the closest we have to this is Goran.

Radford 72
13-08-2006, 01:09 PM
Disappointing away support yesterday.

Clicky (http://www.qos.fotopic.net/p32752645.html).

More photos can be found here (http://www.qos.fotopic.net/).

And four short video clips (good quality too) can be found here (http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=TwynholmQos).

Radford 72
13-08-2006, 07:56 PM
132 Saints fans paid in the away entrance yesterday.

1884
13-08-2006, 08:02 PM
132 Saints fans paid in the away entrance yesterday.


129 of them were on oor bus!! :wink:

208saint
13-08-2006, 10:15 PM
Another eight were too late to get in the away end and will be counted in the home stats :***:

Radford 72
14-08-2006, 07:52 AM
Another eight were too late to get in the away end and will be counted in the home stats :***:
Wow! 140 then! What a turnout from the glorious Perth public. :(

Tranmere Saintee
14-08-2006, 08:19 AM
Find these figures slightly iffy - 208 bus was full meaning 50+, Muirton bus had 32 giving near enough 90 people.

You can usually take the number on the 2 buses and multiply by 4 to 5 times to give a reasonably accurate guess at the size of the travelling support.

You must also remember it was the last week of the school holidays, the highland show was on in Perth, the distance to be travelled, the amount of games coming up in such a short spell of time, etc etc and I think you will find this happens at the start of every season.

blueheaven
14-08-2006, 12:24 PM
Another eight were too late to get in the away end and will be counted in the home stats :***:
Wow! 140 then! What a turnout from the glorious Perth public. :(

Not a great turn-out, I agree, but no worse than the support of the other teams in the division often is. How many did Clyde bring to Perth on the opening day, for example? A pathetic amount as I remember, and that was for the opening day when you'd expect enthusiasm to be higher than normal, and also for a much shorter journey than Saints fans have to travel to Dumfries.

Davey
14-08-2006, 06:37 PM
I Was there

t
14-08-2006, 06:47 PM
Quite sad really - first away game of the season and we can only muster 140 supporters.

Seems like even some of the old diehards are loosing interest - I know one guy who has been a season ticket holder for 30 years but who has not renewed it for this season.

templeofsaints
14-08-2006, 07:36 PM
Quite sad really - first away game of the season and we can only muster 140 supporters.

Seems like even some of the old diehards are loosing interest - I know one guy who has been a season ticket holder for 30 years but who has not renewed it for this season.

Well ISTR season ticket sales are up so maybe it's just the away support that's down?

208saint
14-08-2006, 09:36 PM
Quite sad really - first away game of the season and we can only muster 140 supporters.

Seems like even some of the old diehards are loosing interest - I know one guy who has been a season ticket holder for 30 years but who has not renewed it for this season.

Well ISTR season ticket sales are up so maybe it's just the away support that's down?

You may not have meant it that way but that is exactly the sort of attitude tat is all too prevalent at the club these days. It's okay that the figures are the same, but does nobody care or wonder why somebody with 30 years service has stopped his season ticket :? It worries me anyway

templeofsaints
15-08-2006, 12:04 AM
Quite sad really - first away game of the season and we can only muster 140 supporters.

Seems like even some of the old diehards are loosing interest - I know one guy who has been a season ticket holder for 30 years but who has not renewed it for this season.

Well ISTR season ticket sales are up so maybe it's just the away support that's down?

You may not have meant it that way but that is exactly the sort of attitude tat is all too prevalent at the club these days. It's okay that the figures are the same, but does nobody care or wonder why somebody with 30 years service has stopped his season ticket :? It worries me anyway

True but at the same time if the club loses one fan but gains 2 new season ticket holders they must be doing something right?

208saint
15-08-2006, 12:07 AM
Quite sad really - first away game of the season and we can only muster 140 supporters.

Seems like even some of the old diehards are loosing interest - I know one guy who has been a season ticket holder for 30 years but who has not renewed it for this season.

Well ISTR season ticket sales are up so maybe it's just the away support that's down?

You may not have meant it that way but that is exactly the sort of attitude tat is all too prevalent at the club these days. It's okay that the figures are the same, but does nobody care or wonder why somebody with 30 years service has stopped his season ticket :? It worries me anyway

True but at the same time if the club loses one fan but gains 2 new season ticket holders they must be doing something right?

Absolutely correct, but three season ticket holders would be much better :wink:

LewGti
15-08-2006, 11:05 AM
but does nobody care or wonder why somebody with 30 years service has stopped his season ticket :? It worries me anyway

Yeh its a bit of a worry we loose a fan that has been coming for 30 years and you can tell me to mind my own business if you want but what was the guys reasons for not renewing. Was it something to do with the club or was it personal reasons.

208saint
15-08-2006, 06:54 PM
but does nobody care or wonder why somebody with 30 years service has stopped his season ticket :? It worries me anyway

Yeh its a bit of a worry we loose a fan that has been coming for 30 years and you can tell me to mind my own business if you want but what was the guys reasons for not renewing. Was it something to do with the club or was it personal reasons.

Feckin sure I ain't got a clue, but I'm willing to bet that neither does the club and that was entirely the point I was making :wink:

Davey
15-08-2006, 07:08 PM
but does nobody care or wonder why somebody with 30 years service has stopped his season ticket :? It worries me anyway

Yeh its a bit of a worry we loose a fan that has been coming for 30 years and you can tell me to mind my own business if you want but what was the guys reasons for not renewing. Was it something to do with the club or was it personal reasons.

maybe he got banned