mainstand Posted August 23, 2010 Report Share Posted August 23, 2010 My SJFC shares are priceless to me. So i can;t buy one off you for a £400??? ONLY KIDDING!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Saint Posted August 23, 2010 Report Share Posted August 23, 2010 There's an awful lot of you getting your knickers in a twist. Admin costs is a very good story, and partially true, but ultimately the club want to bring back the vast majority of the scattered shareholding to the club for two simple reasons. They are well documented on this forum and most of the shareholders and lurkers on this forum know fine well what is happening at the club. I don't understand why folk are offended at being offered 30p a share. If you don't wanna sell, don't sell. Retaining your shares will not harm the club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainstand Posted August 24, 2010 Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 . They are well documented on this forum and most of the shareholders and lurkers on this forum know fine well what is happening at the club. /QUOTE] Can anyone enlighten us as to what is going on in the Club? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real Madrid Posted August 24, 2010 Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 You want Saints to cut wages? I think he wants players to take a wage cut, not just saints but across the board. I hope that's what he means. I wouldn't swap my £17K job for life in order to play football for Saints wages - unless the club offering me terms were Saints!! A fitba player's career is short and the money at Saints ain't good by anyone's standards. Yea Joe is correct I am talking about across the board, Yes I accept its a short career and players do deserve to be paid for entertaining us. The problem teams like Saints have is knowing the level we need to be paying at. The higher the wages get in the premiership the higher the wages get in the Championship etc. It filters down the leagues in England and has an effect up here. Now don't get me wrong there is no way we should try and cut the wages on our own. We will end up with a poor team and be unable to attract any players. The wages we are paying now are what we have to pay but at a time when many peoples wages will be going down you can bet in a few years Saints will have to pay out even more, thus whether fans like myself are earning any more the prices will have to go up or the club will not be able to run. It will take the Premership bubble to burst (and it will one day) for wages to fall and then whether the clubs pass on the reduction in cost or not to the fans will be for the directors of the future to decide. Tonight's crowd shows people are short of cash and if the games not on the season ticket they think twice about going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Saint Posted August 24, 2010 Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 Tonight's crowd shows people are short of cash and if the games not on the season ticket they think twice about going. Tonights crowd shows how awful our support has become. It appears that success has breeds contempt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CynicalSaintee Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 Tonights crowd shows how awful our support has become. It appears that success has breeds contempt. It was a piss-poor attendance right enough but it would be foolhardy to read too much into it. The bairns have all gone back to school, and parents have just shelled out hundreds, more likely than not, in paying for uniforms, stationary and so on. Paying to see Saints edge past a mediocre first division outfit on a chilly August evening just isn't a justifyable expense for many people, particularly so near payday when money gets tight. I'm as embarassed as anyone else at how fickle and fairweather many of our fans appear to be, but there's not much we can do about it for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SingaporeSaint Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 It was a piss-poor attendance right enough but it would be foolhardy to read too much into it. The bairns have all gone back to school, and parents have just shelled out hundreds, more likely than not, in paying for uniforms, stationary and so on. Paying to see Saints edge past a mediocre first division outfit on a chilly August evening just isn't a justifyable expense for many people, particularly so near payday when money gets tight. I'm as embarassed as anyone else at how fickle and fairweather many of our fans appear to be, but there's not much we can do about it for now. So much for summer football being the answer then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainstand Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 It was a piss-poor attendance right enough but it would be foolhardy to read too much into it. The bairns have all gone back to school, and parents have just shelled out hundreds, more likely than not, in paying for uniforms, stationary and so on. Paying to see Saints edge past a mediocre first division outfit on a chilly August evening just isn't a justifyable expense for many people, particularly so near payday when money gets tight. I'm as embarassed as anyone else at how fickle and fairweather many of our fans appear to be, but there's not much we can do about it for now. midweek games do not always suit folk. Just becasue some missed the match tehy should not be classed as "fickle and fairweather many of our fans appear to be" I did not go tonight due to work comitments and the travelling. all the games had relatively poor attendances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgendboy Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 Our support has always been poor apart from the first few seasons at the new stadium, but Saturdays poor home support for the first home game of the season against a team we knew would bring a big support was particularily worrying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilSJFC Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 I say we leave it to goeff brown as he has more of a clue than the rest of you put together. Just for the best Thread really should have been stopped here. It appears not only to a fair section of our fans think they would be better managers, they also would be better businessmen then Geoff..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 Tonights crowd shows how awful our support has become. It appears that success has breeds contempt. I can see what you're saying, I'm sure it applies to some who didn't attend, but not everyone. To make the game last night, I would've had to have taken an hour out of my yearly holiday allocation so I could try and catch a cheaper train. If I hadn't caught that non-peak time train, the trip through would likely have cost me about £50. I can't justify spending that kind of money on the 2nd round of the League Cup. I'm sure there would be other Saintees in similar positions, and others working etc too. How many travelling fans were through? I don't think 1500 fans going to a non-season ticket game against lower league opposition is too bad an attendance to be honest. Especially when you consider we've not got *that* many more season ticket holders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tranmere Saintee Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 Bit rich when somebody who didn't attend saturdays match has a go at others for not attending last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Saint Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 Bit rich when somebody who didn't attend saturdays match has a go at others for not attending last night. As a season ticket holder, the club don't lose out when I am working/competing. Thanks for your super input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE LARK SAINT Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 For what it's worth, i missed the game last night due to a lack of funds (Payday 31st) and a pre -arranged community meeting.In simple terms i just could not afford it!!If it had been £25, plus what i had to pay for my son i would never be able to afford it.i have a Season ticket my son and i and don't miss many home games due to that!! but if it was cash at the gate choice for me at £25 i would HAVE to miss a number of games as it would be well over my afforability!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinky Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 I can see what you're saying, I'm sure it applies to some who didn't attend, but not everyone. To make the game last night, I would've had to have taken an hour out of my yearly holiday allocation so I could try and catch a cheaper train. If I hadn't caught that non-peak time train, the trip through would likely have cost me about £50. I can't justify spending that kind of money on the 2nd round of the League Cup. I'm sure there would be other Saintees in similar positions, and others working etc too. How many travelling fans were through? I don't think 1500 fans going to a non-season ticket game against lower league opposition is too bad an attendance to be honest. Especially when you consider we've not got *that* many more season ticket holders. I commented on the crowd at the game. It was poor, i only went because my brothers up from Cardiff and it was about the only chance i'll get to see him. If i was Geoff i would have given loads of tickets to the schools, although not sure if we could, due to it being a cup game and gates being split. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammsteinally Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 what's all this about the crowd, it's not gonna increase cos perth doesn't really care anybody remember the bring a friend for free? I couldn't find anybody and i think i'm not alone in that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Saint Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 The bottom line is we all have excuses not to go. It's all about priorities. I could have went to the Aberdeen game, I chose not to. Most folks chose not to be in attendance last night. Trouble is, they'll still claim to be die hards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wish i was Joe McGurn Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 The bottom line is we all have excuses not to go. It's all about priorities. I could have went to the Aberdeen game, I chose not to. Most folks chose not to be in attendance last night. Trouble is, they'll still claim to be die hards. Who has claimed to be a die hard ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
208saint Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 As a season ticket holder, the club don't lose out when I am working/competing Do you usually just sit on your hands and keep your pus shut then or did they maybe lose out on a bit of extra vocal support and encouragement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy butlin beviesbirkie Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 The bottom line is we all have excuses not to go. It's all about priorities. I could have went to the Aberdeen game, I chose not to. Most folks chose not to be in attendance last night. Trouble is, they'll still claim to be die hards. Anybody reading this IS a die hard. Well done you all. It only takes one game .........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Saint Posted August 27, 2010 Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 Dougie Mac now officially gone... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gertiesaints Posted August 27, 2010 Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 Dougie Mac now officially gone... that is great news:roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pringles Posted August 27, 2010 Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 Think you are being slightly unfair.Dougie's interpersonal skills were a bit rusty but he has given tremendous unpaid service over 26yrs as a director .He was the man responsible for starting the Saints Lottery which has brought a lot of money into the club over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1884 Posted September 8, 2010 Report Share Posted September 8, 2010 Just a wee update fae the shareholders' MTM night, Grant stated that a grand total of 1 person had agreed to sell their shareholding back to the club. Said person had had the shares passed down through the family. Everyone else was apparently 'emotionally attached' to their certificates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radford 72 Posted September 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2010 Just a wee update fae the shareholders' MTM night... Anything interesting from the manager? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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