macy37 Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Has anyone seen this spat? Hugely embarrassing for him. He really should be removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 He's half right to be fair to him. The truth probably lies somewhere in the middle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macy37 Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 He's no whole right though. If he's going to post at least make things factual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Care to share? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernscum Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 How dare Div MacDonald try to undermine the absolute authority of our supreme leader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 He replied to a couple of tweets from "pie and Bovril" about the ticket price/attendance last night. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 (edited) 29 minutes ago, macy37 said: He's no whole right though. If he's going to post at least make things factual. Correct, he comes across like a complete prat. No way should a CEO of the SFA be getting into Trump like spats on Twitter with fans. Edited September 5, 2017 by Squirrelhumper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Don't think it was much of a spat. Guess he's got to defend the ticket prices, he tried but can't say many would agree with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfieMoon Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Regan's right in what he is pointing out - but missing the bigger picture. A full stadium should be a measure of success for him. Unfortunately they box themselves into a corner by wanting guaranteed sales from season tickets up front. That limits their ability to have any sort of reasonable dynamic pricing strategy as the campaign evolves. I'd rather they dropped their pants on the pricing or just gave away 25,000 kids tickets last night but they're too restricted because they know they'll upset season ticket holders. Malta was always going to be a struggle but there's absolutely no excuse for the opening games of the last 2 campaigns not being sold out (Georgia at Ibrox, Lithuania at Hampden).   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 2 hours ago, northernscum said: How dare Div MacDonald try to undermine the absolute authority of our supreme leader. To be fair, Div McDonald just made himself look thick. It wasn't £36 a ticket last night,as he claimed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenfrewBlue Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 17 minutes ago, Parklife said: To be fair, Div McDonald just made himself look thick. It wasn't £36 a ticket last night,as he claimed. No but Reagan is talking pish. It was £20 on the night but an average of £36 for ST holders. Which ticket was over £52 on the night to make it fair to ST buyers? Not having a go at you Parklife but the SFA have utterly fecked up the SSC and unless we qualify for the finals the next membership renewal is going to shrink considerably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 16 minutes ago, RenfrewBlue said: No but Reagan is talking pish. It was £20 on the night but an average of £36 for ST holders. Which ticket was over £52 on the night to make it fair to ST buyers? Eh? The Season Ticket buyers also got the England game for £36 (north & south stands), when IIRC the non-member price for £60 (someone can correct me if i'm wrong there, i can't mind). The issue seems to be that the SFA have printed all season ticket tickets with the average price, rather than reflecting the fact that certain games are dearer than others. Div McDonald knows this, if he doesn't, then he should do some research before mouthing off. The tickets are, in general, more expensive than they should be but idiots like him spouting misinformation undermine genuine complaints about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernie Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 100% agree Parklife and just to add the tickets are a bit over priced but if thats the price we have to pay for the investment in the Oriam centre and the investment in the academys then i can stomach that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDange Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 5 hours ago, Squirrelhumper said: No way should a CEO of the SFA be getting into Trump like spats on Twitter with fans. This. Ticket prices have been inflated for what we're getting for years now. Pricing should be reflective of the quality of product - as it is with everything else. That said, the next game against Slovakia will be packed. They should have given away free tickets to clubs / schools to get more people in the stadium - cost would have been minimal and additional pie sales would have given the SFA some dosh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 1 minute ago, McDange said: This. Ticket prices have been inflated for what we're getting for years now. Pricing should be reflective of the quality of product - as it is with everything else. That said, the next game against Slovakia will be packed. They should have given away free tickets to clubs / schools to get more people in the stadium - cost would have been minimal and additional pie sales would have given the SFA some dosh. Cheapest tickets last night were £20 for adults and £5 for kids. Season ticket holders got them for £17. I'm not sure how much lower they could go. You'd struggle to see a Scottish Championship game for less than that. If people genuinely can't afford £20 to go and see a football match then fair enough but I don't really believe that was the true reason for such a small crowd last night. Most people don't think we have a chance of a playoff and probably didn't fancy watching us huff and puff our way to a 2-0 victory against a very poor team on a wet Monday night. I personally think the pricing problem is with the bigger games. £60 to watch England was too much but people paid it. A couple of campaigns ago, last night's game would have been £25-£35, as would the England game. The SFA listened to our moans and changed their pricing structure so that the games against the lesser teams were cheaper and some folk still don't turn up to them.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumnio Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Pricing for last nights game was good, however theres so many reasons that fans didnt turn up. The SFA have fcked up pricing for years, and slowly fans have drifted away. Added with a series of poor results, general ridiculing of our game by those in charge, a dislike of ginger twat, negative football, Monday night game, etc etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macy37 Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 3 hours ago, kumnio said: Pricing for last nights game was good, however theres so many reasons that fans didnt turn up. The SFA have fcked up pricing for years, and slowly fans have drifted away. Added with a series of poor results, general ridiculing of our game by those in charge, a dislike of ginger twat, negative football, Monday night game, etc etc. You forgot the hole that is Hampden Park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Does anyone know the profit margin of a pie? It seems 1000 extra pies will outweigh free tickets to all and sundry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoonTheSlope Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 (edited) 42 minutes ago, Alan said: Does anyone know the profit margin of a pie? It seems 1000 extra pies will outweigh free tickets to all and sundry. Depends who holds the contract. If it's anything like Easter Road then it doesn't matter if they sell 1 pie or a million pies Hibs only receive £X-amount agreed in the contract Edited September 5, 2017 by DoonTheSlope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrisandmoo Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 As others have said. Pricing is fine. Even if it was free last night we wouldn't have got remotely close to a full house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Overpriced. But think that's more my current feeling on football. I guess in terms of comparison with our forms of entertainment, it's not far off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giblet Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Daryl Broadfoot was an utter tit on Sportsound. W4nk of a man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 13 hours ago, giblet said: Daryl Broadfoot was an utter tit on Sportsound. W4nk of a man. Watch, he'll be watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapofGlencoe Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 I think the season ticket scheme hampers doing anything.   I can't grasp why anyone would buy the ST unless you were so uptight about getting an England ticket. The "discount" on the England ticket is nonsense.  Should never be £60 in the first place. As an aside, I don't think the game was marketed very well.  Counter intuitively, not everyone that goes to Scotland games are football mad.  Remember there used to be adverts in Safeway,  TV etc.  Old school - doesn't seem to happen now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 (edited) Missed Div MacDonald on Sportsound last night, what was he saying? They mentioned afterwards about a comment regarding rebuilding Hampden. Who's going to fund that? Â Edited September 6, 2017 by Toepoke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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