The difference is Celtic and Rangers manage to sell the other seats to their own fans. We are very unlikely to do so therefore there will be a financial hit.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Some people think that’s ok and that is fair enough. Others like me would like the additional revenue to help get better players in
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13-12-2018 10:58 AM #61
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13-12-2018 10:58 AM #62This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
It matters not one jot financially how many tickets we get for the three grounds you mention, we get money from home ticket sales only.
If we can sell out the whole south stand it is good income for the club, against Hearts we will and maximise income, against Rangers and Celtic we wont therefore losing out on income we could do with.
That is the financial argument and to be honest there is no real comeback to that.
However, forgetting finances and reacting purely as a fan who goes to home and away matches.
1. I love the idea of reduced Old Firm supports in our ground, I don't like them.
2. The size of the away allocation is important as I stand a better chance of a ticket at Tynecastle compared to the Glasgow grounds.
For me it is a head v heart argument, the head says take the money from them rather than have seats lie empty but the heart says f*** them.
I would also point you to #46 where you will see that after a period of thought my ideas moved a bit.
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13-12-2018 11:01 AM #63
The less Celtic fans there on Sunday the better. They already have a massive advantage on the park without giving them the whole south stand. We should be making it as difficult for them as possible and i applaud the club for reducing their allocation whether we fill half the south stand or half of it is empty. We should really be giving them around 400 tickets if we compare it to what we get at their place and i'd be all for it.
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13-12-2018 11:05 AM #64This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Hi SB, I honestly wasn't making a dig at you, but trying to have a reasonable discussion. That doesn't always come over well on social media, though.
Oh and I saw your later post.
FWIW, I'm actually in favour of selling half the south to home fans but have also mentioned that I felt maybe this wsn't the best time to do it, so we are actually 'on the same page', so to speak.
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13-12-2018 11:05 AM #65
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It's a difficult one for Hibs and I'm now in no mans land with regards to the answer.
I'm the same with helping to run the East Lothian Hibs bus, I don't like the idea of missing out on the chance to make money but sometimes we run buses to away games knowing there is going to be a hit. You have to try and strike a balance and it's not possible to please everybody.
Enjoyed our exchanges.
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13-12-2018 04:45 PM #67
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13-12-2018 04:51 PM #69
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From next season we should just sell half the South Stand, with exception of derby, to season ticket holders and allow those who buy them first dibs on unsold tickets in the home end for a week before they go on genetal sale.
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13-12-2018 05:06 PM #70
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Not sold out according to facepoke....
https://www.facebook.com/549820158450383/posts/1920540584711660/
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13-12-2018 05:10 PM #71This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Its great news all round but problem will be the ST no show's and the South which I can't see it selling out.
If we do considering our recent form and being on Sky shows a great statement and backing from the fans. GGTTH
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Apart form the executive seats, how many are still available for sale?
There were 7 yesterday, and there's 14 now. That kind of backs up people's statements that it's not unsold seats, but seats that have been re-released by Season Ticket holders.Last edited by Keith_M; 13-12-2018 at 06:00 PM.
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13-12-2018 06:37 PM #77
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To be absolutely honest I think it’s fantastic the board have only given them half the stand. For far too long Scottish football has kowtowed to the weege teams. In my opinion they are both as bad as each other . We don’t need their money. I would rather see some empty seats than them filled with that manky mob. I am astonished some on here want their money but hey ho everyone is entitled to an opinion.
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13-12-2018 06:39 PM #78This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The 70 includes the higher priced Executive Seats. As I said, there were only 14 standard seats available last time I looked, which was actually an increase on yesterday.
My previous post was a response to someone that said we actually hadn't sold out the three home stands after all... which was quite clearly just negativity of a standard I've come to expect.
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13-12-2018 06:48 PM #79
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To be absolutely honest I think it’s fantastic the board have only given them half the stand. For far too long Scottish football has kowtowed to the weege teams. In my opinion they are both as bad as each other . We don’t need their money. I would rather see some empty seats than them filled with that manky mob. I am astonished some on here want their money but hey ho everyone is entitled to an opinion.
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13-12-2018 07:05 PM #80
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13-12-2018 08:28 PM #83This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I admire the ambition the club have shown here, but it does appear to have backfired on this occasion.
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13-12-2018 08:54 PM #84This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
No, it wasn't you.
I think being down to 7 tickets in the home end is practically a sell out, though.
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13-12-2018 10:53 PM #85This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
i will be in my Usual Seat in the East
It's not clear if the Club are doing this as a tester to see how it works, If so the Timing is wrong for reasons already quoted in this thread .
However I wouldn't want them to say we have tried it and we lost money so we won't do it again .
If we were still in top four, there would have been a far better response But hopefully pay day tomorrow for some sees a spike in Sales
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This way they only lose money for the 2 upcoming games before normal service is resumed with sell outs to the cheeks for the foreseeable future.
The perfect storm is cold weather a week before Christmas, Hibs poor form and a live televised match taking place on a Sunday at 12:30 hours. That's 6 reasons which is 3 too many to have tried it.
Alternatively they could have waited until say September next season when at worst we would have 3 detrimental factors: a poor kickoff time and day for a live televised match.
As ever, time will tell.
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14-12-2018 04:33 AM #88
Why would people be ‘embarrassed’ if we don’t sell the south out? I see the argument about list revenue and that’s fine, a good debate to be had, but embarrassed? If it makes Celtic fans angry that we cut their allocation and didn’t sell it all then even more reason to do so again and again.
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