I don't want to start a debate about how as fans we should not need an incentive to back the team at any time but it does strike me that a lot of fans will have fallen out of love with Hibs for one reason or another.
We all know that times are tough and going to the games is no longer the automatic choice for folks it once was.
Will there be an incentives to get more fans behind the team when it needs our support?
What about free or subsidised supporters buses to our away games v St Mirren (which is on the telly any way so the away support will be low and they could use the tv money) in February and to the mid week game (again a low away support likely) v Hamilton in March.
Reduced prices for key home games?
Games post split could be even more crucial.
I am sure there were free buses etc when we battled relegation in 96/97 and 97/98. I remember going to Raith and maybe Killie under some sort of scheme like this.
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24-01-2011 09:14 AM #1
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FAO Hibs Board :- Incentives for the fans to back the team
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24-01-2011 09:16 AM #2This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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24-01-2011 09:20 AM #3This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I agree with busses to away games would be a good idea, but IIRC petrie came out with a reason why the club wouldn't be doing that, can't remember what the reasons were but not wanting to stand on the toes of supporters club busses that run every week is ringing a bell, although i could be talking pish with that.
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24-01-2011 09:39 AM #4This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
After 23 years I'm likely to not have a ST next year. Would like to get out of the West Stand morgue in any case.
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24-01-2011 09:41 AM #5This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteEvery gimmick hungry yob,
Digging gold from rock and roll
Grabs the mic to tell us,
He'll die before he's sold.
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24-01-2011 09:45 AM #6
Occasionally winning a game would probably be incentive for most of us........
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24-01-2011 09:50 AM #7This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
In the current position, the cost of relegation is likely to be several million pounds. An investment of a quarter of that on Steven Thomson and Adam Rooney at a minimum would keep us up.
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24-01-2011 09:52 AM #8
They could do a buy on get one half price ticket and introduce cheaper tickets for oap's and students, say maybe £10 each.
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What is a quarter of several million pounds by the way?Every gimmick hungry yob,
Digging gold from rock and roll
Grabs the mic to tell us,
He'll die before he's sold.
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24-01-2011 10:02 AM #10This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteEvery gimmick hungry yob,
Digging gold from rock and roll
Grabs the mic to tell us,
He'll die before he's sold.
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24-01-2011 10:09 AM #11This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I certainly think the club should at least consider laying on free buses for fans to get to the away games at St Mirren and Hamilton. I don't think anyone can really overstate just how important these matches really are for the future of our club and we need as many fans at these games as possible.
Considering that the St Mirren game is on TV and the Hamilton match is in midweek, there is a real danger of just a couple of hundred Hibs fans turning up for these games but if the club puts on a few buses, quite a lot of people may be persuaded into going.
However, I wouldn't hold my breath, they should have done that last week to get folk to the replay at Ayr and they didn't bother then so I don't see them doing it this time either.
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24-01-2011 10:11 AM #12
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With respect to the supporters busses the Club could incentivise through the structures already in place; liaise with the people who already run busses. Not only does that not step on anyone's toes it would recognise their contribution to our Club and their expertise in the area.
All too often people, not just the Club, look for ways / reasons things cannot be done instead of looking at ways to make them happen. More often than not the ways of making them happen are simpler than people think and the benefits bigger.Space to let
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24-01-2011 10:18 AM #13
Hibs very rarely perform is front of large expectant travelling supports, certainly not in my experience.
When we get our unexpected results particularly away from home it tends to be the die hards or the stupid among us that see it so maybe we are better off that the 500-1000 of our best fans are there and the ones that bugger off as soon as it gets difficult stay away.
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