tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733709603499533957.comments2013-02-27T05:58:48.126-08:00Love, Loss and Left-BackAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17206350155000745148noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733709603499533957.post-11111117396849671762013-02-27T05:58:48.126-08:002013-02-27T05:58:48.126-08:00Well said, thanks A.Well said, thanks A.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17206350155000745148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733709603499533957.post-34132435994674682762013-02-19T08:12:45.277-08:002013-02-19T08:12:45.277-08:00A lot of salient points. I would say two things, ...A lot of salient points. I would say two things, firstly Fernando Torres lives in a very insular bubble and we only get to know him through reductive sports journalism. I'm friendly with a Major League Baseball player of some repute. He recently offered to buy me a pint when I'm next in the US. The footballers we speak to - even at Ross County - aren't really in that same bubble. The other point about fans staying in is the prohibitive cost. I learned today that tickets for ICT vs Celtic are £30, and Hearts vs Hibs tickets are £35. For the quality on offer? No thanks. It's not like music, where I recall paying less than twenty quid a pop for a ticket to see Radiohead back in the day. Same ticket now would cost double at least. With music you can guarantee a quality product. In the SPL you can't.<br /><br />Niall Quinn misses the point, though not maliciously so. Fans aren't going to the pub to watch games instead of going to the stadium. They're staying away because the price is prohibitive. Those fans are lost to the game, unless prices come down. You could close all the pubs down and attendances wouldn't go up. That's a false dichotomy.<br /><br />As for the stadiums, I'd rather watch a game in the new GES than the old Jail End, it's a far better view and far more enjoyable experience. 6,000's more than enough. We can sell it out and on most days get a big enough crowd to not make it look stupid. It's the lower end English sides who have wasted their cash on super arenas with no concept of how to fill them.Stephanie Petagnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02554938587380886922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733709603499533957.post-67306920336256823962012-12-20T10:31:19.582-08:002012-12-20T10:31:19.582-08:00Thanks Woody!Thanks Woody!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733709603499533957.post-69112034336524699852012-12-20T05:03:01.361-08:002012-12-20T05:03:01.361-08:00well doen pete. well done.well doen pete. well done.pachydermhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05961967823008187116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733709603499533957.post-87767156947679705102012-12-02T05:54:55.941-08:002012-12-02T05:54:55.941-08:00Good stuff Pete.
My thoughts are not too dissimil...Good stuff Pete.<br /><br />My thoughts are not too dissimilar with yours. I do hate it when clubs, of any kind, move. <br /><br />I have always thought it was a bit odd that MK Dons fans took so much stick for following their team. The folks that follow them, and before that, followed AFC Wimbledon, can't really help it if they had a team ripped out from under them.<br /><br />That said, clubs need to put out a decent side and these days it is all a bottom dollar business and sporting clubs are in a competition for our entertainment dollars/euros/pounds with all sorts things. The cost of running a club is astronomical even for small sides. So you have to adept or die. Sadly as usual fans pay the price. pachydermhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05961967823008187116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733709603499533957.post-60210274471693247162012-10-23T03:35:19.556-07:002012-10-23T03:35:19.556-07:00I'm going to have to finish this at work Pete....I'm going to have to finish this at work Pete. But excellent start mate. pachydermhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05961967823008187116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3733709603499533957.post-50800723175724762412012-02-13T20:54:28.478-08:002012-02-13T20:54:28.478-08:00The idea that games are only for children comes fr...The idea that games are only for children comes from the same essentially western, existentialist idea that life is a serious business. But at the heart of it is a contradiction; We ask the doctor "is this serious", meaning "is this fatal". Surely, the answer to the question "is this serious?" should be, "Yes, you'll be fine."Stephanie Petagnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02554938587380886922noreply@blogger.com