Am hoping last season was a bit of a wake up call, and the powers that be will realise that we need to spend the cash to get decent players in. Maeda, Engels and Hatate should bring in circa £45-50m, we need to be spending a good chunk of that on decent replacements.
Opening the stands to Celtic and Rangers fans (or the 40,000 Hearts fans
) is a good decision, other clubs should follow suit. It's ridiculous choosing to have empty seats when there are plenty fans willing to fill them. It's also a poor look for Scottish football.Depends on what the away fans bring to the party......unfortunately many are far from friendly and are usually keen to export their form of bigotry through song and chantOpening the stands to Celtic and Rangers fans (or the 40,000 Hearts fans
I hope you are right but I have a feeling DD will feel vindicated that they're doing everything right.
But, elements of the Celtic support might have other problems???
Am loving your heartwarming stories of the beautifully behaved Hearts fans, such a lovely bunchDepends on what the away fans bring to the party......unfortunately many are far from friendly and are usually keen to export their form of bigotry through song and chant
Last couple of years my grandson and I have taken in the Killie v Hearts game live.
Hearts fans filled the big north [?] stand so I would estimate about 2500, Killie looked like about 5000 fans [both teams were bottom six]
Great atmosphere I think Hearts won both games by a goal.
No sign of any agro anywhere or any time, after one game, when walking back to the car we had a lovely conversation with a couple of elderly Killie fans
At 0-0 Hearts had a player sent off for a very dubious foul.
Killie fans started chanting 'Hearts are falling apart...again'.
Hearts won the game with a late goal and the Hearts fans started singing 'Hearts are falling apart ..again
We said we were lucky and they said that the Hearts player should not have been sent off.
It was a strange one with three players going for the same ball, the other two Killie players were booked
I'm sure a lot of them do and personally I've no problem with them holding that view.
Why a lot of StJ ST holders and support avoid OF matches. Putting up with three stands from which the standard OF bile, bigotry and aggro pours does not for an enjoyable afternoon make - and certainly not what you’d want to expose young children to.
But your club will accept that as they want their money. It's a choice, you could always give them 500 tickets and then drown them out with your own fans.
It is a choice…but supporters also have a choice and whether it is one stand or three, many would make the same decision and not expose themselves plus any youngsters to the bile.
Yes you are of course correct, fans of a few other teams (even a couple in the Championship) can spout similar bile, I’m not saying the OF are alone in this.
The difference being that virtually all Celtic and Rangers away games are televised, so they can sit at home and watch it. Whereas the rest of your home games are not on tv.Yes you are of course correct, fans of a few other teams (even a couple in the Championship) can spout similar bile, I’m not saying the OF are alone in this.
I’m simply reflecting the experience of many StJ supporters in respect of the OF fans and what they decide to do about it - they just don’t go. I am not aware that many, if any, act similarly when StJ are at home to any other team. It’s just a fact, were that it wasn’t, and it’s why some StJ ST holders have again with wishful thinking been asking if the club could do a ST that excludes OF matches
What absolute rubbish
