RDFH64 Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 18 minutes ago, LoganRoy said: Good luck buddy 👍 Aye cheers, you too 🤞🤞🤞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeeJohnny Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 I really hate slagging off the SFA but this is absolutely stupid. A friendly with less than the mandatory 5% allocation for competitive games. The allocation should have been decided and commited before the friendly was agreed. I am seriously struggling with the logic of playing friendlies with England and France to sandwich a competitive game with Spain. We had the biggest momentum in a generation or more and now risk being heads down going in to the vital last two matches of the campaign. I'm on 12 points. Eurostar booked so gutted by this own goal. Shambles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeeJohnny Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Oh and PS anyone else find pop adds on TAMB prohibit you actually reading the posts on the site ? Don't have this with any other site. TAMB administrators - not a gripe at you who do a great job but as the allocation has left me a tad grumpy thought id get it off my chest !!!!🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 1 hour ago, AlfieMoon said: That’s what he means. People busy on a weekend, whether it be playing, coaching or supporting their clubs sides. I’ll be at Rugby Park on Sat at that time and there’s often no 4g/5g bandwidth at grounds due to the amount of folk. Never had an issue at RP even with crowds of 10,000+. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfieMoon Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 16 minutes ago, Squirrelhumper said: Never had an issue at RP even with crowds of 10,000+. I was just translating the general point that the other poster was making - about sales taking place middle of a Saturday isn’t ideal. Good to hear that RP has a better phone signal that St.Mirren Park. 😬 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDYER63 Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 46 minutes ago, WeeJohnny said: Oh and PS anyone else find pop adds on TAMB prohibit you actually reading the posts on the site ? Don't have this with any other site. TAMB administrators - not a gripe at you who do a great job but as the allocation has left me a tad grumpy thought id get it off my chest !!!!🙂 I use this free Adblock, might just keep you on the right side of sane on here 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Banjo Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Just over 3% away tickets allocation and £3 to pick up your ticket!! Nae happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jzw85 Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 I spoke to someone in sfa and they says it’s not mandatory 5% for friendlies and they tried to get more tickets. Didn’t think there would be much interest from home fans for this game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDYER63 Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 2 hours ago, adamntg said: That is genius - thank you. 👍 I honestly dont know how anyone can cope with the pop ups , I have needed an ad block on here for years . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRBA1283 Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 4 hours ago, WeeJohnny said: I really hate slagging off the SFA but this is absolutely stupid. A friendly with less than the mandatory 5% allocation for competitive games. The allocation should have been decided and commited before the friendly was agreed. I am seriously struggling with the logic of playing friendlies with England and France to sandwich a competitive game with Spain. We had the biggest momentum in a generation or more and now risk being heads down going in to the vital last two matches of the campaign. I'm on 12 points. Eurostar booked so gutted by this own goal. Shambles. I agree. I understand that allocations can be difficult for competitive games but surely for friendlies the allocation can be sorted months in advance to at least save folk booking travel etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macwomble Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 50 minutes ago, GRBA1283 said: I agree. I understand that allocations can be difficult for competitive games but surely for friendlies the allocation can be sorted months in advance to at least save folk booking travel etc If I was being cynical and I am Scottish the smaller allocation suits the SFA as with a 100% collection 4,000 eg would be carnage!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich NATA Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 7 minutes ago, macwomble said: If I was being cynical and I am Scottish the smaller allocation suits the SFA as with a 100% collection 4,000 eg would be carnage!! You say that, but I remember Amsterdam many years ago and they dished out about 8000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRBA1283 Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 (edited) 22 minutes ago, macwomble said: If I was being cynical and I am Scottish the smaller allocation suits the SFA as with a 100% collection 4,000 eg would be carnage!! Aye as long as it suits them and not those that pay the subs. £3 booking fee for collecting a ticket is a fucking joke as well Edited September 26, 2023 by GRBA1283 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stirlish Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Only on 6 points so took a chance booking Lille as i thought it would go quite low being so close to Spain away. I think the 100% pick up will make it go down to about 7 ish Its a poor allocation but thats on France not the SFA. And my low points total are on me cos i prioritised other things . Thats the chance you take folks, pay up or take it on the chin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macwomble Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 37 minutes ago, Rich NATA said: You say that, but I remember Amsterdam many years ago and they dished out about 8000 Yup but if you were here this was carnage at just over 2k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeeJohnny Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 1 hour ago, stirlish said: Only on 6 points so took a chance booking Lille as i thought it would go quite low being so close to Spain away. I think the 100% pick up will make it go down to about 7 ish Its a poor allocation but thats on France not the SFA. And my low points total are on me cos i prioritised other things . Thats the chance you take folks, pay up or take it on the chin. Sorry but I fundamentally disagree. And for the record I have "paid up and taken the chance" as I've spent £500 + on Eurostar and hotels for me and the wife. I am sure others will have done similar Quotas for competitive games are governed by FIFA and UEFA. It was 100% in the SFAs gift to agree the allocation as part of the conditions of the friendly in the first place. The fact that wasn't done was at best inept but verging on negligent. We go in to a crucial two qualifying games with a friendly against one of the best teams in the world giving them 97% home based allocation. I am sorry but this isn't just unfair to the fans but what about the players ?????? What exactly do we, the national side, the players and the fans gain by this self imposed situation ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristolhibby Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, WeeJohnny said: Sorry but I fundamentally disagree. And for the record I have "paid up and taken the chance" as I've spent £500 + on Eurostar and hotels for me and the wife. I am sure others will have done similar Quotas for competitive games are governed by FIFA and UEFA. It was 100% in the SFAs gift to agree the allocation as part of the conditions of the friendly in the first place. The fact that wasn't done was at best inept but verging on negligent. We go in to a crucial two qualifying games with a friendly against one of the best teams in the world giving them 97% home based allocation. I am sorry but this isn't just unfair to the fans but what about the players ?????? What exactly do we, the national side, the players and the fans gain by this self imposed situation ? You do wonder what 30k @ £50 (that’s £1.5 million) a pop goes towards? Certainly not negotiating a respectable amount of tickets. See the empty seats in Moldova and Krakow. J Edited September 26, 2023 by Bristolhibby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoopyhill Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 SSC put this on twitter last night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Jim Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 They probably don't have a bigger net to put any more away supporters behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDFH64 Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 50 minutes ago, snoopyhill said: SSC put this on twitter last night Ticket allocation should’ve been agreed when the game was arranged not less than 4 weeks before the game, would the game huv been played in Lille if it was a competitive game when the away team gets a guaranteed percentage of the capacity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristolhibby Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 18 hours ago, TDYER63 said: I use this free Adblock, might just keep you on the right side of sane on here 🙂 Just downloaded this. An absolute revelation! Cheers J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N4Footsoldier Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 It always amazes me to see the extent to which people think they know the ticket allocation procedure. On playing France and whether or not it was the right option, when you looked at the list of teams without an opponent for this particular window, France was really the one and only sensible option. Clearly they picked Lille as the most fit for purpose venue as they won't have any of that rugby shite going on there at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 19 hours ago, AlfieMoon said: I was just translating the general point that the other poster was making - about sales taking place middle of a Saturday isn’t ideal. Good to hear that RP has a better phone signal that St.Mirren Park. 😬 There 2 or 3 phone masts on one of the stands! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 14 hours ago, macwomble said: Yup but if you were here this was carnage at just over 2k Never had any issues in Albania from memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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