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A few things to moan about...

Wed Sep 29, 2010 12:30 pm

First of all, just got back from the club shop.

Shocking is an understatement. I dont just mean about the stuff they have in there, the size of it. Im not exaggerating when I say my corner shop is the same size as the Cardiff City Section. If they do sort themselves out and get more stock/items, where on earth are they going to put them? There were about 6-7 people looking around the Football side of it and diddly squat in the Rugby Section.

Never mind the stock, it aint big enough, we have a state of the art 27,000 brand new all seater stadium with a 'superstore' that is smaller than the old portokabin that was on the Ninian Park site.

We need at least all of that space purely for the Football Club Only. Realy dissapointed.

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Second Moan.. Yesterday in the first 30 minutes I had to get up 8 times to allow people out to go to the toilet, get a coffee, pie, chips whatever, then get back up again to let them back in. I dont mind lads going out after 35 minutes to beat the que for a pint, but when you got people going out for a piss or a coffee 10 minutes into the game it starts to take the piss a bit when your trying to watch the match? Some people are in and out, in and out, I dont know why they bother going.

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and lastly.

I pretty much missed the last 10 minutes of the game yesterday due to a constant wall of people queing for the exits.
Im pretty near an aisle seat and from 80 minutes onwards I couldnt see the half of the pitch we were attacking. Bearing in mind the score was 0-0, we are 2nd in the League and a late goal ala Millwall would have seen us take 3 points.

I watch other teams when I get the chance and no stadium in the country empties as fast as the CCS if we aint doing to good, it was 0-0, we were not 4-0 down. Add to that some people even boo'd at the end. I mean, come on! we have played badly the last two games but we havnt lost and we got 4 points from 6, some people need to seriously take a look at the bigger picture, its a marathon not a sprint! :ayatollah:

Re: A few things to moan about...

Wed Sep 29, 2010 12:34 pm

agree on all points.

the club shop is a disgrace, my mother went in the other day, she doesnt really know much about football, but has been to a few diffrent grounds, and she came back and said it was embarassing.

the standing up to let people out, i stand in the canton so that doesnt affect me, but i can imagine its annoying.

the booing, people have a right i suppose but i was suprised to hear it.

and i cant remember you other point :lol:

Re: A few things to moan about...

Wed Sep 29, 2010 12:35 pm

I must admit, people leaving early is something I absolutely hate. These are the people who are plastic fans as much as the ones who turn up once in a blue moon

Re: A few things to moan about...

Wed Sep 29, 2010 12:35 pm

oh yeh and staduim emptying it was emptying as early as the 80th minute yesterday :?

Re: A few things to moan about...

Wed Sep 29, 2010 12:38 pm

The people leaving early is a nightmate, purely because they block half the picth cos they were queing back up the steps from the 80th minute yesterday to get out.. :x

Re: A few things to moan about...

Wed Sep 29, 2010 12:39 pm

milly44 wrote:oh yeh and staduim emptying it was emptying as early as the 80th minute yesterday :?

That's late for some of the games

Re: A few things to moan about...

Wed Sep 29, 2010 12:40 pm

Nottage Blue wrote:
milly44 wrote:oh yeh and staduim emptying it was emptying as early as the 80th minute yesterday :?

That's late for some of the games


Its crazy to me.

Some people come in 5 minutes into the game, leave after 30 minutes, come back 10 minuted into the 2nd half and then leave after 80 minutes.. :?

Re: A few things to moan about...

Wed Sep 29, 2010 12:50 pm

EddieEdwards wrote:
Nottage Blue wrote:
milly44 wrote:oh yeh and staduim emptying it was emptying as early as the 80th minute yesterday :?

That's late for some of the games


Its crazy to me.

Some people come in 5 minutes into the game, leave after 30 minutes, come back 10 minuted into the 2nd half and then leave after 80 minutes.. :?

The one thing I've never understood is what the fans who leave early think of what the message it sends to the players actually is. It was more obvious at Ninian when the Bob Bank used to empty 15 minutes before the end. To me, if we were drawing or winning or losing by a single goal, I would look at these 'fans' leaving and wonder if they had any belief that the players could actually win the game. If we're in either of those 3 positions, having the fans back you til the end is a must, but do the people who leave early really give a f**k? Have they got the club at heart? If they say theyu need to leave to avoid the trafic I would rather leave after the game's finished and sit in that traffic knowing I have backed the team to the hilt. Or get a pint and wait for the traffic to die down

Re: A few things to moan about...

Wed Sep 29, 2010 12:52 pm

I went to the shop for the first time this season. Really disappointing. All other club shops I've been into have been brimming with stuff, packed to the rooftops like. Ours feels like an empty coffin compared to others and that includes the likes of Peterborough.

Re: A few things to moan about...

Wed Sep 29, 2010 5:44 pm

Bakedalasker wrote:I went to the shop for the first time this season. Really disappointing. All other club shops I've been into have been brimming with stuff, packed to the rooftops like. Ours feels like an empty coffin compared to others and that includes the likes of Peterborough.


What concerns me is the actual lack of space by the fact that half the shop is given to the Rugby, the Rugby also seem to have more merchandise, and it is better set out.

If we do get more stock in and new items on a broader scale the shop will be to small to display it all anyway.

Its about the size of a large living room.. :(