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Rob o'r Bont
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As for those who are not happy and want to keep this game at PYS, it reminds me a bit of a few years ago when I went into my local on a Saturday night and there were a few guys there playing darts in an almost empty bar. I said guys, you should be going into town, living it up and finding some bad women. The reply I got was 'if they want us, they know where to find us'. Just like the lads playing darts in he pub, we could stay at PYS for this one game and totally miss a great opportunity to grow our support, improve our cash flow and try out a totally new JD where we are the home team, fans all sat together and raising the roof (unless its already open). Edited by Rob o'r Bont - 29 November 2018 at 8:25am |
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LLANDRE
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I dislike Judgment day with a passion. Absolute no atmosphere; watched by a lot of people who woudnt know the difference between a knock on or a forward pass. As they say in Welsh. Diwedd y gan yw'r geinog.
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I'm pro judgement day. I agree the atmosphere is pretty awful. I just think it attracts a lot of people who wouldn't usually watch regional rugby and that's a good thing. It's not some elite club reserved for the hardcore and informed. If you can convert a small percentage of those especially the kids in to match day attendance at PyS, The Liberty, CAP or Dave Parade then its a success whilst being moderately financially beneficial to the regions. It also allows a lot of fans (such as me) to take the wife and all the kids to the stadium which at £65 a pop on international days is not going to happen, and the kids really enjoy it, and they enjoy seeing the boys play at the stadium. And yes my wife probably doesn't know the complexities of the rules (she does know the difference between a knock on and a forward pass) and I cringe at some of the things that she and others shout but I think there is a bigger picture here!
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Sant
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As far as I can see this is generally bad news for the Scarlet supporter. There is increased travelling, poor atmosphere, increased costs. The additional attendance mainly come from the Cardiff and Newport Region who will generally support the Blues and Dragons. If you decide to watch the game in the pub instead of making the trip (as I will) then the economic benefit of purchasing a season ticket is reduced.
I hope it works out for the Scarlets but personally I'm disappointed in the decision.
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turkishrebel
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Has anyone bought tickets yet for this year's game? If so where from and which part of the ground?
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Winston
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I think I need to catch up. So when is it one of our home games. This season or next?
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Wasp
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If the P14 fixtures follow the same pattern as last 2 years! |
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Winston
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Ah ok. Thanks for that. So it’s 10 home one year and 11 the next? Plus 3 European?
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I like Judgement Day its the atmosphere that's poor, with regards this season we need us as Scarlets supporters to organise and purchase a block together to create our unique atmosphere .
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KID A
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Personally I'm really shocked by how this has been taken by the majority of our fans.
Do people not remember the Roger Lewis years? We campaigned in our beautiful stadium to protest against the very things like this - home games being taken away from us and the lack of our destiny being in our own hands. Maybe I'm out of touch these days. It's a slippery slope. |
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LLANDRE
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I'm in agreement with you Kid A
We have a lovely stadium which we need to utilise as much as possible. The knock on advantages to the local economy are a big bonus when we have home games with good attendances. Cardiff is a booming city anyway . Let's make our own home flourish before we start having time shares in Cardiff. Edited by LLANDRE - 30 November 2018 at 10:49pm |
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Rob o'r Bont
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Lets put this into perspective, we are talking about moving one Blues home game to the PS once every four years and moving one Dragons home game to the PS once every four years. Thats it. In return we will receive much needed revenue, well in excess of what we would have received had we played the game at PYS. That alone is a fair deal in my humble opinion, but there will be so many other positive spin offs that we really can't afford not to do this.
And the extra revenue will help us build a squad that will enable us to compete to win knock out games in Europe and the Pro14, so in fact we will be trading one home game for the potential to win one, two maybe even three home games in the knock out stages in future. The 'stay as we are' option is not an option in my opinion, not unless supporters want to pay a lot more for their match day experience at PYS, or be content with being 'also rans'. We are not the ones responsible for building a top flight team and also having the responsibility of paying the bills every month. If we were, then I doubt any of us would complain about this deal.
Edited by Rob o'r Bont - 02 December 2018 at 4:04pm |
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Winston
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I have no problem with that analysis as long as the ST is discounted to recognise one fewer home game
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Rob o'r Bont
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I have no problem with the ST prices staying as they are, they are already cheap as chips. This is why we need to go to the PS - it allows the club to keep selling the STs at bargain bucket prices to our loyal fans. They are trying to buy a Rolls Royce whilst not expecting the fans to pay Rolls Royce prices.
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Winston
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Sadly the Pro14 with some notable exceptions do not have the money of the eng prem or French 14. That’s why we lose welsh players. STs are twice as much in England. And even then clubs are heamorrhaging money
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Wasp
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Next season will be, by far, the best funded squad in Wales.
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We're still still here, but I wish we were in an Anglo-Welsh
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