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Someone to take a hold of the club by the scruff and sort out this sh*t.
A new manager would be a start, one who doesn't sit with his back to the game, and a first team coach with two brain cells would be nice too. But this has been talked about at length already, not saying it doesn't continue to deserve discussion, but it's not what this rant is about.
Over the last 20 years the club has moved so far forward, as has football in general, but this season just feels like a huge step in the wrong direction in so many little ways.
Matchday prices have got to be slashed. Ten thousand empty seats does the club no favours, sure we'll get some season ticket holders moan that they paid upfront so why should people who didn't commit be able to get that same discount? Because you paid for a seat, and you get the seat. If you pay for a holiday the year before, get there and discover the people in the next door apartment booked a last minute deal and got the holiday for a fraction of the price you paid, are you really going to ask for your money back? NO and you'd have no grounds, unless the holiday company failed to live up to the package that they sold you. People need to get real on this, you get the seat you paid for. PLUS wouldn't people rather have an atmosphere at the games that they paid the money to go to??
Tunnel of flags waving nonsense as the players come out has got to go. Get rid. It's nonsense in the context of league one. The handshaking thing is another load of rubbish. Shake hands in the ruddy tunnel while you're standing next to each other anyway waiting for the bloody ref. Just get on the pitch and play like you mean it. Also, pre-kickoff huddles used to provoke sniggers and boos around these parts, they certainly didn't used to be a feature of Tranmere teams until this season.
I understand the logic behind the commercial department doing the half time shoot through the inflatable R thing... but it's crooked logic. I don't find it entertaining at all, but much more than that I'm quite offended by using the youth players as fetch and carry for it. These kids are at a professional football club, stepping out onto the pitch. The only things that they should want to do, and the only things that they should be being asked to do is get their boots on and kick a football about. If I was a parent of a youth trainee and I saw him lugging that about instead of training, I'd be upset and saying something like, why?? Because it's cheap?? No! It's STUPID. Use a steward, use a groundsman, use bar staff, but don't use the future players. Putting myself into their shoes (boots) for a second, would I feel protected from the irrelevant sh*te, would I feel nurtured and supported. No. I'd remember that my first time on the pitch in the stadium I felt foolish carrying something pointless. Would I sign another contract for this club... no.
Getting back to the supporters for a moment, in the Kop stand particularly, the stewarding ought to change. The stand was designed to be easy to control, sectional, to seat the fans home and away in a controlled fashion. So how easy would it be to bring the home fans together in the middle areas? Simple stewarding, as fans enter fill these rows first please. Again there will always be those who prefer to have an empty seat beside them to stretch their legs, and those who have sat in the same seats every game for years, and those who don't want to be too close to the scrots.. but it's an unreserved seating area which comes back to what you paid for. In the big gate games in the past (oh remember those days!) you rarely got to sit where you normally would choose, but your ticket got you entry and you would be happy to find a seat. Atmosphere!! We can still make one, but with fewer fans it's all the more important to sit together.
I'm just hoping that a fan wins the euromillions, or that our next owner is someone who has the ability to cut through the cr*p. Because it's been building up at Tranmere lately.
A new manager would be a start, one who doesn't sit with his back to the game, and a first team coach with two brain cells would be nice too. But this has been talked about at length already, not saying it doesn't continue to deserve discussion, but it's not what this rant is about.
Over the last 20 years the club has moved so far forward, as has football in general, but this season just feels like a huge step in the wrong direction in so many little ways.
Matchday prices have got to be slashed. Ten thousand empty seats does the club no favours, sure we'll get some season ticket holders moan that they paid upfront so why should people who didn't commit be able to get that same discount? Because you paid for a seat, and you get the seat. If you pay for a holiday the year before, get there and discover the people in the next door apartment booked a last minute deal and got the holiday for a fraction of the price you paid, are you really going to ask for your money back? NO and you'd have no grounds, unless the holiday company failed to live up to the package that they sold you. People need to get real on this, you get the seat you paid for. PLUS wouldn't people rather have an atmosphere at the games that they paid the money to go to??
Tunnel of flags waving nonsense as the players come out has got to go. Get rid. It's nonsense in the context of league one. The handshaking thing is another load of rubbish. Shake hands in the ruddy tunnel while you're standing next to each other anyway waiting for the bloody ref. Just get on the pitch and play like you mean it. Also, pre-kickoff huddles used to provoke sniggers and boos around these parts, they certainly didn't used to be a feature of Tranmere teams until this season.
I understand the logic behind the commercial department doing the half time shoot through the inflatable R thing... but it's crooked logic. I don't find it entertaining at all, but much more than that I'm quite offended by using the youth players as fetch and carry for it. These kids are at a professional football club, stepping out onto the pitch. The only things that they should want to do, and the only things that they should be being asked to do is get their boots on and kick a football about. If I was a parent of a youth trainee and I saw him lugging that about instead of training, I'd be upset and saying something like, why?? Because it's cheap?? No! It's STUPID. Use a steward, use a groundsman, use bar staff, but don't use the future players. Putting myself into their shoes (boots) for a second, would I feel protected from the irrelevant sh*te, would I feel nurtured and supported. No. I'd remember that my first time on the pitch in the stadium I felt foolish carrying something pointless. Would I sign another contract for this club... no.
Getting back to the supporters for a moment, in the Kop stand particularly, the stewarding ought to change. The stand was designed to be easy to control, sectional, to seat the fans home and away in a controlled fashion. So how easy would it be to bring the home fans together in the middle areas? Simple stewarding, as fans enter fill these rows first please. Again there will always be those who prefer to have an empty seat beside them to stretch their legs, and those who have sat in the same seats every game for years, and those who don't want to be too close to the scrots.. but it's an unreserved seating area which comes back to what you paid for. In the big gate games in the past (oh remember those days!) you rarely got to sit where you normally would choose, but your ticket got you entry and you would be happy to find a seat. Atmosphere!! We can still make one, but with fewer fans it's all the more important to sit together.
I'm just hoping that a fan wins the euromillions, or that our next owner is someone who has the ability to cut through the cr*p. Because it's been building up at Tranmere lately.
