I'm on record as saying I couldn't care less about the hoses, they're in a derelict part of the stadium, are not causing an immediate H&S hazard and to be perfectly honest I've never once noticed them and I pass outside Dens Park down Dens Road regularly. That's my honest view and nothing to do with Islay's vendetta.
The condition of the ground as a whole is none of my business. I go to Dens, I sit in The Coxy, I watch the match, I support the team, I often shout abuse at referees, sometimes I celebrate goals then go I home. That is my connection with Dundee FC.
How did the turnstile operator know that there wouldn't be a rush on Derry tickets on Saturday resulting in them all being sold? Surely you can see that the club has to assume if a ticket is sold for an area that that is where the individual will sit. Imagine if another one of your mates walked to the shop, bought a Derry ticket, walked back to The Derry and was told 'sorry we've let guys in with Coxy tickets and it's now full'. That would be a whole new whinge wouldn't it?
Questions - why didn't your mate go to the shop earlier and swap his Coxy ticket for a Derry ticket? Or why didn't you do it for him if he wanted to go into The Derry? How am I supposed to know that it would have taken at least ten minutes for your mate to get to The Coxy with the state of his health? Am I his doctor?
You constantly look for sticks to beat the club (and me) with, generally their stupid niff naff easily cleared up points that the club would help with if asked. But then your agenda isn't what's good for the club and any good stuff the club does is it? It's only what suits you personally - and your mates of course.
I have never at any point said the state of Dens is OK, I've clearly stated more than once that I don't care and that it's none of my business, why can't you understand that? You're not thick, I know that for a fact, so please take that on board.
I won't insult you the way you insulted me because I'm above that and I believe that when you look at it again you'll realise you're above name calling too.
It’s not about “ifs” and “maybes”, you know and I know there wasn’t a last minute rush to buy Derry tickets, one person trying to gain entry to the “wrong” end wasn’t going to cause any bother, any one that’s not a jobsworth would have just let him through, there was not a soul out side the Derry when he got there, not even a steward.
Your point about asking the club, write to them, I can assure you doesn’t work, I’ve emailed Nelms twice and Keyes once, never to have a response,
I’m not name calling, I call it as I see it, if I think someone is being a prick I say so, I don’t come looking for you, where do I beat the club, asking why we played three away games in 7 days when we didn’t need to can’t be classed as beat the club with a stick surely, ask anyone that goes away on a regular basis you’ll find they felt the same, I sat at Parkhead with just over 100 Dee’s, the lowest I’ve ever seen at an away match, that tells its own story in my opinion