That is an absolutely magnificent post.Wow, this escalated quickly.
Didn’t say the price for the Derby is right - £27-£28 max would be better with different prices between top and bottom tiers. Didn’t say I don’t understand why people aren’t going - if it’s too much and it’s unaffordable but would otherwise love to have gone, then family and other more important things take priority, of course they do. Didn’t say the Club aren’t getting out of touch a wee bit- in a previous post I highlighted several areas of concern culminating in this ticket debacle which is not exactly painting them in a good light currently and making them appear disenfranchised currently.
However, you only need to look back a few years to under the previous owner to see where we were and where we were going. Fan power helped no end in pressurising him out and given where we were to where we are now, you can hardly say the Club haven’t progressed generally under the Ogrens. BUT the big thing that helped the Club remain relevant was we stood up to the task, kept our attendances up, kept our pride and in no end, greatly assisted us getting back to where we should never have left. There was some right keech served up 2015-2019 and if we’d all chucked it and collectively failed to turn up, then quite simply we would not have had a Dundee United Football Club to support.
Currently are we where we want to be? No. Are we better than we were under Ray and Csaba? Big yes.
I watched some right scheite post Tommy McLean through to Sir Craig and not once did I go up expecting ‘ value for money’. I went up to support my team get results. Even though they were pretty far and few. When things got better and we won the Scottish Cup, I did look back on pride that we’d gone through some utter scheite but this was the pay off and I’m sure there were many who felt just like me.
You only have to look up the road to see how a so called ‘big Club’ can wither on the vine and deteriorate rapidly if fans just start to ‘chuck it’ because ‘it’s no good enough’. If you don’t keep supporting, how can it ever then improve?
So, rightly highlight the too high prices. If it’s too much and unaffordable quite rightly prioritise more important things. Complain to the Club. Engage with DUSF for instance and highlight concerns. But if you can perfectly afford it and are using ‘value for money’ or ‘‘product on the park’ as reasons for non attendance but are then perfectly happy to jump on the bandwagon when things get better, then sorry but that’s gloryhunting. Pure and simple.