QUEENS v STENHOUSEMUIR

[JRSLEFTPEG]

Apart from the impressive result, the main thing for me was the strength in reserve of our squad .Hilson was excellent in a wide role where he was aggressive and running at people . Steven Rigg wanted to give Skelton a selection headache and didn't do too bad in this at all. The whole squad will need to be utilised with very tough matches against St.Mirren, Raith, Rangers and Hibs coming up shortly .Pleasing to see that we haven't just got 11 or 12 first team stand outs.

[Cresswell]

Much easier than I had expected although the fact that Stenhousemuir were, frankly, appalling was clearly a contributory factor. Although the attendance was marginally better than the previous game against Stenhousemuir it was still a bit disappointing considering how well we have started the season.

[Ftivano1]

Got to agree Cresswell this was a mega disappointing attendance after how well the results have gone so far this season especially with no Premiership games on. I suppose it was asking too much for the local Old Firm fans to turn out and support their hame team for once !

[Francis_begbie_HFC]

this is around the size of crowd i expected ,would have been a few hundred more on another day as a fair chunk of the queens faithful are over in malta atm .

[fatfan]

stenny were poor yesterday but we can only beat the team that is put in front of us and we did that with ease. The main factor for me was Rigg getting some game time and he showed his worth with two superb goals and some really good movement. Hilson also was superb, but I always thought that anyway.
I thought Gav would have gave some game time to Higgy, but who am I to argue. 7.1 shows a good performance, albeit against a weak side who contributed to their own downfall with some horrific defending, but the good thing was we punished their errors.

The next few weeks games will be a better gauge as to where we are as a team, but I have to say I have been impressed so far, and win loose or draw the forthcoming games, I have every faith in this manager to take this side forward. He is bleeding the young lads in the right games and at the right times, he has made some good signings, some we know and some we didn't e.g Rigg, he knows his best team each week, and tactically he has got it spot on. He has even turned Jacobs into a player (really don't know how he managed that).

As mentioned the only down side is the support this side has had from the Dumfries public. For the sake of the 1500 to 2000 who turn up regularly I really pray we have success this year, but in truth this town in general doesnt deserve a successful side. I really don't know what else the club can do to attract a crowd. Maybe get through to another cup final and then you will see thousands claiming to be supporters of the club.

[84yards]

Really surprised the crowd was so low after the start to the season we've had . Yes , there's a few away to Malta watching Scotland but there must of been a good 500-600 hundred Queens fans missing who were at our last home game

It's already been mentioned about the young team not returning which is a major disappointment . Queens MUST make more of an effort to somehow encourage them and an atmosphere back to Palmerston . I've heard that a couple of young supporters are still banned from home games after a minor incident down at Annan last season . A year ban was already too much but for Hewitson to ban them again is quite simply ridiculous .
Come on Billy , don't be so cruel

[JRSLEFTPEG]

I heard about this extended ban as well. If individuals are banned ( having already served year bans) then their friends don't go either. There is such a thing as a second chance . By all means ban them again if they step out of line but let them back for now.

[QOS_MAD_ADMIN]

stenny were poor yesterday but we can only beat the team that is put in front of us and we did that with ease. The main factor for me was Rigg getting some game time and he showed his worth with two superb goals and some really good movement. Hilson also was superb, but I always thought that anyway.
I thought Gav would have gave some game time to Higgy, but who am I to argue. 7.1 shows a good performance, albeit against a weak side who contributed to their own downfall with some horrific defending, but the good thing was we punished their errors.

The next few weeks games will be a better gauge as to where we are as a team, but I have to say I have been impressed so far, and win loose or draw the forthcoming games, I have every faith in this manager to take this side forward. He is bleeding the young lads in the right games and at the right times, he has made some good signings, some we know and some we didn't e.g Rigg, he knows his best team each week, and tactically he has got it spot on. He has even turned Jacobs into a player (really don't know how he managed that).

As mentioned the only down side is the support this side has had from the Dumfries public. For the sake of the 1500 to 2000 who turn up regularly I really pray we have success this year, but in truth this town in general doesnt deserve a successful side. I really don't know what else the club can do to attract a crowd. Maybe get through to another cup final and then you will see thousands claiming to be supporters of the club.

It is an absolute disgrace that the Dumfries public have not turned out to support what is a very attractive Queen's team although I regret to say the heavy handed approach by the police and stewards towards the young team trying to create an atmosphere has had some bearing on the attendances.

I have a great deal of respect for Mr Hewitson our chairman and I would like to hear his views on the subject.

[Cresswell]

fatfan wrote "but in truth this town in general doesn't deserve a successful side" and QOS_MAD_ADMIN followed this up with "It is an absolute disgrace that the Dunfries public have not turned out to support what is a very attractive Queen's team". I am first and foremost a football fan and secondly a Queen of the South fan of long standing, the former probably because there were few alternative sources of entertainment when I was young and the latter solely because I was born and bred in Dumfries. Had I been born in Aberdeen I would almost certainly have been a fan of the Dons and had I been born in Glasgow the likelihood is that I would have supported one or other of the so called Big Two. However, I also recognise that there are many, many people who have absolutely no interest in football whatsoever and as a consequence absolutely no interest in Queen of the South - and why should they? On any given Saturday during the football season approximately two per cent (2%) of the population in Scotland pay to watch a professional game of football which means, of course, that around ninety-eight per cent (98%) don't (which is their absolute right). Members of the general public will not pay for something they neither want nor need. Yes, I had hoped there might be a few more at Palmerston on Saturday and yes, I'd like to return to the days when Queens played in front of average attendances in excess of 10,000 - but it isn't going to happen. Is it not now more the case that Scottish football gets the crowds that it deserves and that Queens are no exceptions; and is it not arrogance on your part to expect or even to insist upon our fellow citizens having the same interest in football and the team that you have?

[fatfan]

fatfan wrote "but in truth this town in general doesn't deserve a successful side" and QOS_MAD_ADMIN followed this up with "It is an absolute disgrace that the Dunfries public have not turned out to support what is a very attractive Queen's team". I am first and foremost a football fan and secondly a Queen of the South fan of long standing, the former probably because there were few alternative sources of entertainment when I was young and the latter solely because I was born and bred in Dumfries. Had I been born in Aberdeen I would almost certainly have been a fan of the Dons and had I been born in Glasgow the likelihood is that I would have supported one or other of the so called Big Two. However, I also recognise that there are many, many people who have absolutely no interest in football whatsoever and as a consequence absolutely no interest in Queen of the South - and why should they? On any given Saturday during the football season approximately two per cent (2%) of the population in Scotland pay to watch a professional game of football which means, of course, that around ninety-eight per cent (98%) don't (which is their absolute right). Members of the general public will not pay for something they neither want nor need. Yes, I had hoped there might be a few more at Palmerston on Saturday and yes, I'd like to return to the days when Queens played in front of average attendances in excess of 10,000 - but it isn't going to happen. Is it not now more the case that Scottish football gets the crowds that it deserves and that Queens are no exceptions; and is it not arrogance on your part to expect or even to insist upon our fellow citizens having the same interest in football and the team that you have?

Sorry cresswell got to disagree. I wouldn't say it's arrogance. What is arrogant is the Dumfries public slagging the club off. I still hear on a regular basis that queens are this or that, and the most common one "queens don't want to get promoted". Most of these people have only supported the club when they reach a cup final etc, then you see thousands out suddenly supporters of the club, the same club that gets slagged off from a lot of the local public.

I think of the Morton game under Connolly to win the league. The ground was full and almost all queens fans. Then I point to winning the league under magic and the average attendance was around the 2000 and that was without rangers in the league. That's probably about 400 more than we get the now.

I used to blame the club for not attracting the supporters to the ground but I couldn't say that now. They have tried and tried hard but the public still don't come. Now we have a side that is showing so much promise and still they don't come and it was only today that I heard someone say that queens are crap so stenny must be quoting him here "a ladies team", and this is from someone who hasn't been at palmy for years.

I wish I could say this is a one off, but it's not. It makes me wonder if the local public love it when the club fails. So when I continually hear this and the lack of attendance at the games I ask you, is it arrogance to get annoyed at the constant criticism of the club by many of the locals who refuse to look and see to form there opinions. You are quite correct we can't expect people to just turn up and I'm not saying we should. but at the same time is it right that a lot of these people slag the club off without seeing what is going on or be critical of the club if we slump to the third tier when they haven't shown their support!