This feels like one mistake following another. The difference is that last season’s ‘mistake’ was made with good intentions, with the idea to do right by supporters not able to get in with the credits offer and with the, at the time, positive hope that at the very least season ticket holders would be in grounds come September. I think we’re all agreed that no one could have really predicted last March/April that we would go the entire season without getting in to Tannadice and as a consequence we’d all be due mega credits on the offer.

I would suggest most fans would agree with this, appreciate the difficulties created for the Club as a result and be amenable to waiving the credits given the financial stress on the Club. However, at the end of the day this should be an individual fan’s choice and the Club really has to suck it up and respect that. Some fans would/will take up the option and the Club has to be understanding of that and let them do it. The good news is that I doubt too many would have done this. The bad news is that this half baked ‘solution’ is instead likely to alienate fans who were previously ‘onside’ and possibly cost us more as due to costs, fewer full price STs are likely to be sold now.