The Myreside Trial

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Re: The Myreside Trial

Postby sammy on Mon Feb 19, 2018 10:09 pm

Flinty's Barmy Army wrote:
sammy wrote: Not sure how best to give my fan feedback to Edinburgh though. One lonely voice is unlikely to make them think again, but you never know.

I had a really great seat at Myreside, was really close to my home, and it defiantly felt livelier at times , but moving it back and forward wasn't sustainable. My BIL wondered down for a game having checked the fixture the day before only to find out it had been moved, I've been keeping him informed ever since. I doubt he complained, but I'm sure other might have. Have high hopes for the mini Murrayfield taking the best from both existing grounds.


I complained directly to Mr Petrie by email ( jonny.petrie@sru.org.uk ) about other stuff previously and, give him his due, he did phone back and speak to me. However he clearly hasn't learned anything about customer service. I'll be sending him another email so feel free to join in.

When we moved to Myreside they were able to transfer reserved seats easily enough. How LawrenceBryce difficult would it be to reverse engineer this. This is clearly a case of we've got your money, thanks very much, now be a good chap and shut up. Either that or are they that skint that they can't afford to send out new tickets? How do they expect to grow their customer base when they treat loyal customers like this?


Cheers, will give that email address a go.
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Re: The Myreside Trial

Postby Le Jock Sportif on Mon Feb 19, 2018 10:46 pm

Decision's a no-brainer: nothing to lose. Cockerill gets better facilities and the 1200 or so who fell away for whatever reason might come back. But it still doesn't solve the long term issue. It'd be nice to hear if they have ideas/a plan for that.
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Re: The Myreside Trial

Postby macdone on Tue Feb 20, 2018 2:43 am

djphilp wrote:
The Feral Goat wrote:...but there are a lot of supporters that clearly like to stand, only in the worst weather was there not a decent (relatively speaking) crowd along the touchline and banking opposite the main stand...


Some of this may well have been down rot a lot of peoples preference to watch rugby from the side lines rather than from behind the posts


100%. That's one of the biggest lessons from the whole thing. The sides were pretty much full every game. A lot of people chose to stand on the limited space on the east side rather than sit in the temporary stands.

Also it's amazing how many more stadium options become available to successful sports teams that people want to be associated with. We've had a good 6 months. If we make that a successful few years I think the stadium issue will be a lot easier to resolve.
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Re: The Myreside Trial

Postby Wottie on Tue Feb 20, 2018 10:08 am

Flinty's Barmy Army wrote:When we moved to Myreside they were able to transfer reserved seats easily enough. How LawrenceBryce difficult would it be to reverse engineer this. This is clearly a case of we've got your money, thanks very much, now be a good chap and shut up. Either that or are they that skint that they can't afford to send out new tickets? How do they expect to grow their customer base when they treat loyal customers like this?


Think this is a bit harsh. Transferring seats for what was intended to be a permanent medium term trial is one thing, doing it for a couple of games at the fag end of a season is another! Does it really matter that your seat doesn't "have your name on it"? They will open a block (or 2) in lower east for Gold ST holders. A great place to watch ER from. Better still would be to open a block or two on Upper East on the centre line. I've said before I don't really care as I'd sit on a spike anywhere on the BT Murrayfield site, rather than continue dragging myself kicking and screaming to Direside!
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Re: The Myreside Trial

Postby biffer on Tue Feb 20, 2018 11:00 am

Wottie wrote:
Flinty's Barmy Army wrote:When we moved to Myreside they were able to transfer reserved seats easily enough. How LawrenceBryce difficult would it be to reverse engineer this. This is clearly a case of we've got your money, thanks very much, now be a good chap and shut up. Either that or are they that skint that they can't afford to send out new tickets? How do they expect to grow their customer base when they treat loyal customers like this?


Think this is a bit harsh. Transferring seats for what was intended to be a permanent medium term trial is one thing, doing it for a couple of games at the fag end of a season is another! Does it really matter that your seat doesn't "have your name on it"? They will open a block (or 2) in lower east for Gold ST holders. A great place to watch ER from. Better still would be to open a block or two on Upper East on the centre line. I've said before I don't really care as I'd sit on a spike anywhere on the BT Murrayfield site, rather than continue dragging myself kicking and screaming to Direside!


I'll watch wherever, providing they're still Edinburgh, I care more about the rugby than any of this 'experience' pish.
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Re: The Myreside Trial

Postby Flinty's Barmy Army on Tue Feb 20, 2018 11:05 am

The only reason I have a reserved seat is that I go with a group of friends and, because of other commitments, we can only get to the game a few minutes before kick-off. We just want to guarantee to be together. That's all.
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Re: The Myreside Trial

Postby Le Jock Sportif on Tue Feb 20, 2018 11:10 am

biffer wrote:
Wottie wrote:
Flinty's Barmy Army wrote:When we moved to Myreside they were able to transfer reserved seats easily enough. How LawrenceBryce difficult would it be to reverse engineer this. This is clearly a case of we've got your money, thanks very much, now be a good chap and shut up. Either that or are they that skint that they can't afford to send out new tickets? How do they expect to grow their customer base when they treat loyal customers like this?


Think this is a bit harsh. Transferring seats for what was intended to be a permanent medium term trial is one thing, doing it for a couple of games at the fag end of a season is another! Does it really matter that your seat doesn't "have your name on it"? They will open a block (or 2) in lower east for Gold ST holders. A great place to watch ER from. Better still would be to open a block or two on Upper East on the centre line. I've said before I don't really care as I'd sit on a spike anywhere on the BT Murrayfield site, rather than continue dragging myself kicking and screaming to Direside!


I'll watch wherever, providing they're still Edinburgh, I care more about the rugby than any of this 'experience' pish.


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Re: The Myreside Trial

Postby Weegie on Tue Feb 20, 2018 11:27 am

Flinty's Barmy Army wrote:
sammy wrote: Not sure how best to give my fan feedback to Edinburgh though. One lonely voice is unlikely to make them think again, but you never know.

I had a really great seat at Myreside, was really close to my home, and it defiantly felt livelier at times , but moving it back and forward wasn't sustainable. My BIL wondered down for a game having checked the fixture the day before only to find out it had been moved, I've been keeping him informed ever since. I doubt he complained, but I'm sure other might have. Have high hopes for the mini Murrayfield taking the best from both existing grounds.


I complained directly to Mr Petrie by email ( jonny.petrie@sru.org.uk ) about other stuff previously and, give him his due, he did phone back and speak to me. However he clearly hasn't learned anything about customer service. I'll be sending him another email so feel free to join in.

When we moved to Myreside they were able to transfer reserved seats easily enough. How LawrenceBryce difficult would it be to reverse engineer this. This is clearly a case of we've got your money, thanks very much, now be a good chap and shut up. Either that or are they that skint that they can't afford to send out new tickets? How do they expect to grow their customer base when they treat loyal customers like this?


Could not agree more. We had great seats on the half way at Murrayfield and Myreside. We have been season ticket holders for a long, long time. We sit with the same people we have for years which adds to the social aspect. I also live a long way away.

It was important to me that I could turn up minutes before kick off, and would still be guaranteed the same seat with the same people. I'll still come, but Edinburgh Rugby have just managed to irritate a long standing season ticket holder who has stuck with the club through thick and thin.
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Re: The Myreside Trial

Postby Weegie on Tue Feb 20, 2018 11:37 am

Le Jock Sportif wrote:
biffer wrote:I'll watch wherever, providing they're still Edinburgh, I care more about the rugby than any of this 'experience' pish.


A-men!


Well bully for you. Clearly you are better people than those of us who value convenience and enjoying a bit of socialising with friends along with enjoying the rugby.
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Re: The Myreside Trial

Postby Le Jock Sportif on Tue Feb 20, 2018 11:48 am

A little sensitive. I was endorsing the view if not quite the wording :lol: Maybe some value different aspects of game day than others. But I do feel the seating, standing, bar, bar location, bar prices, weather etc get done to death, but fair play, it's your money. Myreside is antiquated, but I quite liked the east-side standing area when I could make it: closer to the pitch with a bit of height to see play on most areas of the pitch. But the atmosphere was no better than Murrayfield so Murrayfield is a no-brainer for the reasons I said.
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Re: The Myreside Trial

Postby GaryIPA on Tue Feb 20, 2018 11:51 am

Le Jock Sportif wrote:A little sensitive. I was endorsing the view if not quite the wording :lol: Maybe some value different aspects of game day than others. But I do feel the seating, standing, bar, bar location, bar prices, weather etc get done to death, but fair play, it's your money. Myreside is antiquated, but I quite liked the east-side standing area when I could make it: closer to the pitch with a bit of height to see play on most areas of the pitch. But the atmosphere was no better than Murrayfield so Murrayfield is a no-brainer for the reasons I said.



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Re: The Myreside Trial

Postby Le Jock Sportif on Tue Feb 20, 2018 12:05 pm

GaryIPA wrote:
Le Jock Sportif wrote:A little sensitive. I was endorsing the view if not quite the wording :lol: Maybe some value different aspects of game day than others. But I do feel the seating, standing, bar, bar location, bar prices, weather etc get done to death, but fair play, it's your money. Myreside is antiquated, but I quite liked the east-side standing area when I could make it: closer to the pitch with a bit of height to see play on most areas of the pitch. But the atmosphere was no better than Murrayfield so Murrayfield is a no-brainer for the reasons I said.



As I've said before fans make atmosphere not stadia


We don't disagree but thanks for confirming. In the past complaints about Murrayfield's atmosphere revolved around its size for the crowds attending. It turns out smaller Myreside is no better with those who go so if you don't have it at either you might as well go back to the better facilities of Murrayfield.
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Re: The Myreside Trial

Postby GaryIPA on Tue Feb 20, 2018 12:25 pm

Le Jock Sportif wrote:
GaryIPA wrote:
Le Jock Sportif wrote:A little sensitive. I was endorsing the view if not quite the wording :lol: Maybe some value different aspects of game day than others. But I do feel the seating, standing, bar, bar location, bar prices, weather etc get done to death, but fair play, it's your money. Myreside is antiquated, but I quite liked the east-side standing area when I could make it: closer to the pitch with a bit of height to see play on most areas of the pitch. But the atmosphere was no better than Murrayfield so Murrayfield is a no-brainer for the reasons I said.



As I've said before fans make atmosphere not stadia


We don't disagree but thanks for confirming. In the past complaints about Murrayfield's atmosphere revolved around its size for the crowds attending. It turns out smaller Myreside is no better with those who go so if you don't have it at either you might as well go back to the better facilities of Murrayfield.


indeed, not disagreeing either. The racing game is a good example of this
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Re: The Myreside Trial

Postby Ayton1keith on Tue Feb 27, 2018 11:06 am

pretty sure when the 2017/18 season tickets went on sale, they were advertised as 9 games at Myreside and 5 at Murrayfield. up to this point (apart from those moved for weather) only the 1872 cup has been played at Murrayfield. so irrespective of the decision to bin Myreside, there was still 4 games to be played at Murrayfield, which as it turns out are our four remaining and most crucial home games of the season. hopefully, these games will be well promoted to get as many fans as possible to turn up to help with the push to the play offs and maybe just maybe a champions cup place, which at the start of the season seemed just a pipe dream.
Issues surrounding seating arrangements should surely have been addressed by both fans and club at the time of purchase of season tickets
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Re: The Myreside Trial

Postby liveinhope on Tue Feb 27, 2018 11:57 am

"Push to the play-offs and maybe just maybe a Champions Cup place"? I think I'm right in saying surely that if we make the play-offs by finishing at least third we are already guaranteed a Champions Cup place? (Top six-i.e. first three (non S.A.) teams in each conference with an additional place in a play off between fourth places (again non S.A. teams)
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