The SRU CEO did say at the outset that, if Myreside was a success, the SRU would consider putting in a 3G (do I mean 4G?) pitch in a following season. Quite right that the SRU kept the pump-priming investment in Myreside to a sensible level and didn't try to build Rome in a day.
The attendances will be some way short of what the SRU was hoping for, but with a bit of luck in the Cup and in challenging for third spot in the Conference, the crowds could start to grow and I could see the SRU taking the plunge on laying a plastic-kind-of pitch, which would be a big advance.