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EWT spoons wrote:I completed the survey and I'm not sure the questions/results are going to tell you much.
It seems the survey is comparing the two stadiums and on that measure Murrayfield is going to score higher across the board because it's an international standard stadium. If it's facilities were worse than a school ground then we would have some serious issues in Scottish Rugby.
You can't fairly compare the two in terms of the facilities they provide, because there is no contrast. Based on a like for like comparison Myerside is going to fail on nearly every measure.
Unless the purpose of the survey was to make Myerside look bad, in which case it is likely to succeed, but I don't believe that was the intention.
Not trying to knock your work as I think it was a good idea to have the survey, I just don't think a comparison of the two is going to provide any useful info
biffer wrote:EWT spoons wrote:I completed the survey and I'm not sure the questions/results are going to tell you much.
It seems the survey is comparing the two stadiums and on that measure Murrayfield is going to score higher across the board because it's an international standard stadium. If it's facilities were worse than a school ground then we would have some serious issues in Scottish Rugby.
You can't fairly compare the two in terms of the facilities they provide, because there is no contrast. Based on a like for like comparison Myerside is going to fail on nearly every measure.
Unless the purpose of the survey was to make Myerside look bad, in which case it is likely to succeed, but I don't believe that was the intention.
Not trying to knock your work as I think it was a good idea to have the survey, I just don't think a comparison of the two is going to provide any useful info
Spot on.
Weegie wrote:
In addition, the performances on the pitch at Myreside were poor. That meant the crowds were quiet (and small) so it was lacking atmosphere. If the place was jumping with the crowd roaring on a good performance on the pitch, the atmosphere would be better than Murrayfield.
As a long term season ticket holder I like Murrayfield because it is comfortable, convenient and has good facilities. Myreside fails on every comparison, but it should generate more atmosphere if the team perform. Even though it is less convenient, I'd rather stay at Myreside, take action to fix the fixable, and get a buzz on the pitch.
EWT spoons wrote:I would suggest performance of the team is absolutely within their control, they hire the coaches, they recruit the players, if they are not being held accountable for the performances that generates then we may as well turn off the lights and go home, because why even bother.
I agree having some baselines make sense, pointing out that the travel options to a 67k capacity international stadium with a multi million pound tram network (using ‘network’ loosely) serving it, are better than to a school is not really a useful comparison.
I can see what you were trying to achieve but Murrayfield’s baseline is going to be higher than the majority of stadiums out there in terms of facilities, pitch, transport links etc. You’d be better trying to get a view of what works in a stadium similar to Myerside. Say for example Scotstoun, it’s sold out pretty much every week, it’s closer to Myerside in terms of size & facilities. Find out what is working for them (I would imagine the product on the pitch being key) and then using that to make recommendations. Telling Edinburgh rugby, people want the same facilities as Murrayfield at Myerside isn’t really a help or even likely to happen for obvious reasons.
At least in my opinion anyway.
bignose wrote:So the survey pretty clearly said that Murrayfield is preferred over Myreside and the next stream of comments are all along the lines of "Of course it is, but we have to stick with Myreside" and "That's not a fair comparison, Murrayfield is obviously better and we shouldn't compare on that basis".
Really?
Martin Bell wrote:I may be getting old, but I am not excited by the prospect of paying nearly £200 to stand on a terracing where, in many areas, you can't see all of the pitch and where in winter you're exposed to everything the elements can throw at you. I was all for giving the trial a fair go, but without some pretty substantial improvements, probably I'll pay up as some kind of donation to the cause but just not go to many matches.
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