Springfield Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Just now, Springfield said: Had a feeling it would be Monday. Gate may be hit with lower away support. But expecting a large turnout from fellow supporters. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 4 minutes ago, Springfield said: Let's get the game at East End played on Wednesday 15th please, Mr SPFL. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bairn88 Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Game is big enough that I don't think it matters too much that it's a Monday night. Maybe a couple hundred knocked off the attendance. I guess TV scheduling is the price you pay when your club is massive and making national cup quarter finals. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gav-ffc Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 8 minutes ago, Springfield said: Was always going to be the Monday sadly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC55 FFC Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Monday night viewing figures are higher than Friday night games so not too unexpected. It’ll be a big home crowd regardless imho 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
18BAIRN76 Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Bit shite that but not unexpected 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 11 minutes ago, RC55 FFC said: Monday night viewing figures are higher than Friday night games so not too unexpected. It’ll be a big home crowd regardless imho And yet they've put the arguably bigger ICT v Kilmarnock game on the Friday. I don't think the reason your game is on the Monday is anything directly to do with viewing figures on either date. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 4 minutes ago, Skyline Drifter said: And yet they've put the arguably bigger ICT v Kilmarnock game on the Friday. I don't think the reason your game is on the Monday is anything directly to do with viewing figures on either date. Aw haw. Now we've pumped Darvel out for you, we're not friends anymore, is that it?? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUMBER 7 Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 49 minutes ago, gav-ffc said: Was always going to be the Monday sadly. Ridiculous sending Kimarnock to Inverness on a Scottish Cup Q Final night game. Can see us being allocated Dunfermline away on the 7th or 8th March now ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gav-ffc Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Sending Killie to Inverness on a Monday is just as bad, never going to be at the weekend with the old firm being involved in the other 2 games. Hospitality may take a hit with being on a Monday night rather than Friday but imagine we’ll still have a big crowd regardless. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 54 minutes ago, Rugster said: Aw haw. Now we've pumped Darvel out for you, we're not friends anymore, is that it?? We were never friends It felt dirty and wrong wanting Falkirk to not only win but do so by about 400 goals but we're past that now. Normal service resumed. Post wasn't a go at Falkirk anyway. Just what he said made no sense. If he's right about viewing figs being better on Mondays and that's why it's on Monday then that's fine if it was a straight choice, or obviously the bigger game of the two but it's neither. There IS a game on the Friday too, and given it has a Premier League side against one that actually won the trophy in the last decade there's a marginal case it's the bigger game (personally I'd watch your one given the choice between then two but that's me). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Well I'm fucking seething. Do I use a holiday to get a single nightshift off for a QF game we should probably lose. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC55 FFC Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Skyline Drifter said: And yet they've put the arguably bigger ICT v Kilmarnock game on the Friday. I don't think the reason your game is on the Monday is anything directly to do with viewing figures on either date. Debatable indeed re choice of fixtures but it is factual that the Monday evening figures are higher than the Friday evening, that comes straight from the BBC. Personally think we are the more attractive tie due to being the lowest ranked team now, which I see you agree on. ICT v Killie has also been on TV in recent years so I’d argue it’s not as appealing for that reason too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC55 FFC Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 48 minutes ago, NUMBER 7 said: Ridiculous sending Kimarnock to Inverness on a Scottish Cup Q Final night game. Can see us being allocated Dunfermline away on the 7th or 8th March now ? I don’t think we’ll want to play them prior to an important cup tie & we need to both agree on the dates I believe. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 6 minutes ago, RC55 FFC said: Debatable indeed re choice of fixtures but it is factual that the Monday evening figures are higher than the Friday evening, that comes straight from the BBC. Personally think we are the more attractive tie due to being the lowest ranked team now, which I see you agree on. ICT v Killie has also been on TV in recent years so I’d argue it’s not as appealing for that reason too. Fair enough. I wasn't particularly doubting your viewing figures comment, just that that was then the reason Falkirk were on Monday. Even if you do perceive Falkirk v Ayr to be more attractive (I do but that's because I'm a lower league fan and I personally know a few of the players involved) the difference is so marginal as to be unlikely to be the reason they've gone that way round. It's as likely to be to do with available accommodation for the BBC staff involved in an overnighter at Inverness, or the producer's personal preference to suit his own diary as that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 3 minutes ago, RC55 FFC said: I don’t think we’ll want to play them prior to an important cup tie & we need to both agree on the dates I believe. Only relatively. If you were to keep batting back reasonable proposals from Dunfermline to get it played sooner then the SPFL will eventually just tell you that's the date and get on with it (not saying that is what's happening here, it may suit Dunfermline to defer also). Playing 7 days before a cup tie isn't a remotely decent reason to refuse it. Hamilton were made to play three days before one in the last round. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUMBER 7 Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 2 minutes ago, RC55 FFC said: I don’t think we’ll want to play them prior to an important cup tie & we need to both agree on the dates I believe. I agree, and seem to remember teams didn't have to play "Catch up" games leading into Cup Ties I remember we played St Mirren two nights in a row in the cup after they had got the original / first match postponed, supposed waterlogged pitch, more to do with suiting their own team shortages. 1-1 at Love Street then lost 3-0 at Brockville the next night 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthStander1876 Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 What happens with Montrose away on the 11th? Do we think that will be moved? Surely cant just have 1 day in between games 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUMBER 7 Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 1 minute ago, SouthStander1876 said: What happens with Montrose away on the 11th? Do we think that will be moved? Surely cant just have 1 day in between games That will need re-scheduling too 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyBlueArmy1876 Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Reckon the Monday night kick off will knock 1k off the gate, 500 home and 500 away. Crowd will probably be around 5000 mark now with 1000 from Ayr. Are Ayr full time these day? Only reason playing a Monday night might give us an advantage 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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