Dissapointed

[dibo]

Even 100 block tickets would have helped dramatically on Sunday.

good call.

 

[Deej]

Thats what I was thinking Mick, just I was unsure the marinators could afford it, but if you can afford to buy out 16 or the equivalent away bay then do it and sell it back to standers I would keenly support that

484 x $25 = $12,100

then consider that it's actually 2 bays allocated this time - so make that $24,100.

eek!

we have means and connections but not 24000

the most we would handle is 500 tickets and no concessions from a practical point of view, as per the grand final

[brainfart]
maybe in future there could be a systen set up in conjunction with the club whereby the club trusts us to handle the resale of tickets that *they* block purchase on our behalf? or the club could do the sales direct through EFT/credit card to a designated account with distribution to be handled by the marinators (i.e: the marinators get a list of people to give tickets to based on who has paid)
[/brainfart]

don't members get priority and only x amount per person? Not every 'Marinator Club' member is a member with the Mariners.

Members should get preference, that's 1 of their benefits.

Edit - we could talk to the FFA thou and arrange a block of x number of seats like we did for the GF

 

[dibo]

Thats what I was thinking Mick, just I was unsure the marinators could afford it, but if you can afford to buy out 16 or the equivalent away bay then do it and sell it back to standers I would keenly support that

484 x $25 = $12,100

then consider that it's actually 2 bays allocated this time - so make that $24,100.

eek!

we have means and connections but not 24000

the most we would handle is 500 tickets and no concessions from a practical point of view, as per the grand final

[brainfart]
maybe in future there could be a systen set up in conjunction with the club whereby the club trusts us to handle the resale of tickets that *they* block purchase on our behalf? or the club could do the sales direct through EFT/credit card to a designated account with distribution to be handled by the marinators (i.e: the marinators get a list of people to give tickets to based on who has paid)
[/brainfart]

don't members get priority and only x amount per person? Not every 'Marinator Club' member is a member with the Mariners.

Members should get preference, that's 1 of their benefits.

this adds weight to the idea that there should be a 'marinators' class of membership, as well as a designated 'marinators' bay (or two) in the ground. perhaps even jack the price a few bucks (maybe in conjunction with CCLC and the marinators club) to ensure that people are genuinely self-selecting to be part of the marinators.

still in brainfart mode, so just chucking it out there for people to chew on.

 

[skilbeck]

do any other supporters group do that?

 

[adz]

I think the Cove has its own membership category? That would help sort out home games but not away.

 

[bikinigirl]

. i understand where most of you guys are coming from but please consider the context and others' perspectives

. personally i never followed the nsl and never attended a football game as a paying spectator before the mariners (but have not missed a home game since inception) and sit on the halfway line (for the view, not the atmosphere)

. if i did not come onto the forum i would not even know the sitting/standing thing was an issue - from where i sit (at BT) you probably wouldnt know the marinators stand unless you cared to investigate

. so come an away semi with allocated seating supporters are confronted with unknowns: unfamiliar ground, seating, ticketing, etc - and lets face it, how many of the thousands that went up to eas would have even been to an away game before?

. without knowing any better many would opt for the away supporters bays (because, hey, they are away supporters), allocated seating would suggest they will be able to sit and watch the game and may also be assuming jest supporters will take most of / all of the seats outside the away bays

. when i have attended away games at the sfs i have bought GA tickets in the away supporters bay more so to be away from sydney supporters than to stand and sing the whole match - however i do this knowing it will not be a sellout and we will be rattling around in space this was never going to be the case on the weekend

. so people buy an allocated seat in an away bay they expect their allocated seat and to be able to actually sit in it and enjoying the game based on those expectation and to be fair that is what they paid for but if they dont know about these discussions they will forever assume you were just drunken, rowdy troublemakers simply because their expectations (based on their own previous experiences) are vastly different to yours

. spose this makes my a selfish whining git but remember that at a home game you are in the minority, generally for away games you are in the majority (away supporters at least) on the weekend this all got a bit confused

 

[striker]

. personally i never followed the nsl and never attended a football game as a paying spectator before the mariners .............

now that is a bit disappointing to hear! ...... good onya  for becoming a regular football follower...

 

[FFC Mariner]

The issue was less about whether people chose to stand or sit but the absolutely selfish,uncompromising attitude shown by a majority of sitters.

A bit of give and take would have allowed most people to watch the game the way they preferred but a large group felt that their needs over rode other peoples.

 

[adz]

good to see people not bothering reading the thread and weighing in with an irrelevant argument anyway

You hooligans should all sit down and let us watch the game in peace.

 

[FFC Mariner]

No hooligans here, we are too busy bigging it up at Bowls,Cricket,Tennis,AFL and RL

 

[bikinigirl]

good to see people not bothering reading the thread and weighing in with an irrelevant argument anyway

. assume that was meant for me - and if so i will say i have read all 4 pages of the thread (albeit over a couple of days)

. the whole thread is therefore irrelevant because really there is only one side and you cannot have a an argument without two differing opinions

. it is just that two groups of fans with different expectations were thrown together in relatively untried circumstances - it sounds like nobody was happy with the situation, but it is a situation created by the ticketting arrangements

 

[~Floss~]

- it sounds like nobody was happy with the situation, but it is a situation created by the ticketting arrangements

And the issue is that while everyone on here has agreed that it could have easily been solved by all the standers moving to one section (eg. the back, or all into bay 11), peoples' stubbornness prevented the solution from being that simple.

 

[Bex]

I think Bikinigirl is right. I don't think you need to be a complete drongo to buy tickets in the away stand at EA Stadium and not realise that many people will want to piss on, stand up and sing. It's just a case that they haven't booked tickets for an away game in a semi final before. The fact that the sport is growly really fast means that we really should expect this to happen.

Its bleeding obvious that the answer is some well thought out ticketing arrangements with appropriate category names that spell out the nature of the audience in that area. Rather than continue to talk about what should be done, I have just emailed Central Coast Stadium and asked them who decides upon the ticketing categories so I can email them the suggestions. It will be interesting to see if they're at all interested in suggestions.

 

[Sean]

- it sounds like nobody was happy with the situation, but it is a situation created by the ticketting arrangements

And the issue is that while everyone on here has agreed that it could have easily been solved by all the standers moving to one section (eg. the back, or all into bay 11), peoples' stubbornness prevented the solution from being that simple.

Agreed.
My patience and my brain pretty much blew up long before the time a group of "Bay 16 regulars" as they so put it, kicked me out of where i was standing 2 minutes before the game.

 

[thomas477]

why dont you get rid of the big scoreboard an use the area there as a terrace?

 

[kevrenor]

why dont you get rid of the big scoreboard an use the area there as a terrace?

Why don't you get rid of that shithole of a ground and build a decent stadium?

 

[thomas477]

why dont you get rid of the big scoreboard an use the area there as a terrace?

Why don't you get rid of that shithole of a ground and build a decent stadium?

Hey it was just an idea, no reason to have a go at me, anyways EAS holds 26,000, Bluetongue holds 20,000.

 

[kevrenor]

- it sounds like nobody was happy with the situation, but it is a situation created by the ticketting arrangements

And the issue is that while everyone on here has agreed that it could have easily been solved by all the standers moving to one section (eg. the back, or all into bay 11), peoples' stubbornness prevented the solution from being that simple.

I don't think too many people agree with that ... it was just impossible. We got there 2 hours before the game and ended up sitting in the aisle as once the bays got 3/4 full it was impossible to move anywhere. 

It was not people's stubbornness either in the most part, it was the stupidity of the original ticketing arrangements which did not cater for 3-4,000 away fans of various needs. Either FFA, Proticket, or EnergyAustralia stuff-up, but stuff-up it was.

 

[thomas477]

I don't think too many people agree with that ... it was just impossible. We got there 2 hours before the game and ended up sitting in the aisle as once the bays got 3/4 full it was impossible to move anywhere. 

It was not people's stubbornness either in the most part, it was the stupidity of the original ticketing arrangements which did not cater for 3-4,000 away fans of various needs. Either FFA, Proticket, or EnergyAustralia stuff-up, but stuff-up it was.

Proticket is your man/ coperation - blame them

 

[brett]

Agree with bikinigirl in that your basic Mariners supporter is going to see 'away supporters bay' and buy there. So they should. The Marinators were all over the place but the yellow corner of the stadium was a great focal point for the players as they ran out. Not everyone stood and sang but they mostly clapped their hands in the basic chants. All fans SHOULD be grouped together.

They must specify a vocal support area as a separate ticket category, preferably in an unreserved block.