Backed into a corner
By: Mike | June 16th, 2008The appalling state of Saint’s finances led to some pretty extreme measures being announced on Friday the 13th. 3 of the 4 corners at St. Marys are to start the season closed, the gates are to open 15 minutes later on matchdays and Saints are seeking council approval to stop subsidised bus travel. The corner closures affect roughly 700 season-ticket holders as well as others who regularly sit in those areas, the only open corner next season will be the family area inbetween the Chapel and Kingsland stands.
As one of those season-ticket holders affected I’ve been offered the choice of a refund or a seat move – anyone know where the best view is at St. Marys? The biggest worry for those not directly affected by the closures is the impact the changes will have on the atmosphere at matches with next season, especially as blocks 1-3 were the second noisiest area after the Northam stand.
The ongoing dispute regarding Jan Poortvliet’s compensation doesn’t help to inspire confidence that planning for the new season is going smoothly. Nor does the wait to see if any of the following out-of-contract players are going to be retained: Mario Licka, Darren Powell, Nathan Dyer, Alexander Ostlund, Simon Gillett, Inigo Idiakez and Jermaine Wright.
All of which doesn’t exactly ramp up excitement for the new season, despite the fixtures being announced today. It’s Cardiff away first up with Notts Forest away as the last game of the season. At least Saints have signed 2 players before the start of the season, Lee Holmes joins from Derby and Chris Perry joins after his successful loan spell at the end of last season. Only Saints could announce they are intending to give youth a chance then sign a 35-year old within a fortnight!
Category: The Club
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Mike, how worried about relegation are you? And what of the fate of your out-of-contract players? We (Argyle) could certainly do with Idiakez….
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Frankly, if we stay up and don’t go into adminstration it’s probably a good season. I can only see us making a real attempt to keep Licka, I’d be very surprised if we wanted to keep any of the others even if we could afford to. I like Idiakez as a player but he’s pretty hit and miss and you’re welcome to him if you can afford him (we certainly can’t anymore)!
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