Doakes

Ridicluous statement

We own plenty of land around the stadium. More matchday facilities, 5 a side pitches to rent out? We're near a very busy airport with planes flying over the stadium, advertise on top of the stands. Use our history, produce downloadable content for itunes etc. Sell tickets for matches in the town centre, perhaps in a van, pubs or make a deal with a supermarket? Crazy we don't do this already. PDF tickets would be a great help, can be printed out at home. Not always easy to get to the ticket office during opening hours and smfc tickets doesn't work on a smartphone. Printing gold embossed tickets for every game must cost the club a fortune. Ideally we should have an app that lets you scan into the stadium using your smartphone like they have in the airport etc - not sure on the costs involved tbf.

Hibs 1-1 with Dunfermline

3-0? 2 goals in a minute?? wit the f**k

Gallagher gives you effort, even if he can be a bit headless chicken. Need Mallan to step up today in the middle of the park

The club, it's on their terms and conditions of entry to the stadium

We've got one ...but they're banned fae the stadium

If the shoe fits...

You can get it if you use the "hola" app on chrome or firefox. Tricks it into thinking you're in the UK, just select UK from the country list. Edit: there's VPN apps available if you're using a mobile or tablet. Believe Hola works on there too.

Think it was just that kind of game, everyone had a buzz for it, on their feet getting behind the team. Sorry to your dad if his view was spoiled. Hope it didn't ruin the game too much for him

Thank you to everyone that got involved yesterday. Tam McGarry applause was well observed, even the Morton fans joined in. Fair play to them Received lots of good feedback about the flags and singing, good to have an atmosphere in the ground.

Wave them about? Depends how big they are I guess

Scrape it up and roll it into a baw

Just a heads up, group of us planning a wee display in the west stand tomorrow... If you find anything on your seat, wave it aboot as the teams come out. COYS

I tweeted a few morton accounts on twitter who were happy to tweet it to their supporters, will do so again later, twitter is always a good way to get info round

Its a derby, we know by now that anything can happen in these games. Got a good record against them so they'll need to play well to beat us, especially at home. No need for knicker wetting

He's been kept out the team by the performances of Webster & Baird tbf. Good to have options!

If you don't have an SLO, or a fan council... What system would you have? Go direct to Tony Fitz? Plenty of need for one or the other, if not both imo. A fan owned club needs the fans to feel engaged or it just won't work.

Echo this! Spartans can fk off

You can request the safe standing roadshow to visit your ground and work out costs etc. They recently visited Dunfermline, Aberdeen, Hearts, Hibs, Celtic & Rangers. Cost is around £80 per seat, normally a seat costs around £30, but safe standing lasts longer as they're not being used as often/more durable. http://www.safestandingroadshow.co.uk/news/scotlandleadstheway-7groundsin5days http://stv.tv/sport/football/scottish-premier/celtic/289210-explained-how-safe-standing-would-work-in-scotland/

If the club is truly forward thinking and wants the fans to be involved in the running of the club, you can't neglect the supporters who pay their money every week but can't/won't join SMISA. An SLO would go some way to ensuring that those fans are represented too. Also helps from a social media pov in a modern world where everything can be promoted and discussed online. Having a point of contact for fans to raise issues, ask questions and seek advice is essential for the modern game. The Celtic shop farce was a prime example of fans being slung a dingie. Club communication should not be an issue in a world where communication is literally instantaneous. It's not hard to update a website/twitter feed.

I've raised this point on twitter, just wanted to put it to the forum to see what other supporters opinions are on the communication/dialogue between our fans, and the club/board/supporters groups. The consensus I've picked up, is that despite having the fan council, (who do a fantastic job, loved their input on the strips etc) there's always been a lack of communication between fans and the club itself. With the new board and new owners, and fan ownership on the horizon, I've had a look into the SLO (Supporter Liason Officer) initative - which is basically a person nominated to form a bridge between a football club and it's supporters. They would be the point of contact for supporters to get in touch with the club. The idea started in Germany and has quickly spread over here. Celtic, St Johnstone and Kilmarnock already have SLO's in place. I believe having a point of contact between fans and the club would really drive fan engagement, and help us to get more punters through the gates on a regular basis. My suggestion is to appoint someone as St Mirren SLO, who becomes the point of contact between our fanbase and the club. With emphasis on representing the views of the fans, rather than representing the view of the club. Some info below (mostly stolen from Supporters Direct Scotland)

Here, it's a long time since I got out of work - had a pint in the sun, and actually enjoyed the prospect of watching St Mirren. It's a rare moment we should savour as a buddie

Magic genuinely excited for tonight now! Beer time