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That doesn't say much Jim. Who were they up against? Perhaps another few thousand on the gate singing their hearts out might have helped us get the second goal. As it was it was another fairly subdued atmosphere. Hibs must have hoped that all the backing from the Board for Stubbs allowing him to sign a host of players, with fans getting excited by the future and surely a great challenge for Rangers only for all the usual frailties to still show and so hasn't materialised into increased gates and revenue to pay for all these signings. As you say who would pay £20 + for that?

A subdued atmosphere at ER Stadium? That issue has been debated by lotsa Hibs fans for years and certain failures at Hibs FC have greatly contributed to that situation!! Rejuvenated thrills n spills at ER, THE REAL DEAL, would naturally redress this problem and attract many of the missing Hibs fans, some of them extremely passionate, back to the stadium and the atmosphere within the ground would be far better than what I've observed in recent times. That is not gonna happen any time soon because there are still too many Hibs fans who are disenfranchised from Hibs and their hot n cold performances - they are not impressed by the results or performances. As for high ticket prices, well that's a major issue for already sceptical Hibs fans!! Lets refer to the phrase VALUE FOR MONEY and I must say even the Dons' LC tie at ER wasn't worth the £20 ticket price and it didn't even resemble a hard fought cup tie during most of the 90 mins of this match!