Surely the time has now come to stop messing fans about?
Trying to get a cross section of football fans to agree on anything is a near impossible task.
Almost by definition, supporters of different clubs have very different ways of looking at life.
Those varying – occasionally wildly varying – collective identities generate opposing responses that are all too often sharply at odds with each other.
It applies as much to their reaction to events in the wider world as it does to what is happening on the park.
Still, those who run the game seem to be doing their level best to get supporters united on one particular front.
Namely, that it is time for those in charge to stop messing fans about.
Right now, there is discontent across a range of issues.
The price of away tickets has been a contentious one for some time, with those who follow the bigger sides arguing they are made to pay a premium for the success of their clubs.
The scheduling is another bone of contention.
While every club in the league has to travel to Dingwall at some stage in the season – and Ross County fans, it should be remembered, are on the road every other week – Rangers fans having to organise a trip to the Highlands on Christmas Eve seems tough.
All-ticket games, where there is no danger of selling out, is another inconvenience.
It has meant an end to the days when fair-weather fans were able to stick their head out the window, spot that the sun was shining and roll up to pay at the gate.
Instead, steps have to be taken ahead of time for a trip to the ticket office, difficult for many who have also to juggle work and family commitments.
There’s also the not-insignificant matter of the financial outlay required to go to a game when the cost of living is going through the roof.
Then there are the kick-off times. For fans of Celtic and Rangers, the days when a 3pm kick-off on a Saturday was the rule rather than the exception now seem like the source material of Pathe newsreels.
It forces supporters to try to switch around their schedules as best they can to keep in tune with the demands of the broadcasters.
Sometimes there is a particular plan in place.
Those who follow Aberdeen and Dundee United were asked to adjust their plans following the announcement that the two East Coast meetings, at Tannadice on October 8 and the November 12 fixture at Pittodrie, will have 6pm kick-offs.
The clubs hope the experiment will be popular, and boost attendances. They might have something there.
When Hibs went with the “Football for a Fiver” scheme for their game against St Johnstone in March, it drew a bumper crowd.
The two clubs will try something different in next month’s Easter Road renewal, a fixture that has been moved back to the Friday night.
That plan has not been without controversy, though, as it was reported – mistakenly – that the Perth club had no part in making the decision, and only learned of it just before the announcement was made.
The Queen’s death, and the period of National Mourning that has followed, has also had an impact.
All logic would tell British fans that the passing of the country’s monarch after a reign of 70 years was going to have an effect on their plans.
The decision to make the two Champions League ties between Rangers and Napoli “home fans only” was a particular blow to those who had already shelled out on flights and hotels for the games in Glasgow or Italy.
As much as home-based supporters had a better appreciation for the restrictions, many found the fact all football – from the top down to the grassroots in the UK – was postponed last weekend while cricket, golf and horse racing went ahead tough to get their heads around.
A return to normality lies around the corner. Well, about as normal as you can get in the build-up to Qatar and the first-ever winter World Cup.