Football : Season 2007/2008

[pedantic]

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

I think you are wrong, especially if the club in question has a waiting list for season tickets.

Irrelevant! The point of purchasing a season ticket, is also to have first refusal the following season. That's the way it's been at old trafford for many years. If supporters had to pay a supplement on top of already high prices, there would be an almighty stink, supporters would bugger off sharpish. Don't forget, some fans have several kids that they have to pay for, the thought of paying possibly hundreds per season, just to have the option of renewing their ticket, is ludicrous.

[Saaf_laandon_mo]

Originally Posted by Russ B

What gave the bank confidence to give us an extension?



Was that the 90s?

Smashing your own transfer records twice demonstrates it wasnt the going rate. 28 million for Veron? Going rate? hmmmmm

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by pedantic

Irrelevant! The point of purchasing a season ticket, is also to have first refusal the following season. That's the way it's been at old trafford for many years. If supporters had to pay a supplement on top of already high prices, there would be an almighty stink, supporters would bugger off sharpish. Don't forget, some fans have several kids that they have to pay for, the thought of paying possibly hundreds per season, just to have the option of renewing their ticket, is ludicrous.

Things change, football is drowning in a huge sea of cash, still the prices only go one way and if they thought they could get away with screwing a few more quid out of you they would.

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Originally Posted by Russ B

What gave the bank confidence to give us an extension?

Lets hope you don't get credit crunched

Oh and now your overdraught is with foreign banks it's a hell of a lot easier for them to fore close than for a Barclays say

[sherer]

the first time I went to OT my ticket was £17 and that was only about 5 years ago now it is about £30 for the same ticket

I think all clubs are just out to get as much money as they can

[pedantic]

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Things change, football is drowning in a huge sea of cash, still the prices only go one way and if they thought they could get away with screwing a few more quid out of you they would.

Let's not forget, the figures you quoted were from the early 90's. I gave up my season ticket in 2005, then it was around £500, an increase of roughly 300% from the price in the early 1990's. So the suplement you speak of, would be roughly 3 times as much (£150 per person, per season) a person with a couple of kids, not much change out of £500. And that's before you even pay for the tickets. Trust me, people would run a mile.

[Russ B]

Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo

Smashing your own transfer records twice demonstrates it wasnt the going rate. 28 million for Veron? Going rate? hmmmmm

Mentioning Rio and Veron demonstrates you weren't reading my post....

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by pedantic

Trust me, people would run a mile.

But the sad thing is, they'd be others to replace them and they know it, the thing they forget is that one day the bubble will burst and football wont be as popular, tv money will drop, big business won't be so keen to sponsor and all those people that go because it's fashionable, well you wont see them for dust and they'll rely on the likes of us to return and the really sad thing is we probably will go back.

[Saaf_laandon_mo]

Originally Posted by Russ B

Mentioning Rio and Veron demonstrates you weren't reading my post....

Russ, this is your post....

Originally Posted by Russ B

On the subject of Shev and Ballack (let's not forget Veron too...) Roman was like a child in a sweetshop, trying different sweets and throwing away the ones he didn't like. United have never had the luxury of working that way. As with Jose no-one will deny he is talented however I have a feeling the lure of all this newly aquired (and bought) talent, plus an almost 'open-chequebook' mentality probably played a big part in his deciding to take the job.

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And to a degree I will concur with that - however surely anyone can see that comparing where the money came from with United and Chelsea is unfair?

You simply said lets forget Veron, which doesnt really address what I said. Utd were smashing transfer records long before Roman came along, and not using a kitty based on the success of the busby babes but with an overdraft. Someone is paying for that, and that would be the fan through higher ticket prices.

To reply to your earlier posts I would say all chelsea fans would acknowledge that Romans money has been influential in getting them where they are now. But there are also other factors which no one else seems to care about. It is not just down to Romans billions.

Similarly what Utd spend and achieve now is not solely down to their home grown talent or their succesful history, but down to the money that is being thrown at football, either from a n owner, a bank or a broadcasting company.

[Russ B]

Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo

You simply said lets forget Veron, which doesnt really address what I said. Utd were smashing transfer records long before Roman came along, and not using a kitty based on the success of the busby babes but with an overdraft. Someone is paying for that, and that would be the fan through higher ticket prices.

My original point was regarding the 90s when we were the ongoing dominant force in the premiership. Veron didn't come along til about 2001/2 if memory serves.

Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo

To reply to your earlier posts I would say all chelsea fans would acknowledge that Romans money has been influential in getting them where they are now. But there are also other factors which no one else seems to care about. It is not just down to Romans billions.

Finally we're getting somewhere!! Tell me, had Roman not come along, or if he had and only spent a quarter of what he did, do you think you guys would be facing us for the double?

[Mal]

Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo

The manager should definately take credit for a lot of success, but then the Man U fans will say well Jose was bought too

Not all Man U fans give a toss about Chelsea

[nffc]

We can get promoted today... If we get 1 point more than Doncaster and equal Carlisle's result.

The best thing to do is to attempt to win, and then if Doncaster don't...

[pedantic]

I shall be wearing my very best black and whites on Monday.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by nffc

We can get promoted today...

Good luck, you guys have been gone to long

[nffc]

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Good luck, you guys have been gone to long

We're 3-1 up and Doncaster are losing, as it stands we'll finish 2nd.

[danielf]

Originally Posted by nffc

We're 3-1 up and Doncaster are losing, as it stands we'll finish 2nd.

Fingers crossed