What is it with this Lionel Cheek kid?
We know about the next great English hope thing, been there, seen that, laughed. Etc, etc.
But this seems a little OTT even for the English media. Is this how it goes now? Kid doesn't fuck up in a meaningless game, agent spots the angle, Man Utd bid a billion because they just can't help themselves?
It's all about the money. Every last bit of it. There's no football in there any more and certainly no trace of sanity.
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Arsenal most expensive club in the PL apparently our cheapest season ticket is £891, Chelsea is next on £750, absolute joke to be honest
Wengers' reaction (on BBC)
Nothing better than being inside a stadium - Wenger
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has been asked for his reaction to BBC's Price of Football study, which shows the price of tickets is putting off some young fans from attending games.
"I think nothing is better than to share the experience of being inside a stadium," said Wenger.
"There are many ingredients in the modern game, people's lifestyles are a bit different, they play less and play more on computers. After that, can you afford to go when you are young?
"That is not always easy."I see so it's nothing to do with the cost, it's to do with buying and playing computer games. The guy is truly a clown.
Overpriced, worst value for money in football no doubt, all the other top clubs charge less. Even with the cost to watch us score a goal we're 19th in the PL only above Southampton last season.
And yet they keep filling the stadium
Supply and demand, innit. We are just a business trying to maximise income.
At some point the fans may collectively snap but there's not much sign of that right now.
Yes they do, I really don't get it, the football is poor, our results overall are mixed and the cost is astronomical.
Yes it's clear we're trying to maximise profit, but so are other (more successful) clubs who also spend a lot more on transfers and yet they charge less. Is that not ripping people off because you can rather than just being a business, a business also has to look after it's customers, they clearly don't think so.
When you spend the amount of money you need to spend to go to Arsenal (there's travel/food costs etc as well), surely an element of is it value for money has to come into it. It's not a drop in the ocean for most people.
The results at home at least are generally quite good.
The way they exploit the fans is pretty disgraceful but from a business point of view it makes sense.
Interestingly, the BBC article about this says that the prices are putting young fans off so this might be not the wisest long term strategy.
Most are waking up now and realising the club for what it is. I think a lot go because of habit and ritual, even if they don't like what they see. But even that will fade as our gradual decline continues and disullusionment grows, especially in tough economic times when people are looking to save money. The fun is being taken out of Arsenal and when there's no fun, what's the pointOriginally Posted by Özim
The problem is the tourists and as we are London you'd think there'll always be a steady stream of tourists to snap up tickets. The club seem to be happy to shun the core fan base for these people, but you'd like to think if our gradual decline continues and we continue to slide, even tourists will probably not want to come watch us. Who wants to watch a mediocre, unentertaining teamThen the club will be f*cked
Six trophies in the last three years and the Emirates Cup wins too.
They can charge whatever they want and they’ll still have a full house for the majority of games because of our profile. The prices are the reason the Emirates has no soul, nowhere else in world represents how the culture of going to a match has changed more than Arsenal. It’s like a theatre production now.
Were you there when the announcer called us "the audience"?
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