We had no stadium debt.
Our board gave a shit.
Pep Guardiola was our manager.
We spent +£50mill net a season on transfers.
And an additional 50% on wages.
Deadwood was shipped.
RVP spent the rest of his career at Arsenal.
And we won stuff?
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We had no stadium debt.
Our board gave a shit.
Pep Guardiola was our manager.
We spent +£50mill net a season on transfers.
And an additional 50% on wages.
Deadwood was shipped.
RVP spent the rest of his career at Arsenal.
And we won stuff?
No.
We had no stadium debt. - no
Our board gave a shit. - yes
Pep Guardiola was our manager. - no
We spent +£50mill net a season on transfers. - yes
And an additional 50% on wages. - yes
Deadwood was shipped. - no
RVP spent the rest of his career at Arsenal. - no
And we won stuff? - yes
It's an all of the above thing, essencially, would you pay double to support Arsenal if ALL of your niggling issues with the club were fixed.
So that would make the cheapest ticket what, £70?
Hell no.
It's getting to the point now where I take going to games as a treat, an occasion if you like. I don't go with any degree of regularity anymore, so there's no chance I would start paying double to get in regardless of success.
No I wouldn't, but the cost of sorting out all the problems with the club (in terms of ticket price increases) wouldn't be anywhere near as exorbitant. Despite our lack of spending in the transfer window and the board's obsession with "sustainability", we're still seeing season ticket price increases year in year out, so it's not as if it would make a difference. If the board and Wenger left to be replaced by people who cared more about football than profit, we could easily develop a business model that kept prices reasonable while keeping competitive in terms of winning trophies. The cost of this strategy would be borne by the owners of the club, who would have to not feather their own nests as much as the current board have, but if we had football people in, this wouldn't be an issue.
Oh in that caseQuote:
Originally Posted by AKBapologist
No
When I think about the money involved in football....it's bloody immoral. Like MO said, I go to games for a treat, I can't afford to go on a regular and I'd never pay double. I have Sky Sports and that also comes with Sky Atlantic! Football is entertainment. Wee shoudln't be paying so much for this shit while our commercial revenue is so low. Why are the fans paying so much while big conglomerates reap the benefits from advertising, branding, sponsorship. We've got it twisted.
Hells to the no
I thought we already were paying double.