That whole website is shit. Bitter as fuck.Quote:
Originally Posted by Terry Tuffnutz
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That whole website is shit. Bitter as fuck.Quote:
Originally Posted by Terry Tuffnutz
shit for what? revealing the power hungry, money grabbing board for what they are?
70k for boxes are ridiculous.
I wish i had that many screensQuote:
Originally Posted by Master Splinter
for wumming a sales guy, then hammering some random person that will just delete the email.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wiltord's Winner
seriously, what did the knob expect? he really feels like a great job has been done but all the sales team will do is close the serious enquiries - arsenal still win and knob'ed there can send more shitty little emails.
no different from the wumming by our board who rip off fans with ridiculously high ticket prices.Quote:
Originally Posted by Terry Tuffnutz
and as for the 'arsenal still win'. the article makes an interesting point; closing ties with the core fan base - the working class who have been attending for years - is a dangerous move for the club because a time will come when the rich/tourists get bored and have other things to do on a saturday afternoon. whats the club going to do then? it will have burnt its bridges and outpriced the core supporters. the stadium will start getting empty (which it was doing last season anyway).
maybe they should take a leaf out of ac milan's book who earlier this week announced they will reimburse unhappy season ticket holders after the departures of ibra + thiago silva. that's called looking after their fan base. but then again if our board offered to reimburse season tickets every time we sold a star player we'd have been bankrupt last summer.
A player earning 70k a week for kicking a ball around is ridiculous.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wiltord's Winner
The boxes are for companies for schmoozing clients. Yes, it's ridiculous but wages are ridiculous, transfer fees are ridiculous. Lots of things about the modern game are ridiculous. If we can generate money that way then fine. Football shouldn't be this way but it is, what are we supposed to do? Charge a fiver to get in like the good old days? We're struggling to compete as it is.
there's a clear line between reality and insanity. giving footballers 70k a week is reality, especially with the progressive amounts of money being pumped into the modern game. on the other hand, charging residents, supporters and corporate clients 70k for a box at the emirates ( or 5k a seat in a box ! ) is insane. yes they are predominantly offered to companies, but my understanding is anyone can buy a box and over the summer, our box-office have been ringing local supporters offering a box for extortionate prices. i guess that's their job and the sales people are judged on the amount of tickets they sell, but it still doesn't excuse the violation of insanity.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
Both are insane, that's modern football for you.
The boxes are intended for corporate hospitality, if very rich individuals want to buy in then that's their look out, no-one's forcing them to.
I have to say I do somewhat object to feeling like I'm a 'customer' these days rather than a fan though.
insane but on different levels.
footballers nowadays earning 70k a week was always a formality, only compounded by big money transfers such as zidane going for €60m+ in 2001 and fat ronaldo going for €40m+ in 2002. add to that the sudden trend of rich owners heavily investing into football clubs, and wages were only going to spiral.
on the other hand, the massive cost burden implemented onto supporters was somewhat of a surprise, or at least the speed at which it happened created an element of surprise. 10 years ago i was not expecting our club to charge 70k for corporate seats but i was somewhat resigned (perhaps it was common sense) to the fact that players would be getting 100k+ a week.
Both are supply and demand, fella. Neither are right.
The days when footballers are local lads made good who have a real connection with the fans and don't earn significantly more than them are long gone.