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in the premiership, wenger and avb have met twice, we have scored five goals in both of those games and won.Quote:
Originally Posted by BlindFaith_8
and spurs are so good, we sold our best two players, and still smashed five past them. twice, in one year.
Also Swansea had unsold their home allocation, considering they only have what a 22K all seater, we took around 5000 fans, so a small club from the Valleys could'nt even sell out a game that a few years ago would have been sold in a matter of hours, just proves that away teams and home fans no longer find playing against the once famous Arsenal as one of the highlights of the season.
City haven't sold out their allocation because their fans are protesting at the prices they're being charged.
Well, their clubs owners are at least partly to blame.
Perhaps so but our prices have been somewhat exorbitant for some time, even before City were taken over. In any case, their supporters aren't to blame for their owner's excessive spending, so I can understand their actions. We need to also take into account that City fans are in general low earners (there was a survey that found they were the poorest supporters out of all BPL clubs) so the fact that they are angered by our pricing is understandable.
We're not the only ones who charge expensive tickets (QPR are ridiculously expensive as well) so finger pointing at one club or another doesn't help matters. The authorities need to regulate ticket pricing so that they're not purely determined by free market forces.
Ticket prices are a direct consequence of player wages, so if the authorities need to regulate anything, it's the reckless spending by clubs such as City, Chelsea and others with Oligarch owners.
Yes but our ticket prices were extremely high relative to other clubs even before the rise of the Oligarch owners. And if you're taking about wages spiraling out of control, no club has clean hands. After all we paid Sol Campbell £100K/week back in 2001.
And even if spending is regulated, that's just the first step. Arsenal can always charge high prices because, as a club in the South East of England there will always be quite a few affluent businessmen willing and able to fork out £60-70 for a ticket, and lower income supporters will still be priced out.
We definitely need the authorities to regulate many, many more things because there is nowhere near enough regulation in this world.
We need to regulate your face, its fekin ugly. :coffee:Quote:
Originally Posted by Noel_Quinn
There's lots of tickets on ticket exchange for this including quite a few lower tier seats.