Random Arsenal Shit (When it's not worth starting a thread)

[Power n Glory]

Mostly because they've priced out the more traditional fan.
That said, there was that table of football prices - our cheapest season ticket is £1050, Spurs is £750. BUT, ours does include 7 cup ties, theirs only 2. And you do get a rebate at Arsenal if you don't use them all. So actually in price per game it's not much different and who would you rather watch, us or that lot?

The prices are all ridiculous of course but while average footballers are earning £100k a week the money's got to come from somewhere. It all comes from us one way or another, tickets, merchandise, Sky and BT subscriptions etc.

http://www.skysports.com/football/ne...-201516-season

Do a proper comparison. We have no business charging what we charge, especially when we're so frugal with our transfer dealings. It's a disgrace.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

I don't personally think a price decrease can be justified as we are selling out games (though a mandatory freeze for the next few years at least would be welcome).

As for the frugality on the transfer front, with any luck that old cumudgeon will be gone by 2017

[Letters]

http://www.skysports.com/football/ne...-201516-season

Do a proper comparison. We have no business charging what we charge, especially when we're so frugal with our transfer dealings. It's a disgrace.

A proper comparison would take into consideration what you get for your season ticket - as I said we get 7 cup games, Spurs get 2. I don't know about the rest.
But overall yes, our ticket prices are a disgrace. But our wage bill is ridiculous - it's not just about transfer fees although Sanchez and Ozil weren't us being frugal.
That money's got to come from somewhere and unless you've got a benefactor propping you up it's going to come from the fans.

We're a business, if you can fill a stadium charging £20 a ticket and you can still fill it with £60 a ticket then what are you going to do?
Obviously they're screwing the fans but what's the alternative if you want to try and compete?

[Niall_Quinn]

A proper comparison would take into consideration what you get for your season ticket - as I said we get 7 cup games, Spurs get 2. I don't know about the rest.
But overall yes, our ticket prices are a disgrace. But our wage bill is ridiculous - it's not just about transfer fees although Sanchez and Ozil weren't us being frugal.
That money's got to come from somewhere and unless you've got a benefactor propping you up it's going to come from the fans.

We're a business, if you can fill a stadium charging £20 a ticket and you can still fill it with £60 a ticket then what are you going to do?
Obviously they're screwing the fans but what's the alternative if you want to try and compete?

I think the point is, they aren't trying to compete. At least not on the football field. We all know what had to happen this summer if we were serious about competing. That didn't happen and it's not good pointing backwards and saying well, at least we started the process. I might run the London Marathon next year, my goal is to win it but my intention is to run 100 yards and then go down the pub.

[selassie]

http://www.skysports.com/football/ne...-201516-season

Do a proper comparison. We have no business charging what we charge, especially when we're so frugal with our transfer dealings. It's a disgrace.

Aye, that's my stance on things too and I still think Wenger & Ivan are hiding behind the signings of Ozil and Sanchez as a means to justify our transfer policy and the previous price hikes.

[selassie]

A proper comparison would take into consideration what you get for your season ticket - as I said we get 7 cup games, Spurs get 2. I don't know about the rest.
But overall yes, our ticket prices are a disgrace. But our wage bill is ridiculous - it's not just about transfer fees although Sanchez and Ozil weren't us being frugal.
That money's got to come from somewhere and unless you've got a benefactor propping you up it's going to come from the fans.

We're a business, if you can fill a stadium charging £20 a ticket and you can still fill it with £60 a ticket then what are you going to do?
Obviously they're screwing the fans but what's the alternative if you want to try and compete?

Our wage bill in comparison to our rivals in PL isn't so bad. The thing is we can't really cry about what we pay our players when we aim to be a top European club that charge crazy ticket prices, we can't have it one way.

We are essentially paying a top tier prize to see a team that is "attempting" to be the best and the "attempt" at best is passive.

[Niall_Quinn]

Aye, that's my stance on things too and I still think Wenger & Ivan are hiding behind the signings of Ozil and Sanchez as a means to justify our transfer policy and the previous price hikes.

IF

Walcott continues with his current run of form and starts to develop into an effective striker then I guess the manager and the club were justified in not splashing out for an alternative in the summer. IF. That doesn't excuse us being in the position of lacking a top striker for several seasons and it certainly doesn't explain Sanogo. Nevertheless, we might get lucky on the striker front like we did with Bellerin and Coquelin. And if we get lucky three times then it starts to suggest there's more to it than luck. So it's a little bit of both, decent development internally (by whatever means) but a loss of competitiveness over a protracted period while waiting for these resources to develop.

The DM role though. That's the one that gives the game away.

[Letters]

I think the point is, they aren't trying to compete. At least not on the football field.

Tell that to the league table. Last time I looked we were 2nd.
I don't think it's 'too soon' to talk about the league table, do you?

[Power n Glory]

A proper comparison would take into consideration what you get for your season ticket - as I said we get 7 cup games, Spurs get 2. I don't know about the rest.
But overall yes, our ticket prices are a disgrace. But our wage bill is ridiculous - it's not just about transfer fees although Sanchez and Ozil weren't us being frugal.
That money's got to come from somewhere and unless you've got a benefactor propping you up it's going to come from the fans.

We're a business, if you can fill a stadium charging £20 a ticket and you can still fill it with £60 a ticket then what are you going to do?
Obviously they're screwing the fans but what's the alternative if you want to try and compete?

You say the prices are a disgrace but justify it. Plus you throw in the salesman trick with the old 'we'll throw in a free......when you purchase......' It's bollocks. Offer a price without the bundled on junk you can live without. In this climate it's necessary.

And we're not competing. It took the revenue from sponsorship deals for us to purchase class players and we spent years flushing wages down the shitter by paying players like Bendy, Denilson, etc £50k. Combine the fees we were paying for junk, we could have afforded the wage of a genuine star player like Sanchez. It shouldn't have taken the sponsorship deals. The sponsorship deals should have eased the burden off the fans.

[Letters]

You say the prices are a disgrace but justify it..

I'm not justifying it. Sheesh, you're so desperate to disagree with everything I say even when we're agreeing with each other...
I'm just asking where the money is going to come from if it isn't the fans?

Plus you throw in the salesman trick with the old 'we'll throw in a free......when you purchase......' It's bollocks.
Offer a price without the bundled on junk you can live without. In this climate it's necessary.

All I'm saying is our season ticket offers more games than Spurs' and that should be considered when comparing the prices
I guess we could have an option without the cup games, at least people would then have the option to buy them if they want to although I suspect most would want to.