Match Thread Home v Salford Tuesday 27th April@7.00pm

We are 20th in the bottom league because as Ryan Sparks says we have managed the money badly with poor recruitment as I say above we have been at least twice in a position to reach the championship been in a major cup final promotion and five years of progression all with affordable football and we can do that again

 

TOTAL CHANGE OF DIRECTION @Park bantam

You used supermarkets as your analogy, now you have changed directions. That isn't defending your point nor shining credence on yourself.

But I'll give you one thing in 'defending' the club.... You've just pointed out how wasteful and poor in recruiting the club has been. Maybe without realising it, a price increase in ST's may not be a good idea?
Until we see Sparks and the whole structure work and improve together, Sparks words have little credence either. I'll be more than happy for him (and others) to prove me wrong, mind.

We need to move forwards, not looking to the past.

 

yep that is the problem when so many teams are trying to arrange postponed games it is a matter of finding a date when both are free unless the league take over the reorganising and basically reschedule rest of season

 

No change of direction at all in fact you can add pound and charity shops the only outlets thriving at the moment. However not using the resources well is true whether you are overcharging which the majority of football clubs do for their product or charge affordable prices that we do

 

Pound and charity shops only thriving at the moment?

https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/results/christmas-trading-how-do-all-the-supermarket-performances-measure-up/652337.article

Some impressive trading there, just over the Christmas period.

Anyhow, we've both gone collectively on a tangent.

 

was a perfect position for them, just out of lockdown, Christmas and people worried about next lockdown

 

care companies mate as well

 

I agree, but in sheer desperation we dropped the price. But like any commodity, the price could and should go back up. £6.50 isn't affordable football, its business suicide in any industry where the next cheapest tickets in the division are twice the price.

 

Yes of course and many with disposable income but to suggest just pound shops and charity shops doing well, is simply not true.

I'm not overly sure charity shops are doing so well?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/society/2020/aug/15/uk-charity-shops-sales-suffer-despite-lockdown-decluttering

 

Jesus wept.

 

especially when they have had to be shut during lockdowns so people have disposed of stuff rather than taking it there

 

We're not talking about this moment, this debate was had well before Covid. Theres a simple saying, If you want the nice things in lfie you have to pay a bit more. Me personally, i shop elsewhere to Aldi and Lidl as i like a bit more quality in what i buy.

 

and not getting put through the checkout at 100 mph

 

We all want value but you get what you pay for.

 

It appears more and more people are taking an alternative view

 

They will be still standing when this is over go through the list of big names that won’t be

 

I would pay whatever price many won’t and can’t

 

The whole point on this if everything is done right we have shown in the fairly recent past that we can do well and progress without fleecing fans that many clubs do.

 

Who’s suggesting anything about fleecing fans? We’re talking about a reasonably modest price increase to bring our ticket prices into line with market rate. Probably just below, but not miles below.