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Ok so here’s a novel thought.
Correct me if I’m wrong but I’d say we had 10k full paying adult ST holders last season paying £149. That’s almost 1.5million in revenue.
The owners have admitted there’s a 750k deficit.
So the club need ideally 2.25million in ST sales.
How about a reverse auction type sale. A bit of a gamble by the club but assuming we’d sell 5000 @ £450 (the die hards) and then the price is reduced for every 1000 additional tickets sold beyond 5000. Ie. 8000 = £281 each and 10000 = £225 each, capped at 15000 making the price £150.
Any junior tickets sold at £50 would be a bonus.

 

You didn't really answer the underlying question.

So let me ask it directly.

Would YOU, Fordy117, be willing to pay higher ticket prices to enable a larger player budget?

 

Which football fan of any team wants to stand still.

 

Well you would be there not sure about anybody else

 

Whoever we get I hope they have plenty of experience at fighting relegation battles.

 

Excellent.

Let's get a campaign going to raise ST prices and allow the club to progress.

Edin. Are you listening!

 

We would all love a city nut with more money than sense willing to pump millions in and not want anything in return. Sadly unless you know anyone I don’t think there is one.So the club has to be run in business lines now you could do it the way Mark and Julian did it and gamble and if it didn’t work claw back but people on here hated the deficit or you could pile debt on the club very risky or we could ask the Germans to gamble not only on covering the deficit but millions above that in the hope we would win promotion but what if we didn’t would it be same again next year and the year after.
The two owners have made mistakes and their man management has been abysmal. But they were trying a different longer term but more sustainable way buy speculating on younger players and developing our own to sell on and using g the money to improve. To me that seems a worthwhile way to go

 

I actually think that is inevitable now after poor sales prices will be a lot higher next year

 

What does he say?

 

About Greg, next season and what will help make his decision.

 

Sounds like he isn't convinced to stay.

 

Agree, that's how read it too.

 

Sounds to me he wants a vastly bigger budget and control of recruitment.

 

I like the theory and principle ............... But we're talking BCAFC, here. It would take our Club staff the whole of close season to get their heads around it !

 

Yep, and which OWNERS of a football team want to stand still? Speculate to accumulate and all that.

 

I bet they are regretting saying that because it masked what they said when they first bought the club Things like the location which had lots of bigger clubs in the Area where they could pick up released players to develop and sell on. They set the stall out at the beginning obviously they underestimated how hard it would be but they did say they were in it for the long term. I don’t think they ever had the intention of throwing money at the club rather a steady growth.

 

Obviously as Bradford City fans we hope they can do what they say with regards young development players that don't make it at Premiership club, but there are 70+ other teams trying to do the same, you don't see many slipping through the top teams academies and being picked up and developed who bring big money.
The ones likes Peterborough are picking up are mainly non league players who they pay little for and make a few bob when they sell them, I would much prefer the system we had where the manager know his player budget and brings players in to strengthen the first team squad even like Stuart and Parkinson before him spent little on goal keepers because they though6 other position had priority, if you could get a lad like Jordon Pickford or Sam Johnson then that's a bonus.

 

Why, just because he’s German ?

Without doubt , using your words, he’s crap and plays negative percentage football. It’s tedious to watch.

So on what grounds, where there is no doubt, will our owners go for Rosler?

 

Is that a qualification then?

 

Ok, so if you just watched his Bradford team then you will see he plays dire football. His football is extremely boring.