I wasn’t directly quoting you, I’m just saying this was an ongoing thing where it was pointed out that we weren’t really going to be offering discounted tickets when we had a new stadium to pay for and that realistically that had to be factored into our expectations but some people acted (and still act) like that wasn’t the case. Personally I’m not sure that even the type of deal you’re talking about would make a difference, I’m not sure that these extra people actually exist. As someone said a few posts up, we’re on target for our highest ever average attendance, I just don’t think there’s any evidence to support the idea that there are an extra 5-10k people out there on top of that who would be regularly turning up if it was a bit cheaper. It’s absolutely fine for you to think it and say it obviously, but we do need to acknowledge that it isn’t actually based on anything and is purely a speculative statement contrary to the evidence we have. As has been said a million times, if we’re winning every week and challenging at the top it’s different but attracting thousands of new fans to watch what’s actually on offer is a huge ask.
Reminds me of Mrs Merton interviewing Debbie McGee, 'what attracted you to millionaire Paul Daniels?'
And some have the cheek to call the fans impatient
The crowds we get when watching
in a bleak midwinter, with expensive tickets and issues getting them.
Sales for all games generally will be very good because we have a loyal and large fan base, that’s not in doubt. I think our attendances are quite remarkable given the circumstances, that’s kind of my point. I’m just not sure that we realistically have tens of thousands of additional people who would be turning up if tickets were marginally cheaper. Obviously there’s always going to be an issue between what your average person in the street thinks is ‘reasonable’ and what passes as reasonable in a corporate context. I still struggle to get my head round it being more than a fiver for a pint in my local but he’s not going to put his prices down because that’s just what the cost is these days. The same applies with the match, I’m sure there’s the potential to slightly reduce costs but it’s not going to be by a massive amount because that’s just how much it costs to see PL football these days, and I’m not sure the difference between £60 and £70 tickets is the deciding factor on whether people turn up personally.
Most of those taking part actually manage to get the ball in the net at least, and considering we pay significantly more per week than the price of a Toyota to our two 'strikers' who seem incapable of managing that feat, you make a good point.Surely our Toyota overlords could put up a car as a prize if someone hits the crossbar three times in a row or something at half time
At the moment the prize is just a signed shirt if you hit it
Not sure to be honest. There was an interesting interview on the BBC site with the woman who heads up Arsenal women’s commercial team, and she just said there are two key factors to getting a sell-out - holding matches at weekends at suitable times for families, and the opposition. They piggyback the men’s team a bit by hyping up the Spurs game even though Spurs women aren’t a top side, so they got 57,000 for that one last season I think.
A decade? At least three.
I dunno mate. I truly feel like there's been snatches of optimism in there. Moyes had a five or so year run the first time when I sincerely believed we where capable of winning something and the atmosphere in Martinez's first season was pretty good but you're right that its definitely more then one decade and its probably over two.
