Lovebitesandeveryfing
Well-Known Member
For me, this is arguably one of the most interesting threads on the entire forum. Why? Because it's real. Now we can go on and on about whether Edin is shit/a genius, whether Mario was a cock but worth having on the pitch because he frightened the rags to death.
But this is about whether we actually go and sit in that stadium. And on that, we have a choice. If I can, I shall get a ticket for that Liverpool game (and I don't only go to the marquee games: I was at the Palace and West Brom games last season). I agree that the price is stiff, and that generally the one-off price for matches has been going up too sharply over the last three seasons. But I suppose what it boils down to is that, not spending on other things, I can do it. And that few things in my life have given me as much pleasure as the way City have played over the last few seasons. After we first won the Premier League in 2012 I literally went around for weeks and even months after it in a state of euphoria. Nothing — literally nothing — could touch me or piss me off. I don't suppose I'm alone in that, although I'm describing a purely subjective experience, obviously. But you can't really put a price on that. Does this mean that I wasn't a City fan when we were at York away (using that as shorthand for a period of our history that is now long gone)? Obviously, not. If you're a blue in your heart that's it. But would I have paid £60 (or adjust that downwards to take account of inflation) for it? No, I really don't think so. There is a relation between the quality of what you're watching, and the price you're prepared to pay, and I don't think this makes you just a fair weather supporter, or not a "real blue", or something like that.
Now I understand that we're talking about people's real disposable income here, and that's not a subjective experience. At least, not on the face of it. Setting aside the bloke that's on the dole, who's at rock bottom, I sort of doubt that that describes most of us. What's emerging from many posts here is that real disposable income is in fact subjective, too, up to a point. We have different priorities at different points in our lives. I'm not a home owner (although I was), my lad's grown up, I choose not to have a car, etc. etc. Won't bore you further. But I well understand the poster who's got to move, who's just started a family, etc. , having to look long and hard at the price of the ticket for the Liverpool match.
It does seem that we're coming to a tipping point as far as the club's pricing policy is concerned. I hope that the club has taken notice of this thread, at least.
Not a very conclusive post, admittedly. But as ChicagoBlue I think it was, said, we're talking about a huge range of incomes for that 47,500 or so.
But this is about whether we actually go and sit in that stadium. And on that, we have a choice. If I can, I shall get a ticket for that Liverpool game (and I don't only go to the marquee games: I was at the Palace and West Brom games last season). I agree that the price is stiff, and that generally the one-off price for matches has been going up too sharply over the last three seasons. But I suppose what it boils down to is that, not spending on other things, I can do it. And that few things in my life have given me as much pleasure as the way City have played over the last few seasons. After we first won the Premier League in 2012 I literally went around for weeks and even months after it in a state of euphoria. Nothing — literally nothing — could touch me or piss me off. I don't suppose I'm alone in that, although I'm describing a purely subjective experience, obviously. But you can't really put a price on that. Does this mean that I wasn't a City fan when we were at York away (using that as shorthand for a period of our history that is now long gone)? Obviously, not. If you're a blue in your heart that's it. But would I have paid £60 (or adjust that downwards to take account of inflation) for it? No, I really don't think so. There is a relation between the quality of what you're watching, and the price you're prepared to pay, and I don't think this makes you just a fair weather supporter, or not a "real blue", or something like that.
Now I understand that we're talking about people's real disposable income here, and that's not a subjective experience. At least, not on the face of it. Setting aside the bloke that's on the dole, who's at rock bottom, I sort of doubt that that describes most of us. What's emerging from many posts here is that real disposable income is in fact subjective, too, up to a point. We have different priorities at different points in our lives. I'm not a home owner (although I was), my lad's grown up, I choose not to have a car, etc. etc. Won't bore you further. But I well understand the poster who's got to move, who's just started a family, etc. , having to look long and hard at the price of the ticket for the Liverpool match.
It does seem that we're coming to a tipping point as far as the club's pricing policy is concerned. I hope that the club has taken notice of this thread, at least.
Not a very conclusive post, admittedly. But as ChicagoBlue I think it was, said, we're talking about a huge range of incomes for that 47,500 or so.