Arsenal v City Pre Match Discussion Thread

[birchwoodgingerste]

I'm worried about our midfield barry and garcia barry or milner are to static I think lescott should partner nastasic at the back and move kompany into midfield with barry silva left nasri right

 

[gooner6729]

City fans will take a stand if they believe ticket prices are too high , as clubs like Birmingham and Chelsea have found out in the past ...... if rags don't , that's their look out , it's people like them who keep footballs chairmen (including their own) thinking they can charge fans what they like , and rip people off.

£62 to watch a single Premiership is absolutely ridiculous , even obscene , you know it , we know it .... i would be loathe to pay that much even for a cup final ticket ..... what will the same ticket cost next season ..£65-£70???

So far from even attempting to 'taunt' fans who are prepared to stand up for what they believe in , fans like the rags have to query their own mentality .... a misguided mentality that is doing the ordinary working class football fan no good whatsoever !

I agree its obscene, but you know how high player wages are. At Arsenal we can't afford to keep our best players for that very reason. We have the most loyal fans in the country in terms of the financial sacrifice we make for our club.

What are we supposed to do? Stop going and become even less competitive?

You also realise that your club's owners are partly responsible for the high wages. You can't have it both ways.

do the players get paid less the week they charge wigan 19 quid or southampton 28 ?

Not sure where you get the 19 quid for Wigan from. The price structure at Arsenal this season actually came after the club consulted with fans. Previously we had two price categories. Now we have three.

The bottom category (Wigan,Saints,Stoke) is cheaper than last season at £28 for the cheapest seat. The top category (Spurs, both Mancs,Chelski,West Ham) is more expensive than previously with £62 being the cheapest ticket. The middle category (Everton,Newcastle) remains the same.

An Arsenal fan attending all 19 league home matches will pay exactly the same as they did last season. The club will be no better and no worse off once the 19 x 60,000 have been added up.

The benefit of this is that the poorer Arsenal fan who could no longer afford to go, now has the opportunity to watch at least some football every season. I think its great that some proper fans (a lot of those will be kids) have the opportunity to watch football now, like I did when I was a kid.

Surely all the working class heroes on here whining about the cost can't have an issue with that.

For what its worth Arsenal as a club have always placed away fans in the cheapest part of the ground. Not many clubs can say that.

Also, we have always been subject to tier 1 pricing when we go away. So have the Mancs and Scousers. I doubt you felt sorry for us. Now you're an attraction and paying the price.

This thread reminds me of other discussions I've had with City fans where they can't understand why Gooners are quite hostile to them now, when the two sets of fans used to get on well. It should be obvious why that has changed a little.

 

[Bill]

I agree its obscene, but you know how high player wages are. At Arsenal we can't afford to keep our best players for that very reason. We have the most loyal fans in the country in terms of the financial sacrifice we make for our club.

What are we supposed to do? Stop going and become even less competitive?

You also realise that your club's owners are partly responsible for the high wages. You can't have it both ways.

do the players get paid less the week they charge wigan 19 quid or southampton 28 ?

Not sure where you get the 19 quid for Wigan from. The price structure at Arsenal this season actually came after the club consulted with fans. Previously we had two price categories. Now we have three.

The bottom category (Wigan,Saints,Stoke) is cheaper than last season at £28 for the cheapest seat. The top category (Spurs, both Mancs,Chelski,West Ham) is more expensive than previously with £62 being the cheapest ticket. The middle category (Everton,Newcastle) remains the same.

An Arsenal fan attending all 19 league home matches will pay exactly the same as they did last season. The club will be no better and no worse off once the 19 x 60,000 have been added up.

The benefit of this is that the poorer Arsenal fan who could no longer afford to go, now has the opportunity to watch at least some football every season. I think its great that some proper fans (a lot of those will be kids) have the opportunity to watch football now, like I did when I was a kid.

Surely all the working class heroes on here whining about the cost can't have an issue with that.

For what its worth Arsenal as a club have always placed away fans in the cheapest part of the ground. Not many clubs can say that.

Also, we have always been subject to tier 1 pricing when we go away. So have the Mancs and Scousers. I doubt you felt sorry for us. Now you're an attraction and paying the price.

This thread reminds me of other discussions I've had with City fans where they can't understand why Gooners are quite hostile to them now, when the two sets of fans used to get on well. It should be obvious why that has changed a little.

28 quid v 62 should never happen. ever.

 

[squirtyflower]

Surely all the working class heroes on here whining

This thread reminds me of other discussions I've had with City fans where they can't understand why Gooners are quite hostile to them now, when the two sets of fans used to get on well. It should be obvious why that has changed a little.

i can never recall that time Lord Snooty
perhaps i should have crawled out of my working class hovel more and wiped the coal dust from my eyes

condescending *****

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

I'm worried about our midfield barry and garcia barry or milner are to static I think lescott should partner nastasic at the back and move kompany into midfield with barry silva left nasri right

 

[Anonymous]

West Ham fans are furious now ......

the rip-off rags are charging them £45 to watch the replay , whilst tickets for United fans for the first game were only £20 .....

 

[St Helens Blue (Exiled)]

I seriously believe we will lose this game. Really bad ground for us and we know should the rags win and we lose 10pts is virtually game set and match.

 

[ballinio]

I agree its obscene, but you know how high player wages are. At Arsenal we can't afford to keep our best players for that very reason. We have the most loyal fans in the country in terms of the financial sacrifice we make for our club.

What are we supposed to do? Stop going and become even less competitive?

You also realise that your club's owners are partly responsible for the high wages. You can't have it both ways.

do the players get paid less the week they charge wigan 19 quid or southampton 28 ?

Not sure where you get the 19 quid for Wigan from. The price structure at Arsenal this season actually came after the club consulted with fans. Previously we had two price categories. Now we have three.

The bottom category (Wigan,Saints,Stoke) is cheaper than last season at £28 for the cheapest seat. The top category (Spurs, both Mancs,Chelski,West Ham) is more expensive than previously with £62 being the cheapest ticket. The middle category (Everton,Newcastle) remains the same.

An Arsenal fan attending all 19 league home matches will pay exactly the same as they did last season. The club will be no better and no worse off once the 19 x 60,000 have been added up.

The benefit of this is that the poorer Arsenal fan who could no longer afford to go, now has the opportunity to watch at least some football every season. I think its great that some proper fans (a lot of those will be kids) have the opportunity to watch football now, like I did when I was a kid.

Surely all the working class heroes on here whining about the cost can't have an issue with that.

For what its worth Arsenal as a club have always placed away fans in the cheapest part of the ground. Not many clubs can say that.

Also, we have always been subject to tier 1 pricing when we go away. So have the Mancs and Scousers. I doubt you felt sorry for us. Now you're an attraction and paying the price.

This thread reminds me of other discussions I've had with City fans where they can't understand why Gooners are quite hostile to them now, when the two sets of fans used to get on well. It should be obvious why that has changed a little.

Thats easy , we can afford to buy players you cant, its called jelousy , a very negative human emotion & its eating the Arsenal fans up .

 

[cheddar404]

So what's the game plan? Park the bus like we used to do under Mancini in his first year?

Park the fucking limo at 62 quid.

 

[NoahCity]

perhaps we could put Sinclair at LM spot and Silva can go to the right. Tevez as second striker and Dzeko up top. This way we can have Barry and Milner as the two defensive midfielders, thought of this as it seems people don't want Garcia in the lineup.