Opposition view: Arsenal

[Ric]

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Many thanks to Andrew from Arseblog for taking the time to answer the questions.

 

[bluemoon27]

Surely a question that should have been asked is why on earth have all there fans not made a stance on there ticket prices,its disgusting what they are being charged and what thay are charging away fans

 

[moomba]

It's a convenient excuse for Arsenal to blame us for their lack of spending and high ticket prices. Doesn't explain the profits they've made over the past four or five years which coincidentally is quite close to the £150m + cash they have sitting in their bank account.

Unfortunately a lot of their supporters seem to have lapped it up.

 

[SWP's back]

Joke answer re: blaming us for high ticket prices.

 

[daztrueblue91]

Let's get this right, because we buy players that means Arsenal have to charge more for ticket prices? What a joke of a statement that is.

Why is it that clubs like United and Arsenal always blame us and Chelsea for the way football is when they were the teams who made football as it is today. Its funny because they wasn't complaining when they had all the money and the best players.

As for ticket prices, I thought Arsenal did it the right way and not pay over the odds for a player or over inflated wages. Therefore they should have no excuse in the slightest for charging expensive prices, especially when they sell their players and don't invest it.

My view of Arsenal is that they are a horrible, stuck up, shitty club who are on par with the rags for having the most obnoxious and horrible supporters. They whinge about everything and honestly believe they have a god given right for success. I also think its rich of them to criticise us about buying players when at least we pay the fair value where as they think it is more acceptable to poach players from smaller clubs which could possibly ruin a club.

 

[Holloway Harry]

Alright chaps. I expect you are getting quite a few of us looking oh here today. I thought I'd put my 2 pennies in. In regards to the poster asking why we are not making a stand, there is a group that was formed last year called the black scarf movement (named as black was the only colour Nike haven't used as a kit colour) and we had over 2000 people demonstrating before the Swansea game in December. It was all over the press, Sky sports etc even a German TV crew that got wind of us when Schalke beat us in the CL where there and the prices of tickets was one of the issues being raised. The core Arsenal support do stay away, all the pubs around Holloway road, Finsbury Park are rammed with Arsenal that simply refuse to pay these extortionate prices (especially seeing as our dear Stan from the US is hell bent on stripping us of our assets). It's a disgrace and in regards to paying high prices away, you should see what he had to pay at Chelsea and even QPR last year. I even paid well over £50 to see you lot earlier this season. These people are living in the clouds and its us mugs that have to take the brunt of it.

There are also other supporter clubs such AISA who have lobbeyed the board for close to 2 years to reduce ticket prices. These people just wont listen however. I applaud your stand to send back these tickets, it's a fucking disgrace.

As for the "Unfortunately a lot of their supporters seem to have lapped it up." You don't know many of us do you chap? If you think that we pray to the altar of this board, that Arsene and his constant whining about other clubs and how unfair it is that they have more money then we do (even though we spend so much on wages for players who we cant even sell on and who no longer play such as your Denilson's and Djourou's etc) is a mantra we all follow then you are as deluded as he is.

There is a massive divide between fans which are the ever diminishing Arsene Knows Brigade (lovingly referred to as the AKB's) and the other half who are sick to the back teeth of the constant lies that are spoon fed to us by the king of spin himself, Ivan Gazidis (a Man City fan by the way). There are people who only jumped on the bandwagon at Arsenal when football became really popular and Arsene FC was created. There are some who genuinely think that the club didn't exist before their deity arrived in '96. Anything that comes out of the mouths of their dear leader and board is the truth and all the talk about the evils of city (used to be Chelsea) is the only reason why we are now footballing also rans.

There are many, many of us who will support the team through thick and thin but will no longer put a penny into this club whilst the current regime exists.

It's got nothing to do with having an entitlement to win trophies, it's the constant lies and bullshit, the constant pining for this fantasy which is Financial Fair Play. It's a fucking joke. Unfortunately for us it wont be ending any time soon. Still for a shitty club with such horrible supporters like us I imagine you lot wont care which is fair enough as we didn't care when you were doing nowt.

 

[moomba]

As for the "Unfortunately a lot of their supporters seem to have lapped it up." You don't know many of us do you chap? If you think that we pray to the altar of this board, that Arsene and his constant whining about other clubs and how unfair it is that they have more money then we do (even though we spend so much on wages for players who we cant even sell on and who no longer play such as your Denilson's and Djourou's etc) is a mantra we all follow then you are as deluded as he is.

A lot of your supporters doesn't mean the same as all of your supporters now does it?

 

[Chippy_boy]

Joke answer re: blaming us for high ticket prices.

He didn't say us specifically, but it is undoubtedly true that if you push up wages and transfer fees, then there is upwards pressure on ticket prices. That said, this has got fuck all to do with Arsenal who actually have made a profit on transfers and who's ticket prices therefore cannot in anyway be justified on the basis of transfer costs. You could argue in fact that they have made MORE money on transfers because of high transfer prices (How much have WE given them???) and that their tickets would be even MORE expensive if t/f fees were lower.

The reality is their ticket prices are all about fleecing the fans for as much as they can get away with, nothing more.

 

[moomba]

Joke answer re: blaming us for high ticket prices.

He didn't say us specifically, but it is undoubtedly true that if you push up wages and transfer fees, then there is upwards pressure on ticket prices. That said, this has got fuck all to do with Arsenal who actually have made a profit on transfers and who's ticket prices therefore cannot in anyway be justified on the basis of transfer costs. You could argue in fact that they have made MORE money on transfers because of high transfer prices (How much have WE given them???) and that their tickets would be even MORE expensive if t/f fees were lower.

The reality is their ticket prices are all about fleecing the fans for as much as they can get away with, nothing more.

Exactly. Their wage bill hasn't increased by that much either in the last 5 years. Maybe £20m higher than it was 5 years ago.

 

[amamamamamamam71]

2007 – £89.7m 2008 £101.3m – 2009 £104m – 2010 -£110.7m 2011 – £124.4m 2012 – £143.4