Priced out?

Kompany Car said:
The median salary in London is £12k more than in the north west. That equates to 33% more in terms of salary.

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But housing is more expensive depending where you live in London or the suburbs. A two bed apartment on the outskirts of London in an OK area (Barnet) is about 1700 pcm, an equivalent area in Greater Manchester is around 1200 pcm.

Based on this someone on median salary should have more disposable income in Greater London, than Greater Manchester.
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Agreed but they are just stats and how many are really on median salaries in London, People down there have much higher costs imo. From my own personal experience with my wifes brothers and parents etc. a reasonable 3 bed house you are talking northwards of £500k, even now on the outskirts of London ie Potters Bar, Watford etc. My brother in Law pays £90 a day for nursery as they both have to work and is paying £2k/ month to rent a 2 bed flat. They have basically not much left over. You can easily get a 3 bed house in say Ashton (where I live) for £200k.

My point was from a football perspective, the wage bill/costs is equivalent if not more than any of the London clubs at City. I'm not sure an FD or whoever does the pricing strategy will look at any difference in demographics and location salaries etc. I would assume they have a bottom line strategy. Doesn't mean its right.

I also believe, Prem teams will move a fully stream service in the not so distant future which will be a slightly cheaper alternative.
 
mexico1970 said:
But it isn't branded Greggs is it? Imagine standing outside Greggs selling food that Greggs sell actually in Greggs bags?

Add to that the numerous police officers and City officials/employees walking past them and you have a conspiracy to look the other way at the very least.
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Not sure it’s the best analogy. Maybe if we were talking about kits, it would be more of a point.

But just because City stick a label on a scarf saying ‘official’ I’m not sure it will be any different to the stuff the lads are selling.

Admittedly I’ve never bought either to compare the quality.

Also I doubt your average tourist, sticking a bit of wool round his neck for a couple of hours, gives much of a shit if it’s ‘official’ or not.
 
Johnny Mars Bar said:
Club management by balance sheet.

Soriano and his cronies know they’re better off selling fewer tickets at higher prices than selling out at lower prices.
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I think some of those seats at the top of the East Stand have been used by sponsors for donkeys. I wonder a spot the ball competition about eight years ago and got seats up there. Now it seems they are mainly owned by the tout resellers.
 
These unsold agency blocks are the new season ticket seats we haven't released over the last 3 years.

The Club look a bit silly now and everyone is having a pop, left right and centre.

Villa fans last night at the match and on the phone ins, even though they only sell 39k at most to home fans!

It was only a few months ago Villa fans were up in arms about their CL pricing for this season!

Forest fans crowing about selling out for the Semi, even though it's their first appearance since the 90's.

There are a lot of things wrong with football in general but City are doing themselves and us fans no favours. They are making a bad situation worse!
 
ysmsa said:
The Club look a bit silly now and everyone is having a pop, left right and centre.
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It’s great, probably the biggest positive of this season, solidarity amongst our fans, standing up to say we’re not going to take their shit any more. It’s been coming for a long time and I hope it continues until they see sense. A lot more season tickets need to be released and match day prices need a significant price reduction.
 
thegoatsthegoat said:
Yeah I was looking for the right place to complain about that bell end. Claiming it was because we aren't winning the league this season. He can fuck off, I wouldn't mind his seat being empty.
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I doubt he was a Blue. That late night show all kinds of numpties. Most likely a rag taking the piss.

They replayed it earlier on breakfast
 
thegoatsthegoat said:
We say that but there has been posters on here and members for a while saying similar things.
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Infested this place. Having said that we have always had empty seats back before we went super club.

Success means high demand and high prices but we all said when that stops so will sky high demand for pricey tickets especially rearranged games.

The club have shafted us and we know it. They should remember who their fanbase mainly is.
 
ysmsa said:
These unsold agency blocks are the new season ticket seats we haven't released over the last 3 years.

The Club look a bit silly now and everyone is having a pop, left right and centre.

Villa fans last night at the match and on the phone ins, even though they only sell 39k at most to home fans!

It was only a few months ago Villa fans were up in arms about their CL pricing for this season!

Forest fans crowing about selling out for the Semi, even though it's their first appearance since the 90's.

There are a lot of things wrong with football in general but City are doing themselves and us fans no favours. They are making a bad situation worse!
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The irony of Villa having a pop about empty seats is hilarious. Only the past few seasons they've regularly sold anywhere near their capacity. Mid to low 30s generally historically in a 42k stadium. That's them being the biggest club in the second largest city in England too. Foul and delusional fanbase.
 
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Edghill OG said:
The irony or Villa having a pop about empty seats is hilarious. Only the past few seasons they've regularly sold anywhere near their capacity. Mid to low 30s generally historically in a 42k stadium. That's them being the biggest club in the second largest city in England too. Foul and delusional fanbase.
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complete bellends a lot of Villa. Ask Birmingham City fans.

They remind me of the new era Chelsea fans (old Chelsea would be cringing)....complete with blow up cups.
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
Not sure who the bell end was that rang up talkSPORT - think he was called Lee. Having a go at our fans
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moral of the story is don't listen to that shithole of a radio station, binned it long ago and my life is certainly better for it
the rag/scouse/arse bias is off the scale, the anti city rhetoric is incessant or was might be pro city city now for all i know
but i aint tuning back in
 
Stephen230 said:
Not sure it’s the best analogy. Maybe if we were talking about kits, it would be more of a point.

But just because City stick a label on a scarf saying ‘official’ I’m not sure it will be any different to the stuff the lads are selling.

Admittedly I’ve never bought either to compare the quality.

Also I doubt your average tourist, sticking a bit of wool round his neck for a couple of hours, gives much of a shit if it’s ‘official’ or not.
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No mate it's merchandise that the club is officially ignoring, no other business would tolerate it. I don't know where you're getting your thinking from but it's wrong thinking.

It's quite literally snide merchandise being sold in the shadow of the stadium it's the perfect analogy.
 
mexico1970 said:
No mate it's merchandise that the club is officially ignoring, no other business would tolerate it. I don't know where you're getting your thinking from but it's wrong thinking.

It's quite literally snide merchandise being sold in the shadow of the stadium it's the perfect analogy.
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FWIW, I did see a Chinese girl walk past the half and half sellers and ask a fan support person where the Club Store was so she could buy an official scarf.
 
Talksport have been saying about the empty seats with only a little bit of context. Just a minute ago though the hourly news bulletin had the presenter say emptyhad.
 
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