Great post. I'll be there against PSG and it will cost me £50. I'd still be there if it cost me £70 or £80. I only have to pay for myself and I can afford it. Tens of thousands of our fans though are not in that position. The PSG match could have been "one of those great European nights" like we keep hearing about when the media go on about Liverpool. The match against Hamburg was despite us going out. The club is missing a huge opportunity to capture younger fans who will be fans for decades to come.
People say we should be grateful to Sheikh Mansour and yes, we should, but we don't owe any loyalty to the likes of Soriano. Sheikh Mansour didn't object when Garry Cook sold Hamburg tickets at a fiver a head. Why would he object if we were to do something similar now? He's looking long term at growing "the brand".He ultimately wants a stadium that holds 80,000 and that's full for every match.That is good for "the brand". 15,000 empty seats for a CL QF is immensely damaging to "the brand". A few hundred grand of gate money either way is immaterial. He's almost certainly unaware of any discontent over pricing. Nobody is suggesting mass demonstrations against Sheikh Mansour like we had in the Swales era but a few banners highlighting the problem would attract his attention.
Personally I reckon he'd be pissed off with Soriano and Khaldoon, to a lesser extent for taking his eye off the ball, and not the supporters.
