@mosssideblue
Yes, it’s a lesson they need to learn that football fans are the sport, there is a culture in society of going to the game with your mates. Fans are emotionally invested in their teams and that invested loyalty shouldn’t be creamed by clubs just to earn extra bits of money here and there, that they do not need, or will lose out in other areas as people will cut spending from different areas of the club anyway.
It’s not like I’m a Boots fan and they’re trying to maximise profits because I buy deodorant or athelete’s foot spray for the athlete’s foot societal culture all the time. If they put prices up I’ll go to Bodycare instead but it’s not like I’m going to start supporting Altrincham because City get too expensive.
Football clubs need teaching this lesson. If everyone in Platinum came off it and went down to Gold the club would lose more than they make with the increases so it might make them think twice about it in future. People are coming out of Cup Schemes left right and centre and our 45000 average CL attendance as opposed to our 54000 average PL attendance shows that we will not be just suckered into just giving our money away to the club all the time.
If they don’t understand that all the accumulative costs are the reasons why we didn't sell out a number of away games this season or didn’t get a bigger crowd against Burton or sell out the semi at Wembley or will only take about half as many fans to the Community Shield as Liverpool will then they are stupid. If everything was a bit cheaper City we would sell out a 65000 stadium for every single game, none of these crowds around the 40000 mark for CL games, and there would never be a Wembley trip that didn’t sell out.
We get more people going to early round FA Cup games than we do CL games! Why is that? It’s because our general support can afford those cheaper cup games on top of seasoncard money every month but not the more expensive CL games. Other sets of fans are puzzled at how we can get 52000 against Rotherham but only 40000 against Lyon. But I’m not. It’s because they keep creaming money off us all the time so we’ll just go for the cheaper options.
The board members at City can’t sit there on CL nights and think “ahh, look at all these empty and unsold seats, this is brilliant for our profits and image!”
But they must be fucking stupid if they don’t know the reason why it happens all the time. People are talking with their wallets. They are saying “I’m already paying £84.50 a month for my seasoncard so fucking stuff your Champions League up your arse! I’ll wait for the £15 FA Cup game in January”
The club need to understand its audience, not try and find new fans that don’t exist at a higher price.
