citytill1die84
Well-Known Member
Those prices would make me stop going 100%
I wouldn't be surprised if they struggled to sell out at those prices. You can't sustain a business on the fickle tourist market. Perhaps it is supply and demand but there has to be some community responsibility as well. Lots of people struggling financially in East London just as they are in Manchester.Think we had one of the highest average attendances in the Prem last couple seasons with 60k+ , fan base is huge , chuck in tourists nowadays and we simply sell regardless of the prices. Supply and demand I guess.
Unless fans boycott they will forever increase.
I wouldn't be surprised if they struggled to sell out at those prices. You can't sustain a business on the fickle tourist market. Perhaps it is supply and demand but there has to be some community responsibility as well. Lots of people struggling financially in East London just as they are in Manchester.
once the hardcore turn their back matches will be played abroadThe day will eventually come where the hardcore turn their backs on football en masse and only then will the business side react. It will never be preventative action from them, only reactionary.
They all want the tourist money, they know part of the attraction is the hard-core local support, the premier league doesn't have the same appeal without them. just from our perspective, every tourist wants to be in the south stand when they come over for example and will pay more for that experience even at the expense of a poorer view of the pitch. what the money men in football are banking on is the unwavering loyalty, they know that isbeing strained every year with every decision they make that shits on us and it's going to hurt the future of the clubs support but they simply don't care, they won't be around for that, it's all about now for them.
The hope is the independent regulator identifies these kind of things as their primary issues to tackle, I'm not overly optimistic that will actually be the case but there's at least a better chance of it happening than hoping the clubs do it.