- Jun 27, 2012
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Not sure the ST holder absenteeism issue is really primarily about money. Its about filling the ground rather than selling more pies as i understand it although it might help obviously . And all the attempts to resolve that - the exchange, encouraging ST holders to turn up, sharing tickets - don't really raise revenue at all. Club argue it actually costs them ££.
I think there's also many examples on this thread alone - but certainly elsewhere - where the club has been accomodating to a very high level with all sorts of unplanned for issues that would cause long term non attendance, not just illness.
But you're right the club is also a business - one of the biggest in the City now and run like one , results primarily improve atmosphere (running the club like a business helps with that ultimately i'd say) , some things are out of the clubs control (some of the transport issues), and sometimes the sanctions for breaking rules are harsher than they probably need to be and there's the odd - and its pretty rare - account on NSC and anecdotally where they might have been applied wrongly - so if you're on the end of that . Then fair enough.
Not sure overall that all the long term fans are that hacked off btw. Well this old bastard isn't ha ha.
PS: bit harsh to call some of the ticketing and customer service team at the Albion "minions" . I think we can all agree they do a very good job even if the policies and rules they're having to work with aren't to universal liking.
