RexCathedra
Aurea Mediocritas
Hometown discount. You'd stick it to an oil sheik, but your neigbors -- you'd make them a deal, surely.
And only a schlemiel would pay retail anyways.
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Hometown discount. You'd stick it to an oil sheik, but your neigbors -- you'd make them a deal, surely.
And only a schlemiel would pay retail anyways.
symyjym
Banned
So the official tickets sold 24,370 with an actual gate of 19,423, equals a 4,947 no show. The no shows wouldn’t include many of the away supporters or single match day attendance tickets, but would consist mainly of season ticket holders not turning up.
The total spend of those not turning up would have been around £100k which collectively is a lot of money for people to burn. This isn’t a good trend and it could give us a clue that there may be at least 5,000 less season tickets sold next year even if we stay in this league.
To put it into perspective a £100k a game over a season is about £2.3m. So far from being shrewd with FFP we are actually heading for a bigger potential loss of income next season.
We had a real chance of the prize of promotion last season but we bottled it in January, and we have spent the money we should have spent on quality then, on poor signings now.
It hasn’t turned out to be a small mistake, it’s been a massive misjudgment that undermines all the hard work this club has put into FFP, because FFP is about spending wisely, not about not spending at all.
With the last few words from Oscar when questioned about new signings for this season, "Ask the club", said it all.
The total spend of those not turning up would have been around £100k which collectively is a lot of money for people to burn. This isn’t a good trend and it could give us a clue that there may be at least 5,000 less season tickets sold next year even if we stay in this league.
To put it into perspective a £100k a game over a season is about £2.3m. So far from being shrewd with FFP we are actually heading for a bigger potential loss of income next season.
We had a real chance of the prize of promotion last season but we bottled it in January, and we have spent the money we should have spent on quality then, on poor signings now.
It hasn’t turned out to be a small mistake, it’s been a massive misjudgment that undermines all the hard work this club has put into FFP, because FFP is about spending wisely, not about not spending at all.
With the last few words from Oscar when questioned about new signings for this season, "Ask the club", said it all.
So if we had gone up to the Prem all in the garden would be rosy. If we go down to Div 1, it's the ned of the world as we know it. Is that it?
symyjym
Banned
I didn't say either of those statements especially "the end of the world as we know it". I am just pointing out that for every 5000 tickets not sold it costs the club around £2.3m, so maybe it is the end of the world as TB knows it. My world in fact remains the same.
shock horror! Only 19k coming to watch a Div 1 match! Last year someone was saying the club lacked ambition by not building a bigger stadium. I had to give a history lesson.
portslade seagull
Well-known member
If we were in L1 I think it would be nearer 12k
symyjym
Banned
How do you know that it will be as much as 19k if we are in L1/Div 1 next season.
I don't. You said it! Anyway if they in a free scoring promotion race you might even have under estimated it. If not then 12k could be about right at most.
- Jun 27, 2012
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After losing to Watford at the end of the January transfer window we were 7 points of the top 6.
We only lost 3 more matches out of the remaining 18.
Partly through loaning Lingard, buying Stephens and players coming back from injury. Our form in the last few months was better than anyone else in the Champ. What should we have done in your view over and beyond that ?
- Jun 27, 2012
- 14,067
Wolves attendance went up from 17K in their relegation season in 2012/13 to 20K in their L1 2013/14 season.
symyjym
Banned
No I didn't, I said "there may be at least 5,000 less season tickets sold next year even if we stay in this league."
symyjym
Banned
Come on, Lingard was a kid brought in to do a mans job and Stephens came in to cover Crofts.
I was talking about Grabban and Conway, both of these players would have retained good value and payback profit just by selling them on if we failed in our promotion bid. I very much doubt that we will see any of our money back from COG or Baldock.
Somewhere in this you have to agree that Oscar lost faith in our board, and his manner of resigning holds the clue to where we are today whether you agree with me or not.
glasfryn
cleaning up cat sick
as I have said before looking from the outside does give you a better perspective(other than getting wrapped up in the emotion of the live games) this hiatus has been coming for a while, and unfortunately its all coming to a head.
team not doing so well, manager in the firing line literally, and what can you expect when you sell your best players, and don't replace them (wonder how many would take back Barnes now,offered less money, well of coarse he is going to go).
we are the most expensive club in the division, tickets and food and serving up rubbish on the pitch, spent 2m on two players would could not hit a cows ar*e with a banjo, bit harsh maybe and it might not be their fault (square pegs in round holes and all that) we have two major injuries Sully and the other guy been out so long I can't even remember his name.
my feeling has been for a while that the club will be sold, it is only a feeling though as it is the next logical step.
whatever happens I would want Tony to be still involved he is still a fan as well as a moneyman and has the club in his veins.
the others in the upper-management can go when they like .........smoke and mirrors merchants.
whatever something has to give ........and soon losing 1m month, fans dropping off like flies .........very soon.
team not doing so well, manager in the firing line literally, and what can you expect when you sell your best players, and don't replace them (wonder how many would take back Barnes now,offered less money, well of coarse he is going to go).
we are the most expensive club in the division, tickets and food and serving up rubbish on the pitch, spent 2m on two players would could not hit a cows ar*e with a banjo, bit harsh maybe and it might not be their fault (square pegs in round holes and all that) we have two major injuries Sully and the other guy been out so long I can't even remember his name.
my feeling has been for a while that the club will be sold, it is only a feeling though as it is the next logical step.
whatever happens I would want Tony to be still involved he is still a fan as well as a moneyman and has the club in his veins.
the others in the upper-management can go when they like .........smoke and mirrors merchants.
whatever something has to give ........and soon losing 1m month, fans dropping off like flies .........very soon.
That's been bugging me all day. I've got it. Richard Branson "How do you make a million pounds? Put a billion into an airline" Good quote.
Hornblower
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- Jul 7, 2003
- 1,708
Cameron Mackintosh was the first to use that line when asked what advice he would give to a budding West End impresario.
According to symgym they should only have got 7k max! ha ha ha
I'm impressed. I never knew who Cameron was till a little google. Maybe the quote has been used by many in the past? I can use it with the wife's inheritance unfortunately.....
blockhseagull
Well-known member
Oscar didn't want Conway
brighton bluenose
Well-known member
Being that the actual attendance was 19,423 I wasn't that far off. Cheers anyway
My mistake - I thought they announced 23,000 plus on the PA!!
That is my guess….although it may be said slightly more in hope than expectation. The problem we all have is that we expect solutions IMMEDIATELY…..in real life, this doesn't happen.