Alph Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I see no one isn't answer my question at all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I heard that less than 100 tickets have been sold?surely not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philmycock Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 it would be great if we did a fully-backed boycott, we'd make history is there a stream? Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMalicious Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I heard that less than 100 tickets have been sold?surely not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepshedram Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 This 'go to Norwich, don't go to Norwich' sums up the whole dilemma with football for me. Of course we want for promotion for so many reasons. But if we do go up what's the best we can hope for? At best being patronized on MOTD like Swansea or Southampton, at worst losing most weeks and hoping to beat Hull in a six-pointer, paying over the odds for the privilege.So do I want Derby promoted or not? Yes, course I do, so I'll take the crap.Do I want to go to Norwich? Yes, so I'll take the crap.And if I want to make a protest I'll cancel Sky Sports before deciding to boycott games involving my team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancanster ram Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I am not so sure sky sports is the real problem here, you have other leagues which have televised matches and they don't have this issue. I think it is more down to how clubs individually operate and decide what is good and fair. Sky and other channels give a massive endowment to each team but it is up to the team how to spend it. I think the German model ensures every club is owned 51% by the fans although i might be wrong. This it would seem to me to be a good solution, make sure the fans have a real voice in boardrooms on issues like ticket pricing so clubs cannot help destroy the thing which has took so long to nurture. When you see even teams like Bayern Munich arguing this "We have expensive tickets, in the lounge and business areas, and thanks to those we can still sell standing tickets at around €7.50 per match, cheaper than it costs to go to the cinema in Munich. A poor guy, maybe without work, we want him to be able to go and watch football. That is our obligation." It makes it difficult to argue against, a lot of clubs like ours do in the main provide great ticket deals however for football to survive in this country and remain the great sport that it is, more clubs need to listen to fans because too many are being locked out of the stadiums by extortionate ticket prices.It seems the FA has even got the begging bowl out to the premier league asking like Oliver, pleading for more money so they can do more at grassroots level. The argument that football is a market based product like any other i find a bit misleading. In this country not everything is in the market, we all have free access to healthcare, we all have schooling. While football isn't equal to these it needs to be treated less as a profit driven business and more as a collaboration with fans.I don't have the biggest pockets in the world but i go when i can, i went to rotherham away the other night and have a half season ticket and that's because the prices are reasonable. I would hate to be a genuine arsenal supporter and see the reality of those prices. I'd hate to be in a situation where just for financial reasons i couldn't see my team play every other weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepshedram Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 . I'd hate to be in a situation where just for financial reasons i couldn't see my team play every other weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancanster ram Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I agree...but success brings demand and demand puts up prices...back to my promotion dilemma again.Your notion of a fan- driven collaborative approach is the ideal but whilst the real power (i.e. money) lies with the TV companies anything clubs do for fans, even the excellent work currently being done at Derby, is as much for PR as it is for anything else.oh well...so long as we beat Wednesday I can stop worrying about football's future :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SillyBilly Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I was in the garden this morning and came in and decided I'd fancy going to the match, something I rarely do on match days, normally I'd plan in advance. Logged on to the website and saw the prices, decided not to. I'd have thought I'm not being a skin flint to expect to watch DCFC vs. SWFC in the second tier for £30 or less. I know how the demand based pricing works and so with a big gate today I understand how they arrive at the price and fair play to anyone who pays it, not for me though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Yesterday I saw tweet of footage of a man in Norwich punching a dog in the face and it made me so angry that I now hate Norwich completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gritty Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 £40 absurd.But our team needs the fans to support them.Let's not vote with our feet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Come on Derby, put a few free busses on for the fans wanting to go to this, makes perfect sense - the backing could be the difference between 0 points, 1 point or even 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-JW- Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Yesterday I saw tweet of footage of a man in Norwich punching a dog in the face and it made me so angry that I now hate Norwich completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 If your gonna kill a dog, at least do it decently by running it over or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ossieram Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 not even remotely amusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-JW- Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Very true! Imagine the excess on the insurance if it damages the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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