23 Jun 2013 20:18:59
I will probably sound bitter with my following statement, but really I don't care. Paulinho, I've had my say, I think he's a good enough player, but not worth 17million. Then I thought, how can any footballer be worth that? There are a few exceptions, players that earn clubs millions in shirt sales alone, like Ronaldo, beckham. But other than that, how? Our club could be paying out 17 million for a player that 10 years ago probably would have cost 5. And we're paying I think the second highest season ticket in England unless I'm mistaken. I just don't like it. I don't think we should be charged this much money to watch a game of football. It upsets me. A lot.
Josh
Trouble is, the oil rich clubs have rocketed prices up. If you sign an international player nowadays with over 2 years left on his contract, you are looking at starting at £15million approx and that's for just a decent player.
After reading your post again, I don't think levy can win. He would get slaughtered for not buying or getting an unheard of name and now he is getting moaned at for breaking our transfer record on a brazil international. I'd say, if paulinho signs, then Parker, Livermore and Hudds will all be off.
If you don't like the price don't pay the money. If you don't like the price of something in a shop you don't moan that if they spent less money on advertisement then they could drop the price of the item in question, you just don't buy the item.
You know what josh, I'm one of the 42,000 waiting for a season ticket.
If you don't like it, send it back. Plenty of us would desperately take that ticket off your hands instead of getting the occasional league game and cup games.
£15-20mill seems to be average for a decent international player ATM. We paid £16mill for Bentley for gods sake. You name Ronald's but he is ( allegedly) worth £80 mill so is bale that's over 4 times the paulinho money! Are they 4 times the player? Don't forget andy Carroll was 30 odd mill and Torres £50 mill. I think Paulinho is a very good player and £17 mill seems a good price. If he helps get us to the champs league then it's a good investment and money well spent. On a personal level I think he's using us to get in the shop window and my gut says he will go to Italy.
Give it back because its too expensive? You really are an person. Firstly, there aren't 42k on the waiting list really. That includes people that are on the list and have been offered a ticket but turned it down for whatever reason, which is much more than you'd think. And secondly, your point is crap. To many people, like me, my club is part of my life. Like the petrol in my car, or the food in my tummy. You go to Germany, you can get a season ticket for £150, with all the clubs, even the big ones in major cities. These clubs have as much success as we do, a lot of them much more. And they're run equally as well, if not better. Basically, you just sitting there and acting like it isn't a problem shows how much of an person you are. It is a problem, and we should do sonething about it. Basically what the clubs around London are doing is doing everything they can to take as much money as possible from our pockets and in to those of the footballers. 18 year olds on 25k a week, who aren't proven and chances are will never make it. Adebayor on 90k a week. Football is becoming stupid in this sense, and if it wasnt for persons at places like city, Chelsea, psg, it wouldn't be that difficult to revert. It might take a few years. But it's not right. They're doing this job because of us. If it wasnt for fans there would be no big broadcast deals, no fans in the stadiums, no sponsors. No football. But they all insist on punishing us with enormous prices. And some of you fools have swallowed that they have to do it. They don't. No way.
Josh
Josh,
It's a simple case of supply and demand. There's big demand so can charge more same as petrol. Like stated before if you don't like the price don't pay the money. It's not mandatory like you make out its a luxury. Makes me laugh people like you think the club should spend big money because you say so. Nobody tells you how to spend your money, you choose how much you spend.
Supply and demand? There's more demand in Germany. They have higher average attendance, and in terms of percentage of max attendance they average higher than us. Yet they charge in some cases 1/10 of what we pay. Supply and demand? You're all so dense. You'll see, this current situation isn't sustainable. It won't be long before the whole lot implodes.
Josh
Like listening to my misses
Josh,
Resorting to name calling is a sign of a fool so there's no longer a reason to discuss this as your simply not willing to listen to as I can see some very reasonable responses.
Oh my god playground talk! It is a banter site where everyone is entitled to their opinions isn't it Ed?and if saying some is a fool and dense is now classed as name calling, then please run home to your mum.
Josh you are making yourself look rather silly.
Davo, I was actually referring to the times the word "person" was used as anybody using this sight knows that's changed by ed from an insult to "person". Yes having a opinion is fine but resorting to name calling when people disagree with you is pathetic!
Where it says person, it was changed from person. Very offensive, obviously!
Josh
Yeah of course it was Josh, I believe you many wouldn't.