I read that our CHEAPEST season ticket is more expensive than Villa's HIGHEST priced ticket! now i know you get what you pay for ...but stilL!
While it's true that I can afford it, I think it's quite stupid on Arsenal's behalf, because the fact is, I can't see someone who's on 3-4 season tickets (with the family) being able to afford it, if you add it all up it comes to more than 6000 pounds, how the f--k is someone going to afford that if their earning anywhere from 1300-3000 grand a month? They'd have to save money, which means they'd probably have to sacrifice something else. And season ticket renewals start right in the summer time, deadline is June 8th, it's like Arsenal purposely do this so people spend their money on Arsenal first, instead of a holiday, because if they spend their money on a summer holiday with the family, it will most likely cost up to a grand, and if they've already spent that much money, it's most likely they aren't going to spending thousands of more pounds on season tickets, because they probably LITERALLY won't be able to do so. Arsenal are making it very very hard on the fans, at least they could make the timing better? Why such a short dead line for gold members? Until June 8th, and it was just announced like last week! Giving you very little amount of time, at least if fans had more time they'd be able to figure out a way of spending the money, while also spending money for a holiday they have planned etc. Or Arsenal could do something like paying season tickets in instalments, every 3 months or something, basically anything to make it easier on the fans. And what's worse, season tickets will most likely increase by next season or the season after, it's a given. At this rate, it is much easier for people to give up their season tickets, and just sign up for a red membership, being a red member these days is as good as a silver member, it's not like a few years ago when red members could barely make a game, literally every game has been on sale to red members this season, it will be more cost effective for the fans. If you can't afford the season ticket, get the red membership, and pay for the games you want to see, and save money for the pocket with watching some of the home games on tele or internet, or at the pub etc.
Arsenal break even as club, fair play to them, but they pass on the cost to the consumer. The fans bankroll the books. We are lucky Roman subsidises our tickets
It used to be for working class people to go out with there families and friends and enjoy football. Now only people with decent wages can afford season tickets. Just have a look around the Emirates and i bet the people that go are either middle class or well off. Who can afford a season ticket from around £1,300-£3,000 and live in London. London is frigging expensive!!!
No you're not lucky, because once you have to break even too, under financial fair rules, Roman won't be able to subsidise your ass, and so you're going to have to start paying up to pay the high prices for top players. You Chelsea boys just aren't bright when it comes to finances are you? The writings on the wall for you guys, now you can be a stubborn person and refuse to hear what i'm telling you, but try to put that aside, and think of reality. If you really loved your club you would be thinking of these things rather than pretending they don't exist, or it's just banter from opposing fans. If I was a Chelsea fan i'd be piss scared about when new rules come in saying we have to break even and spend money from what we earn.
I'm from a working class background and I grew up in London. When I first used to go it cost me £2.50 to stand on the North Bank with a junior gunners membership, 80p for a travel card, £1 for Burger and Chips from the Golden fish bar on Gillespie rd and 78p for a pack of 10 Marlboro's The last time I went, for the Chelsea game. It cost me £65 for a ticket, £82 to fly up to London from Cornwall, £12 travelcard, but at least burger and chips from the Golden fish bar has only gone up to £2 In all honestly though, the working class game died with the advent of the premier league, that's when the big bucks started coming in and ticket prices went through the roof.
You don't understand FFP then. We are on target to meet FFP. You can write off all wages pre FFP MP1 (monitoring period 1) if you are showing a downward trend (getting Ballack Carvalho Deco Cole etc off the books proved this) and still lose 45m euro. And for MP2, ditto, wages can be written off. If you are interested in how FFP will work rather than desperately hoping we will go bust, read on: http://www.sportingintelligence.com...-wages-dont-count-for-first-two-years-010205/ Our revenue and shirt sales are going up (even Torres sold 25m of shirts). Plus we have the bonus of CL winnings. And will now be a stronger brand (to the tune of £50m short term, more long term). You are very deluded if you don't think someone who has made 9 billion has not planned for this. Even if FFP rules penailse say, City, they will just appeal and get any transfer embargo/Cl ban etc suspended until there is a rule change/they break even.
We both know that once you start breaking even, you will not be able to spend any where near the amount of money you currently spend, which is what all your success has been down to, and that's the MAIN POINT. And no, Abrhamovic HAS NOT PLANNED FOR THIS because when he was spending mega bucks to make Chelsea rich, there was no such as financial fair play rules being discussed, or then being agreed to come into effect, so it hasn't been planned at all, so quit talking out of your ass. I mean the fact you're even trying to prop your finances up shows your a ******, just go look at your recent financial balance sheet, YOU MADE LOSSES AGAIN, GET IT? And you're here trying to act like everything's going to be rosy. The fact is whether you break even or not, whatever happens, the days of you just throwing money around to gain success, money your club has not earned, are coming to an end.
And just to correct you, I don't think you will go bust, my point is that once these rules come in, you won't be able to spend the money you currently do, and it's because of your crazy spending that you have earned success, without it, you would be no where near where you are right now. That's the point, your days of spending as much as you like to buy success are over, you will have to make money from what you earn, and the money you earn (you're club is actually earning nothing as you consistently have made losses) will be no where near the amount of money you have spent for your success, your ****ing wage bill alone is over 170 million pounds a year!
Show me some evidence that 'Abrhamovic HAS NOT PLANNED FOR THIS'. Decent revenue growth and tight cost control meant that Chelsea made positive EBITDA for 2010/11 (before profit on player sales and exceptionals) for only the second time since Abramovich bought the club (the other occasion was a £1m profit in 2007/08). Our Cl earnings will put us in a better financial position for 2011/12; Uefa will waive 'exceptional payments' for MP1 and MP2 (cost of sacking managers, etc). Even if Chelsea or City make a £70m loss say for 2010/11, they can write off wages pre2010...in Chelsea's case this would be around £70m for MP1. And they are still alowed a 45m euro loss amortised over two seasons on top so will make MP1 comfy. You are very naive if you really believe FFP will be enforced vigorously. Chelsea, Barca Real, all the European Cup winners and superpowers, will carry on spending to keep the status quo... Have you read the rules or the tabloid headlines? Suck it up
Interesting to note that our cheapest season tickets (which have been frozen) are cheaper per game than both Liverpool and Tottenhams cheapest season tickets (which have gone up 5.79%).
Liverpools is £725 - Works out £38.16 per game Tottenhams is £730 - Works out £38.42 per game Arsenals is £985 - Works out at £37.88 per game as it includes 7 cup games. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/may/22/premier-league-season-ticket-prices?newsfeed=true
Not only that but he is quick to forget that commercially and broadcasting etc we are bigger than Arsenal. Arsenal only earn slightly more due to the larger stadium but if/when we move we will be bringing in far more cash than them so even if FFP is enforced rigorously (which it won't) this assumption that our spending power will be cut is pretty myopic. But there is always the chance that is UEFA are to rigorous and get unethical the likes of Barca. Real, Milan etc will pull out and form a Super League. The reality is the top 5-10 football clubs are bigger than UEFA itself. They need us more than we need them. They take on the likes of Barca and Real head to head there is only going to be one winner
