I don’t believe every negative about City. Too used to the HDM, police and others exaggerating any problems at City for over 50 years whilst ignoring or sweeping under the carpet anything that happens at the other two clubs in the city.
When confronted by the guy they quoted in my case the editor refused to come down and see him but the message was “ he stands by his journalists “ story. I know they lied. Bad time in my life and they made it worse.
So, you believe every negative thing reported in the HDM about City over the years? Whether it is based on reality or not? Would love to see anything, pictures for the insurance claim for example, to back up this report of £40,000 damage to one coach.
Roughly two-thirds of our matchday income is ticket sales, I've no idea bout other clubs, but presumably they'd be similar.
Jesus wept. Surely the fact we've not seen or are likely to see free coaches again says enough? Or you could just watch the ****ing pod.
When it's being reported that there was £40k's worth of damage done on an away trip, it hardly matters whether it was on one coach, across all the coaches, or in the away end bogs, it's still resulted in the club pulling the plug.
I think the value to a full stadium is far more than the amount of money from ticket sales. You probably get far more from the sponsors for the extra exposure to a full ground than you do from extra ticket income. And that’s ignoring the benefits you can’t put a price on.
I'm relaying what was said on a pod involving a journalist embedded with the club and a currently club employee sitting there. It came across it was just one example of the reasons behind the spiralling cost of the free travel though. Argue with me all you want, doesn't change the fact that's why they pulled it. If you're so interested in debunking it though, just search 1904 club on Google and maybe take this up with those saying it?
I didn't see the coach, I didn't see the podcast, but as it was reported and acknowledged with a club official, I'm fairly sure the damage was done. If you want to waste the next two pages arguing about whether it was done to one coach, or over several coaches, then you crack on.
So, was the damage to one coach you repeated, and others did, of £40,000 of damage to one coach correct or not.
Someone else said it was one coach. I said it was doubtful. I know you are not the best when it comes to accuracy but some do like it.
We've directed you to the source material. I suggest you make your own mind up on the semantics of what was said, but it doesn't change the overall fact that the scheme was pulled because of the escalating cost of damage. So no, it wasn't just a single incident that's put the club further out of pocket.
It isn’t semantics. You, and others, said there was £40,000 to one bus. I doubted it. So it seems I was correct. You can admit it any time you want.
Not sure how much we make but stadium size and lack of hospitality can be a limiter. My point moreso is that incremental increases to ticket prices really don’t move the needle too much for a club at this level. The example I used pays for a player on 20k p/w for 1 year. It’s hardly game changing The reason or reasons Acun is pushing for more through the door is layered really. I do genuinely believe he likes having the stadium full from a personal perspective. It looks good for PR amongst other things. There is also the financial impact but in reality it doesn’t take a brain surgeon to improve on the attendances we had under the Allams. Credit to them all the same like. Another is to probably create long term stability. More kids coming means more long term fans. Slowly but surely I am seeing more kids wear city shirts as opposed to the usual big clubs which is what it was like during Brown and Bruce days. Yes they’ll want to maximise matchday revenue but in reality the main way of balancing FFP is selling players for big fees until they can expand the stadium and create more revenue streams.
So you haven't heard the quote but you're going with what you imagine regardless. Not only that, whether that specific example was in relation to 1 coach or several coaches on one trip, it, amongst other incidents is still the reason free coaches wont be returning. Idiot.
