Why should people who actually go physically not go, when it's the ones who are watching on TV that the Glazers accrue most of their revenue from? You've got people who pay through the nose to attend games that miss out (plus the actual team on the pitch), and the telly clappers will still sit and watch anyway ffs. What people on match day shouldn't do is go to the superstore. Or buy any food, or any sort of revenue generating sale items of any sort. Boycott that. Physical supporters who go to games need to do exactly that, go and suppoort.
I completely disagree! Match Day revenue sits at around £100m. That is heavily substantial and it is the single most important revenue stream due to the limited overhead attributed to it and its predictability. Boycotting all the stores and nice prawn sandwiches is indeed very lovely. But it means fk all to the outcome of hitting the Glazers where it matters. There is also a clear message that goes along the supporters turning their backs on the stadium. It will bring firm focus on the issue live on global television that the situation is no longer acceptable and the supporters have had enough. When the Glazers are forced out, the club will still be there to firmly support and with mission accomplished. How do you think the media will take televising games from an empty stadium when all other clubs are full? This is why match day boycott is the only meaningful tool that the supporters have if they want to collectively do something meaningful beyond very lovely protests. There needs to be huge financial implication to the owners and protests won’t cut it.
And most of that revenue is from pre sold season tickets. The Glazers won't refund people if they don't go ffs.
Not to mention the fact that if the usual match going supporters decided not to go there are plenty of tourists willing to fill the seats.
If the season ticket holders decide to boycott matches, it has significant impact on the club. For one, the media, as I’ve said. No one wants to televise in a half empty stadium. Supporters play a tremendous part to a match day broadcast which will put pressure on Glazers to yield or at very least openly address the impasse. You still have 50% of match day revenue that comes from single match day sale. Then wtf are we really complaining about if no one is willing to sacrifice one game? If supporters can’t miss a game, then let good times roll for the Glazers because the supporters are too addicted to the crack that is served up to boycott. Btw, the idea is not as radical as it sounds. Quick search shows that this is already being spoken of as a viable option. Anything else done by the supporters such as protests and the like is a meh without hitting the owners very hard financially and through sustained external pressure such as those from media partners.
Season ticket money is already in the Glazers pocket as is the TV money. These aren't decided match by match.
The NYSE market will be closing soon and the club shares are still 10% down after a full day of trading - that is bad news. The norm would be for a marginal drop - to reflect short-term investor uncertainty, but then recover as institutional investors take up the slack, a real picture will be clear by Wednesday. I still smell the sheik behind the curtains waiting to pounce once our end of year financials are announced this week - interesting times ahead
There are 50,000 season ticket holders. But because of the concessions on the price, total revenue from season tickets is £47.5m. Which leaves more than £50m from accumulated match day sales beyond the season tickets.
I believe the impact goes beyond the initial numbers. The impact of boycotting match day(s), is both tangibly and intangibly damaging to the brand. It certainly is far better than anything that has been tried thus far. Yes, it is the nuclear option. But that’s exactly why it will be far more impactful than boycotting the megastore or flying some random banner. Evidently, none of those options have worked. Off the tangent… Allegedly, only the NFL looked into Glazers buying Manchester United because they had fears it would affect the Tampa Buccaneers. The PL didn’t even bother to review the deal. They still don’t which is why the league is awashed with strange ownership structures.
Ratcliffe suggested the choice of the players signed by United in the past few seasons had not always been the most prudent. As an example he pointed to Casemiro’s purchase for €60m the previous August from Real Madrid. The midfielder was 30 years old and was given a four-year contract of about £350,000 a week. I’m with him on this point. If Casemiro is on a £350k/week contract for four years, then Arnold is a goner if Ineos gets the operating control of the club. Director of football model is also an area that’s been said will come with the package which will take ETH’s control away when it comes to transfers. I am also a fan of that idea.
Don't think Ineos has caused that drop mate, probably more the case that the Glazers are stying for now.
That's the problem - the two are interlinked. Nothing improves our finances until we have a new majority shareholder and until that happens, our borrowing increases because Ineos won't be spending their own money on the club, so more borrowing and global interest rates have risen sharply, so more cost, less to invest.
The best option for the club was the Qatar bid. The only reason why the Glazers rebuffed that option is because they are greedy knts using Chelsea’s valuation as the baseline and demanding more. Priority should have been given to anyone with a plan without leverage, clear the debt, and invest in the club’s infrastructure and community. With Ineos at the helm, nothing will materially change when it comes to what the club desperately needs and they will likely be stingier than the Glazers with transfer funds as they tighten up operationally to make the numbers work for them.
You don't know any of that. All just complete guesses based on what you think/have heard. I'm glad we're not Qatari owned. I'm not seeing such wonderful results at PSG. Just have to see what happens next, no idea what the actual truth of any of this is.
