28-04-2024, 03:40 PM
(27-04-2024, 09:52 PM)Cunninglinguist Wrote:(27-04-2024, 08:57 AM)exgaffer Wrote:(27-04-2024, 05:26 AM)Cunninglinguist Wrote: It will interesting to see if people think there is a marked improvement in the quality we see on the pitch.
We’ve seen various people refer to ‘this awful league’ this season. Well we’ve now escaped it and hopefully any price increase will reflect a marked improvement in the play.
It’s interesting to link this thread to the ‘retained list’ one. If season ticket holders are expected to pay more then shouldn’t they expect an equal percentage increase in performance from the players who will be retained?
Apart from the fact that such a percentage would be impossible to measure, I think most of us have been satisfied with the level of performance (except on the odd occasion).
The increase in price is justified in that the costs of playing in a higher division are much higher.
If people feel the price is too high they won’t pay it will they?
Totally agree with you but it seems to be the popular opinion that costs in the Championship are largely unsustainable. There has to be a way of gauging what is a realistic value for players wages and fees.
In any other business model, if someone says it’s going to cost this much more, the response would generally be why and what value do I get for my extra money?
I agree with that and there is no doubt that wages in the Championship have got out of hand.
However, the market rate is the market rate and if you offer under the odds you will not get the better players will you? The only way you could do that is by utilising up and coming youngsters who are willing to accept a lower salary to further their careers.
We may do that but it does make success a lot more difficult.
Some kind of middle ground where we sign some established players and mix them up with promising youngsters would appear to be the way to go.
Whatever you do the costs in the Championship will be higher and we will have to pay more for tickets.
C’est la vie, as our friends from across the channel would say.