kithnou
Player Valuation: £70m
haha...you do realise those words were Kirkby verbatim...and none of that was true
New Everton Stadium
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Absolutely mate, without question. We're ridiculously underpriced.
I never understand this, everyone gives out about commercial revenue, you yourself expressed concerns about gate revenue, but no one wants to foot the bill to compete with contempory rivals.
No one wants to die, but everyone wants to go to heaven.
AndyC
Player Valuation: £70m
I didn't mean Mike Ashley himself, I said someone with his business acumen. I wouldn't want him, just his business savvy.
AndyC
Player Valuation: £70m
The trouble being that as I understand it, research undertaken by the club into how much fans are prepared to pay has largely been instrumental in the ST prices remaining more or less stable for the last couple of seasons. My guess is that if the team were performing as well this season as last season, then the angst over ticket prices may dissipate as a feel good factor would offset reasonable price rises. While the team under performs, prices will remain an obstacle.
That's a bit of an oxymoron mate!
I think it underlines our naivety in regard to commercial processes mate!
AndyC
Player Valuation: £70m
I would counter that it suggests our fan base is wary of being prepared to pay £40+ for footie in a stadium that we love, but has too many obstructed view seats... and the club take that into account when setting ticket prices. For example, 36,000 paying £36 per game is £1,296,000 as against 30,000 paying £40 per game for £1,200,000 together with reduced programme, food and beverage and merchandise sales.
Times are hard for a lot of our fan base and I feel the club tries hard to be fair to as many as possible. Everton resist the temptation to unduly squeeze the fans unlike other clubs... as we still have fans who complain about the current prices. You could argue that the club should not listen to what appears to be a minority, but as we're not in full possession of the facts and figures, I think we have to err on the side of maybe the club are trying to fair to all parties as much as possible.
The Cowboy
Player Valuation: £60m
Gate receipts count for a small proportion of income these days.
All this means is they'll have an extra 11,000 chumps witnessing them flatter to deceive every other week.
AndyC
Player Valuation: £70m
Not to me it isn't.
Very simple really, I think we need more business acumen within the club and whether he is loathed by NUFC/Rangers fans/Sports Direct suppliers/customers or not, he is a very, very smart and successful businessman.
robertosdream
Player Valuation: £100k
Who gives a f@ck about business acumen, all I want to see is us winning a trophy before I go to heaven! Is that too much to ask for? Anyway, how does any loyal supporter know anything about our finances, its got nothing to do with us unless of course you are a shareholder and in that case I dont want to know you greedy so and sos. Time for church.
tim cahill
Player Valuation: £50m
There's no way I'd pay £36 to sit behind a post. I love going to the game but if you can get a better view from your lounge then what's the point?! The atmosphere alone isn't worth that.
I'd happily pay more for a decent view.
AndyC
Player Valuation: £70m
In this day and age, you need business acumen or you end up like Leeds !!!
I want trophies as much as the next Evertonian, but I also don't want the club to go t1ts up either spending money we haven't got in order to try and win trophies. We need serious investment to sort out our stadium problem AND to continue to improve the playing squad and you need business acumen to achieve both, so I for one do give a f@ck about it.
MickA
Player Valuation: £10m
I would too. The demand is there with virtually all unobstructed views sold consistently but it's poor offering supporters appalling views and facilities. It's scandalous that nothing has happened at GP since the third rate Park End.
The Hibbert Agenda
Player Valuation: £20m
He has absolutely ZERO interest in footballing success
The man is a profit chaser- and its reflected in player acquisition and sales, club development, club sponsorship etc.
To desire Mike Ashley is to lose footballing ambition- not the other way around.
Any success Newcastle experience is circumstantial.