Match Ticket Prices

[Risso]

Seemed a fair enough question to me Sandman.

[pauliewalnuts]

It wasn't a dig at anyone I merely suggested that if in the potential scenario our attendances drop off to say low to mid thirties will the press speak of coquettish Villa fans or will they realise it's because of the spiraling cost of the game (I know our prices are reasonably fair in comparison to others) and other factors such as the recession and so on.

Quite.

I'm sure the same people suggesting those who can't afford 40 quid a pop are lost to us anyway, so no big deal, would point at the recession in those circumstances.

[Chris Smith]

Do you think if we suffer a decline in attendances next season that certain people in both the media and possibly the club will start criticising the fans rather than looking at the real reasons?

I like it, a dig based on an imagined reaction to a potential situation several months in the future.

Just clairified the key word of the question.

It seems you have imagined I have made a dig based on an imagined reaction to a potential situation several months in the future.

It wasn't a dig at anyone I merely suggested that if in the potential scenario our attendances drop off to say low to mid thirties will the press speak of coquettish Villa fans or will they realise it's because of the spiraling cost of the game (I know our prices are reasonably fair in comparison to others) and other factors such as the recession and so on.

It would be like me asking if I got home one day in January and the milk had gone off would I get the blame for leaving the fridge door open or would it be down to a power cut?

[Rip Van We Go Again]

It would be like me asking if I got home one day in January and the milk had gone off would I get the blame for leaving the fridge door open or would it be down to a power cut?

You'd blame the supporters.
And also point out that they'd previously left your fridge open on three previous occasions, causing your Battenburg and Lemon curd to go off.

[PaulTheVillan]

I'm not having a season ticket this season.

I can't stand home games.

[Chris Smith]

It would be like me asking if I got home one day in January and the milk had gone off would I get the blame for leaving the fridge door open or would it be down to a power cut?

You'd blame the supporters.
And also point out that they'd previously left your fridge open on three previous occasions, causing your Battenburg and Lemon curd to go off.

I'd blame the milk for not being Long Life. Forget your fancy full cream ponces milk at times like this you need some UHT that you know you can rely on.

[Risso]

It would be like me asking if I got home one day in January and the milk had gone off would I get the blame for leaving the fridge door open or would it be down to a power cut?

You'd blame the supporters.
And also point out that they'd previously left your fridge open on three previous occasions, causing your Battenburg and Lemon curd to go off.

What sort of borderline mental would put cake in the fridge?

[PaulTheVillan]

UHT? Yuk. That's like white piss.

Full fat all the way baby!! B)

[Chris Smith]

It would be like me asking if I got home one day in January and the milk had gone off would I get the blame for leaving the fridge door open or would it be down to a power cut?

You'd blame the supporters.
And also point out that they'd previously left your fridge open on three previous occasions, causing your Battenburg and Lemon curd to go off.

What sort of borderline mental would put cake in the fridge?

I can't afford cake, I'm not on pop-star wages.

[Dr Butler]

It would be like me asking if I got home one day in January and the milk had gone off would I get the blame for leaving the fridge door open or would it be down to a power cut?

You'd blame the supporters.
And also point out that they'd previously left your fridge open on three previous occasions, causing your Battenburg and Lemon curd to go off.

What sort of borderline mental would put cake in the fridge?

I can't afford cake, I'm not on pop-star wages.

What's cake ? .........and what are wages ??

[pauliewalnuts]

It would be like me asking if I got home one day in January and the milk had gone off would I get the blame for leaving the fridge door open or would it be down to a power cut?

You'd blame the supporters.
And also point out that they'd previously left your fridge open on three previous occasions, causing your Battenburg and Lemon curd to go off.

What sort of borderline mental would put cake in the fridge?

People who live in hot countries, I imagine.

Chris, do you live in a hot country?

[Chris Smith]

It would be like me asking if I got home one day in January and the milk had gone off would I get the blame for leaving the fridge door open or would it be down to a power cut?

You'd blame the supporters.
And also point out that they'd previously left your fridge open on three previous occasions, causing your Battenburg and Lemon curd to go off.

What sort of borderline mental would put cake in the fridge?

People who live in hot countries, I imagine.

Chris, do you live in a hot country?

No, I live in one that is just like Baby Bear's porridge.

[Dave Cooper please]

Dave makes a distinction between people who can only afford the odd treat and people on pop-star wage.

As you well know I used "pop-star wages" as a throwaway line to indicate people with more disposable income than your average manual worker or (like me) office drone with a big mortgage, but you chose to highlight it because it better suits your strange argument.
 
 As for me going to Tamworth, yes I could forego that to watch Villa more, I could also not go to the pub or the cinema so often, or I could not do cricket in the summer and save that money too, but the fact remains that people like me are having to make a conscious decision about where we spend our spare cash, and the more Villa put up match-day prices, the less we are likely to bother. And if Villa start to lose casual fans because of high match-day prices where does that leave the legacy? Where are the next generation of fans coming from?

[Rip Van We Go Again]

It would be like me asking if I got home one day in January and the milk had gone off would I get the blame for leaving the fridge door open or would it be down to a power cut?

You'd blame the supporters.
And also point out that they'd previously left your fridge open on three previous occasions, causing your Battenburg and Lemon curd to go off.

What sort of borderline mental would put cake in the fridge?

Stephen 'Lady Ga Ga' Ireland.

[SoccerHQ]

I see the club have already started the cheapo deals, there's a two tickets for 35 quid deal for the West Ham and Everton home games floating around on the O/S I think so don't get why they're pitched so high in the first place.