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[ChicagoLion]

Our summer signings suggest we have not learnt our lessons yet.

[AV82EC]

CL and PW sum up why we have spent a fortune and finished below newly promoted Brentford and little old Brighton. I think the current regime is improving things but, in all honesty and Ratboy aside, not by much on the player side of things. We still seem to pay top dollar and sell cheap. The fact we now sell out Villa Park, as opposed to the days when 30,000 was a reasonable crowd, hopefully means we will increase overall revenue but isn't all the shirt and tat sales dwarfed by TV money?

Yes it is but our commercial income is mostly generated from shirt sponsorship, shirt manufacturer and other commercial sponsorship deals. Most of the clubs in the (vomits) top 6 have commercial income quite often in excess of 10 times that of Villa. We the fans in terms of ticket sales and shirt sales probably account for less than 20% of the clubs income.

[Drummond]

Our summer signings suggest we have not learnt our lessons yet.

Eh?

Coutinho is brilliant.
Carlos was a key part of one of the best defences in Europe.
Olsen is Sweden's GK and he's our number 2.
Kamara is a very well respected and up and coming French International?

[chrisw1]

I guess hes talking about wages?

[ChicagoLion]

Our summer signings suggest we have not learnt our lessons yet.

Eh?

Coutinho is brilliant.
Carlos was a key part of one of the best defences in Europe.
Olsen is Sweden's GK and he's our number 2.
Kamara is a very well respected and up and coming French International?

Summer, you know that season between Spring and Autumn.

[chrisw1]

The fuck you on about Chicago?  All of those are this summers signings.

[Dave P]

So because we signed them in May, they don't count as summer signings???  Summer started with the longest day last week.  My god you are demanding!

[PaulWinch again]

This is a bit of a weird line you’re going down CL.

[rjp]

If you look at the clubs who have hordes of day trippers such as Man U and Liverpool they make much more on a match day.  Each one of those day trippers is making their annual or maybe even lifetime visit to the stadium.  They'll buy all the tat they can afford.  Then 2 weeks later a whole new load of day trippers arrive and repeat the process.  A season ticket holder is probably going to buy once for the season.  Season ticket holders aren't anywhere near as profitable as day trippers but if you become one of those clubs it comes at a cost as those who have visited these stadiums will know.

[Clampy]

If only we had waited until the summer.

[john e]

If you look at the clubs who have hordes of day trippers such as Man U and Liverpool they make much more on a match day.  Each one of those day trippers is making their annual or maybe even lifetime visit to the stadium.  They'll buy all the tat they can afford.  Then 2 weeks later a whole new load of day trippers arrive and repeat the process.  A season ticket holder is probably going to buy once for the season.  Season ticket holders aren't anywhere near as profitable as day trippers but if you become one of those clubs it comes at a cost as those who have visited these stadiums will know.

True enough

[ChicagoLion]

The fuck you on about Chicago?  All of those are this summers signings.

I was referring to last summer and May is not Summer.

[cdbearsfan]

Bloody Hell, even by your standards....that's a tedious argument.

[Drummond]

 

[ChicagoLion]

Bloody Hell, even by your standards....that's a tedious argument.

Well your from Scotland which according to Billy Connolly has 2 seasons June and Winter.