There is a planned protest for the Arsenal vs Leicester game. It's only going to get fans more annoyed. He should have just said no comment. Talking about being competitive my club (Southampton) seem to do fine even though we sell players to cover new ones. So the ticket price rising doesn't effect that.
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Football Thread 2015/16 |OT| The Great American Sport
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There is a planned protest for the Arsenal vs Leicester game. It's only going to get fans more annoyed. He should have just said no comment. Talking about being competitive my club (Southampton) seem to do fine even though we sell players to cover new ones. So the ticket price rising doesn't effect that.
toythatkills
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He was asked a question, he gave his honest thoughts. You're being kinda naive, really, if you think he's in any way going to be proven wrong.
Protests or no. The problem with the big clubs is that no matter how many fans they annoy, there are always more fans to take their place.
Not really naive. I just thought he would side step the question so he didn't annoy a already annoyed fan base. It's called respecting your supporters.
As he should, when he's focused he's such a great targetman and striker.
PSV defenders were put aside like little boys, he's so strong!
toythatkills
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If he'd said no comment the headlines would have just read "WENGER REFUSES TO RULE OUT TICKET PRICE INCREASE" and he wouldn't have the chance to defend his position, and you'd still be here treating him like some kind of super-villain.
Would I? Can you read my mind now? No I wouldn't, I am not even doing that now. All I am saying is with protests on increasing ticket prices happening more and more. Maybe he should think before provoking a already annoyed fan base.
toythatkills
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Like I say, he was damned if he did, damned if he didn't, that's how the press works.
It's not like he could just outright lie.
Well what I'm kind of worried about is, these days our players need a whole season to adjust to a different league, which makes people label them as flops. Take Memphis, he will come good next season. I hope some managers and supporters will have some patience with our players.
on topic, if Utrecht keeps their current form and hopefully with no serious injuries, they could end up in the top 3, which would be a fresh of breath air. Hoping the same for AZ too.
Depends if Depay wants to knuckle down and do some hard work. But I get your point.
Wenger is wrong. Transfer prices rise for a variety of reasons, including a lack of talent, and that doesn't automatically imply that ticket prices should increase either. If TV money increases by billions and transfer fees by 10s of millions but increasing ticket fees might only add a few more millions. At that point raising ticket fees wouldn't be able to buy one player.
It's worth noting that there can be other reasons for raising ticket prices like squeezing out activist working class fans for more complacent middle class fans who won't boo or protest so often or might be a more priced demographic for advertisers. Hooligans aren't that big a problem in England anymore but some clubs might even look to the example of Juventus who made a smaller stadium with higher ticket prices to get rid of the ultras.
Anyway, the point is what Wenger said is the club's argument not the correct answer. He can definitely ve criticized for that
toythatkills
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I'm not sure how your points, valid as they are, counter the specific quote which was attributed to Wenger.
Personally I always give foreign players a whole season to adapt, some players seem adapted on day one while others really need an entire season to get used to a new country and league.
Top-3? That would be awesome but I'm not counting on it, Utrecht always have some very bad games inbetween good runs. Surely hope we will win the cup though, that would also mean group phase of the EL next season.
This is exactly what Ashley Cole did a few years ago. 55k a week improved contract by Sir Wenger or 200k a week elsewhere? lol
I'm not countering the quote so much as calling out people like you who claims he shouldn't bw criticized for it. If the club gets criticized for raising ticket prices and Wenger sticks his neck out for them then it's normal he gets called a dick.
Massingberd
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As long as stadiums are at near capacity each week, ticket price protests won't achieve jack shit.
toythatkills
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What was he supposed to say?
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breaking down barriers in gratuitous nudity
Don't be scared homie.
GoldenCrow
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Nothing he isn't corporate management it isn't his field of expertise. It is quite amusing though that the club with the highest ticket prices is the one highlighting the fact that they wont be reduced.
He is correct in saying that the Premier League is expected to pay more though due to the licensing deal. But anyone expecting businesses to lower ticket prices because they now make more money has succumbed to idealistic nonsense.
toythatkills
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He was directly asked a question about it, so what was he supposed to say?
The FA should look into the German model.
He can say whatever he wants. But if he answers like a corporate lickspittle, he'll be called a dick
toythatkills
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So he should have lied? He should have said "tickets will now be free, we will give you also free candy at half time. If the game is bad, we will give each spectator one hundred pounds as an apology."
He was just honest, and he was also right - ticket prices are not going to go down, not at Arsenal or anywhere else. Really not sure what people are demanding here.
Neeeeever gonna happen.
Fakeknowledge
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Amazing.
He's got a great point from the whole thing, You can't just make up a story and then expect him to comment, Gaal said something similar the other day.
Wish a few more managers would be a bit more defiant with the press.
Until mugs stop paying the prices, it won't stop.
Hahaha I doubt it would come that quickly but great if it happens. Next season is going to be awesome because I never rated him as a top manager.
so that's what he meant yesterday when he said he's like a woman
Milchmonster
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m8
It's Leverkusen, they could be up 4-0 in the 88th minute and still manage to draw.
Maaaaaardy
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Big game then. Who's winning City/Leicester guys? Would love Leicester to do them, I have to admit. As an Arsenal fan, wouldn't bother me Leicester having a little lead. It'd be so interesting.
bayer always manages to snatch some points from us
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