FAO Bob Young

[geosname]

Should be ****ing loaded anyway!

 

I used to enjoy a Bombay sapphire or a Canadian club.... sadly if I drink now it has the potential to kill me.

[Mr Carter]

How is it other teams in this division can charge matchday prices less than us, operate in profit, finish higher than us on much smaller average attendances and some get promition?

 

That is the million dollar question and a question no one has been able answer to date

[Coskickabo]

How is it other teams in this division can charge matchday prices less than us, operate in profit, finish higher than us on much smaller average attendances and some get promition?

 

The answer is simple.Managers are smarter(or luckier) in getting the right players within the wage budget available. I'm not knocking Micky Adams. During his first stint as Manager he appeared to have assembled a squad of players( as limited as they were) who were capable of at least getting into the play offs.That,of course, was before he left for Sheffield United and the club went into meltdown. How things would have turned out had he stayed, we will never know. Now he's back he appears to have acquired better quality players than we had then. Has he been astute enough or lucky enough to have got the right players? Time will tell. The jury is still out regarding his ability to obtain the players who can get us out of this division.

[Valenick]

Geo firstly I apoligize it wasnt u who called another fan a moron secondly im not critizising anybody for whatever reason they cant or wont go thats their choice but 20 pound is not a lot to go watch a match I think the last 3 matches have represented excellant value for money I would willingly pay to see the team I love win its in my heart vtid

[mr burslem]

The answer is simple.Managers are smarter(or luckier) in getting the right players within the wage budget available.

my own opinion is that the 'business skills' of Messrs. Bratt, Deakin, Miller and the rest have left us a potential several hundred thousand (maybe a million) down....

[melv]

FAO Young,please update us soon.

 

Has bob

a Gone away on a long holiday?

 

b Done a runner?

 

c Been abducted by aliens/taken back to the planet from where he came?

[boomer's vet]

Threads like this certainly don't help our cause to get 5000 fans.those that can't afford £20 now will probably never get to see vale again as prices will increase In years to come.i suspect though many of these people just aren't prepared to make the £1.50 sacrifice a day required for them to be able to attend, and are trying to justify this by getting others who don't attend to agree with them.these are the same people that said they would start going again once Bratt and co left.something doesn't add up though.maybe they just don't want to go to the match enough and think that moaning on onevalefan constitutes being a port vale fan.it doesn't

[melv]

Threads like this certainly don't help our cause to get 5000 fans.those that can't afford £20 now will probably never get to see vale again as prices will increase In years to come.i suspect though many of these people just aren't prepared to make the £1.50 sacrifice a day required for them to be able to attend' date=' and are trying to justify this by getting others who don't attend to agree with them.[b']these are the same people that said they would start going again once Bratt and co left[/b].something doesn't add up though.maybe they just don't want to go to the match enough and think that moaning on onevalefan constitutes being a port vale fan.it doesn't

 

How long did it take you to do that survey.Can you show all the results of the survey including the amount of people you did survey and what percentage have returned,stayed away?

[geosname]

Geo firstly I apoligize it wasnt u who called another fan a moron secondly im not critizising anybody for whatever reason they cant or wont go thats their choice but 20 pound is not a lot to go watch a match I think the last 3 matches have represented excellant value for money I would willingly pay to see the team I love win its in my heart vtid

 

Apology accepted..... £20 isnt a lot.... if you have it.... if you dont it may as well be £100.

The last three results have been encouraging and start to lean towards value for money. I cant really comment on the entertainment value as I have only been to one of the games... although the one I saw was better by some way to the previous game I saw.

I know money isnt everything but if you dont have ANY its pretty damn close... Ive been there.

£20 is one of the highest prices in this league, until we become one of the best teams in the league [results and performance] its too high.

[Rampant Zebra]

I can confirm that Bob hasn't gone anywhere, I saw him at Vale Park yesterday.

[Simcity47]

The facts are this. It is £20 to get in..if you really wanted to go, you would. If we drew Stoke in the cup, you would find the £20.

 

Some people chose to spend £20 a day on fags/booze and take aways, but moan they cant afford to go.

 

£20 is a lot for div 4 football, but to keep the club afloat it is a small price to pay.

 

Trouble is, there are some people on this forum that will find any excuse not to go to the game. first it was the board, now it is the admission price.

 

noone was moaning against Shrewsbury when there was 9,000? no.

 

Man up, and stop whinging and turn up on Saturday. and please dont give me the story about "i cant afford it, times are hard"

 

I cant either, but i find that £20 by sacrificing elsewhere to make it there.

 

Truth hurts.

[phizz]

As people keep saying success is the only thing that will cosistantly increase gates, don't think even a price reduction would achieve this.

[Simcity47]

As people keep saying success is the only thing that will cosistantly increase gates, don't think even a price reduction would achieve this.

 

Very true. £15 and we may get another 500 if lucky. waste of time.

 

what they are better off doing is £10 games on tuesday nights from time to time, to attract those that cant afford to go often.

[JOHNNYAITCH]

Man up, and stop whinging and turn up on Saturday. and please dont give me the story about "i cant afford it, times are hard"

 

I cant either, but i find that £20 by sacrificing elsewhere to make it there.

 

So you can afford it then

[phizz]

Also a new stadium seems to lincrease intrest in a club but it's all pie in the sky if we don't find someone to take us on.