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Erm.. all other things being equal, if cheaper tickets didn't attract more fans then it would break pretty much every rule of economics I've ever learnt. Clearly even here there's enough evidence that some fans won't go to some games because of the cost of the tickets. Whether it would make...

Couldn't agree more. I loved having a season ticket for all of the reasons you mention there. And personally, I think the walk-up charge is a rip off for exactly the reasons you state - I can't get out to get a ticket during the working week, and I like to get my ticket next to whoever's...

Indeed, assuming you meet their credit rating, and are disciplined enough to set up and maintain an adequate repayment schedule, and that you don't get the urge to splurge on something else on the card too. Not everyone is, of course, which is how the banks make their money.

As for the, it costs x amount elsewhere to watch L1 football so our prices are OK, argument - it's missing the point. It's not just about maximising revenue, it's about getting people through the door too. If you're losing fans because a significant number find it's too expensive for them...

I never worked in marketing Stupot, but I've spent a lot of years working in banking, and particularly credit. Getting a 0% credit card to buy something that you couldn't otherwise afford isn't always a good idea. It is though, better than wonga. ;)

Expensive is always to some degree in the eye of the beholder - but paying over £20 for a L1 football game is too much for me personally. That's a level at which I have to pick and choose the games I'm going to go to. At say £15, which feels like about the right price for L1 (again for me)...

Good analysis that. Can I add though, that isn't an additional part of it something that I grumble about down here, that the Labour party in many people's eyes has moved so far to the right that it's lost a lump of it's left-leaning support? If you're against stuff like the bedroom tax, the...

I'm an O'Brien fan too - I like how he's willing to take the ball in a tight space and try to use a trick to make a bit of room for himself. Valuable skill in a central midfielder I'd say. The other stuff, the sheer graft, and the willingness to try to get ahead of the strikers at times...

Fair comment that - but I would have thought a fair few that were in the South stand on Friday would choose to go in there again, even with the CET stand re-opened. Does this mean that they are going to close block 11 again now then, or have I (once again) completely misunderstood?

Personally I'm happy with this - I don't like the thought of not having fans behind both goals. It just seemed an odd solution to me, and one that was more about saving money than generating atmosphere Having said that, I really enjoyed my first time in the South Stand. Whether it would be as...

As with all gambling - I think the key is never bet more than you can afford to lose! ;) It's a big old world, stocks, and lots of players - with some big ones more than capable of manipulating the various markets I'd venture. If you don't mind my asking, are you using technical analysis...

I remember Rob Gurney's commentaries very well - always enjoyed listening to them. The telegraph bloke you're thinking of was Adam Dent, I'd venture. I've no problem with Clive Eakin, and I enjoy listening to the radio when he's on too, but I'm never quite sure why RG moved onto Brum. Did he...

Ah, it's very impressive, granted. But don't you find that the glue itches? ;) I shall print and frame that picture, and put it on the mantlepiece - it'll keep the kids away from the fire. :)

A bearded tit, perhaps? :)

I suspect there's some jealousy here. Could it be that your tender years mean that you're only capable of a thin smattering of student bumfluff, swept away in the first autumnal breeze, rather than a full-tilt Fisher complete with nesting sparrows? Overcome your pogonophobia, young man. In...

I'm Paul James and so is my wife. :)

Must confess that I've given up on trying to get tickets. I simply can't spend ages queuing up or on line when there's work to do. Looking at it calmly, I'm not too down about it, it's not as though I've seen much of them over the last year or so - and they'll be a hooky internet feed or two...

It's going to be tricky that. You can drink twice as much tea and coffee, and also spend double the time reading the paper in the bog I suppose - but there's only so long that you can sit and stare out of the window, and you don't want to be idly surfing the internet in the office until...

With regard to this I'd heard we're bringing Aidy Boothroyd back - it's going to save us a fortune. :)

Not for the first time, I'm confused about Fisher and SISU's logic here. They're going to have to find, conservatively, £20m - £30m to build a new, smaller stadium from scratch. The new stadium, being smaller, and likely more poorly located, won't have the capability to make as much money as...