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Your insight on this has been useful. One question I have though is how old is the info? As @Jimmy87 was saying we were chasing high calibre players until the window shut. Therefore, the situation has potentially changed materially from the time you had your info, which I think may have been...

The contexts were v different and our run in was a difficult one. Then there’s factors like the FA Cup, general fatigue and we had nothing to play for after Hull at home, 2 days after said semi final. They’re unrelated.

We froze season ticket prices when after the club had the season it did, it made sense to cash in. So charging a bit extra for in-demand cup matches, I have no qualms with. It's likely going to be a 1 in 50 match - odds our that we have more draws like Oxford at home than Tottenham or another...

Tottenham won’t be playing their reserves…

That’s not how it works, cup games are never priced in proportion to their ST value. The club probably lost money with the low attendance v Oxford (all stands open and low turn out) and needs to recoup that. We’re paying £35 for away tickets to Watford and Bristol, of course a cup draw v a Top...

That’s your choice. It’s no different to away games either. You don’t have to pay for things like food, a programme or potentially parking. Some people will look at as an opportunity to see class players. I don’t think it’ll be Spurs reserves at all, we’re a potential banana skin and shown last...

Yep, it’s an outrage and ‘something for nothing’ culture now. £20 for an U18 is a bit steep but what’s a ‘reasonable’ price for this game? £15? £10? £5? With it being a night game, there won’t be many U10s at the match anyway.

I used to take my brother to games when he was a child so I understand the costs involved. At the end of the day, Tottenham are a top 6 side so it’s a big draw. Prices will be as high as possible to maximise revenue and I don’t blame the club for that. With respect to Palace, they’re not as a...

It’s not been and gone at all as it’s not the kind of thing you fix over night. It’s a policy that requires continuous monitoring and policing. Look at how they’ve locked in people into buying certain category tickets for away games. Definitely cracking down on loopholes.

That’s up to QPR how they operate. Without the data to hand, DK has clearly identified fraud in the kids ticket prices that the club is trying to stamp out. Again, 20-25% of STHs being concessions was inflated and being abused. The club is trying to improve its commercial footing and the bigger...

Easy to do that when you’ve charged £85 for UCL tickets and play all the top teams once a season anyway. Tottenham is a big draw for us and for every person who can’t make it, I’m sure there will be day trippers who want to go.

We’re paying £37 to see Bristol and Watford away… of course this game v Spurs was going to be Cat A prices. £30 to watch a game of football just isn’t that much money when you take inflation into account. People want football clubs to spend millions on players yet moan when ticket prices are...

Fantastic post, sensible and the insights you seem to have is cause for optimism. If we were chasing a player playing in the UCL last season earlier in the window, I felt that we were going for a player of that calibre still. The issue is that they’re difficult deals to complete and as with...

Of the two, you’d take Stamenic too who played in the UCL last year… It’s a shame we missed out Browne and don’t blame him for being peeved off at being offered ‘a cuddle after sex’. Sunderland is a similar project to ours, but with respect, I think we’ll finish above them comfortably (again)...

We should just hand them the trophy now… 🙄

Which makes some of the comments about Rudoni seem even more ridiculous. He’s 4 years younger than COH and imo, will end up being the better player. His first half performance against Oxford in the league was quality. Our attacking talent are struggling atm because we’re not controlling the...

In 7 years we’ve gone from scrapping the dregs of the transfer market signing Yakubh, Stephen Hunt, Darius Henderson and so on… to spending 10s of millions of pound on players. You don’t get there by having poor recruitment. People are judging far too much on 4 games. Every year we get off to a...

The Bassette transfer showed that we were operating a ‘best available’ transfer policy. Midfield is a difficult area to sign for and the obvious candidates to bring are out of our price range. We know of 2 high quality targets that slipped our grasp and we don’t know what else went on. Had...

Agreed, I‘m sure many of us expected Sheaf to go. The only reason COH left was because it was on a free and outside of our control. Agreed. The ‘intangibles’ can’t be neglected either. Even in the 2022/23 season, as great as Vik and Hamer were, Kelly and McFadz were just as important. Every...

James would be brought in on a 4th choice basis. Which is pretty impressive. Eccles in particular would thrive having James alongside him rather than Torp imo, and vice versa. We need to take the burden off Sheaf too. When he plays, he’s 82 mpg on average, Eccles is playing 73 mpg. Having a...