Season Ticket prices frozen for 2 years

[raul]

There have been lots of calls for innovate, brave, radical etc stuff from the club when really all they mean is "cheap".

I think the marketting used "True Blades will be there" is pretty brave and radical as it happens. It's skirting rather cleverly around the absolute car crash that is SUFC right now, doesn't go down the usual "join us on the path to a wonderful future" come with us route, rather issues a direct challenge to peoples "Bladeness". It says, brusquely "You're in or you're out".

I suspect there will be more responding to the challenge to their "Bladeness" with shoulders to the grindstone stiff upper lipage and renew than if they'd come out grovelling for our custom. Basically are you Blade enough or are you a wimp?

 

[SwissBlade]

Well firstly its fair play to the club for not increasing.

I hoped for a reduction of around 10-20% but its not going to stop me renewing now! So i'm one fan that they've kept just by not increasing the price

 

[lenners]

There have been lots of calls for innovate, brave, radical etc stuff from the club when really all they mean is "cheap".

I think the marketting used "True Blades will be there" is pretty brave and radical as it happens. It's skirting rather cleverly around the absolute car crash that is SUFC right now, doesn't go down the usual "join us on the path to a wonderful future" come with us route, rather issues a direct challenge to peoples "Bladeness". It says, brusquely "You're in or you're out".

I suspect there will be more responding to the challenge to their "Bladeness" with shoulders to the grindstone stiff upper lipage and renew than if they'd come out grovelling for our custom. Basically are you Blade enough or are you a wimp?

I think the chances of radical and innovative were way more than just cheap but I also think that the car crash of a season made everything much more difficult.
A lot of people will rightly spit at the True Blade line. What we need are True Blades running the club.

 

[Tuns]

This offer means we're going to lose even more fans on top of the massive loss last season.

For those that think that is good for the financial or footballing future of the club, the atmosphere, our reputation etc - I am baffled at your logic.

Such a shortsighted and unimaginative move by the club - suppose it's what we should have expected.

United as a club is at a low ebb for too many reasons to mention, fans are disenchanted to say the least, we lost 5,000 fans last season, we are probably going to be a league lower next season, football's attractiveness in general is in decline then chuck in the recession and what do we come up with - we freeze ST prices.

I suppose at least our gates next season will give our neighbours something to chuckle about (although I guess our gates against the likes of Leeds this season might be an eyeopener too) and be the source of a few hundred mocking calls to Football Heaven throughout the season.

And the deadline we've set is ridiculous in the circumstances.

 

[raul]

I think the chances of radical and innovative were way more than just cheap but I also think that the car crash of a season made everything much more difficult.
A lot of people will rightly spit at the True Blade line. What we need are True Blades running the club.

Some may Leonard, but it's a calculated gamble - and one I'd back - that it'll bring more waverers into line than not.

 

[lenners]

Some may Leonard, but it's a calculated gamble - and one I'd back - that it'll bring more waverers into line than not.

If and when we go down, I don't think the suggestion that only True Blades are getting season tickets is going to be well received.
At the moment I think I'll need more than an attempted guilt trip from the prats who run our club to persuade me to buy one.

 

[alcoblade]

If and when we go down, I don't think the suggestion that only True Blades are getting season tickets is going to be well received.
At the moment I think I'll need more than an attempted guilt trip from the prats who run our club to persuade me to buy one.

Well let's be honest - there's a degree of truth in this. Fans are welcome to act as consumers - and not renew. But those who stick with the club in the dark days can rightly claim to be "the bigger Blades". I fully expect that some will cry fowl at this, but you can't have it both ways. The club (our club) needs our support. Those that run it don't deserve it, but the club needs it.

True Blades will be at the lane.

Consumers will be at Meadowhall.



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[shorehamview]

Not sure who suggested a 10 per cent drop but that wouldn't have made any difference.

It would have made a difference of 10%. So if your ticket is on the Kop you'd have saved £30. If thirty quid is an insignificant amount to you then meet me at the Golden Lion before the next home match and hand over £30 to me. I bet it won't be such a small amount then.

What we need are True Blades running the club.

Personally I don't give a monkey's who runs the club if they are prepared to invest. Would you rather have a tight Blade, as we have at the moment, or an outsider making merry with the readies, like Man City?

At the moment I think I'll need more than an attempted guilt trip from the prats who run our club to persuade me to buy one.

Don't buy one then.

They're selling them from £299 for grown-ups. Nowhere in the renewal forms I received through the post today does it mention the use of force to make you part with your money. They said nothing about torture (unless you include the torture of actually watching them), blackmail or threats.

No doubt the Lane will be a poorer place for your absence, but think of all the time you'll be able to post on here, moaning. I bet that will give you more than a little shiver of excitement at the mere thought.

 

[Northyorksblade]

The alternative to a season ticket, even factoring in the extra costs such as petrol, programme, food and beer is actually cheaper than the alternative which would be shopping every home game, so contrary to what I said to friends earlier this season, we will be renewing............. I think!

 

[alcoblade]

The alternative to a season ticket, even factoring in the extra costs such as petrol, programme, food and beer is actually cheaper than the alternative which would be shopping every home game, so contrary to what I said to friends earlier this season, we will be renewing............. I think!

If the alternative is shopping then even if it were free, you should renew....

Once you give up your slot, it's guaranteed that her indoors will fill it with something that's about as enjoyable as putting your balls in a vice.

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[raul]

If the alternative is shopping then even if it were free, you should renew....

Once you give up your slot, it's guaranteed that her indoors will fill it with something that's about as enjoyable as putting your balls in a vice.

UTB

Isn't that right Norks?

 

[lenners]

Well let's be honest - there's a degree of truth in this. Fans are welcome to act as consumers - and not renew. But those who stick with the club in the dark days can rightly claim to be "the bigger Blades". I fully expect that some will cry fowl at this, but you can't have it both ways. The club (our club) needs our support. Those that run it don't deserve it, but the club needs it.

True Blades will be at the lane.

Consumers will be at Meadowhall.



UTB

Nah, got the t-shirt, done the 4th division, done over 80 grounds, spent more proportionately than McCabe ever will on United.
I don't need pathetic attempts at guilt trips from the club, it's stomach-churning.
Plenty of others I know and there are some on this board who have just had enough and suggesting you're not a True Blade if you don't buy a season ticket is just that, nauseating.
He ripped out the soul of the club and is now reaping what he sowed.

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It would have made a difference of 10%. So if your ticket is on the Kop you'd have saved £30. If thirty quid is an insignificant amount to you then meet me at the Golden Lion before the next home match and hand over £30 to me. I bet it won't be such a small amount then.



Personally I don't give a monkey's who runs the club if they are prepared to invest. Would you rather have a tight Blade, as we have at the moment, or an outsider making merry with the readies, like Man City?



Don't buy one then.

They're selling them from £299 for grown-ups. Nowhere in the renewal forms I received through the post today does it mention the use of force to make you part with your money. They said nothing about torture (unless you include the torture of actually watching them), blackmail or threats.

No doubt the Lane will be a poorer place for your absence, but think of all the time you'll be able to post on here, moaning. I bet that will give you more than a little shiver of excitement at the mere thought.

Yes Shoreham, thanks for that genius insight that we don't have to buy one. Nothing gets past you.
I'm sure McCabe and co have gone to the same school of PR and business management as your good self.

 

[Foxy]

Nah, got the t-shirt, done the 4th division, done over 80 grounds, spent more proportionately than McCabe ever will on United.
I don't need pathetic attempts at guilt trips from the club, it's stomach-churning.
Plenty of others I know and there are some on this board who have just had enough and suggesting you're not a True Blade if you don't buy a season ticket is just that, nauseating.
He ripped out the soul of the club and is now reaping what he sowed.

Where does it say you have to be physically at the Lane?

There are plenty of exiled Blades who's thoughts are "at the lane"

To be fair, I've been more nauseated from the times I've been accused of being part of the problem as I'm willing to go home and away every week.

 

[shorehamview]

Yes Shoreham, thanks for that genius insight that we don't have to buy one. Nothing gets past you.
I'm sure McCabe and co have gone to the same school of PR and business management as your good self.

At least I didn't go to the school that taught you that 10% = nothing. The one I went to taught us that 10% = 10%.

Don't buy a season ticket. Watch in astonishment that the world doesn't grind to a compete standstill, and nor does it revolve around you. Mind you, you'll have missed all the lessons that taught you how the world turned, what with failing remedial maths so many times.

I'm merely suggesting that you don't buy one in the same kind of way that you are suggesting that we all don't buy one. I'm pointing out to you that you are more than welcome to stage your one-man boycott. Just don't slate those who choose not to follow your lead.

 

[alcoblade]

Nah, got the t-shirt, done the 4th division, done over 80 grounds.

Well done, you've been a "big Blade". That doesn't make you one forever.

The club needs your support now. You can choose not to back it. Bit if you're local and can afford it you just can't then claim to still be a "big Blade".

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[lenners]

At least I didn't go to the school that taught you that 10% = nothing. The one I went to taught us that 10% = 10%.

Don't buy a season ticket. Watch in astonishment that the world doesn't grind to a compete standstill, and nor does it revolve around you. Mind you, you'll have missed all the lessons that taught you how the world turned, what with failing remedial maths so many times.

I'm merely suggesting that you don't buy one in the same kind of way that you are suggesting that we all don't buy one. I'm pointing out to you that you are more than welcome to stage your one-man boycott. Just don't slate those who choose not to follow your lead.

I think you'll find the suggestion was that a 10 per cent drop wouldn't make any difference to sales, not price. Not a difficult distinction to grasp.

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Well done, you've been a "big Blade". That doesn't make you one forever.

The club needs your support now. You can choose not to back it. Bit if you're local and can afford it you just can't then claim to still be a "big Blade".

UTB

Doesn't feel my club anymore Alco and there are thousands who feel the same way.
I did say many months back that the soul had been ripped out and it was met with the usual guff (similar when I queried whether there were three worse teams than us in the league in the summer) and I'm afraid it has.
I admire your loyalty but watching endless mediocre players with no affinity to my club or city going through a revolving door while promises are endlessly broken by the hierarchy doesn't do it for me anymore.
I may end up getting a season ticket but it will be something to think long and hard about this time - something I've not even considered before.
We've become a nothing club, nothing about us, no drive, no plan, no image, no interest. At some point you just ask whether it's worth supporting something that is run by people who don't give a fuck.

 

[Northyorksblade]

Isn't that right Norks?

Yeah, she's a right bitch.

 

[shorehamview]

I may end up getting a season ticket but it will be something to think long and hard about this time - something I've not even considered before.

Hang on a minute, didn't someone suggest that we should all boycott season ticket purchases unless there was a price reduction?

Highbury suggested this should be a separate thread, so here it is.
A call to arms if you like, but Blades should boycott season tickets unless there is a reduction in price.
It's pretty much the only power we have and it's one we should now use.

There hasn't been a reduction in prices. There's been a freeze, which isn't the same thing.

So why are you even considering buying one? Unless of course it's either a case of "do as lenners says, but not as he does" or you are a hypocrite. Which is it?

Answers on a postcard please to "lenners can't make up his mind whether to stick or twist competition".

So either you're not getting one or you haven't got faith in your own convictions.

Make your mind up please lenners. You can't boycott the purchase and buy one too.

 

[alcoblade]

Doesn't feel my club anymore Alco and there are thousands who feel the same way.
I did say many months back that the soul had been ripped out and it was met with the usual guff (similar when I queried whether there were three worse teams than us in the league in the summer) and I'm afraid it has.
I admire your loyalty but watching endless mediocre players with no affinity to my club or city going through a revolving door while promises are endlessly broken by the hierarchy doesn't do it for me anymore.
I may end up getting a season ticket but it will be something to think long and hard about this time - something I've not even considered before.
We've become a nothing club, nothing about us, no drive, no plan, no image, no interest. At some point you just ask whether it's worth supporting something that is run by people who don't give a fuck.

I'm in almost complete agreement Len. But I still maintain the overriding feeling that I want to support the club in a difficult time (Ask me what "the club" is and I'll struggle. I don't support most of the players or the bloke who owns it).

On top of this, I like going to football for a simple day out with the mates / my lads. I can't see that ever changing.

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[JohnDenver]

Just found my renewal brochure on the doormat. On the front there's a montage consisting of...

A monochrome picture of a lad who looks like he's just seen a car crash.
A particularly irate looking blonde lass.
A very bored infant.
And a befuddled looking chap sporting a Timmy Mallet baseball cap.

True Blades indeed.

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

Just found my renewal brochure on the doormat. On the front there's a montage consisting of...

A monochrome picture of a lad who looks like he's just seen a car crash.
A particularly irate looking blonde lass.
A very bored infant.
And a befuddled looking chap sporting a Timmy Mallet baseball cap.

True Blades indeed.

The picture choice is truly amazing actually lol

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I wonder if they thought of offering a discount for anybody buying their season tickets for this year and next?

Anybody remember that 5 year ticket we had some years ago?

I couldn't afford it at the time but would do a two year one now if I could.

Did it raise much money I wonder - does anybody remember how many of them we sold?

 

[lenners]

Hang on a minute, didn't someone suggest that we should all boycott season ticket purchases unless there was a price reduction?



There hasn't been a reduction in prices. There's been a freeze, which isn't the same thing.

So why are you even considering buying one? Unless of course it's either a case of "do as lenners says, but not as he does" or you are a hypocrite. Which is it?

Answers on a postcard please to "lenners can't make up his mind whether to stick or twist competition".

So either you're not getting one or you haven't got faith in your own convictions.

Make your mind up please lenners. You can't boycott the purchase and buy one too.

To be honest, it would be great if no-one bought a season ticket until the club came out and spoke honestly, probably in the form of McCabe, about what the hell they've been doing and what they are going to do in the future.
But I do acknowledge this is pissing in the wind as the club is now so far away from its fans I'm not sure if the distance isn't permanently damaging and there's nothing they can do or say.
We've gradually slipped into a situation where the hierarchy doesn't care and the fans don't really care anymore in return.

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

the fans don't really care anymore in return.

I think we all care, Len, and some of us even have hope!

 

[SwissBlade]

To be honest, it would be great if no-one bought a season ticket until the club came out and spoke honestly, probably in the form of McCabe, about what the hell they've been doing and what they are going to do in the future.
But I do acknowledge this is pissing in the wind as the club is now so far away from its fans I'm not sure if the distance isn't permanently damaging and there's nothing they can do or say.
We've gradually slipped into a situation where the hierarchy doesn't care and the fans don't really care anymore in return.

To be honest it'd be greater if we sold even more season tickets and got the honesty

As for pissing in the wind, the club is taking steps to connect, but some fans are just not prepared to give the club any slack at all whatever they do

Freeze the prices isn't enough, they/ you want drops in prices, but if they drop the prices 5, 10, 15, 20 or even 50% it wouldn't be enough for some, sadly I think that because the club know that many fans are lost for a long while regardless of price, the price freeze was probably seen as the best option as dropping the prices and still not getting the fans back would be a big risk as well.

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

We also need money Swiss and cutting season ticket prices when the market is reducing in size is financial suicide

 

[SwissBlade]

We also need money Swiss and cutting season ticket prices when the market is reducing in size is financial suicide

Very true BoS, perhaps the best solution would be to give us renewers half our money back if we get 20,000 season tickets

 

[Highbury_Blade]

We also need money Swiss and cutting season ticket prices when the market is reducing in size is financial suicide

Effectively they have done that, with the raising of the junior freebie to 16 (which by the way i think is a superb move).

 

[SwissBlade]

The True Blades are at the Lane offers are available to all fans - although lapsed season ticket holders or those buying for the first time will not be able to select their preferred seats until after the deadline for renewals.

Renewal price goes to all fans not just current ST holders, effectively making it a reduce price for those without season tickets!

 

[silverfox]

We've gradually slipped into a situation where the hierarchy doesn't care and the fans don't really care anymore in return.

I'm a fan and I still care.

You don't speak for me and many others. It may be your opinion, and some others, but you don't know how others think.

 

[ShockingBadBuy]

The commitment to stand by the £10 season ticket for kids per adult renewal is like gold to us. Well done the club on this. (But I usually agree with Len).