To be fair, holding talks with the Major of Manchester about a potential new stadium, or at least an upgrade feels quite significant.
Club Sale | It’s done!
- Thread starter JB08
- Start date
- Status
To be fair, holding talks with the Major of Manchester about a potential new stadium, or at least an upgrade feels quite significant.
It's big!
That's what she said.
Depends on the context but granted it’s more taking than the glazers have done
They did buy the land that makes it possible to build in the same area though
- I've seen Brailsford in attendance at as many games since the deal was announced as I've seen the Glazers at ever.
- They've met and actually engaged with staff on the ground.
- They've hired a CEO based on his previous experience at actual football clubs and in the game, rather than jobs for the banker boys hires from within.
- They appear to be conducting a modern, professional and purposeful recruitment process for a DoF rather than hiring a DoF, asking him to be a manager and then firing him for being crap at it, then hiring a manager and expecting him to act like a DoF.
- They've engaged with the city for preliminary talks about what to do with the stadium that's been neglected for 2 decades.
Considering it's been barely a month since they were announced and they're not officially even on the job yet, I reckon that's enough to give them some credit.
5% season ticket price increase for next season.
Don't think that's a particularly good luck for the club in a constant cost of living crisis.
Don't think that's a particularly good luck for the club in a constant cost of living crisis.
INEOS out
Met fan groups.
Open (in style of chat) press conference.
Its chalk and cheese from the Glazers and only going to get better
Glazers were purely hands off, they didn't give a shit if the money kept coming in, they don't put any money into United. Ineos have skin in the game and immediately you see the difference, they might not be very good but they are gong to actually try and actually care because they need to make their investment worthwhile.
In fairness it's still below inflation though. Not that it makes it feel any better for the fans but that's what everyone presumably wanted from a hard nosed businessman rather than an empty Glazer PR move to paper over the fact they don't know what they're doing.
Ideally the revenue would come from sponsorships and TV but the stadium is still a massive source of income for the club so if they've a waiting list for season tickets they're not going to just freeze prices every year.
This was the the only thing the absentee glazers could say about their relationship with the fans, they kept the ticket price relatively steady. We could be selling out 110-150,000 tickets a week easily if we had the facilities.
No increases for 10 plus years and then they hit us with two in a row
You'd assume that the Glazers were presumably all over the initial idea rather than Ratcliffe. It would be interesting to hear if he had a say on it though.
My issue is the increase won't even bring that much money in (certainly in the grand scheme of things anyway). When you take into account that we will probably spend about 200 million this summer, it's a drop in the ocean.
For fans though, its a big increase and a slap in the face for those who go week in week out.
Is it around a £30-£50 increase per season depending on where you are sitting?
Is it a slap in the face though? It's a below inflation increase. Sure it's not generous, but it's hardly appalling.
Inflation is at 4% currently
It's only been (marginally below) 5% since October and the season started in August at which point the rate was 6.8%. It doesn't seem crazy to me as long as it trends down as inflation does.
Until last season they hadn't raised prices for over a decade, as a ST holder its not ideal but prices had to go up eventually same as everything unfortunately we had a good 11 years though
Why do they have to go up?
Clearly the reason is the FFP situation and the wasted money on transfers.
Great news on the exec seats. i wish they would look at relocation of the disabled section behind East Stand goal, its killed the atmosphere there
Ornstein now confirmed no Paul Mitchell as per Muppetiers
I feel like it should be to the side. As you've said it kind of prevents any instant behind the goal fan interaction/atmosphere and surely it puts them more at risk of getting hit by shots?
Did he rule out any others or suggest we are looking at appointing a Head of Recruitment too
Haven’t actually listened to it yet so not sure.
Here it is for anyone interested
Because the cost to serve has gone up across the board policing, energy, staffing etc etc the club are not a charity to the ticket holders and we have had a solid run of no rises at all for over a decade, at £2 a match it isn't a lot and it could be worse
I’ve not got time to listen to it as only just finished work and got to take the missus out for our anniversary but did Ornstein say Mitchell isn’t going to be Director Of Football or did he say not involved at all ? If it’s not as Director Of Football that’s a good thing as he’s far better as Head Of Recruitment and if involved with us that should be his role.
i cant think of many other clubs who have taken such measures, its a massive own goal (pardon the pun)
Just not as Director of Football. Said he's (Mitchell) never seen himself in that role and that himself and INEOS are on the same page in that regard. Discussion only focused on the DOF position.
So they'll only be at risk when Dalot or Antony shoot?
Cheers mate, good to see that we’re obviously looking at people who are are actual DOF’s and great at the job rather than bringing someone in to try doing the role without any experience or success at it.
Can we make this post a sticky?
Interesting to hear Ornstein say Ward has worked at Man City so Berrada will know him very well
I am far from an expert on this matter and I don't mind being educated on it but I think that they should make a two tier season ticket system. One allows others to use the ticket thus being more expensive and one that does not. I have mates in malta whose making an absolute killing out of their season tickets. A bigger chunk of that revenue should go to the club rather then their own pockets. Meanwhile cheaper tickets for match goers will improve the atmosphere at OT.
The club is also having to face the cost of living crisis. Energy costs, policing, transport to away games etc are all increasing. This rise will bring in around £1.5m a year, not a huge amount for the club budget - but we’ve had 10+ years of a price freeze. It will pay for Rashford’s wages for about 5 weeks, but every little helps as a Supermarket says.
- Status