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Post by pirate on Jul 29, 2018 1:50:14 GMT
We must remember the owners have backed the manager. They allowed him to pay fees for nichols and sercombe. They financed bringing in craig and bennett in january. They funded bringing in experienced players upson and rodman this summer. All those players will be on good salaries and 2 of them cost transfer fees as well. Its not all good but its not all bad either surely? The Chelsea cup money and the sales of Taylor, Bodin and now Harrison and Gaffney surely paid for all/or some of that. We have also lost the wages of the likes of Jermaine Easter, Peter Hartley, Steve Mildenhall, Byron Moore and Lee Brown who might have been on decent money.
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Post by dinsdale on Jul 29, 2018 6:02:46 GMT
We still lost £2m last season
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Post by bluestone on Jul 29, 2018 6:18:26 GMT
We must remember the owners have backed the manager. They allowed him to pay fees for nichols and sercombe. They financed bringing in craig and bennett in january. They funded bringing in experienced players upson and rodman this summer. All those players will be on good salaries and 2 of them cost transfer fees as well. Its not all good but its not all bad either surely? You mean keep a sense of perspective? Good luck with that around here! People moan on and on that the mem is a dump, the club try and improve the facilities and spend some money on doing it up a bit. Now people moan that they have to pay an extra 50p for a cup of tea! We get thrashed by Exeter in a pretty insignificant preseason friendly. Suddenly were relegation fodder and the loss of Ellis (who by the way only 12 months ago was being touted as a waste of wages by many) and lack of any instant replacement within less than 7 days is a sign that the club is going down the pan etc etc. It's hardly the first time we've had a beating from a lower league club is it, so get over it all you doomsayers and keep the faith. UTG!
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Post by tbonegas on Jul 29, 2018 7:13:50 GMT
We must remember the owners have backed the manager. They allowed him to pay fees for nichols and sercombe. They financed bringing in craig and bennett in january. They funded bringing in experienced players upson and rodman this summer. All those players will be on good salaries and 2 of them cost transfer fees as well. Its not all good but its not all bad either surely? The Chelsea cup money and the sales of Taylor, Bodin and now Harrison and Gaffney surely paid for all/or some of that. We have also lost the wages of the likes of Jermaine Easter, Peter Hartley, Steve Mildenhall, Byron Moore and Lee Brown who might have been on decent money. And Steve Yates.
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Jul 29, 2018 7:21:02 GMT
We must remember the owners have backed the manager. They allowed him to pay fees for nichols and sercombe. They financed bringing in craig and bennett in january. They funded bringing in experienced players upson and rodman this summer. All those players will be on good salaries and 2 of them cost transfer fees as well. Its not all good but its not all bad either surely? You mean keep a sense of perspective? Good luck with that around here! People moan on and on that the mem is a dump, the club try and improve the facilities and spend some money on doing it up a bit. Now people moan that they have to pay an extra 50p for a cup of tea! We get thrashed by Exeter in a pretty insignificant preseason friendly. Suddenly were relegation fodder and the loss of Ellis (who by the way only 12 months ago was being touted as a waste of wages by many) and lack of any instant replacement within less than 7 days is a sign that the club is going down the pan etc etc. It's hardly the first time we've had a beating from a lower league club is it, so get over it all you doomsayers and keep the faith. UTG! The new stands are self funding. Revenue from the actual tickets to sit in them coupled with sponsorship means they are not costing the club money. What people are rightly watered off about is that we are being asked to invest more of our money while Hani keeps his hands in his pockets. You don't charge top dollar for a 2 bit product. The club would do well to understand that good will is starting to be stretched.
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Post by trevorgas on Jul 29, 2018 7:26:35 GMT
You mean keep a sense of perspective? Good luck with that around here! People moan on and on that the mem is a dump, the club try and improve the facilities and spend some money on doing it up a bit. Now people moan that they have to pay an extra 50p for a cup of tea! We get thrashed by Exeter in a pretty insignificant preseason friendly. Suddenly were relegation fodder and the loss of Ellis (who by the way only 12 months ago was being touted as a waste of wages by many) and lack of any instant replacement within less than 7 days is a sign that the club is going down the pan etc etc. It's hardly the first time we've had a beating from a lower league club is it, so get over it all you doomsayers and keep the faith. UTG! The new stands are self funding. Revenue from the actual tickets to sit in them coupled with sponsorship means they are not costing the club money. What people are rightly watered off about is that we are being asked to invest more of our money while Hani keeps his hands in his pockets. You don't charge top dollar for a 2 bit product. The club would do well to understand that good will is starting to be stretched. To get some perspective what is the cost of a pint etc, I always thought our ticket prices we're reasonable, the Early Bird discount had to go what other business gives a discount on the price just because you buy a few weeks before the event!!
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Jul 29, 2018 7:31:28 GMT
UK Cost Per Pint London £5.19 Oxford £4.57 Edinburgh £4.35 Bristol £4.32 Winchester £4.30 Brighton £4.24 Birmingham £4.16 Aberdeen £4.16 Belfast £4.03 St Albans £4.00 Canterbury £4.00 Cambridge £3.99 Glasgow £3.97 York £3.96 Exeter £3.94 Plymouth £3.94 Manchester £3.93 Norwich £3.88 Southampton £3.83 Portsmouth £3.82 Nottingham £3.81 Coventry £3.78 Newcastle upon Tyne £3.74 Sheffield £3.74 Leeds £3.53 Peterborough £3.48 Gloucester £3.46 Liverpool £3.45 Hull £3.43 Leicester £3.42 Cardiff £3.41 Derry £3.40 Chichester £3.40 Inverness £3.33 Bangor £3.30 Lisburn £3.30 Worcester £3.25 Perth £3.25 Bath £3.20 Wells £3.20 Sunderland £3.17 Derby £3.15 Lincoln £3.10 Stirling £3.10 Wakefield £3.10 Preston £3.02 Truro £3 Hereford £3.00 Bradford £3.00 Wolverhampton £3.00 Chester £3.00 Durham £3.00 Ripon £3.00 Swansea £2.97 Dundee £2.92 Salford £2.90 Stoke-on-Trent £2.89 Newry £2.80 Lancaster £2.80 Salisbury £2.80 Armagh £2.78 Newport £2.75 Chelmsford £2.60 Carlisle £2.35 Read more at: inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/food-and-drink/pint-beer-cost-uk/
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Jul 29, 2018 7:32:34 GMT
The new stands are self funding. Revenue from the actual tickets to sit in them coupled with sponsorship means they are not costing the club money. What people are rightly watered off about is that we are being asked to invest more of our money while Hani keeps his hands in his pockets. You don't charge top dollar for a 2 bit product. The club would do well to understand that good will is starting to be stretched. To get some perspective what is the cost of a pint etc, I always thought our ticket prices we're reasonable, the Early Bird discount had to go what other business gives a discount on the price just because you buy a few weeks before the event!! I don't know about a pint, I never drink on match days but I know I can get a meal deal for £3. I can also buy a sausage roll for £1.50 and a cuppa for £1.10 locally. There is a cafe in Kingswood where you can get a massive full English breakfast with tea and toast for under a fiver!! £4 for a pie and £2 for a tea is taking the water.
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Post by twertonboy on Jul 29, 2018 7:36:44 GMT
You can see dc is at his wits end with the board... No major signing on its way and that’s straight from dc’s mouth so Brace ourselves for a lower table finish this year and who knows what next? If there was interest in Nichols from Exeter he should have been sold and kept gaffney... Gaffney an Reilly upfront sounds a lot more promising than Nichols... Why we always looks for scraps at the end of the market is a pathetic way to operate... Dc doesn’t want loan players which is fair enough but that’s what we’re be lucky with even after pocketing £750,000 from Ellis £70,000 from gaffney... Lockyer and Craig isn’t a top six centre back pairing as locks hasn’t been anywhere near consistent at league one and struggled at the level for two seasons... His distribution isn’t good enough and now we have no target men upfront his favourite welly upfront will be more deadly to us this season than ever before... To be honest why anyone thinks we should be top six contenders shocks me because from dc to the players none of them have shown enough consistency to be real contenders and to top it off financially it shows we can’t sustain a great life in league one let alone championship
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Post by trevorgas on Jul 29, 2018 7:43:46 GMT
To get some perspective what is the cost of a pint etc, I always thought our ticket prices we're reasonable, the Early Bird discount had to go what other business gives a discount on the price just because you buy a few weeks before the event!! I don't know about a pint, I never drink on match days but I know I can get a meal deal for £3. I can also buy a sausage roll for £1.50 and a cuppa for £1.10 locally. There is a cafe in Kingswood where you can get a massive full English breakfast with tea and toast for under a fiver!! £4 for a pie and £2 for a tea is taking the water. I understand however and bear with me here if you go to the local Costa etc tea costs more than £2 and we are an entertainment business (no laughing) so associated prices are higher,we can always find places that are cheaper however my local club Wrexham the tickets were more expensive than at Rovers and the food and beverage was and believe the product on the pitch was nowhere near the quality of Rovers.
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Post by lavalamp on Jul 29, 2018 7:51:52 GMT
To get some perspective what is the cost of a pint etc, I always thought our ticket prices we're reasonable, the Early Bird discount had to go what other business gives a discount on the price just because you buy a few weeks before the event!! I don't know about a pint, I never drink on match days but I know I can get a meal deal for £3. I can also buy a sausage roll for £1.50 and a cuppa for £1.10 locally. There is a cafe in Kingswood where you can get a massive full English breakfast with tea and toast for under a fiver!! £4 for a pie and £2 for a tea is taking the water. If that's Top Nosh cafe on Soundwell Road (btw best breakfast in Bristol). A large breakfast went up a year or so ago to £5.95, went in there recently and you no longer get a free tea or coffee, that's now extra. Still worth it though.
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Post by gas2 on Jul 29, 2018 7:58:33 GMT
I paid £1_99 for a pint in st George Friday nice pint it was also
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Post by singupgas on Jul 29, 2018 8:47:13 GMT
Evolution seems very slow, yes to be fair it was just a friendly but I think results and performances like that show that we are way off and squads needs a serious but of investment again.
Dc has done well previous years in conference and league 2, no real budget and got together decent sides and gained promotion. If the board think that approach can work year after year then they would be dillusional. We have been selling out best players and letting high earner just leave the club and we haven't seen much spent on replacements.
If we don't have a good season, DC stock won't look so great either. In all honesty I'm surprised he is still here after Leeds and other clubs coming in for him.
The stadium and more so the training ground now situation is looking ridiculous, is there ever going to be an update which hold weight and is actually happening? Be nice to know what the training ground consultants are up to? They have a field and it needs some football pitches and some office space, how hard can it be to plan.
Tom G seems to be the only guy we hear that is delivering anything. Doing good things on the face of it.
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Post by simon1883 on Jul 29, 2018 8:56:30 GMT
To get some perspective what is the cost of a pint etc, I always thought our ticket prices we're reasonable, the Early Bird discount had to go what other business gives a discount on the price just because you buy a few weeks before the event!! I don't know about a pint, I never drink on match days but I know I can get a meal deal for £3. I can also buy a sausage roll for £1.50 and a cuppa for £1.10 locally. There is a cafe in Kingswood where you can get a massive full English breakfast with tea and toast for under a fiver!! £4 for a pie and £2 for a tea is taking the water. Holy crap! I normally buy the boys something on a match day... no more
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Post by Topper Gas on Jul 29, 2018 9:13:17 GMT
Evolution seems very slow, yes to be fair it was just a friendly but I think results and performances like that show that we are way off and squads needs a serious but of investment again. Dc has done well previous years in conference and league 2, no real budget and got together defends sides and gained promotion. If the board think that approach can work year after year then they would be dillusional. We have been selling out best players and letting high earner just leave the club and we haven't seen much spent on replacements. If we don't have a good season, DC stock won't look so great either. In all honesty I'm surprised he is still here after Leeds and other clubs coming in for him. The stadium and more so the training ground now situation is looking ridiculous, is there ever going to be an update which hold weight and is actually happening? Be nice to know what the training ground consultants are up to? They have a field and it needs some football pitches and some office space, how hard can it be to plan. Tom G seems to be the only guy we hear that is delivering anything. Doing good things on the face of it. But isn't TG directly responsible for the food/drinks prices increasing? Although it's nonsense comparing them to local cafes etc as we all know that isn't how it works. What I don't really understand is why it's taken DC so long to replace Gaffney, if he'd done that sooner perhaps we would have looked a bit more impressive in our last two friendlies in England, as playing with just Nichols upfront is ludicrous
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2018 9:21:12 GMT
You mean keep a sense of perspective? Good luck with that around here! People moan on and on that the mem is a dump, the club try and improve the facilities and spend some money on doing it up a bit. Now people moan that they have to pay an extra 50p for a cup of tea! We get thrashed by Exeter in a pretty insignificant preseason friendly. Suddenly were relegation fodder and the loss of Ellis (who by the way only 12 months ago was being touted as a waste of wages by many) and lack of any instant replacement within less than 7 days is a sign that the club is going down the pan etc etc. It's hardly the first time we've had a beating from a lower league club is it, so get over it all you doomsayers and keep the faith. UTG! The new stands are self funding. Revenue from the actual tickets to sit in them coupled with sponsorship means they are not costing the club money. What people are rightly watered off about is that we are being asked to invest more of our money while Hani keeps his hands in his pockets. You don't charge top dollar for a 2 bit product. The club would do well to understand that good will is starting to be stretched. Hani keeps his money in his pockets? We'd probably all like to see the club spend more but let's not forget that we lose a fortune every year and they are forking out to relay the pitch (again) and putting right the shameful failings of previous administrations by bringing us into the 21st Century at last.
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Post by knowall on Jul 29, 2018 10:09:25 GMT
Unable to understand how we are being ripped off when the prices are much the same as charged by local watering holes, Starbucks and Costa Coffee
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Post by cj on Jul 29, 2018 10:13:34 GMT
We must remember the owners have backed the manager. They allowed him to pay fees for nichols and sercombe. They financed bringing in craig and bennett in january. They funded bringing in experienced players upson and rodman this summer. All those players will be on good salaries and 2 of them cost transfer fees as well. Its not all good but its not all bad either surely? The Chelsea cup money and the sales of Taylor, Bodin and now Harrison and Gaffney surely paid for all/or some of that. We have also lost the wages of the likes of Jermaine Easter, Peter Hartley, Steve Mildenhall, Byron Moore and Lee Brown who might have been on decent money. Don't forget we got some new staff too. They need paying I suspect.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Jul 29, 2018 10:16:03 GMT
Unable to understand how we are being ripped off when the prices are much the same as charged by local watering holes, Starbucks and Costa Coffee You can't compare a coffee from Costa with an instant coffee from the mem.
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Post by BrightonGas on Jul 29, 2018 10:17:23 GMT
The Chelsea cup money and the sales of Taylor, Bodin and now Harrison and Gaffney surely paid for all/or some of that. We have also lost the wages of the likes of Jermaine Easter, Peter Hartley, Steve Mildenhall, Byron Moore and Lee Brown who might have been on decent money. And Steve Yates. How much did we get for Steve Yates!?
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