Cost of living on football.

You’ve got your ESSENTIALS

BREAD

MILK

POTATOES

ROVERS.

Given that interest rates are being punted around as going up and by a fair old lump then i feel for you but we will all have to make some sacrifices with heating and this could be dangerous for those already not well. I wish all of you the very best and hope that you have the money, without going into debt, to pay the extortionate utility bills
maybe it will be time to go to the pub for a few hours and nurse a pint of two rather than stay at home and use your own electricity and gas ? I know the old codgers used to do it, when i was growing up

Already started using the showers in work instead, when on early’s and post night shifts🤓👆🏻One very small hack that’ll go a long way eventually!

I've just started sticking magnets to the power meter.

All jokes aside hopefully we all pull through this without missing out on to much!

It's a great idea DLB but your HR Dept have now requested you use the ones for the Gents please as there have been complaints.

Use less gas to watch more Gas.

Question: the club runs at a loss. What we pay is just a contribution to lessen the loss.

If we reduced the price to £15, given Wael is already £25m down, who pays the extra? Or do we look at costs?

Do we cut player wages?

Get rid of Gorringe?

£5 a week doesn’t affect me. I’d be happy to pay £30 if it helped someone get to go to the game.

Perhaps the best thing we can do, is if we are in the position to help, is to find a friend who’s struggling and take them to the game on you.

If everyone did this, the problem is solved.

Like a lot of these things, we don’t actually do anything. We raise general dissatisfaction with the “system” whilst avoiding the fact we are part of the system.

I think some people are lucky that the increases haven't really impacted on them yet (maybe youngsters who still live at home, people who are mortgage free etc).  I think that the next utility increase will hit a lot harder, and pull more people into the downward spiral - unfortunately. 

The pinch in incomes is mainly due to the sanctions war over Ukraine. Core inflation is not massive, it’s nearly all energy (although that feeds though everywhere).

The quickest win would be for the U.K. and Europe/US to drop sanctions in return for gas. The sovereignty of Ukraine is the reason why you are becoming poorer. You are directly financing the economic war.

I suppose we need to decide whether the objective of supporting a fairly periphery ally is worth £300 a month.

That aside, your commitment to your family is admirable and it is all about choices. Many of the people sinking pints don’t have kids, or they choose to not pay for swimming lessons and prioritise their own needs. Others may have just lucked out inheriting a business or a house.

If this helps, the BOE see inflation peaking at 13% this year, lowering to 8% next year and 2% the year after. Interest rates will probably peak at 3.5% next year.

The good news in that, is the BOE have to play mind games with this, and at this present moment, the game is to overstate the pain, so this is the worst it will get.

I know you don’t want charity but I’d gladly buy you a couple at the game if you’re struggling…here’s hoping our leaders pull their fingers out and stop this madness.