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I reckon loads would go at £10, general sale early doors, we could easily get 50,000 plus in. People who want to try it but it’s been too expensive previously - at £10 to go or £30 for TNT, they would go.
I miss Thudd
We never pitch it right, we start players with one foot out the door - sure they have ability, but they also have zero desire. We make 8/9 changes and look like complete strangers.
I remember going to the game where Harry scored a hat trick and went in goal and Lamela scored the Rabona - I paid £20 to sit on the half way line in the West Stand. We only had 20 odd thousand in that night, yet £30 for this game with 62,000 seats.
Tickets could even come with a free Big Mac.
Yes we treated ourselves to West Stand vs Dnipro too. Unheard of for league games back then.
I guess Ange's hope is now that we don't particularly have "deadwood" or players with a foot out of the door. Even with 8 changes the team should be full of desire/commitment.
The biggest "problem" is that we now have 20k extra seats to fill vs 10 years ago. It's relatively easy to getting the nutters and those who want the points (myself included in both categories) to turn up, but getting the final 10k or 20k to turn out on a dark, cold, rainy autumn/winter Thursday (and work/school) night for group stage EL games is never going to work, even at £20 or even £15.
Let me break it down for you
Was it ghaly who once ripped his shirt off in disgust at being subbed ? Wasn’t good enough for the first team but a good squad player nonetheless.
Yeah fair enough for kids - but it’s a school night so getting back 11pm/midnight is a bit of a no no depending on age.
Sure, but you’re not getting Tottenhams top product are you. You will be getting a B team and youth, the players we will all be moaning about on Thursday night.Lords by the way now charge £175 - for the day which is probably about 6 hours, so its not cheaper
I can't think of too many concerts by top bands charging less than £30 in London, and even going out for a meal in London £30 goes nowhere except at McDonalds
Spurs players (who provide the entertainment you want to watch) earn probably 10 or 20 times what players earn in L1 or L2,, but Spurs £30 tickets are priced at a similar level to Leyton Orient
So I really don't buy the argument they are significantly over priced, and when people will spend more than that on transport to ground, a beer or three on the way and a light bite somewhere
There's no need to be arsey, I'm just disagreeing with you. Don't take it personally.
Yeah, number of changes is as important as who the players are. No point putting Mikey Moore in with Werner, Lankshear and Bergvall - he has done that already and it doesn’t advance him. He would be better off having 15 mins with Maddison, Solanke, Son/BJ/Kulu than 90 mins with the aforementioned
