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Why not go for a double whammy and stick a bid in to take Joe Hart off Pep’s hands.
If nothing else, it’ll get Sharpy as much publicity as the dude who pretended he could buy Man Utd.
….and the multi-ID troll brings the sensible and adult discussion about dynamic pricing and economics to a conclusion.
According to the Makem 2400 visitors came from Blackburn but a couple of days ago Makem quoted 2240 from Blackburn. Where did the extra 160 come from? Did they turn up Sunday when there was no match on?Strange how you spot a typo, but still fail to grasp the maths:
Blackburn brought 2240 out of 12,216. Leaves 9,976 made up of ST + Casuals.
Birmingham brought 1307 out of 11,182. Leaves 9,875 made up of ST + Casuals.
ST number constant in both cases, as clubs report seats sold, rather than turnstile clicks.
£5 less and 101 casuals less. Net result is the club lose £505 on ticket fees alone by charging less, as the number of casual fans has gone down.
Thankyou Dave Sharp, Gary Caldwell and anyone else who made this happen. Nice guy and a good penalty taker, but simply not good enough for premier league football.
Getting Gomez, Liam Bridcutt & Will Buckley permanently off our wage bill is great business. None of them had a hope in hell of 1st team football at Sunderland.
If you truly believe that, can you explain why Latics v Birmingham attracted around 200 less casual home fans than the Blackburn game when it was £5 cheaper?
Midweek game when many more have work commitments as opposed to Saturday not really rocket science is it? I myself finished work at 8pm and I thought you were a driver mutt.[/quote]
As a ST holder, whether or not you attend is irrelevant as you get included.
Well Smuts how the hell did you work that out without knowing how many season tickets we have sold.The number of ST sold is irrelevant, as all ST are counted as having attended every game – we’ve done this bit to death before.
Blackburn brought 2400, which leaves 10,000 ST holders + casual home fans.
Birmingham brought 1300, which leaves 9800 ST holders + casual home fans.
As ST figure is the same for both, then the only difference is casual attendees.
If you truly believe that, can you explain why Latics v Birmingham attracted around 200 less casual home fans than the Blackburn game when it was £5 cheaper?
I really want to know what has happened to the real mutty.I find myself agreeing more and more. :)
Ha ha!
Coming from a working environment where I am expected to provide maximum effect for the finite amount of money available, then the subject of supply & demand and dynamic pricing is something I am familiar with. That and, apart from Bullit’s comment, the debate has kept on topic without resorting to petty insults.
The pricing at WAFC is largely following the simple laws of economics – charge your regular customer (ST Holders) a price that will keep them coming back (and spending within your store), and charge as much as you can get away with for those (away fans) who would never buy from you again even if it were free, but need their one-off purchase. Those who may come back (floating fans) again will only be persuaded to return by the product on offer (ie performance on the pitch).
In an ideal world, this would happen, but as has been demonstrated with cup games that cost £10 or £15, folk just wont pay to watch something that they can do without.
This is not a swipe at WAFC, but a fact – the folk of Wigan do not have much disposable income, and even if the games were £10, then I doubt many would be tempted (as borne out by cup attendances). For many, watching live sport is not an option any more.
Your ST prices were fantastic value, and the club should be commended for providing such fantastic value. £179 for an adult and a kid to watch 23 games is a great price, yet despite this, less than half the stadium is filled with ST holders.
By charging £20 and £25 for the casual fan, it means the club can then charge visiting supporters that figure. Around 20% of the average attendance this season will be visiting supporters, and if they can be charged £25, it will help keep your ST prices lower. Away fans will not begrudge paying £25 or even £30 at the DW when the likes of Sheff Wed fleece them for £42.
Being generous and saying 2000 from Blackburn
2240 according to http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/rovers/news/14681066.MATCHDAY_LIVE__Wigan_Athletic_v_Blackburn_Rovers/?rmacef=%5B/quote%5D
Good turn out, how many did Wigan Warriors take to Castleford to see their team lose as well? :whistle:[/quote]
About twice as many as Wigan Athletic took to see their team lose at Oldham.
Meaning less than 10,000 home fans on. So that looks like ST sales are somewhere between 9-9500 then which really isn’t bad.And out of that, how many were free U16 season tickets in the Team Latics Family Stand?
Being generous and saying 2000 from Blackburn2240 according to http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/rovers/news/14681066.MATCHDAY_LIVE__Wigan_Athletic_v_Blackburn_Rovers/?ref=mac
Sounds like GC has spent little time reinvesting the
£1 millionundisclosed fee for Huws in a player who doesn’t think he’s a billy big bollocks, and wants to play football, even if it means taking a step down a division.Good signing for you men.
“Undisclosed”, according to WAFC. If they’ve really taken a 70% loss on him then its not surprising they don’t want to disclose it!
He was always going to leave for peanuts after his snub to the club last summer. The only disappointment must be that the Latics have had to pay the little shit’s wages for the last 2-3 months and they couldn’t have shifted him on day one of the transfer window.
He has proven his worth in the Championship with a successful loan spell at Middlesborough two years ago. Last season, despite Boro being interested in signing him, he decided to take a punt on loan to a premier league club. Unfortunately, he flopped at both Palace & Norwich.
Maybe he’s young enough to get better, but right now he’s one of those players who is not top flight material. That said, he’d be a good signing for a newly promoted championship club, as he has experience of playing at this level.
