The thing is
it would a lot simpler and a lot better for everyone if they just stopped being fucking dickheads rather than constantly trying to find meaningless hipster ways to pathetically attempt to compensate for their dickheadery.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 9 Apr 2013, 9:15, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

+ realise that wearing a 'onesie' - and indeed merely using the word itself - marks one out as a titanic spastic.
Also, I don't care if you 'know Nick Grimshaw'.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 9 Apr 2013, 9:18, Reply)

Yes, and it'd be better and simpler for everyone if all football clubs were given a wage ceiling, an identical transfer budget
and were forced to use whatever was left over to offset ticket prices and plow money into their academy. But it ain't gonna happen.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 9 Apr 2013, 9:19, Reply)

clubs were given a wage ceiling, an identical transfer budget
and were forced to use whatever was left over to offset ticket prices and plow money into their academy. But it ain't gonna happen chat was punishable by instant account deletion and death by firing squad
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 9 Apr 2013, 9:21, Reply)

Clickin dis 2!

( Peej, Tue 9 Apr 2013, 9:21, Reply)

Why?

( Peej, Tue 9 Apr 2013, 9:21, Reply)

I did wonder this
but I decided against asking.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 9 Apr 2013, 9:24, Reply)

You should be all for it
as your lot have arguably the best youth development system in Europe, based on results over the last two decades
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 9 Apr 2013, 9:25, Reply)

It'd stop clubs buying the title
It'd prevent clubs charging a fucking fortune for tickets to cover the astronomical wages they pay players
It would force footballers to accept that they're not ACTUALLY worth £250,000 a week, and might stop living and acting like cunts
And most importantly, it might make football about football again
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 9 Apr 2013, 9:24, Reply)

Clubs don't charge a fortune to cover astronomical wages.
Clubs charge a fortune because 60,000 idiots a week will pay a fortune. Pure and simple. It's probably Thatcher's fault as well.

And, football is still about football.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 9 Apr 2013, 9:26, Reply)

plus they have HUMONGOUS debts to service

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 9 Apr 2013, 9:27, Reply)

Whilst that is true
the single overriding reason for ticket prices is what the market will bear. The second they stop selling tickets, prices will come down.

Saying that it's unfair how much tickets cost and everything should be the same is like saying it's unfair some people can afford Ferraris and we should all be forced drive round in Fiestas.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 9 Apr 2013, 9:29, Reply)

Granted but wouldn't it be nice if the tickets were affordable to poor idiots too?
The whole point was that this scenario was about as likely as hipsters suddenly ceasing to be cunts
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 9 Apr 2013, 9:29, Reply)

Yeah, granted, I see your point
I just struggle to even raise the slightest level of *meh* about football finance whilst there is one single hipster still drawing breath.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 9 Apr 2013, 9:40, Reply)

That is completely understandable
I also recognise the irony of a Nottingham Forest fan bemoaning the influx of foreign investors. It just makes me sad that it's so difficult for clubs to win their way up the leagues without being bankrolled.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 9 Apr 2013, 9:42, Reply)

and all the good players will move abroad

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 9 Apr 2013, 9:26, Reply)

I said "ALL football clubs"
not all English football clubs.

I never said it was realistic
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 9 Apr 2013, 9:28, Reply)

I'd prefer to make it about collapsing stadiums filled the with screams of the dying, personally.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 9 Apr 2013, 9:28, Reply)

*flashbacks*

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 9 Apr 2013, 9:28, Reply)

I'm sure a club wouldn't pay £250k a week if they didn't bring in more than that.
Plus they pay tax on it don't they?
( Peej, Tue 9 Apr 2013, 9:28, Reply)