davieG Posted 28 April 2011 Posted 28 April 2011 No football team should pay another to come and play them in a friendly. Even if it was Ebbsfleet United they were going to play. Like I said, Barcelona came for nothing except to play 8 years ago - and last night proved a thing or two about who is the best team in Europe. Do you know that for a fact or are you just presuming it
acooling08 Posted 28 April 2011 Posted 28 April 2011 £1 million?! Could of used that in the transfer Kitty - I'd much rather see it used signing Westwood or Naughton
cc_star Posted 28 April 2011 Posted 28 April 2011 If, and it's still an if we are paying them to come, it would surely be written in to the agreement that plenty of stars will play the lions share of the game? Sell out crowd, merchandise, food/drink etc would probably mean we turn a profit on it, especially if it attracts a few new fans down the Walkers
Haydos Posted 28 April 2011 Posted 28 April 2011 I've changed my mind on this. If we're paying for them to come here, then that's just embarressing. They can sod right off, mercenaries. When Real Madrid come here cos they want to play the best damn team in the world - that's when I'll sit up and take notice. Oh, and by the way Real Madrid. Barcelona - they're clearly better than you and played us simply for the pleasure of it. So screw you, Los Galacticos! I don't expect Barca came completely free. How can you complain about us playing Real Madrid!? Seriously!? You're not in anyway happy about this!? He doesn't say that, he clearly makes the point that we're paying them to come play us and that's what he's not happy about. And CC, i'm almost certain they'll be obliged to play a strong squad. As part of a £1m deal i'm sure there are quite a few specifics.
ajthefox Posted 28 April 2011 Posted 28 April 2011 If we're paying a million squids they can chuffing do one.
sven-your-smiling Posted 28 April 2011 Posted 28 April 2011 they would get that 1m back. if you think about it 32,000 people half paying £30(adults) and half paying £18 (kids). so that means just from tickets they are looking at making £768,000. Then not many people bring food so i bet 1/3 of people have a pie/burger/sweets which are all £2-3. thats 10,000 people all paying £5-10. on food. then thats £7000 there. then theres programmes and all things bought from the mega-store on the day on the day. so really there aint really paying that much because they will get most of it back. And really if that money went into the transfer ktty we wouldnt get anyone good for £1 million anyway.
Haydos Posted 28 April 2011 Posted 28 April 2011 they would get that 1m back. if you think about it 32,000 people half paying £30(adults) and half paying £18 (kids). so that means just from tickets they are looking at making £768,000. Then not many people bring food so i bet 1/3 of people have a pie/burger/sweets which are all £2-3. thats 10,000 people all paying £5-10. on food. then thats £7000 there. then theres programmes and all things bought from the mega-store on the day on the day. so really there aint really paying that much because they will get most of it back. And really if that money went into the transfer ktty we wouldnt get anyone good for £1 million anyway. Matchday costs are massive nowadays. Plus 10k people spending £5-£10 on food/drink is ambitious and it's not all profit anyway.
filbertway Posted 28 April 2011 Posted 28 April 2011 I'd expect sums have been done and we'll probably be expecting to break even with the friendly. Could see this being on TV, definitely abroad in thailand and potentially over here. It's the kind of game that ITV4 would love.
sven-your-smiling Posted 28 April 2011 Posted 28 April 2011 Matchday costs are massive nowadays. Plus 10k people spending £5-£10 on food/drink is ambitious and it's not all profit anyway. have you seen the kop before a game nearly everyone down there has a pint or a pint
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 28 April 2011 Posted 28 April 2011 they would get that 1m back. if you think about it 32,000 people half paying £30(adults) and half paying £18 (kids). so that means just from tickets they are looking at making £768,000. Then not many people bring food so i bet 1/3 of people have a pie/burger/sweets which are all £2-3. thats 10,000 people all paying £5-10. on food. then thats £7000 there. then theres programmes and all things bought from the mega-store on the day on the day. so really there aint really paying that much because they will get most of it back. And really if that money went into the transfer ktty we wouldnt get anyone good for £1 million anyway. £30 for a friendly - are you having a giraffe?
Trav Le Bleu Posted 28 April 2011 Posted 28 April 2011 And CC, i'm almost certain they'll be obliged to play a strong squad. As part of a £1m deal i'm sure there are quite a few specifics. There is that, but doesn't that just make it even more contrived? Why don't we just play the Harleem Globetrotters and have done with it? Or better still attach a bunge to the ball and the other end to Ronaldo's boot and watch him score a hat-trick in 2 seconds? And yep, I reckon Barca came for free. Look at our team then... Walker, Impey, Sinclair, Thatcher,Taggart, Hignett, Izzet, Gillespe, Nalis, Ferdinand, Scowcroft.. nowhere near as impressive as the team we have now. I doubt we had the money to pay Barca to come. As I said earlier - big teams NEED pre-season workouts against teams that will give them a run for their money, without playing against anyone their likely to actually be playing against. We're doing them a service as much as they are. It's like football prostitution and we're the kerb crawlers of Europe. "Ello darlin' fancy a bit of footie? Heh heh heh!" (Waits for obvious David Pleat references.)
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 28 April 2011 Posted 28 April 2011 I put my hand up to being the one who voted it a bad idea. My initial thoughts were that it was good, but thinking about the cost , would rather the money was invested within the club, towards quality players. After all, we need the best that money can buy, to attain promotion.
the_foxes_till_i_die Posted 29 April 2011 Posted 29 April 2011 £30 for a friendly u must be joking! And if you read the mercury it still says this game has not even been confirmed!!
acooling08 Posted 29 April 2011 Posted 29 April 2011 they would get that 1m back. if you think about it 32,000 people half paying £30(adults) and half paying £18 (kids). so that means just from tickets they are looking at making £768,000. Then not many people bring food so i bet 1/3 of people have a pie/burger/sweets which are all £2-3. thats 10,000 people all paying £5-10. on food. then thats £7000 there. then theres programmes and all things bought from the mega-store on the day on the day. so really there aint really paying that much because they will get most of it back. And really if that money went into the transfer ktty we wouldnt get anyone good for £1 million anyway. What about paying stewards, bar workers, ticket booth workers? Unlikely we'll make a mill from this.
Miquel The Work Geordie Posted 29 April 2011 Posted 29 April 2011 Can't wait to see all the glory boys' faces when they turn up purely to watch Ronaldo and the Real Madrid Youth XI come bounding out of the tunnel. They played Plymouth in a friendly a few seasons back and put out a strong side.
Fox1651 Posted 29 April 2011 Posted 29 April 2011 they would get that 1m back. if you think about it 32,000 people half paying £30(adults) and half paying £18 (kids). so that means just from tickets they are looking at making £768,000. Then not many people bring food so i bet 1/3 of people have a pie/burger/sweets which are all £2-3. thats 10,000 people all paying £5-10. on food. then thats £7000 there. then theres programmes and all things bought from the mega-store on the day on the day. so really there aint really paying that much because they will get most of it back. And really if that money went into the transfer ktty we wouldnt get anyone good for £1 million anyway. 30 squiddlers for a friendly - thats ridiculous, dont care who it is
Trav Le Bleu Posted 29 April 2011 Posted 29 April 2011 They played Plymouth in a friendly a few seasons back and put out a strong side. Bet Plymouth didn't pay £1 mill.
ScouseFox Posted 29 April 2011 Posted 29 April 2011 Plymouth played Madrid in Austria, we're paying to bring them here so we can see them in the flesh. And they played Plymouth without any stars really, 'cause it was a world cup year so most the world cup players didn't feature.
accessory Posted 30 April 2011 Posted 30 April 2011 Mourinho could bring the under-16 side and it would still be good box-office. It won't be the full first-team (the Copa America is taking place that month), but the appearance of Cristiano, Benzema, Ozil and a few World Cup winners should make it a worthwhile exercise. The deals with TV companies in Spain, Thailand and elsewhere should bring in a few quid too. The only possible down side is if one of our players gets crocked by a Bobo Balde-Style assault, as happened when Celtic played a few seasons back. As long as we have no players with Barca connections, it's unlikely to happen, though.
Bilbo Posted 30 April 2011 Posted 30 April 2011 Did people really think that we wouldn't have to pay for the privilege to play Real???? What do you think they are getting out of playing a Championship side apart from potential injuries from a lot more physical team/league? I hope those who were dumb founded that certain people thought this wasn't the best idea think that the money lost on this couldn't have been better spent.
Joe. Posted 30 April 2011 Posted 30 April 2011 Not even going to read this thread. How on earth could hosting the biggest club in the world for a pre-season friendly be anything other than good?! Baffling.
Trav Le Bleu Posted 30 April 2011 Posted 30 April 2011 Not even going to read this thread. How on earth could hosting the biggest club in the world for a pre-season friendly be anything other than good?! Baffling. Lots of other teams' supporters are mocking us for "paying" them to come. Ok, so there's jealousy involved, but they have a point. Also if it will be £30 a ticket, I for one won't be going. Myself, I'm beginning to wonder whether this is all just bluster.
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