My ideas for next years season tickets....

NOW would be the right time to start advertising next years season tickets at the £150 - 200 mark to existing holders. Regardless of which division we'll be in it would be a very good incentive to current st holders to commit themselves to next season. At least there would be 6-7000 on the crowd figure. But they must be bought now or within 3 months.
After a few months, say end of March, then open up the offer to new applicants at say £50 dearer.
None of this 370 quid or whatever it is now, BFC NEED the true supporters to stay with them.
And as per the Bradford model then there is every chance that loads more people will buy (in April) at the reduced rate, regardless whether they attend or not.
This idea will be shot down by you all but they are just my thoughts.
I posted this on another thread but wanted to give it some more airing.

 

I very much doubt you will get 6,000 who have witnessed this season's shambles to buy - even at that price. I wouldn't, for one.

The better idea would be to take decisive action now to ensure we are not playing at an even lower level next year, and to decide on a realistic price thereafter.

 

I've got a really novel idea to sell season tickets, put together a team that's worth watching and wins games. No need for gimmicks just a decent product.

 

Now you're just being silly.:wink:

 

Not sure what benefit the club will get from charging £200 to bring in 6000 season ticket holders earlier, when they can just charge £300 in April again and get the same loyal supporters. Just means the club will lose money. Too much of a gamble for the club to adopt a similar sort of initiative as Bradford. We have a smaller population for one, and Bradford were very much on the crest of a wave when they did it.

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I'd buy one for the first time ever at £150 no problem, I'd probably get one for the husband too so I wouldn't be alone. I'm definitely not buying one at over £300. Although it would still be £300 it would be for two of us, not just one.

 

^^This^^

Not rocket science is it

 

The club are too weak and not savvy enough to do a Bradford style deal. They think they will be out of pocket which is stupid.

 

Right now, if the Board persist with the policy of fiddling while Rome burns under Lee Johnson, no kind of Early Bird offer would tempt me to renew at the moment.

I've already stopped taking my 6yo daughter in her first season as an ST holder as I'm trying desperately not to kill her enjoyment, which was starting to wane.

For the first time in 20 years of having a season ticket I'm considering whether to bother next year.

It's not just LJ's very obvious ineptitude that's driving this, although quite why we've decided to persist with him when better managers have long since been fired is beyond me.

I'm more irritated with the wall of silence from those running the club, in particular Ben Mansford, in his capacity as CEO.

I've waited patiently for answers/explanations being forthcoming. So far I've seen nothing in terms of this (the BFCST statement had virtually no input from him).

I'm not privy to Cryne's Facebook statements unless they get published on here, but deliberately having a two-tiered system of communication to the 'haves and have nots' among the fan base is not doing anything to convince me that anyone with authority at Oakwell actually values my support any longer.

I think the club should concentrate on trying not to alienate its fanbase any further at the moment and that requires something other than individuals burying their heads in the sand and hoping that the problem will just blow over.

Right now, as much as I don't think LJ is a capable manager, he's being hung out to dry as a scapegoat by the fact that he's the only one facing the media questions. At the very least he deserves credit for that.

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Would you gamble your OWN money on such a scheme being a success? The danger is that the only people who will renew are those who would have renewed anyway at the higher price.

 

I'm sure the club would consider this approach once Barnsley has the population oh Bradford.