David

Because such a gentleman will find he has stayed to the bitter end through some right shite matches, only to head home early during the greatest comeback in football history. That's as good a reason as any

I can't speak for everyone one, but when I "bleat on" about cutting prices, I always make the point that cutting prices for one game (and not even advertising it much!) will never work in the long term. It's pretty fucking simple.

Those things are all well & good, but the savings compared to buying a book compared to POTG isn't good enough to be honest.

Nice one mate, cheers

I didn't see that there, so apologies. I think if the club doesn't gamble, we'll slowly see the crowd shrink over the coming years anyway. I don't think much should be placed on bringing down POTG prices, and more on giving some real value for money on the season book. There really isn't much benefit to having a book at the moment, which is criminal to be honest.

I can't agree. How can a game on a Wednesday night that is being shown on Sky be used as evidence that low prices don't guarantee decent attendances? Such a policy would have to be implemented over the long term to have any effect. A short-term hit has to be taken in order to gain long-term in my opinion. Slashing prices every now & then, not doing anything to really advertise it then claiming the idea doesn't work when no one shows up isn't the answer.

Is anyone having problems with the official site at the moment? When I click onto certain pages, they seem to be all mixed up. Here is the result of trying to check the Premier league table;

Like most 'Well fans, i've not heard much about Weston. If Brown likes the look of him though, that's good enough for me.

I think you're bang on the money there. There is no real incentive for anyone to buy a season ticket, and Boyle using the old "it's more than buying a ticket, it's a commitment to the club" line won't wash with as many people this summer as he thinks. It's time that people who are willing to put their money down in advance are given some real incentives to do so.

The real problem is that no one except hardcore fans even know about the price-cut deals! No one i've spoken to has heard anything about the prices for the Hibs game. Where are the club advertising this? As for these deals themselves, it's all well & good doing the odd game here and there, but what we really need to do is take the prices down for an extended period of time. It's no good doing it for the odd game, as that won't make any difference, and will only upset the loyal season book holders. What we need is a decent reward for those who put their money into the club by way of season tickets and merchandise purchases, and some incentives to draw people into doing just that. This would involve having to operate in the real world though, so i'm not holding my breath.

Maybe it's about time that the club made a commitment to the fans, and showed something of real substance when it comes to working in the current economic climate? It's all well & good making statements asking for fans to show commitment to the club, but we need to see some commitment from the club as well. The deal allowing under 16's to claim a free book is certainly a move in the right direction, and will go some way to filling up some of the empty seats we have, but we need to see more.

What kind of numbers would we deem acceptable when it comes to a season ticket in the current economical climate?

How much are mid-table clubs in leagues similar to ours charging for season books? Norway? Sweden? Denmark?

Nice one. Cheers.

Does anyone know the script regarding this game being on the telly? It's marked as being a BT Vision game. Will any pubs around Motherwell be showing it?

With the club challenging for Europe at this stage in the season, especially considering the position we were in when Gannon got bumped, and Boyle seeing fit to slash prices for the immensely important game with Hibs, i'm pleased to see the Motherwell support showing enthusiasm and a positive attitude to both the game this weekend and the pricing.

Right, does anyone see us taking anything from this game? Celtic are pretty much done for the season. They have 2nd place sewn up, so they have sod all to play for really except pride and all that tosh. If we can get a result in this game, and the Hibs manage to stumble against Hearts earlier in the day, we could certainly make things a bit easier on ourselves going into Wednesdays game. Also, does anyone know if Ruddy is going to be back for this game? Or is he done for the season? As far as the result goes, i'm going with a solid 1-1 draw.

This game is on BT Vision apparently. Anyone know if it'll be on in the pub?

Has there actually been any official word on us moving ground in the near future?

Anyone know?

Oh aye, I remember that now!

Using one of those online loan calculators, I came up with the following; According to the Zebra website, they offer the loan for season books over 10 months, and i've used the 19.9% interest rate that was mentioned earlier in the thread. For one regular adult season ticket for the Cooper stand, you're looking at a monthly repayment of £31.71. This would total £317, with you paying an extra £27 in interest.

Yeah, i'm kind of hoping for that myself to be honest. If they freeze prices, or even offer an early sign up offer, i'd definately be interested if the installments were interest free.

I wonder how much this kind of rate would bring the complete payable total to? More than it would cost to PATG for every home game?

The problem with this is the interest rate without a doubt. What if the interest rate pushes the total cost of the ticket above what you would pay coming through the gate? The difference in both isn't that much to be honest, and that's just if you buy your book in a one-off payment. Unless something incredibly enticing is introduced, i'll be keeping to my pattern of picking & choosing my games. Which is a shame really, as i'd like to be there every second week.