Quote Northernrelic="Northernrelic"Most things in life and business are actually quite simple - if not easy to accept. Complexity - in business is a euphamism used by consultants to justify charging your for revealling the obvious - or by managers unable to make a decision'"
Agreed.
Quote Northernrelic="Northernrelic"Sure if you were considering an "investment" or even just attaching your name to the club then you don't want to see it promptly go down the pan.
But as it stands the immediate problems at the club have come down to not having £1m. Another round of donations from fans both reduces the size of the basic problem and would help to convince potential "investors" that here is a club with a loyal and suportive following. But I don't think after the last donation in blind hope and faith you could do it again without putting the cards on the table.'"
Would fans want or be willing to fill that 7 figure gap, I doubt it nor should we be expected to. "Putting the cards on the table" could be completely contrary to common sense based on its potential adverse affect for the imminent plans.
Quote Northernrelic="Northernrelic"The big choice going forward is how do you balance the wants of club and fans with how much you charge them and pitching the price at the level which maximises income.'"
To a degree, and hence the review as we speak.
I wouldn't imagine turnstile prices however will be the primary discussion point or revenue spiking exercise, since no business should be looking at purely a 12 day operational model based on the same fans with limited disposable income (increasingly so) being sole major or primary factors in a clubs year round revenue streams (and success).
What is clear, is after this mess is all sorted (we assume it will) the need to interact with fans and the general public in far more coherent, clear honest speak and in reality, more often. Reading Bulls-eye on the website and the same squad injury pieces in the T&A and Yorkshire Post is about 10% of what a modern day sports club should be indulging fans with.