miserableoldgit

The only answer is "Time Will Tell". This time next year we will all know if Mr Cortese`s strategy has worked. If it hasn`t, no doubt he will change it.

Really?

Once again someone who hasn`t bothered to actually read the thread but wants to make sweeping statements. The thread is about the sharp rise in cost for car parking this year. Oh, and I am absolutely positive that no club north of Watford has any car-parking close to their stadiums -hard northern bastards that they are!

He is far too busy to reply ATM:- David Brent[/b];769204]I am currently working on the setup and implementation of a sales and marketing strategy for a blue-chip company, as they expand their business into a new Industry sector. I have also been involved previously in the setup of various sales channels for another multi-million pound business ( on a more junior level though ) dealing with print and digital advertising specifically. Lastly, I was a membership sales manager for a well known gymnasium in the Southampton area, tasked with creating sales initiatives to drive sales and bring people into the club,through outreach / corporate events and advertising etc. Is that enough for you?

There. Altered it for you.

It is not about paying to park, I have always done that. It was a comment about the amount of increase in the price and the fact that you are getting less for it. How about actually reading the thread before commenting? Not exactly hard is it? Meh.....

Up to 17 posts a day now Stu! Still posting from work?? How are you finding the time with all of that high-powered advertising/business stuff that you do??

It`s not a common view. As is usual, it is the few people who don`t like it, for whatever reason, who have made the most noise. I suspect the vast majority, like myself, who are not worried one way or the other, have kept fairly silent on the matter. Look at the people whio are banging on about Cortese - the same vociferous handful, yet reading this forum, you would think that there that there was out and out rebellion! How many subscribers - how many complaints?

As part of your great business knowledge, can you tell me how much profit there is in a season ticket to make, for example, the sale of 5 tickets cover the cost of a radio advert, or 3 tickets cover the cost of an Echo advert??

Firstly, it`s not what it was! I have had a parking ticket opposite SMS since the stadium opened. The costs have risen every year and I have not complained. This year it will go from £130 to £200 and will not cover Cup games (another £10.50 per game) and you think that I should just accept it without saying anything? Secondly "Our club MUST run profitably - agreed not at the expense of the masses". So the small minority must pay for the club to run as a viable concern, not "the masses?". I think that it`s you that needs to get over yourself!

My problem with this is that firstly, they are trying to change the way that things have been done in one go - a more phased approach would probably have been more acceptable to the fans - and there has been little, or in most cases, no communication with the fans on this. I don`t think that anyone can argue with the principle of the club being run as an efficient business, bearing in mind what has happened down the M27

Yeah but that £5 is a pint and a half of fizzy lager that I can`t have each year!

I rang the club to find out what the parking situation was as I hadn`t heard anything, and was told that previously the club HAD subsidised the car parking, but they have now been told that all operations must cover themselves financially.

It wasn`t me who was having a go at somebody over their level of posting was it? Pot and Kettle? Glass houses etc.......?

He was telling someone to get a life the other day and not spend so much time on this forum. He is now up to 14 posts per day and it`s only 3.15pm!

Is this a medical condition??

"With whom one talks", surely? I can feel a grammar thread coming on! It`s been a while since we have had one.

Employed by ML who apparently, (although probably know differently) is trusted by him.

You, of course, know this as fact.

This used to be the strongest :- http://www.thomashardysale.org.uk/

Always loved the Hobgoblin strapline = " What`s the matter lager boy? Frightened that you might taste something??"

Would you be going if we were playing the Skates in the first round?

I have had a Season Ticket for 35 years and it has always been "Available for Cup Games". Part and parcel of having an ST.

Found out yesterday that car parking tickets for Cat A car park will now be £200 and that does NOT include parking for Cup games!!

Winston Churchills bogey