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Yep just checked, he signed for Chelsea for £300k in the summer of 1997, souness had gone by then and been replaced by Dave Jones, ostenstad joined in 1996.

But look at Easy Jet! They sell tickets they can't sell cheaply! Steve Jobs never followed market trends and look at Apple! And don't forget how they do it in Germany!

Anyone that thinks two games define a season is an idiot. We beat Man City and Chelsea last season yet lost against QPR and Wigan. If people had labeled any of those 4 season defining games we'd either have been relegated or won the title. No surprise coming from someone that claims shots at goal rather than actually bloody well scoring and winning is the benchmark of a good performance though.

I can confirm they are. Only originals though.

Having read that thread again it really is comedy gold. The references to Dragons Den, Easyjet, Apple and Steve Jobs, all to justify why we need to expand a stadium we aren't selling out. Fabulous mboarding.

I don't remember it like that, I think he ended up at Chelsea a year or so later. I may be wrong but I'm sure it wasn't a choice between us and them.

Hilariously a lot of people used the region being an affluent area as one of the reasons why we need to expand, yet now we are being told that the price of tickets is the reason why we aren't selling out the capacity we have.

Yeah didn't really make sense! I remember him being linked and it not happening, but can't remember why it didn't.

18 months on from that thread and no closer to the announcement that we were expecting soon.

Yes he did, I remember this well. Can't remember why it didn't happen but it fell though at the last minute.

I thought it was the clubs policy not to comment on speculation?

I wore rainbow laces on my clarks originals to Anfield last Saturday.

To date Cortese has shown no interest at all in reducing prices. In the championship when we averaged 26,000 I don't doubt we would have sold plenty more tickets if they had been made cheaper or done deals. I'm not quite sure why he'd now reduce prices when we are regularly selling 90% of tickets.

Really? We're 7th in the league and we were told several times in no uncertain terms by certain posters the higher up the league we are the better our crowds would be. Coupled with Palace being relatively local and bringing a decent following you'd have to say anything less than a sell out would be disappointing

In the words of the great Jeremy Kyle, he needs to put something on the end of it.

Not saying I agree with it mate but the club will look at it from that perspective. 90% full at £40 is better than 100% full at £30 financially. You're right about loyalty and one day they might need the fans that can't afford it again, much like they might need to loyal local businesses that supported us on the way down that have been screwed over on our rise back up. Will either be willing to put their hand I their pocket when the club needs them then?

8 people down but 1300 saints fans. Wigan brought around 700 and Sunderland borough around 2000. As for west ham being so unattractive there was me thinking people go to watch saints and not the opponents. It didn't stop them being attractive opposition on a Wednesday night in a Lower league 2 season ago where a record crowd saw us play them. £35m spent and 7th in the league and we can't sell out.

We were willing to sell the summer we got promoted. Don't believe it if you don't want to, but it's true.

P It's not about that though is it. It'll be about maximising the return on him, if we sold him now for £4m then I'm sure Cortese would think its excellent business. Cue lots of wailing that if Andy Carroll is worth £15m Rickie is worth £5 billion•.

It's the not the first time we were willing to sell so this wouldn't surprise me. Although I'm sure I'll be told in wrong on that and such a claim is outrageous without any proof. Two things here though, firstly he's recently signed a new contract and any club wanting him will have to pay him a similar amount and secondly as much as we love him what clubs are there who would be willing to pay the salary and transfer fee and give him the contract he'd want for a player in his 30s? It'll be a lower table club if any. As good as Rickie is and as much as I love him I can't think there will be many takers that can offer him first team football and the afford him. Perhaps west ham and maybe Sunderland.

Yep spot on. I've said this before myself. If the club are charging as much as possible and betting about 90-95% capacity then they've priced it right from their point of view. Why do they care if people can't afford to go every week when 90% of people in the ground can or will make themselves able.

What an amazing coincidence that all the people that didn't turn up all sat In the same area!

We sold out our game against West Ham in the championship yet were 3.5k short this season. We were still in recession in 2011 and we were playing at a lower level without £70m worth of talent added since then, so its not the standard of football either.

Wigan: 29,604 Man U: 31,609 Villa: 30,713 This season: Sunderland: 29, 596 West Ham: 28,794 Palace: Look like being around the 30-31k mark. Yes we got more for Man United than West Ham but the other two are worrying. Sunderland brought more fans than Wigan did so there were around 1,000 less Saints fans in the ground. Despite being 7th Crystal Palace is looking far from a sell out. Holiday time is over. Are there still lots of surprise birthday parties for great aunties in September? Depsite spending another £35m and having a team packed full of internationals apathy seems to be reigning supreme on the south coast.

It seems to me the ones that seem to be maintaining he's brilliant are the ones that dont go to games very often.