Strange decisions

[Tamesaint]

The efforts to make SMS more attractive for food and drink should be applauded. More beer choices, better food options, fanzones ,the Dell etc etc enhance the match day experience and bring in revenue for the club. However the commercial department do make some strange decisions.

On Saturday I wss struck by the large number of fans wearing yellow shirts - either last year's second strip or just plain yellow shirts. The turnout of yellow at Wembley demonstrated it's popularity. So why have we moved away from second strip yellow to the simply awful blue outfit?? A plain yellow shirt with a blue sash would be, as a previous poster has pointed out, a great seller.

Similarly the pricing of tickets for tonight's game against West Ham misses many opportunities. "Kids for a quid" would have lost ticket revenue  (which presumably is shared with West Ham) but would have seen an increase in food and drink sales . It would also  encourage a future generation of Saints supporters. 

Our commercial department gets a lot right .... but sometimes it fails abysmally.

 

[AlexLaw76]

5 minutes ago, Tamesaint said:

The efforts to make SMS more attractive for food and drink should be applauded. More beer choices, better food options, fanzones ,the Dell etc etc enhance the match day experience and bring in revenue for the club. However the commercial department do make some strange decisions.

On Saturday I wss struck by the large number of fans wearing yellow shirts - either last year's second strip or just plain yellow shirts. The turnout of yellow at Wembley demonstrated it's popularity. So why have we moved away from second strip yellow to the simply awful blue outfit?? A plain yellow shirt with a blue sash would be, as a previous poster has pointed out, a great seller.

Similarly the pricing of tickets for tonight's game against West Ham misses many opportunities. "Kids for a quid" would have lost ticket revenue  (which presumably is shared with West Ham) but would have seen an increase in food and drink sales . It would also  encourage a future generation of Saints supporters. 

Our commercial department gets a lot right .... but sometimes it fails abysmally.

 

There will always be a variation with the kits. We have had plenty of blue 2nd/3rd kits, so no surprise it has been revisited this year. I think it is alright to be fair.

Isn't ticket pricing a thing to be agreed with both clubs and the compeition sponsor?

Edited 1 hour ago by AlexLaw76

[EssEffCee]

4 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

There will always be a variation with the kits. We have had plenty of blue 2nd/3rd kits, so no surprise it has been revisited this year. I think it is alright to be fair.

Isn't ticket pricing a thing to be agreed with both clubs and the compeition sponsor?

Pretty sure clubs don't have to agree and home clubs simply set the price.

Clubs used to have to agree pricing in the FA Cup but they binned that rule off a few years back.