Maguire

comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 11 minutes ago
"Money being bandied around for players these days is stupid but really what's it got to do with us as fans?"

Makes me laugh when people say this.

Looked at your TV bill lately? Bought the club shirt lately? How about food and drink for the family?

How people can't equate the rising cost of players with the rising costs for fans is beyond me.
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I am not opposed to paying top dollar for the right player. The fee bandied around for a player that is marginally better than Rojo is ridiculous

comment by For Fox Sake (U4263)
posted 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
All about opinions BS. I accept that there are several Leicester fans on here who have doubts about him, but I know of many who rate him as highly as I do.

It would be boring if we all agreed all of the time though
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It is indeed. I’d certainly say the majority of fans on our board aren’t overly bothered about losing him but accept there are Leicester fans who rate him very highly.

omment by Winston (U16525)
posted 1 hour, 50 minutes ago

"Money being bandied around for players these days is stupid but really what's it got to do with us as fans?"

Makes me laugh when people say this.

Looked at your TV bill lately? Bought the club shirt lately? How about food and drink for the family?

How people can't equate the rising cost of players with the rising costs for fans is beyond me.
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At Leicester my ST price has increased once in 10 years, and not at all in the last 4 or 5 years. It is TV money that is fuelling the rising cost of players and their wages, not prices at the turnstile.

The cost of watching premier league football live (outside of London) has been coming down in real terms. At less than £27 a game for an excellent seat between the half way line and the penalty area it is very good value and is now less than watching first class rugby and much less than the theatre etc.

Matchday revenue only represents 18% of LCFC's turnover and I would hazard that this is similar at most premier league clubs. The link between players' salaries and transfer fees and the cost to fans of following the club is tenuous at best.

comment by For Fox Sake (U4263)
posted 17 minutes ago
omment by Winston (U16525)
posted 1 hour, 50 minutes ago

"Money being bandied around for players these days is stupid but really what's it got to do with us as fans?"

Makes me laugh when people say this.

Looked at your TV bill lately? Bought the club shirt lately? How about food and drink for the family?

How people can't equate the rising cost of players with the rising costs for fans is beyond me.
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At Leicester my ST price has increased once in 10 years, and not at all in the last 4 or 5 years. It is TV money that is fuelling the rising cost of players and their wages, not prices at the turnstile.

The cost of watching premier league football live (outside of London) has been coming down in real terms. At less than £27 a game for an excellent seat between the half way line and the penalty area it is very good value and is now less than watching first class rugby and much less than the theatre etc.

Matchday revenue only represents 18% of LCFC's turnover and I would hazard that this is similar at most premier league clubs. The link between players' salaries and transfer fees and the cost to fans of following the club is tenuous at best.
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Yep, which is why I didn’t include tickets in my post.

It’s not a tenuous link at all. TV money comes from fans!

Amazing that you dismiss it as some sort of magic money tree that doesn’t affect fans.

Winston is right. There is a correlation between the fans (paying for Sky and BT sports) and the amount that players go for in the PL. The huge revenues PL clubs earn from us fans in terms of subscriptions and merchandise is the reason they can shell out ridiculous money for players and the rest of Europe generally can’t (aside from the likes of Barca and PSG etc)

comment by The Artist formerly known as Black Starr (U12353)
posted 3 minutes ago
Winston is right. There is a correlation between the fans (paying for Sky and BT sports) and the amount that players go for in the PL. The huge revenues PL clubs earn from us fans in terms of subscriptions and merchandise is the reason they can shell out ridiculous money for players and the rest of Europe generally can’t (aside from the likes of Barca and PSG etc)
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So you’re basically funding our Harry Maguire transfer. Cheers Mate.

comment by Giggs#11 (U19135)
posted 8 minutes ago
comment by The Artist formerly known as Black Starr (U12353)
posted 3 minutes ago
Winston is right. There is a correlation between the fans (paying for Sky and BT sports) and the amount that players go for in the PL. The huge revenues PL clubs earn from us fans in terms of subscriptions and merchandise is the reason they can shell out ridiculous money for players and the rest of Europe generally can’t (aside from the likes of Barca and PSG etc)
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So you’re basically funding our Harry Maguire transfer. Cheers Mate.
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Everyone is funding everything The only beneficiaries are the clubs and the players

We are all mugs!

It’s going to be interesting to see what happens when Amazon enter the market properly.

Every chance we’ll see Sky, BT etc go under in the next five years imo.

Would love to get rid of sky. Awful compressed picture,l quality, still no HDR, and ridiculously overpriced

I know a guy who’s son plays in the Under 23s at Leicester and word around the club is the deal is done at £80 million.

Time will tell if it’s a reliable source I guess!