'mist rollin in'
First Team Squad
This rise seemed inevitable because the cost of a season ticket relative to the top tier of membership seemed way too cheap.
But surely the way to do this is to say "look, season tickets are gonna have to go up cos they're too cheap. So we'll do it the season AFTER next, to give everyone a chance to sort themselves out."
This is a good point. There's an awful lot of members who have been paying extortionate member rates and buying tickets on a match by match basis at crazy - I just paid a whopping £96 for two tickets to Man City, which makes a season card look cheap. Top tier members are likely to be loyal fans who haven't committed to a season ticket for various reasons (work, family, timing of games) and its's wrong that some are labelling them as tourists.
I think the club have acted appallingly this week with changing the age categories, timing of renewal and the badly judged tweets. I just wish the fan groups like Forza would make a comment on the high prices that members are already paying. Even Greg on Forest Focus (who I like) has banged on about season card prices and people missing out, but there needs to be an acknowledgement that member fans are making financial sacrifices every week and have been doing so for the past 2 years.