The concert had only sold around 3000 tickets.

If you believe the rumours. The fact that they were really pumping the advertising both nationally and locally would suggest that they were struggling.

I believe the seats story is just a way for all parties involved to save face. The club and promoter wouldn't have wanted to lose money and Jones wouldn't have wanted the embarassment of selling only 20% of the tickets.

While I admit that it's bound to have cost us something; it's hardly something to really beat the club over, which is what you're doing.

Find some other examples of their supposed underperforming in the last 12 months and I'll be more impressed.

Posted By: lurd on June 7th 2010 at 13:28:55

Message Thread

What are everyone's thoughts on the signings so far? (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 11:25:14
- WE WILL WIN (n/m) (NCFC) - fareastcanary, Jun 7, 19:14:50
- meh. (n/m) (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jun 7, 12:06:10
- Overall going mostly by fans opinions of the Clubs they have left to join us (NCFC) - lovely old job, Jun 7, 11:37:31
  - Re: Foxy (NCFC) - LincolnshireCanary, Jun 7, 11:45:08
    - Mulryne was excellent until Dailly broke his leg, after that he lost the little pace he (NCFC) - lovely old job, Jun 7, 11:46:07
      - Yes. My point is, though, is that Fox is attributed to have all the same skills Mulryne ha (n/m) (NCFC) - LincolnshireCanary, Jun 7, 11:47:02
        
        d (n/m) (NCFC) - LincolnshireCanary, Jun 7, 11:47:12
  - Crofts, I forgot about him! Too many signings, everyone should be on holiday. (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 11:41:37
- I don't expect too many cash signings (NCFC) - pants, Jun 7, 11:36:55
  - I wouldn't get hung up on the big screen thing too much, I think it was a bit of a throw (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 11:48:36
  - Our board has only been in place for a year. (NCFC) - lurd, Jun 7, 11:40:56
    - Meet the board (NCFC) - pants, Jun 7, 12:09:51
      - For 3 of the 6, including the Chairman and Chief Exec, it's less than year, isn't it? (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 7, 12:14:10
        
        Whether or not it's more or less than a year, this is in SUBSTANCE a very new board (NCFC) - Old Git, Jun 7, 12:22:21
        
        Yes, so whilst soe of the current board have been on the board for longer, this board has (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 12:20:30
        
        I think plenty of alarm bells went off (NCFC) - pants, Jun 7, 12:53:58
        
        How do you know it cost us that? Was it us or the promoter? I don't know how it works so I (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 13:01:57
        
        We also know why we are so indebted fro previous accounts. (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 13:15:05
        
        Isn't a lot of this conjecture though? (NCFC) - pants, Jun 7, 14:23:48
        
        No you misunderstand my point. I was talking about prior to now. (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 14:40:06
        
        good post, I agree (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jun 7, 13:39:40
        
        Erm, I'm guessing cos we cancelled it (NCFC) - pants, Jun 7, 13:11:39
        
        Did we cancel it? (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 13:15:20
        
        Yeah, cos we want to put the 1100 more seats in (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jun 7, 13:16:45
        
        We cancelled it, or the promoter due to lack of interest and that was the story put out to (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 13:21:02
        
        I haven't seen any official stories about lack of interest (NCFC) - pants, Jun 7, 13:35:18
        
        OH JUST FUCK OFF (n/m) (NCFC) - lurd, Jun 7, 13:43:41
        
        1100 x 22 matches (min) x say ?15 (conservative) = ?363,000 turnover for one season. (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 13:39:37
        
        Yes, I appreciate that (NCFC) - pants, Jun 7, 13:42:19
        
        this is a fair point once it's confirmed we owe somebody some money (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jun 7, 13:48:12
        
        Tru dat. But commercially, if it became obvious that Tom wasn't going to sell out it may (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 13:47:49
        
        The guy is worth about ?200m (NCFC) - pants, Jun 7, 13:23:12
        
        The concert had only sold around 3000 tickets. (NCFC) - lurd, Jun 7, 13:28:55
        
        I've stuck to the facts (NCFC) - pants, Jun 7, 13:39:53
        
        The offical line is that it's "Postponed" (NCFC) - lurd, Jun 7, 13:45:19
        
        It's Not Unusual. (n/m) (NCFC) - Arganth, Jun 7, 13:47:56
        
        Are we reverting back to rational debate now? (NCFC) - pants, Jun 7, 13:47:39
        
        I'll tell you what, if you promise not to mention this until it's confirmed (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jun 7, 13:50:24
        
        Nah, it's fine, it will come out eventually (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jun 7, 13:53:41
        
        They probably wighed up any cost and looked at it against revenue from seats and decided (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 13:30:26
        
        But he hadn't had he? Sales were going badly weren't they? (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 13:27:17
        
        Yes but was it us or the promoter? (NCFC) - lurd, Jun 7, 13:20:11
        
        Their will have been consquences to postponing it (NCFC) - pants, Jun 7, 13:21:58
        
        The promoter hires the ground. (NCFC) - lurd, Jun 7, 13:08:11
        
        oooooooooooo missus (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Jun 7, 12:22:40
        
        Oooh you are awful... (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 12:24:29
        
        ........ (NCFC) - Jumbo1, Jun 7, 12:27:33
        
        McNasty could give me a new feel any time he wanted (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Jun 7, 12:26:25
        
        He could massage my double entry to elicit a dividend anytime he wanted. (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 12:31:04
        
        He could slide into my seat without a season ticket (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Jun 7, 12:42:19
        
        He could value my assets and strip out anything required (n/m) (NCFC) - camcan, Jun 7, 12:46:24
        
        He could budg-et in many different ways (n/m) (NCFC) - camcan, Jun 7, 12:48:37
        
        He could make an unauthorised approach for my prized assets (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Jun 7, 13:00:24
        
        He could orally discipline my staff member. (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 13:03:35
        
        He could do a 360' appraisal and work out some issues (n/m) (NCFC) - camcan, Jun 7, 13:08:53
        
        ? (n/m) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jun 7, 13:55:58
        
        couldn't be arsed (n/m) (NCFC) - camcan, Jun 7, 14:02:52
  - "froogle" (n/m) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jun 7, 11:39:53
    - ahem (NCFC) - pants, Jun 7, 11:49:35
- I know what you mean.. (NCFC) - loz, Jun 7, 11:35:13
  - Re Cody (NCFC) - LincolnshireCanary, Jun 7, 11:38:11
    - a loan would be good.. (NCFC) - loz, Jun 7, 11:43:11
- Think Lambert is going to go defensive TBH (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jun 7, 11:31:42
  - If Rusty is off we need another destructive player in there unless Smithy is going to sit. (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 11:34:11
    - Personally think Smith is great at that role (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jun 7, 11:35:46
      - We need an alternative though. (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, Jun 7, 11:38:52

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