Why is it £1400 for 2 seasons tickets is that because you have to have the best seats in the ground. Also you are a Boro fan and don't go, I can understand that but why encourage others not to go. Name me something that hasn't gone up in the last year, I am a pensioner and can't ever remember things jumping up in price like they have in the last year.
"I think in hindsight it was a mistake and unfair to appoint Gareth as manager. He was an outstanding leader and as we've since seen, had all the qualities to be a very good manager, but at a time where we needed to cut costs and stabilise a bit a more experienced hand was probably needed as it was a very difficult job".
I think Gibson essentially does the talking without actually having to say anything whenever he sacks a manager anyway, as that can be seen as conceding that a mistake was made hiring that manager.
Regional theatres are considerably cheaper. Usually about £40 for a decent ticket.
And Marc Yeates.
Is he still the shortest player contract before we sold him or does Rogers or even butterfield beat him
Butterfield was with us for a full season. Yeates lasted six months, as did Rogers. And Cyrus Christie.
Did Mickael Tavares run the midfield?
Admitting he made a mistake is pointless. Lessons could be learned from how you made the decision in the first place, not how you resolved it after the decision was made. We'd never get that admission because he's not going to go on record to say "Woodgate was the cheapest option" and any other reason means he believed that Woodgate wouldn't be an utter failure which is just as worrying. I'd like to know why he hired Scott and gave him a model for the future and then immediately signed Chris Wilder to be manager. A man that would never operate under that model. There are so many rank bad decisions made over the years that have been made solely by Gibson and that's just on the footballing side. That report that came out last year of him acting like a wannabe gangster to developers just made my opinion of him tumble. I used to love Gibson but as I've got older I've realised there are so many negative traits that being a Boro fan himself isn't enough to just trust him blindly. And in the last 20 years there are far more negatives than positives. He's not "one of us". Yes, he's a Boro fan but he's a millionaire and he's as out of touch as any other millionaire. He makes decisions that impact people without thinking about those people.
Ok I picked NE lower seats, 2 x £574= £1148. Still outrageous. I never once said other people shouldn't go. I love to hear and see a full riverside.
No. But there needs to be an explanation of why the prices are being increased. For all we know there have been in-depth studies and analysis of the financial situation and they have come to a rational decision on this but they aren't telling us. What they put out yesterday wasn't good enough. Look back to less than a year ago and the shambles about putting tickets on smartphones when they actually told us that everyone would have to change causing a lot of needless worry among supporters. The PR is appalling right now.
This is the statement Gibson gave when he sacked Southgate. I think it was fine and respectful.
The chairman should go on BBC Tees and field a few questions. He’s been sending Kieron Scott out to do it, to talk about the football side, but on stuff like this is should be him. It’s annoyed a lot of reasonable people.
This isn't a football decision. It's commercial. It should be Bausor if not Gibson. Have we ever heard from Bausor? Has he ever explained how his management of chemical companies like ICI gives him any experience in running a commercial/retail arm of a football club? Scott shouldn't be anything to do with ticket prices and if he is then we're wasting his time.
