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houseclaret wrote:

FCBurnley wrote:

houseclaret wrote:

FCBurnley wrote:
Hoos clearly has no idea of the havoc he has wreaked with this ill conceived idea. Firstly I cannot believe Hoos actually thought of the retainer idea. Secondly I cannot believe the board bought into it and thirdly I cannot believe they are actually trying to defend it. This is Burnley Mr Hoos, not New York or Los Angeles. Times are hard and money is tight. The fans love their club but you have pushed the limits way too far. This is a cheap American style scam to simply extract an extra 100 pounds. Let me offer you a simple more manageable way of making year 2 fans renew. Buy a 2014/15 season ticket and get a 20 % discount next season when you renew. How difficult was that. Reward the fans dont punish them. You CURRENTLY have a good product to sell and no one is complaining at the increased prices. Next year who knows. Maybe an even better product built on success but maybe back to the Championship and playing second fiddle to our neighbours. I understand the need to build a solid fan base but your Insane retainer idea will not do it. RECONSIDER NOW BEFORE ITS TOO LATE ! By the way, how many season tickets do we have to sell to pay YOUR salary ? UTC

I'm guessing at least 100 and probably more.

More like a 1000 !!

Might be. No idea how much he gets but I was basing my estimate on an extremely modest (in football terms) of 60k plus a year. Realistically could be on at least double that, so 200 tickets. Could be as many as the number lost in the JH stand for Sky. Either way it's a sobering thought.

His salary will be nearer to 600k than 60k ! Hoos is the CEO of a premier league club whose players earn tens of thousands of pounds a week. He would be picking up his P45 today if I were Chairman."