I'm going to throw my money in. Like last year. I can afford to lose it, so it puts me in a minority I know, but without the cash the club will fold...again. I hold no grudges against anyone who isn't going to buy in but I honestly don't think we are being ripped off by the owner(s) this year at least. There is no way in hell they turned a profit.

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I totally understand those people who will always buy them. The "always have, always will" folks. I wish I was one of them, one that no matter how much the club knacked me off and treated me as nothing but someone to hand over cash, it didn't matter because my love for the club helped me look past that. Those fans will be the ones that keep the club going, in whatever guise it ends up in. Good on them, genuinely. I'm not one of them sadly. Not because of a lack of love for the club, but because I'm a stubborn bleeder who gets to a point where I start to think enough is enough. Everyone has a different point for that, I've hit mine. I feel like I'm being ripped off by someone charging me the same amount for a lower quality product (and I mean opposition here, not our own squad) and what is likely to be less games. To me it's like going to the shop one day and getting 10 apples for a fiver, then going back tomorrow and they'll only give you 8 apples (5 of which are going off a bit) for the same five quid. I'm probably not gonna bother with the apples, even though I do so love to eat them.

What I don't get are these people who are STILL peddling the "If you want a good team, you have to pay for it" line. How many years on the trot has that been rolled out now? How many years have we heard (from chairmen, football managers or fans) that if we all put our money in and get behind the team, it'll all get better? And how many of those years has it happened?
You know the old phrase about fooling me once and twice? What's the phrase for Fool me Five Times?

We're getting the usual debate here that crops up at this point every year.

I don't think its unreasonable to hold off buying a Season Ticket until we know for certain which division we are going to be in.

Otherwise it's a bit like buying a ticket for the theatre with the hope of seeing a touring West End production, but with the possibility that what you'll actually get is a local Amateur Dramatic show.

Well, I am here to be sold to. I've had a season ticket since the late 60s and never missed, but now I might. If the club sell me the idea of a 2018 ticket then I'm in. Will they try? I don't know. It may not be their fault, they probably don't even know what league, or thus what funding, we may be financially stiffed again by the Tribunal, so how can they sensibly budget it? But, sales is different. Sell 2018 to me.

Quote Scarey71="Scarey71"Maybe Mark Aston's dropping hints??? www.thestar.co.uk/sport/rugby-le ... -1-8750800'" Aston is only interested in what's best for Sheffield Eagles. By having all those teams he mentions in an expanded Championship it reduces the chance of the Eagles being relegated which, given their current plight, is becoming more of a possibility.

Quote Scarey71="Scarey71"Maybe Mark Aston's dropping hints??? www.thestar.co.uk/sport/rugby-le ... -1-8750800'" Aston is only interested in what's best for Sheffield Eagles. By having all those teams he mentions in an expanded Championship it reduces the chance of the Eagles being relegated which, given their current plight, is becoming more of a possibility.

Same here.

I dont have a problem if some people want (and can afford) to get an ST now; but if the rest of us dont want (or are not yet ready) to get a ST now - just accept it - you wont convince us with "you must be loyal......stand by your team......they need you......" give over we've been had for mugs too many times now

The one thing I have found surprising is the amount of people thinking the ticket is expensive. The terrace ticket is 9 pounds more expensive than York this coming year. Yet we are running a squad with a few full time players and as paulwalker71 said the academy structure too. I dont blame anyone for waiting because you then make a choice to purchase on what you know what you will get for your money as opposed to sitting and wishing for the best

Cash flow. The question was asked elsewhere, why would anyone be optimistic about the club, and my answer is that we have got to this part of the season without 10 smarts coming on the forum telling us that the tea lady hasn't been paid, etc. That is an indication (not proof) that cloth has been cut. And whilst clearly there are those that will wait to buy their season tickets, there are also those that will buy now. You don't pay people with profits, you pay them with cash. so I would not begrudge the management a brief holiday from continually juggling cash, they need to be focusing on next seasons squad.

For me it's about the comparison to this season's ticket prices. It's not the cost itself. Can I afford it? Yes. But the person who has set this price is telling us that they want us to pay the same amount for a season in a lower division with potentially less games. After years and years of being told I have to pay a premium for the squad to be good, and it not being any good, I'm at the end of my tether. So to now be asked to pay the same amount for a lesser product (again, I mean opposition, not our own squad), is the final straw for me.

If a restructure happens and we end up in the Championship, I'll buy a season ticket. Because it's the same price for the same benefit, which is fine. But IMO if you are offering a lesser product, it should cost less than the better product. If it doesn't, I feel like I'm being ripped off. And I've had just about enough of being ripped off in the last few years.