[madsteve]

I, personally, am not walking away from the club or making a splash on social media.

On a monthly basis, after bills, shopping and other commitments, I have round about £600 'play' money. It's quite difficult to convince the wife that we should blow a quarter of that by going to a football match.

3 x adult = £90 (daughter is 17 now)
1 x concession = £20 ???
2 gallons of diesel = £10

+ programs, pies, drinks = at least another £30

I don't begrudge those who do have the disposable income to be able to attend on a regular basis but I do get pissed off when they can't seem to grasp that not everyone has the same income as them and start berating people without actually knowing their circumstances.

The minimum wage has just been raised to £7.20. That means that for a lot of Wednesdayites one ticket is approximately six hours work after tax.

EDIT:

Sorry, the minimum wage is £6.70   Which makes it almost a full days pay for a ticket. The £7.20 is what is a 'so called' recommended living wage 

My point wasn't directed at anyone on this forum but on other forums there are people who are using the price increase as an excuse to totally stop attending matches when they can still attend 19 matches for the price they paid for 23 last season. These people are using social media to bash DC and hope to either get rid of him or make him change his policy regarding ticket prices.

I also think that many fans have changed their match day habits. We stopped buying a programme a few years ago. I don't see that paying an extra £3 adds anything that you cannot get online. Also many fans are being judicial about their eating & drinking at matches. The drinks & pies for £1 has been a great offer at SWFC this season and has made some matches end up cheaper this season for fans with families. Two Pie & Peas and two drinks for £4 has been a bargain yet I have seen queues outside the chip shop to pay more than double that price.

The truth is that football has moved away from its roots and at PL level it has moved even further than in the FL. If we get promoted then away tickets at £40-50 become the norm and many fans get priced out. The clubs know though that they will be replaced by more affluent fans that are prepared to pay PL prices to see PL players.

The outcry on some forums at charging £25 to see Arsenal was astonishing, particularly when compared to the Arsenal forums where they are calling this the cheapest match for years. It shows how far we have fallen behind on the football ladder.

Where these people miss the point is that it is football as a whole that is doing this & it is not just down to DC. He is trying to do what is necessary to get Wednesday into the PL.

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http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/spor...-1-7499167?

An interesting article but there are a few points that I would take issue with.
Firstly, I would take issue with fortune favouring Wednesday. If Fulham, Brentford & Preston had been more clinical then they might have won but they weren't & they didn't. In fact against Fulham & Brentford, we wasted far more opportunities than our opponents. We have developed a way of maximising the number of points won, whether it is holding on for a victory or scoring crucial late goals. This is an important attribute for a side with promotion aspirations. Fortune is get incorrect refereeing decisions in your favour.
The switch in the system is a total red herring. I think CC went along with the 442 thing because it suited him to have the media & fans think he was playing the system they are familiar with. In truth we have never played 442 for an entire match and only played it in short spells within games.
FF rarely plays up front alongside Nuhiu. In fact he often plays deeper than players like Matias & Wallace. The truth here is that we have moved away from the rigid 442 with two wingers that SG insisted upon and several of his predecessors favoured. The beauty of the way we are playing is that it is flexible. It can be 4231. It can be 433. It can be 442. It is unrecognisable as the system we have been using for the last umpteen years.
I would say that the statement, "CC has come to the conclusion that playing with wide players, rather than relying solely on full-backs to provide the width, is the way forward" is misleading. The "solely on full backs" part might be correct but we don't have a wide player patrolling either wing. Wallace most closely resembles that role but on Saturday, he spent less time wide and moved more across the front line.
Wallace put in crosses on Saturday but so did Bannan, Hunt, Hutchinson, McGugan & Forestieri. Pudil's run down the left led to the second goal so full backs getting forward still plays a key part in our tactics.
Have to agree about Forestieri. He hasn't taken a major role yet but the quality is clear to see & soon he will be winning us points.
Agree as well about being one striker short of being a promotion chasing side. While Nuhiu is our best starting option at the moment, if we are serious about promotion then a quality striker is required. Irrespective of whether you rate or don't rate Nuhiu, no-one can deny that a player like Jordan Rhodes, Charlie Austin or Gary Hooper would lift us from possibles for promotion into probables for promotion.
I would say that there is one glaring omission from the five things we have learned.
Look at CC's first choice eleven.
Westwood
Hunt - Lees - Turner - Pudil
Hutchinson - Lee
Wallace - Forestieri - Bannan
Nuhiu
One major question pre season was would all the foreigners be able to adapt to the English game. Well guess what, there are only three foreigners in CC's first choice eleven and all three of them have over two years experience of English football. We started with five foreigners in the opening match.
So I would add that we have learned that a strong British core to the team makes us stronger.
Less so, but also important, we have learned that three players with energy in CM (Hutchinson, Lee & Bannan) give us greater control of the game & a better chance of winning.