Is This The Reason Why G&H will not sell...

[Mattshark]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8545202.stm


Could it be that they are just waiting for the time to come when we start to sell our own tv deals?

They would start to make a massive return on their investment if this were to happen, in proportion to what Madrid make. I guess they would need to sign a big name each year to get the subscribers, and we may even get our new stadium.

But this seems to me to be the money maker, not the stadium.

But should we sell out the rest of the league to get rich?

I prefer the collective contracts, as long as the deal is weighted toward the teams with larger viewership. But perhaps its the only way to bridge the financial gap, as the revenue figures show how far behind we are, despite our fan base

Oh, and to add... Juventus building a new 41,000 seater stadium... Doesnt that seem small?

For Juve? No, they'd probably still fail to fill that too.

[redstaralex]

Re Juve - Them and Torino have always had problems filling the Delle Alpe, had a quick look and their average attendance since they moved into it in 1990 has not got anywhere near the near 70,000 capacity - its not even broken 40,000 in the last ten years. I remember reading something about how they even considered relocating the club south as they seemed to have more fans from southern Italy. Nuts.

I've got a friend who lives in Italy and travelled to the quarters in 2005 from the south on a juventus supporters coach, I remember him saying at the time they had more support in the south and thought it strange

[Charly]

I always considered Juve the most popular club in Italy.

Perhaps Liverpool could relocate to Surrey, we have a large, wealthy population, and no professional football team.

[javier_monsterano]

Juventus fans tend to be those who are not originally from Torino or Turin as we call it.The locals are all Torino fans.

I could be wrong here that Juventus was formed by immigrants.

[Mattshark]

I suggest you look at this attendence for Juventus V Arsenal in 2002 in the CL:
8,562

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/1880900.stm

Which is better than the Copa Italia game against Sampdoria in the same season drawing a stunning 237 people to it.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2006/mar/19/sport.comment1

Juventus exemplify **** ground no fans.

[javier_monsterano]

the theory goes that Turin citizens follow Torino. Juventus are massive in Sicily.

[CJ]

a bit like everton that one??

i always like to remind blue noses that when they where in Eurpope (the year they got knocked out of two competitions in two games)

i was driving home along the M6 toll road and it was full of bluenoses driving north. scarfs everywhere.

if they are all from Liverpool why where they on the M6 toll road. a few could have been driving home like me but most i dont think so

all from liverpool my arse

[Norbs]

I always considered Juve the most popular club in Italy.

Perhaps Liverpool could relocate to Surrey, we have a large, wealthy population, and no professional football team.

Yes please!