Evangelos Marinakis And Co

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

The owners are taking a bit of a battering on social media which in my view is unfair because ticket pricing is an issue across the whole of football. Nobody can doubt the progress we have made and are continuing to make which gets forgotten when people have something to froth about.

However I have a question for Sniffer. Despite his wealth EM is well known for being a man of the people and having left leaning views. He does a huge amount of charity work which probably doesn’t get the recognition it deserves. Therefore how does pricing out the ordinary fan, the lifeblood of our support and excluding many of the next generation sit with him? It seems out of odds with his normal behaviour. Does Olympiacos have a pricing structure that lets traditional working classes afford to go to matches?

Ultimately EM can afford to subsidise that cost to a point if he chooses to which enables younger fans to attend and in turn keeps the atmosphere at matches. It doesn’t seem to have affected Oly or has it? Could he do more or are we being unreasonable?

Seeing as Sniffer has gone on strike I will answer my own question. At Olympiacos the majority of season tickets are between €200-400 however the home end where Gate 7 are is only €100. To me that shows that EM and Oly are in touch and don’t want to lose the grassroots fan.
Admittedly this is for the Greek league which without meaning to offend is complete pants but assume it gives you the option to regularly purchase Champions league tickets. Of course you are also paying wages for Joao Carvalho & co, not some of the worlds highest earners. Should also point out they do have some eye poppingly expensive VIP seats at €3000, hopefully someone gives you a cold half time Mythos for that.

What does that say? Its genuinely not having a pop at EM because I don’t think this is his doing even if he would have been consulted. If this was EMs idea then both clubs would have a price structure on similar lines. Indeed if the proposal had been to freeze prices I suspect he would have gone along with it. For whatever reason Paul Bell and colleagues think price rises are justified. Just my guess of course.

SM are you aware that in Greece the average salary is 800 Euros per month and that is if you are lucky enough to have a job. There are also 2 other massive clubs in Athens (Panathinaikos and AEK) to compete with.

You cannot compare Olympiakos to Forest or Greece with the UK it is not a valid argument.