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Perhaps they will but fans, on the whole are a little more undertaking of the difficulties sometimes in bringing players in. At our level you’d imagine the cost of living and so forth is coming in to play when players are making decisions, so that will impact moves etc.
It’s all well and good a few man babies jumping up and down demanding players etc but we’ve been told, pretty clearly really, that the reputation of the club still needs some work because of what’s gone on before and just signing players isn’t always a solution…
I’m sure some boring girl private will moan about not receiving a reply to an email though, or want to know what food outlets will be at a stadium that’s not even designed yet, let alone built, perhaps someone will female dog and moan about advertising boards and then compare us to Clee Town🙄
In truth, even if Stockwood and Petit turned up dressed as Mr Tumble and sang nursery rhymes, it still wouldn’t be as bad as that fateful fans forum…
Serious question Aldi, do you think the commercial side of the club is being run well currently? |
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Serious question Aldi, do you think the commercial side of the club is being run well currently?
Compared to what? The previous state of the club or a club that’s had solid processes embedded in the club/businesses… |
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Compared to what? The previous state of the club or a club that’s had solid processes embedded in the club/businesses…
Compared to the days of Dave Smith running the show where kits arrived on time, customers actually got contacted, half time raffle tickets got sold, advertising boards were filled and the two tiered nameless stand actually had a name. I'm not disputing that Dave Smith probably had his faults but the customers liked him and wanted to continue doing business with him. |
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Compared to what? The previous state of the club or a club that’s had solid processes embedded in the club/businesses…
What are these solid processes that are embedded? This is just management jargon that is meaningless. What evidence is there that things are actually improving commercially? What seeds have been planted that we will be reaping the rewards of in the next few seasons? I'm not being cynical, maybe there is something. But all I can see is a big turnover in staff, a lot more office roles and very little change regarding what we're doing strategically. Other than the boost that happened as a result of the unbelievable end of last season. |
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Compared to the days of Dave Smith running the show where kits arrived on time, customers actually got contacted, half time raffle tickets got sold, advertising boards were filled and the two tiered nameless stand actually had a name.
I'm not disputing that Dave Smith probably had his faults but the customers liked him and wanted to continue doing business with him.
Dave Smith was exceptional at looking after our customers. He wasn't great at bringing in new ones. We've replaced him with somebody that is focused on the polar opposite. There was maybe a need for it being a 2 person role. This is very risky, because if things continue the way they have the last couple of months then we could well lose some long term sponsors and new ones aren't easy to find when the going gets tough. |
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Dave Smith was exceptional at looking after our customers. He wasn't great at bringing in new ones. We've replaced him with somebody that is focused on the polar opposite. There was maybe a need for it being a 2 person role.
This is very risky, because if things continue the way they have the last couple of months then we could well lose some long term sponsors and new ones aren't easy to find when the going gets tough.
this is likely to be a first - I'm agreeing with pen; from what I've heard I think his first para is spot on. Looks like the new strategy is to get new ,bigger paying sponsors. As Pen said you still need to look after the long term, smaller sponsors |
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Dave Smith was exceptional at looking after our customers. He wasn't great at bringing in new ones. We've replaced him with somebody that is focused on the polar opposite. There was maybe a need for it being a 2 person role.
This is very risky, because if things continue the way they have the last couple of months then we could well lose some long term sponsors and new ones aren't easy to find when the going gets tough.
The dealings I had with Dave Smith he was a top bloke, from what I have heard his replacement knows frig all about football clubs and so far there have been no announcements of new client investment even though there are now two commercial managers. |
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Stockwood said that they were looking at changing the type of sponsorships going forward, he wanted each one to be more of a "partnership". This could improve our long-term commercial income, but we'll have to wait a couple of years to judge that.
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It's amazing to me how much criticism the new owners get because "they don't do things the way they've always been done and with the same people".
Sometimes wonder how they both got to be multi millionaires.
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It's amazing to me how much criticism the new owners get because "they don't do things the way they've always been done and with the same people".
Sometimes wonder how they both got to be multi millionaires.
I'm not reading criticism. Its not criticism to question how things are working, improving, not working so well, highlighting areas for improvement. Its not criticism to debate the progress, or perceived lack of progress regarding the club, on and off the pitch. Reading a few of the threads and posts recently, it is clear a few posters get seriously prickly, when others point out areas of the club that may still need improving, areas that we may have expected some improvement already. Its healthy to promote transparency, discussion and debate. I thought that was one of the main aims of 1878? I've been shocked how quickly some posters are shot down just because their views on the club/owners don't align with other posters. Isn't the whole point of The Fishy to have a place where we can debate and share views, even if some views diverge from ours? FFS we are all Town aren't we? |
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