Attempting to sell the location not the club

Quoted from newarkmariner

I think the Area ,facilities has a lot to do with it but so does social media and any player who clicks on to the fishy, and I'm sure they do , would run a mile.

Go on Stoke's forum after they lost to Leeds on Sunday.. we are no different to other fans who perceive their club to be struggling. Although we seem to have been in the doldrums for far longer than most..

Quoted from newarkmariner

I think the Area ,facilities has a lot to do with it but so does social media and any player who clicks on to the fishy, and I'm sure they do , would run a mile.

Any player who wastes their time on the Fishy is a flipping idiot (though, admittedly, footballers do have a lot of spare time in their hands).

They should know whether they have played well or not themselves so looking online for the approval of a load of people who weren't good enough to do their job is just daft.

Some good points on this post. I think location wise we are one of the most difficult if not the most difficult place to sell to an outsider. We are literally set away from everything. Even clubs as close Lincoln and Scunthorpe at least are in that clusp of clubs around them, Scunny being close to Sheffield and Lincoln to Nottingham. We are really the end of the world it seems when you’re driving home along the M180.

We can no longer rely on our reputation from the 1990’s, where we were an attractive option due to the football we played and Mr Buckley. Players these days were born in the early to mid 90’s so nobody is going to think “Grimsby were in the Championship the other year they’re a massive club for this level” they are gonna know us as League Two strugglers and Conference play-off winners, and like Old Codger says...the stadium, training facilities etc haven’t been upgraded. Had we moved in to the so called “Conoco Stadium” years ago and had we invested heavily into the clubs facilities back in the early 00’s then I dare say we wouldn’t have this issue.

I was born in GY, but I’ve never lived there. I love going over, especially to Clee and Humberston, but of course I know of the negative reputation the town gets, but like stated we have beautiful areas there and some great spots where some players have moved here and ended up staying even after they’ve left the club (Macca, Gally, Disley and even Scott Vernon clearly, to name but a few). I suppose for MJ it’s another challenge added to the list.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Good points but don't you think that better facilities would be a good starting point? I've just one thought on this - the local council have been putting up barriers to a new stadium for God knows how long whilst other clubs & councils have worked together to create new community facilities. Why can't our club & our council do the same?

A split Council 50/50 Labour and Conservative doesn`t help plus we have a Labour MP for GY and Conservative for CLPS we need them all on the same page for the greater good.It`s high time these lot got a good kick in the ballots when you look at low voter turnout 4-5k BP regulars on the warpath might cause them some worry? Watch THIS space

Having signed 10+ players every year for the last 8-10 years tells me we do not have a problem attracting players,

Yes some players turn us down for whatever reason,

BUT

Some players even turn down a lot bigger clubs than us.

Don't forget money talks and overcomes most of the perceived negatives

Quoted from grimsby pete

Having signed 10+ players every year for the last 8-10 years tells me we do not have a problem attracting players,

Yes some players turn us down for whatever reason,

BUT

Some players even turn down a lot bigger clubs than us.

We don't have a problem attracting players who don't have a better offer. Perhaps this season our signings have been better quality but there's several who still haven't been persuaded by the manager. Far better no signings than crap signings but there's further progress that needs to be made to make us look a better option.

Quoted from newarkmariner

I think the Area ,facilities has a lot to do with it but so does social media and any player who clicks on to the fishy, and I'm sure they do , would run a mile.

Give over, the Fishy is no different than just about every football forum.

Quoted from ska face

Almost all the players who joined this summer mentioned the fans and looking forward to playing in front of a GY crowd. Jolley has mentioned a lot that the fans here will get behind the team if they work hard and put 100% in, so obviously has used this as a selling point.

Which is why it was shameful to watch them get booed off, slagged to intercourse from minute 1, have the manager abused by the shitehouses behind his back and then see an 80% empty ground at full time on Saturday. Let alone some of the toxic, pathetic comments on here and across social media since 5pm Saturday. Town fans hold themselves in oddly high regard considering a significant proportion of them are just your standard knobhead who you’ll find at any other club or, more likely, pinned to a sofa each Saturday afternoon.

I must have forgotten my hearing aid or the lower attracts a better kind of supporter? A large number upped and left after the 4th goal but I only heard muted booing and saw lot`s of head shaking etc.It was a very bad day at the office and even in recent poor seasons seldom you will have seen the opposition basically gifted 4 goals in a single game. I honestly doubt Town will have another one of those days all Season ?Yes they will lose games Yes they will play badly and make individual errors they will also do the same and win that`s league 2 mate.The support 5800 with by all accounts around 400 STH absent due to holidays is nothing short of miraculous given the lack of signings etc over Summer had we won 4-1 the whole Town would have been bouncing.Marathon not a sprint I will wager more home fans will attend the last game than the first  

I'm not from Grimsby, but have lived here over 35 years and have been watching Town about 30.
So I class myself as a Lincolnshire lad and a Grimsby Town fan.

I've seen a massive slide in the last 10/15 years. I remember us beating West Ham, Liverpool.
Since then we've struggled to get out of a league we should never have been in, struggle to attract players, the ground is slipping in to disrepair.

Fenty has decided his legacy is to force us in to a new ground, has spent pointless thousands on the project and sodomist everything else. A ground we will never fill in my lifetime. Unless we get massive investment from a  millionaire, end up doing well and the plastics come out the woodwork. Failing that it will more than likely end up like Darlington, empty, and eventually bulldozed for shops. A ground which could force us in to financial ruin.



The only problem with Blundell Park is lack of parking. Sort that. Tidy the place up. Why wouldn't a smaller ground do? Bournemouth manage just fine.