Aggressive Advertising

[RitchBee]

After the poor attendance at tonights game despite our excellent home record does the club need to do something extra and get our club in peoples faces somehow ?.

I know it can be expensive but.............

Your thoughts !

 

[bees66]

After the poor attendance at tonights game despite our excellent home record does the club need to do something extra and get our club in peoples faces somehow ?.

I know it can be expensive but.............

Your thoughts !

Wigan top of The Championship with a crowd tonight of 7,547?

 

[Jimbee]

Let's see what happens Saturday.........

 

[RitchBee]

Let's hope it gets above 6K

 

[CJC]

I have no comment on the recorded attendance tonight....

Agressive advertising is a bit desperate, look at those ****ing ****ers Fulham and their ads everywhere, it doesn't hide the fact they're a sh*te little cocksucking club. I think perhaps we should try and get local radio to plug us more, especially Radio Jackie, the catchment area is pretty much our own.

 

[Nigel Brooks]

Agressive advertising is a bit desperate, look at those ****ing ****ers Fulham and their ads everywhere, it doesn't hide the fact they're a sh*te little cocksucking club.

Typical, sitting on the fence again.

 

[Bees Bhoy]

Last nights attendance was absolutley shocking!!!!

What more incentive do some of these 'fans' want????

We have a 100% home record
We hadn't been beaten for 7 league games
We're 2nd in the division
We've got a manager and team whose passion are unbelievable
WE NEED GOOD CROWDS TO SURVIVE!!!!!

Well done to the 4,797, as for the rest of you - I hope you had good excuses

 

[WarrenBee]

4,797,I do hope there wasn't some dodgy counting going,on it looked like more than that to me.

 

[I Predict A Riot]

Agressive advertising is a bit desperate.

But we are desperate... :suspect:

look at those ****ing ****ers Fulham and their ads everywhere

A new campaign is being put into place for these. lol

 

[Jambo]

4,797,I do hope there wasn't some dodgy counting going,on it looked like more than that to me.

I agree. from where I was it looked pretty much the same crowd as against Oldham and that was nearer 5800 I think

 

[longdistancebee]

To put the other side's view (and risk launching a "I'm a better supporter than you" thread...), I did not go last night for the following reasons:

* went to MK and going to Blackpool game on Saturday - would like to
avoid another divorce
* hard day at work, not really getting away until gone half-six
* not cheap to watch footie with my sons these days - 3 x £17 = £51, plus
petrol, prog, burger, etc.


Without doubt there will be others with similar reasons. Lifestyle committments mean that we cant all be at every game, much as how we would like to.

 

[Voice from the Braemar]

there was defo more than 4797 there last night.........the wendy house was packed underneath, the new rd same as oldham game, the paddock slightly less than usuall and same with the seats above..........more like 5300 minimum..............and well done to the 100 monkeyhangers who stood in the rain all night


as for advertising.........lets get the TW8's involved more, as they seem to be bringing in new numbers each week .............club please take note


seriously though, a local derby 3 days before, another home game on saturday, its an expensive business and those that stayed away will be back on saturday..........bumper gate of 7,000 i estimate

 

[Simon C]

Saturday will be a big one. Two home games in a few days is expensive for alot of fans and Tuesday nights are always lower. I would be gutted if that was a Saturday attendance.

 

[Garybaldbee]

Let's hope it gets above 6K

Don't worry, it will be - comfortably. Midweek crowds are always substantially lower than weekend turnouts. I'm not quite sure why some people seemed to expect a decent attendance last night, it was never going to happen. Don't forget the home game with Notts County in 96/7 (?) when we were top but still only drew 3,600.

Perhaps we should switch midweek home games to Wednesdays to avoid the live terrestial TV Champions League coverage (I know in an ideal world we shouldn't have to, but if it just drew in another couple of hundred it would be worth it from the revenue perspective)

 

[BeeAlzibub]

Although it looked more like 5300 or so last night I think us non-Premier clubs struggle with the midweek games when competing with the Champions whatsit on ITV & the fact that the rush hour traffic in London sometimes puts people off after a long day at the office. If you are paying a fortune to watch Premier league, you tend to turn up.

It was obvious last night the lack of parents with kids in the New Road for a midweek game so I would hope we can break the magic 6000 on Saturday at last ? I would hope for nearer 7000 with Pool's large London fan club.

The crowds are dissapointing but hey, how many false dawns have we seen down the years, I've been attending 30+ years since I could barely walk & we've always hovered around 4500/5500 bar the odd season.
I think it may take a promotion to get the couch potatos & occasionals to take that leap of faith.

At least we have a man in charge who is a walking advertisment for the club & we need to continue to build on this whilst we still have him ?!?!?!
We can't grow as a club & keep any ambitious manager motivated without increasing income streams ( sorry, that's my accountant's brain clicking in there )

The Radio Jackie idea sounds a good one, a good SW London MOR fast growing station & Wimbledon Speedway who I know only average around 12/1500 or so use it on a regular basis, so it can't break the bank surely. Even my local StainesTown can manage the odd town centre poster advertising their games.

 

[Sultan]

I turned up just before we scored our first. No turnstiles open. Went in through gate just by showing my season ticket. Did I register with the crowd?

 

[Banana]

I turned up just before we scored our first. No turnstiles open. Went in through gate just by showing my season ticket. Did I register with the crowd?

Yep. All season ticket holders are counted as "being there" even if they are not.

This is why a (say) 4500 can look more than a 5000 crowd.

 

[Banana]

Shume mishtake surely..........

Is there?

I mean let's suppose there are 1000 season ticket holders.

If the crowd is 0 ST holders and 4000 non-ST holders - the attendance figure is published as 5000, but 4000 were physically present.

If the crowd is 1000 ST holders and 3500 non-ST holders - the attendance figure is published as 4500, but 4,500 were physically present.

Therefore a 4,500 "attendance" could mean more people in the ground than a 5,000 "attendance"

 

[Banana]

abee....... too slow with the deletion

 

[Edmundo]

Banana, I think you need to edit your post as it seems everyone is a season ticket holder!

 

[Banana]

Banana, I think you need to edit your post as it seems everyone is a season ticket holder!

 

[nocoat]

But we are desperate... :suspect:


A new campaign is being put into place for these. lol

Indeed... and I never even looked at this thread today when I finally got off my arse to start it

There you go CJC join the LOASA! movement and stick it up that sh*te little cocksucking club

 

[CJC]

But we are desperate

We aren't Fulham though, thank ****! I don't know why they advertise, surely they have a break-even figure that is higher than the Cottage can hold?

I don't see why we should change our matchday, besides they have a match on Wednesdays as well in the Trampions League. There should be an extension of the Saturday 3pm ban on live football to Tuesday 7.45 pm as well. The TV probably takes 500 off our gate, that's a sizeable chunk of our players wage bill (or a decent bit of Jon Mac's salary for those who are inclined that way rofl rofl).

 

[simon_porter00]

as for the rest of you - I hope you had good excuses

i'm afraid i've moved to poland for the year. i know easy jet are offering tickets for 4 euroes each way (if you can get them) but i'm afraid the attendance will be permanently -1 this year. typically, this could be our promotion year too. :sad:

 

[Garybaldbee]

I don't see why we should change our matchday, besides they have a match on Wednesdays as well in the Trampions League. There should be an extension of the Saturday 3pm ban on live football to Tuesday 7.45 pm as well. The TV probably takes 500 off our gate.

Yes but the Wednesday matches are only on Sky, and even now I think it only has a reach of about 40 - 50% of homes.

Don't get me started on my hobbyhorse of the Saturday 3pm ban. Oh, too late. Now Sky show Premiership matches most Saturdays which bracket the traditional 3pm kick off (the lunchtime game finishing at about 2.15pm and the evening one starting at about 5.15pm) its almost impossible for most people, unless they live next door to the ground, to watch the Premiership matches and go to a live game. That might not deter you or me from going to GP, but its an extra disincentive to the casual fan.

 

[CJC]

So you think a blanket saturday ban is in order?

There you go CJC join the LOASA! movement and stick it up that sh*te little cocksucking club

Now I never get whether i should take that kindly or not.

 

[Russell]

Maybe a load of the 1,477 who went to Milton Keynes had an attack of guilt and decided the best way to show solidarity with our blood brothers from Wimbledon was to boycott last night's game? Just a thought...

 

[Russell]

And while I think of it, can larrysigny confirm that those who went to AFC Wimbledon are "Brentford through and through"?!!!

 

[CJC]

How many matchday programmes are there...