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Post by wiseman on Jul 17, 2019 9:54:20 GMT 1
Bit worried that we just seem to be the butt end of a joke for Paddy Power - first the announcement video and then this. I hope they didn't pay £Xm just to fuck with us for PR gains.
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Post by artysid on Jul 17, 2019 9:54:58 GMT 1
Anyone remember laughing at this
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Post by Nickhudds.UTT on Jul 17, 2019 9:55:02 GMT 1
Shorts have suspenders on them !
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Post by dumbo on Jul 17, 2019 9:55:49 GMT 1
Going to be a long year for some.
Obviously a piss take. Like it or not you better get used to it as PP aren't going to stop. Just think of them as a naughty 6 year old.
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Post by kwami-hodouto on Jul 17, 2019 9:55:51 GMT 1
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Post by royrace on Jul 17, 2019 9:56:06 GMT 1
OK, so it could be a PR masterstroke.
Maybe the first 500 Town fans expressing outrage on social media get a free shirt. How's that for innovative Sean/PP?
Kind of like compensation for the coffee I spat all over my keyboard after opening that email.
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Post by town1907 on Jul 17, 2019 9:56:47 GMT 1
Why are we agreeing to this stuff its great for them but its not gonna do much for us PR wise We will be all over the media - great publicity showing we don't take ourselves too seriously. Our own fans sang 'how shit must you be it's only 1-0', 'we scored a goal..', 'Luton Town away'. The Sky mix-up about our new manager when we did a video. I guess this is why we were chosen to be their first League sponsor deal.
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Post by cheesyhtfc on Jul 17, 2019 9:57:54 GMT 1
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Post by lankystreak on Jul 17, 2019 9:59:16 GMT 1
If its legit its a fucking disgrace.
Despise the fact that we're sponsored by those twats anyway, but that us horrific.
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Post by supergazza on Jul 17, 2019 10:00:19 GMT 1
like a 3rd division banana republic team from the 70,s
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Post by Nickhudds.UTT on Jul 17, 2019 10:01:33 GMT 1
Its a good prank im asking Mel Booth ?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2019 10:02:37 GMT 1
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Post by ritchie on Jul 17, 2019 10:03:01 GMT 1
Why are we agreeing to this stuff its great for them but its not gonna do much for us PR wise We will be all over the media - great publicity showing we don't take ourselves too seriously. Our own fans sang 'how shit must you be it's only 1-0', 'we scored a goal..', 'Luton Town away'. The Sky mix-up about our new manager when we did a video. I guess this is why we were chosen to be their first League sponsor deal. think football is a bit different to other stuff though, cant exactly see it attracting new fans!
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Post by canuckterrier99 on Jul 17, 2019 10:03:09 GMT 1
This is the humour I can get on board with but not the blatant put the whole club and town I grew up in down because we aren’t fashionable or rich just because we are paying you. Yeah I’m sensitive but I think everyone will applaud this type of marketing stunt as it does give the club exposure and people will laugh with us not at us. I think there’s a huge difference! #snowflake I think quite the opposite. The original ad was merely voicing what all non Hudds fans around the country would be thinking, nothing insulting at all. This however is done with the sole intention of getting horrified responses on social media from upset Town fans, so that when they do reveal the actual kit they can point and laugh at the town fans who didn't realise it was a wind up. The latter is certainly the more offensive and demeaning of the two actions in my book. My sentiments exactly. The real kit will need to be pretty damn sharp after all this.
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Post by lochnessterrier on Jul 17, 2019 10:03:48 GMT 1
Brings back memories of that awful Bee kit for the Man City mauling.
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Post by Champers on Jul 17, 2019 10:03:54 GMT 1
Bit worried that we just seem to be the butt end of a joke for Paddy Power - first the announcement video and then this. I hope they didn't pay £Xm just to fuck with us for PR gains. Grow up. All those years of being little, unheard-of-globally Huddersfield Town, well today the world is talking about us, they know who we are. It doesn't matter how you market your product just so long as you get it into people's heads. As long as this IS a wind up, then I think it's a masterstroke.
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Post by irverino on Jul 17, 2019 10:04:06 GMT 1
Love it to bits, just ordered 4 on pre-sale & paid extra fiver for 'skybet' championship logo........now, who's taking the piss?? UTT!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2019 10:04:25 GMT 1
Further to that, the original tweet from the club had over a thousand replies within half an hour. It doesn't take a "social media superhero" to know that that's a lot.
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Post by El Mel on Jul 17, 2019 10:04:51 GMT 1
They (PP) release a tweet / video on Monday where they're all sat trying to figure out how to make an impact with Huddersfield Town, then 48 hours later the club release this shirt design. Obvious PR exercise, obvious wind up, it's brilliant.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2019 10:05:07 GMT 1
Huddersfield and Paddy Powet - top 2 trends on UK Twitter
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Post by cheesyhtfc on Jul 17, 2019 10:07:22 GMT 1
Further to that, the original tweet from the club had over a thousand replies within half an hour. It doesn't take a "social media superhero" to know that that's a lot. Exactly - and you only need to scroll down the club's twitter page to see that it is already far and away the most commented on, retweeted and liked post.
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Post by ColchTerrier on Jul 17, 2019 10:09:51 GMT 1
Huddersfield and Paddy Powet - top 2 trends on UK Twitter Job. Done. Brilliant by PP and HTAFC.
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Post by space hardware on Jul 17, 2019 10:09:58 GMT 1
Bit worried that we just seem to be the butt end of a joke for Paddy Power - first the announcement video and then this. I hope they didn't pay £Xm just to fuck with us for PR gains. Grow up. All those years of being little, unheard-of-globally Huddersfield Town, well today the world is talking about us, they know who we are. It doesn't matter how you market your product just so long as you get it into people's heads. As long as this IS a wind up, then I think it's a masterstroke. We've just spent two years in the Premier League, it's not like we're fucking unknowns any more! Let's hope the commercial team have negotiated a nice wedge for us to be Paddy Power's social media bitch.
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Post by Champers on Jul 17, 2019 10:10:25 GMT 1
They (PP) release a tweet / video on Monday where they're all sat trying to figure out how to make an impact with Huddersfield Town, then 48 hours later the club release this shirt design. Obvious PR exercise, obvious wind up, it's brilliant. Exactly. Sean Jarvis probably had a good afternoon in some pub in Dublin with their head guys and explained about the club and the perceptions of us in the football world. They've put their heads together and come up with a great bit of storytelling as a way to announce their partnership with us, cleverly incorporating the kit reveal too. Shame it's gone over so many heads.
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Post by HalifaxTerrier on Jul 17, 2019 10:10:26 GMT 1
The new badge is just as atrocious as the huge sponsor but unfortunately that bit is actually real!
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Post by In sooth- - on Jul 17, 2019 10:10:35 GMT 1
Reminds me in the home match against,I think Palace,in the late 1960`s.
In their strips they looked like cigarette packets of Players No. 6 !
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Post by TomTheTerrier on Jul 17, 2019 10:10:58 GMT 1
Love this.
Paddypower are masters of free PR. Their strategy is just to ‘disrupt’.
I think it’s brilliant, and we’re trending everywhere, versus absolutely nobody giving a toss about our kit launch bar us normally.
A real shame we didn’t have them when we were in the Prem.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2019 10:11:09 GMT 1
They may have researched DATM and realised there is a really wind up able group?
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Post by town1 on Jul 17, 2019 10:11:30 GMT 1
Nothing on Umbro twitter account. Perhaps they don’t like being the butt of Paddy Power jokes either.
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Post by joeyjoneslocker on Jul 17, 2019 10:12:13 GMT 1
This could turn out to be the best ever PR decision by Town for social media presence
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