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Post by townrwe on Jul 18, 2019 9:50:05 GMT 1
Looking back over the last few years in particular, the club has been lucky with an immense amount of goodwill from the supporters.
The chairman and manager Wagner absolutely untouchables, and to some extent despite a shocking managerial start seiwert probably had as high an approval rating as any manager ever has with such a start to their career.
Phil Hodgkinson unfortunately doesn't have the history as chairman to fall back on, and that leaves him needing to build trust and approval, his trump card was been picked by deano.
This paddy power prank, sniping at datm at Q&A, 2 premier league loans and another foreign player that never arrived.... I think the club at the minute are at risk of sowing fruits, that once picked will leave a sour taste and the fans will turn.
I understand that its "bantz", I understand the PR side of it, I'm not sure an older generation does, probably half of the fan base.
Working. Class. Club.
Think it's time already that in any meeting for strategy, recruitment, PR, anything. That those words are the first item on the agenda and the last.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2019 10:04:39 GMT 1
Looking back over the last few years in particular, the club has been lucky with an immense amount of goodwill from the supporters. The chairman and manager Wagner absolutely untouchables, and to some extent despite a shocking managerial start seiwert probably had as high an approval rating as any manager ever has with such a start to their career. Phil Hodgkinson unfortunately doesn't have the history as chairman to fall back on, and that leaves him needing to build trust and approval, his trump card was been picked by deano. This paddy power prank, sniping at datm at Q&A, 2 premier league loans and another foreign player that never arrived.... I think the club at the minute are at risk of sowing fruits, that once picked will leave a sour taste and the fans will turn. I understand that its "bantz", I understand the PR side of it, I'm not sure an older generation does, probably half of the fan base. Working. Class. Club. Think it's time already that in any meeting for strategy, recruitment, PR, anything. That those words are the first item on the agenda and the last. to answer your post I can think of a lot who should disappear lol. |
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Post by TomTheTerrier on Jul 18, 2019 10:05:37 GMT 1
We can still be a working class club and not exist in the 1970s.
Whether you like this approach or not, the club rightly are embracing modern football marketing - and this means you exist as a brand across the globe, not just around the streets of Huddersfield.
We have to move with the times or we will see the negative impact in years to come - 65 year old Malcolm who reads the Examiner and gets angry on DATM night not appreciate the approach but 11/12 year old youngsters in the Yorkshire area who spend their lives on Instagram and exist in a much more global world will likely appreciate seeing their club / town engaging on a national scale in a way that resonates with them.
It’s a balance definitely but we have to move with the times whilst still preserving the ethos of what makes us us.
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Post by townrwe on Jul 18, 2019 10:11:25 GMT 1
We can still be a working class club and not exist in the 1970s. Whether you like this approach or not, the club rightly are embracing modern football marketing - and this means you exist as a brand across the globe, not just around the streets of Huddersfield. We have to move with the times or we will see the negative impact in years to come - 65 year old Malcolm who reads the Examiner and gets angry on DATM night not appreciate the approach but 11/12 year old youngsters in the Yorkshire area who spend their lives on Instagram and exist in a much more global world will likely appreciate seeing their club / town engaging on a national scale in a way that resonates with them. It’s a balance definitely but we have to move with the times whilst still preserving the ethos of what makes us us. It's ashame that the instagram followers and twitter fans have come to us because we are making ourselves look stupid rather than gaining them for been good at football... You reap what you sow and we are sowing sour fruits, this will come back to bite the club on its arse if it keeps it up. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2019 10:25:01 GMT 1
We can still be a working class club and not exist in the 1970s. Whether you like this approach or not, the club rightly are embracing modern football marketing - and this means you exist as a brand across the globe, not just around the streets of Huddersfield. We have to move with the times or we will see the negative impact in years to come - 65 year old Malcolm who reads the Examiner and gets angry on DATM night not appreciate the approach but 11/12 year old youngsters in the Yorkshire area who spend their lives on Instagram and exist in a much more global world will likely appreciate seeing their club / town engaging on a national scale in a way that resonates with them. It’s a balance definitely but we have to move with the times whilst still preserving the ethos of what makes us us. I'm far from a 65 year old fan (less than half that age) and I think the whole thing is an embarrassment as well as totally tarnishing the club and what we've stood for since the day Hoyle took over. The changing times of course have to be considered but the club doesn't have to change everything it stands for/stood for just to pander to one demographic. If you think this approach is right for 11 and 12 year old kids then I'd suggest you spend some time looking at the impact gambling has on kids. A lot of which is brought about by the excessive advertising they do. It's not just being sponsored by a gambling firm that I don't agree with though, if anything being sponsored by a gambling firm is something we just have to suck up and hope we can get a better one next time. What I really disagree with is the massive U-turn the club appears to be doing & that is what is really making me lose faith right now. Since the day Dean Hoyle took over we've all been immensely proud of the club as a whole, the way it conducts itself, the work it does in the community, the fan first approach, the charity work and its openness. The club created a charter that defined everything it did. You can see it here - www.htafc.com/club/club-charter/Pretty much everything in that charter has been thrown in the gutter for a bit of extra commercial income. Joke or not, I couldn't care less now. The club has sold itself to something we wouldn't have even dreamt of 6 months ago. Relegation I can accept, it was always going to happen, but if this is our approach going forward then there will be plenty who become disengaged with the club and lose faith in how it is run. Lets hope it's a blip, a simple mistake the club learns from, but if not I worry for the direction the club is going to take. |
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Post by Htfc1987 on Jul 18, 2019 10:32:21 GMT 1
I absolutely hate this PR stunt they’re doing, it was funny for the first couple of hours, now it’s just ridiculous. I still don’t see what we get out of it. People on here saying we’re getting lots of publicity, but it’s not good publicity is it! Other teams fans are laughing at how shite our shirt is and mocking us. I’ve had numerous friends who support teams like Forest and Bradford call me up laughing at me and shit. We were mocked all last season for how shite we were now we’re going out of our way, with the help of paddy power, to take the piss out of the club just for a bit of publicity. They’ve seriously buggered up here imo, and at the end of the day we are just Paddy Powers bitch.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2019 10:32:24 GMT 1
Looking back over the last few years in particular, the club has been lucky with an immense amount of goodwill from the supporters. The chairman and manager Wagner absolutely untouchables, and to some extent despite a shocking managerial start seiwert probably had as high an approval rating as any manager ever has with such a start to their career. Phil Hodgkinson unfortunately doesn't have the history as chairman to fall back on, and that leaves him needing to build trust and approval, his trump card was been picked by deano. This paddy power prank, sniping at datm at Q&A, 2 premier league loans and another foreign player that never arrived.... I think the club at the minute are at risk of sowing fruits, that once picked will leave a sour taste and the fans will turn. I understand that its "bantz", I understand the PR side of it, I'm not sure an older generation does, probably half of the fan base. Working. Class. Club. Think it's time already that in any meeting for strategy, recruitment, PR, anything. That those words are the first item on the agenda and the last. If we didn't have so many absolute fuckwits on DATM then he'd have no reason to snipe at DATM. Take note. |
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Post by TomTheTerrier on Jul 18, 2019 10:54:21 GMT 1
We can still be a working class club and not exist in the 1970s. Whether you like this approach or not, the club rightly are embracing modern football marketing - and this means you exist as a brand across the globe, not just around the streets of Huddersfield. We have to move with the times or we will see the negative impact in years to come - 65 year old Malcolm who reads the Examiner and gets angry on DATM night not appreciate the approach but 11/12 year old youngsters in the Yorkshire area who spend their lives on Instagram and exist in a much more global world will likely appreciate seeing their club / town engaging on a national scale in a way that resonates with them. It’s a balance definitely but we have to move with the times whilst still preserving the ethos of what makes us us. I'm far from a 65 year old fan (less than half that age) and I think the whole thing is an embarrassment as well as totally tarnishing the club and what we've stood for since the day Hoyle took over. The changing times of course have to be considered but the club doesn't have to change everything it stands for/stood for just to pander to one demographic. If you think this approach is right for 11 and 12 year old kids then I'd suggest you spend some time looking at the impact gambling has on kids. A lot of which is brought about by the excessive advertising they do. It's not just being sponsored by a gambling firm that I don't agree with though, if anything being sponsored by a gambling firm is something we just have to suck up and hope we can get a better one next time. What I really disagree with is the massive U-turn the club appears to be doing & that is what is really making me lose faith right now. Since the day Dean Hoyle took over we've all been immensely proud of the club as a whole, the way it conducts itself, the work it does in the community, the fan first approach, the charity work and its openness. The club created a charter that defined everything it did. You can see it here - www.htafc.com/club/club-charter/Pretty much everything in that charter has been thrown in the gutter for a bit of extra commercial income. Joke or not, I couldn't care less now. The club has sold itself to something we wouldn't have even dreamt of 6 months ago. Relegation I can accept, it was always going to happen, but if this is our approach going forward then there will be plenty who become disengaged with the club and lose faith in how it is run. Lets hope it's a blip, a simple mistake the club learns from, but if not I worry for the direction the club is going to take. Taking gambling out of the equation (OPE was gambling too) and gambling in football is a much bigger debate - I completely disagree and hope we do more smart marketing like this to help build the profile of the club. The reference to age was a sweeping statement - there’ll be some older who love it and some younger who hate it. My more general point was about embracing modern marketing to stay relevant in the world of football. Football is taken far too seriously. Personally I think it’s great that we can laugh at ourselves and our underdog image. |
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Post by galpharm2400 on Jul 18, 2019 11:01:58 GMT 1
get a huge owner from Qatar, put the blue back into the shirts and continue to give free meals to kids to cover it.. get some 'class' so the ordinary working man can feel proud about himself???
or win some fucking games so the common man can feel good not just about his club but how they are actually 'PLAYING' which some seem to forget is the single most important thing in this 'BUSINESS'.. no business, no club to give 2 shits about either way..
its a shit shirt for a stunt..you take yourself and small things too seriously and it will fuck you up..
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2019 11:12:08 GMT 1
Looking back over the last few years in particular, the club has been lucky with an immense amount of goodwill from the supporters. The chairman and manager Wagner absolutely untouchables, and to some extent despite a shocking managerial start seiwert probably had as high an approval rating as any manager ever has with such a start to their career. Phil Hodgkinson unfortunately doesn't have the history as chairman to fall back on, and that leaves him needing to build trust and approval, his trump card was been picked by deano. This paddy power prank, sniping at datm at Q&A, 2 premier league loans and another foreign player that never arrived.... I think the club at the minute are at risk of sowing fruits, that once picked will leave a sour taste and the fans will turn. I understand that its "bantz", I understand the PR side of it, I'm not sure an older generation does, probably half of the fan base. Working. Class. Club. Think it's time already that in any meeting for strategy, recruitment, PR, anything. That those words are the first item on the agenda and the last. If we didn't have so many absolute fuckwits on DATM then he'd have no reason to snipe at DATM. Take note. When was the sniping and what did he say? I never heard him say anything at the Q&A? Obviously I missed something. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2019 11:14:11 GMT 1
I'm far from a 65 year old fan (less than half that age) and I think the whole thing is an embarrassment as well as totally tarnishing the club and what we've stood for since the day Hoyle took over. The changing times of course have to be considered but the club doesn't have to change everything it stands for/stood for just to pander to one demographic. If you think this approach is right for 11 and 12 year old kids then I'd suggest you spend some time looking at the impact gambling has on kids. A lot of which is brought about by the excessive advertising they do. It's not just being sponsored by a gambling firm that I don't agree with though, if anything being sponsored by a gambling firm is something we just have to suck up and hope we can get a better one next time. What I really disagree with is the massive U-turn the club appears to be doing & that is what is really making me lose faith right now. Since the day Dean Hoyle took over we've all been immensely proud of the club as a whole, the way it conducts itself, the work it does in the community, the fan first approach, the charity work and its openness. The club created a charter that defined everything it did. You can see it here - www.htafc.com/club/club-charter/Pretty much everything in that charter has been thrown in the gutter for a bit of extra commercial income. Joke or not, I couldn't care less now. The club has sold itself to something we wouldn't have even dreamt of 6 months ago. Relegation I can accept, it was always going to happen, but if this is our approach going forward then there will be plenty who become disengaged with the club and lose faith in how it is run. Lets hope it's a blip, a simple mistake the club learns from, but if not I worry for the direction the club is going to take. Taking gambling out of the equation (OPE was gambling too) and gambling in football is a much bigger debate - I completely disagree and hope we do more smart marketing like this to help build the profile of the club. The reference to age was a sweeping statement - there’ll be some older who love it and some younger who hate it. My more general point was about embracing modern marketing to stay relevant in the world of football. Football is taken far too seriously. Personally I think it’s great that we can laugh at ourselves and our underdog image. I agree the club need to embrace modern marketing but that doesn't have to mean making ourselves a laughing stock, getting into bed with a company known for their lack of respect for the rules and forgetting the principles the club has been built on. I don't post regularly on here but for those that know me know that I'm more than happy to have a laugh at the clubs expense, but only to an extent. For me this has gone too far. A joke kit launch for a few hours is fine but now the FA are involved and rightly the club should be punished for breaking the rules. We've been spoilt with success the last few years but the charity bike rides, walks, breakfast club, fan engagement from the owner, commitment to doing things right etc. meant we could have stayed in League 1 and there's a good number who would still have been more proud of our club than ever before. We're now risking all of that to the extent of breaking FA rules just for a bit of 'modern marketing' exposure. To me that's too far and the huge numbers that also disagree with it prove to me that this was a mistake. Look at Bristol City with their player celebration GIFs, Sunderland with a Netflix documentary, multiple clubs with brilliant one line social media responses that go viral and pick up coverage all over the place. There's so many ways to get this level of coverage without having to stoop to the lows that Paddy Power are forcing us to. I think we can agree to disagree, but to me using moving with the times or modern marketing as an excuse for this isn't right. |
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Post by Nickhudds.UTT on Jul 18, 2019 11:17:16 GMT 1
We don’t want to be like the Leeds oxo cube thing ! Its not good
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Post by malcolmbrown on Jul 18, 2019 11:18:38 GMT 1
We can still be a working class club and not exist in the 1970s. Whether you like this approach or not, the club rightly are embracing modern football marketing - and this means you exist as a brand across the globe, not just around the streets of Huddersfield. We have to move with the times or we will see the negative impact in years to come - 65 year old Malcolm who reads the Examiner and gets angry on DATM night not appreciate the approach but 11/12 year old youngsters in the Yorkshire area who spend their lives on Instagram and exist in a much more global world will likely appreciate seeing their club / town engaging on a national scale in a way that resonates with them. It’s a balance definitely but we have to move with the times whilst still preserving the ethos of what makes us us. I'm far from a 65 year old fan (less than half that age) and I think the whole thing is an embarrassment as well as totally tarnishing the club and what we've stood for since the day Hoyle took over. The changing times of course have to be considered but the club doesn't have to change everything it stands for/stood for just to pander to one demographic. If you think this approach is right for 11 and 12 year old kids then I'd suggest you spend some time looking at the impact gambling has on kids. A lot of which is brought about by the excessive advertising they do. It's not just being sponsored by a gambling firm that I don't agree with though, if anything being sponsored by a gambling firm is something we just have to suck up and hope we can get a better one next time. What I really disagree with is the massive U-turn the club appears to be doing & that is what is really making me lose faith right now. Since the day Dean Hoyle took over we've all been immensely proud of the club as a whole, the way it conducts itself, the work it does in the community, the fan first approach, the charity work and its openness. The club created a charter that defined everything it did. You can see it here - www.htafc.com/club/club-charter/Pretty much everything in that charter has been thrown in the gutter for a bit of extra commercial income. Joke or not, I couldn't care less now. The club has sold itself to something we wouldn't have even dreamt of 6 months ago. Relegation I can accept, it was always going to happen, but if this is our approach going forward then there will be plenty who become disengaged with the club and lose faith in how it is run. Lets hope it's a blip, a simple mistake the club learns from, but if not I worry for the direction the club is going to take. An excellent post. Sums up everything to a tee. But you really should get with the bantz bruv. It's the 21st century grandad. Forget having class and concerns about gambling. It's all about the money, money, money .. |
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Post by galpharm2400 on Jul 18, 2019 11:21:14 GMT 1
Looking back over the last few years in particular, the club has been lucky with an immense amount of goodwill from the supporters. The chairman and manager Wagner absolutely untouchables, and to some extent despite a shocking managerial start seiwert probably had as high an approval rating as any manager ever has with such a start to their career. Phil Hodgkinson unfortunately doesn't have the history as chairman to fall back on, and that leaves him needing to build trust and approval, his trump card was been picked by deano. This paddy power prank, sniping at datm at Q&A, 2 premier league loans and another foreign player that never arrived.... I think the club at the minute are at risk of sowing fruits, that once picked will leave a sour taste and the fans will turn. I understand that its "bantz", I understand the PR side of it, I'm not sure an older generation does, probably half of the fan base. Working. Class. Club. Think it's time already that in any meeting for strategy, recruitment, PR, anything. That those words are the first item on the agenda and the last. If we didn't have so many absolute fuckwits on DATM then he'd have no reason to snipe at DATM. Take note. make your mind up..he tells you what is going on, it does not come off immediately and there is still plenty of time, or keep total silence about what may be happening and annoy you the other way? it seems you have the problem.. Im the older generation and I understand the reason for PR and sponsorship because its a fucking business and until we have the success that others have and continue with it for some time its a hugely expensive one to run on the right side of being viable. Phils trust and approval will go through the fucking roof with an unbeaten 12 game run, its football, its a business and its a long way from yours and mine 'old local football team' struggling through another average to poor season in the lower reaches.. Lets wait, get some success and buy class as others have done? its football the 'class' dissapeared with Bobby Moore and Sir Bobby.. |
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Post by Headless Chicken on Jul 18, 2019 11:30:07 GMT 1
Goodwill...are you taking the piss?
A few arguably badly judged stunts and a poor season in the Prem and you are talking about goodwill being exhausted.
We have been spoilt in so many ways compared to nearly every other fan across the country, yet some are still quick to to turn or at least question at the first sign of trouble.
Surrounded by dickheads.
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Post by malcolmbrown on Jul 18, 2019 11:30:30 GMT 1
If we didn't have so many absolute fuckwits on DATM then he'd have no reason to snipe at DATM. Take note. make your mind up..he tells you what is going on, it does not come off immediately and there is still plenty of time, or keep total silence about what may be happening and annoy you the other way? it seems you have the problem.. Im the older generation and I understand the reason for PR and sponsorship because its a fucking business and until we have the success that others have and continue with it for some time its a hugely expensive one to run on the right side of being viable. Phils trust and approval will go through the fucking roof with an unbeaten 12 game run, its football, its a business and its a long way from yours and mine 'old local football team' struggling through another average to poor season in the lower reaches.. Lets wait, get some success and buy class as others have done? its football the 'class' dissapeared with Bobby Moore and Sir Bobby.. No it didn't. |
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Post by kennyk2 on Jul 18, 2019 11:31:10 GMT 1
Looking back over the last few years in particular, the club has been lucky with an immense amount of goodwill from the supporters. The chairman and manager Wagner absolutely untouchables, and to some extent despite a shocking managerial start seiwert probably had as high an approval rating as any manager ever has with such a start to their career. Phil Hodgkinson unfortunately doesn't have the history as chairman to fall back on, and that leaves him needing to build trust and approval, his trump card was been picked by deano. This paddy power prank, 1. sniping at datm at Q&A, 2. 2 premier league loans and another foreign player that never arrived.... I think the club at the minute are at risk of sowing fruits, that once picked will leave a sour taste and the fans will turn. I understand that its "bantz", I understand the PR side of it, 3. I'm not sure an older generation does, 4. probably half of the fan base. Working. Class. Club. Think it's time already that in any meeting for strategy, recruitment, PR, anything. That those words are the first item on the agenda and the last. 1. Thumbs up from me - I love sniping at all you lot. 2. My predictions are up the swanney. 3. You could say that the older generation are not Twitter aficionados. 4. What is the older generation? 40 plus, 50 plus, 60 plus? Lots of plucking of non-existent data out of the air townrwe. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2019 11:35:56 GMT 1
We can still be a working class club and not exist in the 1970s. Whether you like this approach or not, the club rightly are embracing modern football marketing - and this means you exist as a brand across the globe, not just around the streets of Huddersfield. We have to move with the times or we will see the negative impact in years to come - 65 year old Malcolm who reads the Examiner and gets angry on DATM night not appreciate the approach but 11/12 year old youngsters in the Yorkshire area who spend their lives on Instagram and exist in a much more global world will likely appreciate seeing their club / town engaging on a national scale in a way that resonates with them. It’s a balance definitely but we have to move with the times whilst still preserving the ethos of what makes us us. It’s not a “working class club”, it’s a “Working. Class. Club” The implication is something different. Phil is demanding and expecting that the image portrayed is one of a hard working staff who will strive every day to work towards the common goals (ultimately of winning games), that presented behaviours will be of class, style, respect and dignity, and that it’s a club...something that the community feels part of. Does PP’s brand of humour fit this? Probably not. |
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Post by hd2 on Jul 18, 2019 12:48:43 GMT 1
Looking back over the last few years in particular, the club has been lucky with an immense amount of goodwill from the supporters. The chairman and manager Wagner absolutely untouchables, and to some extent despite a shocking managerial start seiwert probably had as high an approval rating as any manager ever has with such a start to their career. Phil Hodgkinson unfortunately doesn't have the history as chairman to fall back on, and that leaves him needing to build trust and approval, his trump card was been picked by deano. This paddy power prank, sniping at datm at Q&A, 2 premier league loans and another foreign player that never arrived.... I think the club at the minute are at risk of sowing fruits, that once picked will leave a sour taste and the fans will turn. I understand that its "bantz", I understand the PR side of it, I'm not sure an older generation does, probably half of the fan base. Working. Class. Club. Think it's time already that in any meeting for strategy, recruitment, PR, anything. That those words are the first item on the agenda and the last. If we didn't have so many absolute fuckwits on DATM then he'd have no reason to snipe at DATM. Take note. What did he say about DATM? I’d say we do have a disproportionate amount of utter whoppers on here but I’m probably wrong as it likely reflects the population in general these days. |
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Post by Captainslapper on Jul 18, 2019 17:49:52 GMT 1
We can still be a working class club and not exist in the 1970s. Whether you like this approach or not, the club rightly are embracing modern football marketing - and this means you exist as a brand across the globe, not just around the streets of Huddersfield. We have to move with the times or we will see the negative impact in years to come - 65 year old Malcolm who reads the Examiner and gets angry on DATM night not appreciate the approach but 11/12 year old youngsters in the Yorkshire area who spend their lives on Instagram and exist in a much more global world will likely appreciate seeing their club / town engaging on a national scale in a way that resonates with them. It’s a balance definitely but we have to move with the times whilst still preserving the ethos of what makes us us. It’s not a “working class club”, it’s a “Working. Class. Club” The implication is something different. Phil is demanding and expecting that the image portrayed is one of a hard working staff who will strive every day to work towards the common goals (ultimately of winning games), that presented behaviours will be of class, style, respect and dignity, and that it’s a club...something that the community feels part of. Does PP’s brand of humour fit this? Probably not. If thats what Phil is demanding, then hes not got off to a great start! The image we're portraying at the moment is we want to be everyone's favourite joke club. Not a joke on the pitch like we largely were last season, but a joke off it. The club that will happily ridicule themselves for a few extra coins. The people who seem fine with this ( cos they have a great sense of humour etc ) are almost certainly the same people who were pissing themselves at Leeds's badge farce not long ago and stating what a tin pot club it made them look. Presumably they also now follow Leeds on twitter, fill any empty seats at elland road and buy their merchandising.. all on the back of their badge fiasco, as these are going to be the benefits we will be reaping by all accounts? |
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Post by benhomly on Jul 18, 2019 17:53:30 GMT 1
It’s not a “working class club”, it’s a “Working. Class. Club” The implication is something different. Phil is demanding and expecting that the image portrayed is one of a hard working staff who will strive every day to work towards the common goals (ultimately of winning games), that presented behaviours will be of class, style, respect and dignity, and that it’s a club...something that the community feels part of. Does PP’s brand of humour fit this? Probably not. If thats what Phil is demanding, then hes not got off to a great start! The image we're portraying at the moment is we want to be everyone's favourite joke club. Not a joke on the pitch like we largely were last season, but a joke off it. The club that will happily ridicule themselves for a few extra coins. The people who seem fine with this ( cos they have a great sense of humour etc ) are almost certainly the same people who were pissing themselves at Leeds's badge farce not long ago and stating what a tin pot club it made them look. Presumably they also now follow Leeds on twitter, fill any empty seats at elland road and buy their merchandising.. all on the back of their badge fiasco, as these are going to be the benefits we will be reaping by all accounts? There's one huge difference - the Leeds fiasco was a serious badge release by the club; Town are in on the joke. How can the club be a laughing stock when they're quite clearly in on it? |
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Post by turbo2 on Jul 18, 2019 18:01:04 GMT 1
Goodwill...are you taking the piss? A few arguably badly judged stunts and a poor season in the Prem and you are talking about goodwill being exhausted. We have been spoilt in so many ways compared to nearly every other fan across the country, yet some are still quick to to turn or at least question at the first sign of trouble. Surrounded by dickheads. Some folk just love to moan about anything and everything I find the majority are bullied by their other half. Just imagine if we’d had to pay the going rate for season cards. There’d be 10k at games at 10k moaning they can’t afford it (probably while smoking 20 fags a day and gambling on line ) |
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Post by deadleg on Jul 18, 2019 18:02:14 GMT 1
If I went moonwalking through town tomorrow wearing a Paddy Power G-string I'm pretty sure I'd be a laughing stock even if it was done completely off my own back.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2019 18:14:24 GMT 1
If thats what Phil is demanding, then hes not got off to a great start! The image we're portraying at the moment is we want to be everyone's favourite joke club. Not a joke on the pitch like we largely were last season, but a joke off it. The club that will happily ridicule themselves for a few extra coins. The people who seem fine with this ( cos they have a great sense of humour etc ) are almost certainly the same people who were pissing themselves at Leeds's badge farce not long ago and stating what a tin pot club it made them look. Presumably they also now follow Leeds on twitter, fill any empty seats at elland road and buy their merchandising.. all on the back of their badge fiasco, as these are going to be the benefits we will be reaping by all accounts? There's one huge difference - the Leeds fiasco was a serious badge release by the club; Town are in on the joke. How can the club be a laughing stock when they're quite clearly in on it? What joke? |
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Post by Chips Longhorn on Jul 18, 2019 18:15:28 GMT 1
There's one huge difference - the Leeds fiasco was a serious badge release by the club; Town are in on the joke. How can the club be a laughing stock when they're quite clearly in on it? What joke? Youre staking your reputation on this one aren't you Norman |
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Post by hd2 on Jul 18, 2019 18:17:38 GMT 1
Goodwill? I’m Hunting for it.   |
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Post by Captainslapper on Jul 18, 2019 18:29:21 GMT 1
If thats what Phil is demanding, then hes not got off to a great start! The image we're portraying at the moment is we want to be everyone's favourite joke club. Not a joke on the pitch like we largely were last season, but a joke off it. The club that will happily ridicule themselves for a few extra coins. The people who seem fine with this ( cos they have a great sense of humour etc ) are almost certainly the same people who were pissing themselves at Leeds's badge farce not long ago and stating what a tin pot club it made them look. Presumably they also now follow Leeds on twitter, fill any empty seats at elland road and buy their merchandising.. all on the back of their badge fiasco, as these are going to be the benefits we will be reaping by all accounts? There's one huge difference - the Leeds fiasco was a serious badge release by the club; Town are in on the joke. How can the club be a laughing stock when they're quite clearly in on it? 'In on the joke', or 'the' joke ? Bit of both perhaps. Doesn't stop us being a laughing stock either way, as ive found out at work over the past 2 days. Would Leeds's badge farce been less tin pot if 32 Red had instigated it? |
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Post by Ox Terrier on Jul 18, 2019 18:45:46 GMT 1
Whaaaaaa whaaaaaa don't laugh at me, we're a working class club and we haven't time for this silliness. We're all too busy working hard and being honest. Now stop it, you're hurting my feelings. Seriously, I might send my season card back if this carries on. This is ruining my day/week/life.
I hope PH and SJ and sat in their offices laughing their cocks off at the state of some people on here. It truly is pathetic.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2019 19:10:26 GMT 1
There's one huge difference - the Leeds fiasco was a serious badge release by the club; Town are in on the joke. How can the club be a laughing stock when they're quite clearly in on it? 'In on the joke', or 'the' joke ? Bit of both perhaps. Doesn't stop us being a laughing stock either way, as ive found out at work over the past 2 days. Would Leeds's badge farce been less tin pot if 32 Red had instigated it?
Poor baby, Have they all been ribbing you at work,, Don't you like it when its given back.
Laughing stock ? really, My mates in London think its a cracking spoof, My cousin from OZ sent me a message saying the same.
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Post by ShortbreadPete on Jul 18, 2019 19:39:13 GMT 1
If you can't laugh at yourself then you have no right to laugh at other - give and take.
Wish the idiots on DATM and social media in general would disappear
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