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Post by mosher on May 11, 2023 16:07:04 GMT 1
This. I bought several Town-themed polo shirts for starting back at work. Some from Togs, some from Terrace Store, but by far the most expensive were direct from Town, IIRC £40 for a chuffing polo shirt. Dont go into the club shop much, but occasionally i'll have a mooch round to see how much they're charging for overpriced tat, from watches to wallets to polo shirts i cant believe the price of some stuff, most of it mass produced junk with a town emblem on. Mostly, although I have to say the polo shirt I bought is pretty sturdy material and seems more robust than the ones from Terrace Store and Togs. I've never had a problem with the quality of their polo shirts (I'm wearing one today I bought over 5 years ago) but as you say, the majority of the merch just seems to be mass-produced cheap tat with a Town badge on.
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Post by mosher on May 11, 2023 16:11:16 GMT 1
Short Term Immediate repairs/maintenance to the stadium Immediate involvment in community projects Pay for the womens teams sponsorship/insurance for the seasonNot going to ruin finances and will get people immediately on side. Although Super Kev doesnt seem to need any help getting people to like him based on his social media 🤣 This 100%. I know some see promotion of the women's game as some bullshit woke exercise, how many women and girls would end up coming to watch the mens' team too if we were seen to be actively supporting the ladies? Maybe they wouldn't have had to get rid of so many of their decent players (or had them poached) this season if we were helping out. Some kind of link to the men's season tickets too to encourage more guys to go see the ladies in action. They used to give free tickets to the reserves and youth games with STs so what's the difference?
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Post by royrace on May 11, 2023 16:24:23 GMT 1
Sort the branding out. I'm not talking about the shirts, but the graphics on Twitter etc. We're putting Clipart level stuff out there. Get a modern visual identity that makes us look professional and slick - I bet you could set it as dissertation project at the university and pretty much any final year design student would be able to come up with something better than we have. I've been complaining about this for about 10 years. Please, Kevin, please. On a similar note, I'd even argue changing the badge again. Whoever commissioned the last one was doing some serious penny pinching. Yup, not a complete overhaul but just something to stop it looking tiny and barely visible in relation to all other clubs. Must it really be inside a shield?! Maybe simplify it a tad but lose the shield so you can see it properly. A decent fan zone would surely be a money maker and maybe not just on match days, Rope Walk would be ideal although maybe not big enough. Any American would be disgusted by the service levels at the catering outlets so hopefully some big improvements to come if the club can take ownership. Faster service alone would double profits! Proper coffee and more appealing food offerings too. Also lets get back to tempting fans with ticket offers along the lines of quid a kid, friend for a fiver etc. They should aim to fill all the empty seats with potential new fans and bollocks to the season ticket holders who moan about it! At £250 they have no right! It's the best way of growing the fan base alongside success on the pitch of course.
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Post by town1971 on May 11, 2023 16:25:40 GMT 1
Negotiate with Radio to get our own station for match commentary.
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Post by Maynardblue on May 11, 2023 16:31:28 GMT 1
Some very good suggestions
I'd also like to see some investment into the women's team. It's a growing sport and would be good to see them treated better and would promote the club brand also.
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Post by royrace on May 11, 2023 16:31:55 GMT 1
Would love to see some bigger TV'S downstairs while watching the games that are on a dinner time kick off while having a pint or some food as the screen is so small and with all the advertisements around as the boarder its a bit shite my eyes hurt and i wear glasses! Aye the TVs are utter crap, they were better in 1994 when the stadium first opened as they were angled down the concourse so more people could see them. Having them flat to the wall massively limits who can see them and causes congestion due to rubber necking. They're also tiny, which with the price of TVs these days is very silly. Might tempt people in much earlier if there's visible TVs with something worth watching with a pint and some decent food. Maybe thats the solution to a fan zone, just make eating and drinking under the stands much more appealing pre match.
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Post by sabailand on May 11, 2023 16:37:20 GMT 1
Re catering, only a small thing but give people the choice to pay with cash or card, dont buy from catering anyway but i think folk should still have the choice, young lad or lass might want something to drink/eat but if no card they'd have to do without.
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Post by boooothy on May 11, 2023 16:40:15 GMT 1
A priority ticket system, where you pay say 20 pounds. You then get priority buying ticket’s regardless off how many games you’ve attended.
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Post by Sio on May 11, 2023 16:48:11 GMT 1
Some very good suggestions
I'd also like to see some investment into the women's team. It's a growing sport and would be good to see them treated better and would promote the club brand also. Can you pass them on to Kev?
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Post by sabailand on May 11, 2023 16:54:50 GMT 1
A priority ticket system, where you pay say 20 pounds. You then get priority buying ticket’s regardless off how many games you’ve attended. Sorry for dragging it up again but they had a perfectly good one, if someone goes to lots of away matches they should get priority, cant see the problem, loyalty is rewarded, and for what its worth i dont go to every away game, far from it.
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Post by steo1986 on May 11, 2023 16:58:36 GMT 1
Would love to see some bigger TV'S downstairs while watching the games that are on a dinner time kick off while having a pint or some food as the screen is so small and with all the advertisements around as the boarder its a bit shite my eyes hurt and i wear glasses! Aye the TVs are utter crap, they were better in 1994 when the stadium first opened as they were angled down the concourse so more people could see them. Having them flat to the wall massively limits who can see them and causes congestion due to rubber necking. They're also tiny, which with the price of TVs these days is very silly. Might tempt people in much earlier if there's visible TVs with something worth watching with a pint and some decent food. Maybe thats the solution to a fan zone, just make eating and drinking under the stands much more appealing pre match. You would think going onto the concourse it was a league 1 or 2 club we are in the championship you want people to eat and drink on the concourse then the TV's need to be bigger put some championship football or premier league game on that's on that dinner time and make it viewable to everyone plus take the god dam advertisements off round the screen as it makes the picture even bloody smaller!!! you want pre match to be enjoyable & affordable otherwise we might as well just come into the ground with 5 mins before game kicks off but the people i come with we get there early mainly for parking but we enjoy a pint pre match and its just what you do before a football match its not just about what happens on the pitch.
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Post by richhtfc on May 11, 2023 16:59:58 GMT 1
Sort free WiFi at the ground out, I know people are there to watch the game not be on their phones, but before the game and at half time it would open up all sorts of merchandising opportunities.
Obviously it would be opt-in, but the possibilities for the club to market to the fans seems a basic opportunity missed to me, even people just updating their socials etc while at the ground is free advertising for the match day experience.
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Post by Maynardblue on May 11, 2023 17:05:18 GMT 1
Some very good suggestions
I'd also like to see some investment into the women's team. It's a growing sport and would be good to see them treated better and would promote the club brand also. Can you pass them on to Kev? Don't you think he'll be reading this? 😉 Also apparently some Americans don't care for the diminutive, Kev, not sure why though 🤔 maybe Mr Nagle is fine with it.
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Post by htfc63 on May 11, 2023 17:10:19 GMT 1
Agree with most of what’s been mentioned especially sorting the toilets out and getting a fanzine the like of what we had at canalside. My other beef is with the online ticket system as when we have big games ticketmaster are absolutely useless. Trying to renew season tickets online was a pain as I spoke to many who tried and failed..
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Post by incognito on May 11, 2023 17:20:21 GMT 1
I'd like to see the club push to allow us - and everybody else - to handle our own broadcasting and website, free of EFL Digital. iFollow is a disgrace, and we deserve better. Doesn't have to be a whole slick Town TV Channel - just a stream that starts on time and doesn't keep cutting out would be a start; a second camera would be luxury! Audio is even worse - no qualms with Radio Leeds delivering it, but the technical side is a farce. The EFL websites most clubs are tied into inc Town are an absolute disgrace. It's like something from about 2008. Yes - time to do our own thing on the digital platforms. Peterborough managed to do it a couple of years ago so we're evidently not irrevocably bound to this central EFL Digital deal.
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Post by rockwall on May 11, 2023 17:25:16 GMT 1
Find a logistical way to put away fans in the upper tier behind the goal and have the south stand fully ours.
The excuse of things getting thrown to the lower tier is bull. Many teams have fans above or below the oppositions.
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Post by overtonterrierspirit on May 11, 2023 17:28:13 GMT 1
Find a logistical way to put away fans in the upper tier behind the goal and have the south stand fully ours. The excuse of things getting thrown to the lower tier is bull. Many teams have fans above or below the oppositions. Exactly. The best example being Newcastle. If they stand up to chuck something they’ll soon sit down again when the vertigo kicks in.
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Post by joeyjoneslocker on May 11, 2023 17:34:22 GMT 1
Feeding hot water to the toilets would be a financial catastrophe. Fanzone is a great idea but has to be at the ground, a zone on Leeds Rd isn’t a fanzone, it’s just a different place to go and only good for those coming in from that side of town. West Brom’s was decent, as was Everton’s.
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Post by sabailand on May 11, 2023 17:35:05 GMT 1
Agree with most of what’s been mentioned especially sorting the toilets out and getting a fanzine the like of what we had at canalside. My other beef is with the online ticket system as when we have big games ticketmaster are absolutely useless. Trying to renew season tickets online was a pain as I spoke to many who tried and failed.. Our first fanzine HOTT appeared about 1990(ish), got better over time, still got them in a shoe box somewhere.
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Post by Sio on May 11, 2023 17:35:56 GMT 1
Find a logistical way to put away fans in the upper tier behind the goal and have the south stand fully ours. The excuse of things getting thrown to the lower tier is bull. Many teams have fans above or below the oppositions. A few years ago I would've agreed with this but I don't think our current setup does us any harm. Means we keep our section of the SS packed (which probably wouldn't happen if it was expanded), and we keep the away fans penned in on both sides. I reckon the atmosphere would actually suffer if the away fans were tucked away out of sight.
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Post by dbterrier32 on May 11, 2023 17:36:22 GMT 1
Some very good suggestions I'd also like to see some investment into the women's team. It's a growing sport and would be good to see them treated better and would promote the club brand also. Women’s footy is massive in America, so I think we may invest in it when Nagle comes in
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2023 17:42:24 GMT 1
I've been complaining about this for about 10 years. Please, Kevin, please. On a similar note, I'd even argue changing the badge again. Whoever commissioned the last one was doing some serious penny pinching. Yup, not a complete overhaul but just something to stop it looking tiny and barely visible in relation to all other clubs. Must it really be inside a shield?! Maybe simplify it a tad but lose the shield so you can see it properly. A decent fan zone would surely be a money maker and maybe not just on match days, Rope Walk would be ideal although maybe not big enough.Any American would be disgusted by the service levels at the catering outlets so hopefully some big improvements to come if the club can take ownership. Faster service alone would double profits! Proper coffee and more appealing food offerings too. Also lets get back to tempting fans with ticket offers along the lines of quid a kid, friend for a fiver etc. They should aim to fill all the empty seats with potential new fans and bollocks to the season ticket holders who moan about it! At £250 they have no right! It's the best way of growing the fan base alongside success on the pitch of course. Gas Club?
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2023 17:44:37 GMT 1
Short Term Immediate repairs/maintenance to the stadium Immediate involvment in community projects Pay for the womens teams sponsorship/insurance for the seasonNot going to ruin finances and will get people immediately on side. Although Super Kev doesnt seem to need any help getting people to like him based on his social media 🤣 This 100%. I know some see promotion of the women's game as some bullshit woke exercise, how many women and girls would end up coming to watch the mens' team too if we were seen to be actively supporting the ladies? Maybe they wouldn't have had to get rid of so many of their decent players (or had them poached) this season if we were helping out. Some kind of link to the men's season tickets too to encourage more guys to go see the ladies in action. They used to give free tickets to the reserves and youth games with STs so what's the difference?I'm sure there was a season or two - guessing under Davy - where a season ticket came with a handful of vouchers for Giants games. Even I went, and I can't stand egg-chasing - but somebody else might have got the bug.
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Post by steo1986 on May 11, 2023 17:52:47 GMT 1
Sort free WiFi at the ground out, I know people are there to watch the game not be on their phones, but before the game and at half time it would open up all sorts of merchandising opportunities. Obviously it would be opt-in, but the possibilities for the club to market to the fans seems a basic opportunity missed to me, even people just updating their socials etc while at the ground is free advertising for the match day experience. I think town need to start making everything to the in and now and future and not the old and out of date stuff we need to go along with the times unfortunately we are living in the past with everything its time to update maybe be innovative but just been up to date would be a great start we are a championship club we need to act like one!
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Post by Orinoco on May 11, 2023 18:00:56 GMT 1
Need to sort the management, playing squad and strucure of the club and try and stabilise things 1st I would have thought.
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Post by townarentbest on May 11, 2023 18:07:31 GMT 1
I'd like to see the club push to allow us - and everybody else - to handle our own broadcasting and website, free of EFL Digital. iFollow is a disgrace, and we deserve better. Doesn't have to be a whole slick Town TV Channel - just a stream that starts on time and doesn't keep cutting out would be a start; a second camera would be luxury! Audio is even worse - no qualms with Radio Leeds delivering it, but the technical side is a farce. iFollow won’t exist after this next season.
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Post by Torquayterrier on May 11, 2023 18:15:24 GMT 1
Oddly enough I've never had an issue with iFollow. Saw loads of games during lockdown and occasionally dip in when it's an important game and I can't make it. Never failed me but if enough folk have had a different experience fair enough. Let's see what replacement service looks like.
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Post by Mastercracker on May 11, 2023 18:31:20 GMT 1
The EFL websites most clubs are tied into inc Town are an absolute disgrace. It's like something from about 2008. Yes - time to do our own thing on the digital platforms. Peterborough managed to do it a couple of years ago so we're evidently not irrevocably bound to this central EFL Digital deal. Yeah there’s a list on the EFL website of clubs signed up to their website platform, it’s much smaller than I imagined as I thought everyone in the EFL circa 1999 had signed their lives away to it. That’s obviously not true. There’s just 6 champ clubs signed up.
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Post by Wingman on May 11, 2023 18:46:12 GMT 1
Sort the branding out. I'm not talking about the shirts, but the graphics on Twitter etc. We're putting Clipart level stuff out there. Get a modern visual identity that makes us look professional and slick - I bet you could set it as dissertation project at the university and pretty much any final year design student would be able to come up with something better than we have. I've been complaining about this for about 10 years. Please, Kevin, please. On a similar note, I'd even argue changing the badge again. Whoever commissioned the last one was doing some serious penny pinching. Yes! Let's get rid of the dumb shield and go back to the original , which looked so much better. Bit of traditional in the modern doesn't hurt. Fully agree with getting the links to the women's team rebuilt too; free entry for SC holders to their games would be a start.
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Post by rickrast on May 11, 2023 18:50:50 GMT 1
Ditch the "Terriers" label....irritating little ankle biters, crapping in the street. And don't start me on the actual dogs!
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