steveoafc Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 I just think it might p**s more latics fans off than its worth, if there season ticket holders then they wont say next season im gonna stop my season ticket and go and watch oldham are they. If they enjoyed the football maybe some could be tempted to attend when city are away. I think we should tap into any market we can, it all benefits our club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flytrap Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 My reply:- Hi Alan, Thanks for the offer of you giving up your time, I'm not exactly sure when I'm free next week, but I will take you up on your kind offer sometime in the near future. As you know there are several issues I wish to clarify not least the perceived lack of marketing from the club, the negativity eminating from the boardroom and the unwillingness to take on the many viable (proven at other clubs) money-making initiatives suggested by fans. As you know many of the concerns I share are indicative of the wider fanbase and have been for a number of years. Kind Regards Paul don't think so pal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookers_Carl Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 don't think so pal. Why not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc0000 Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 don't think so pal. I think it is pretty much undeniable that a lot of people share prozacs complaints... The world is bigger than you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flytrap Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 I think it is pretty much undeniable that a lot of people share prozacs complaints... The world is bigger than you slagging off AH? I don't share his views. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackey Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 slagging off AH? I don't share his views. Where did he slag off Hardy in his comments here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc0000 Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 slagging off AH? I don't share his views. You have stated you don't share his views... but when someone menthions the wider fan base they aren't just talking about you.. Like I said, the world is bigger than you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Where did he slag off Hardy in his comments here? Where did he say he'd slagged of Hardy in his comments here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 (edited) You have stated you don't share his views... but when someone menthions the wider fan base they aren't just talking about you.. Like I said, the world is bigger than you and you too. "wider" fan base is very non-specific but prozacs views as posted on this board are very rarely indicative of the majority of fans I know and speak to. as yours aren't. Edited October 10, 2010 by HarryBosch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc0000 Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 (edited) and you too. "wider" fan base is very non-specific but prozacs views as posted on this board are very rarely indicative of the majority of fans I know and speak to. as yours aren't. So the "wider fans base" means your mates Edited October 10, 2010 by oafc0000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 So the "wider fans base" means your mates it'll mean whatever you want it to mean i suppose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takemeanywhere Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Where did he slag off Hardy in his comments here? Where did he say he'd slagged of Hardy in his comments here? Where did he say that he said that he said that he slagged off Hardy and thing and stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Where did he say that he said that he said that he slagged off Hardy and thing and stuff? Where did I say that he said that he said that he said that he slagged off Hardy and thing and stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athleticus Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 You have stated you don't share his views... but when someone menthions the wider fan base they aren't just talking about you.. Like I said, the world is bigger than you Actually the worlds a lot bigger than you believe it or not. I know this might be hard to get your head round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Actually the worlds a lot bigger than you believe it or not. I know this might be hard to get your head round. it's gonna take him so long to get his head around I reckon he might miss the next home game as a result mark my words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveoafc Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Where did I say that he said that he said that he said that he slagged off Hardy and thing and stuff? My head hurts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canada_latic Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 apologies for lack of structure to this post! Why does everything involve the ticket office...... Vouchers for kids - go to the ticket office city fans for plymouth - go to the ticket office main stand on matchday - go to the ticket offie Bury are allowing anybody in this weekend for £5 if they walk up with a season ticket. I'm going to go just because i have nothing else to do.....would i go if i had to go over and get a ticket beforehand? probably not!! Like someone else has posted i think - why not travel round the schools selling tickets? Stalls in Oldham? I know when i go to spain, i can get tickets for some games in the local shops. It seems to me that the club is doing its best to come up with ideas to bring people to the games...but they have to visit the club beforehand.....get out there and push people to the ground When i was a lad, the club arranged our school (and others in the borough) to play a local school of our opponant one saturday and then gave the players a free ticket for the game....I know 2 people who go to today only after their experiance in this type of thing. (FYI - It was norwich in the premier league!) There's loads of things to do but its clear oldhamers don't want to come to the ground on matchdays - get out there pick them up and push them down sheepfoot lane! When my dad first took me, i wanted to go to liverpool but he dragged me into the main paddock and 20 years later, here i am. Half time entertainment - wheres the crossbar challange? put something on even if it's just a kids 5 a side! I seem to remember one year - they asked all the local amateur sides to put a sprinter forward and they raced up the pitch (or was i dreaming that!). No offence to the blue crew - but how about some cheerleaders you can have a look at :p!! Scoreboard - you cant tell me that revenue lost in the last 5 years? would not have paid for a new scoreboard.... +1 I agree, that's a very good idea. Ask Alan is there anything being done by the club to get in the community to get the fans to come to matches? My local ice hockey team sells tickets in a variety of stalls in the city and one of the major supermarkets sells there tickets in there stores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelaticsfan Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 At the end of the day the state of our financing means we have to tighten our belts, which I think were doing ok with at the moment, I mentioned in my meeting with him about a reward scheme, and he took me through the whole process and where the money goes to and in the end we only make profit is the scheme's are taken on by a large amount of people (about the same as people buying programmes) Alan is very hard up when it comes to giving money away and I for one applaud it! say what you want but Id rather have him at the helm than a chief exec who's lenient, or we would be in a much worse position than we are now. so if we put that aside, what is Alan like? how many other chief execs invite you over for a cuppa to discuss the club? how many of them will take the time to listen to you and do all in their power to keep the customer satisfaction at such a high level? they may do this on a large scale to several hundred fans at a time but not to an individual. I for one am grateful for Alan Hardy, without him, I think we would be in a lot worse position than we find ourselves at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razza699 Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 Where did he say that he said that he said that he slagged off Hardy and thing and stuff? And ting ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boundaryblue80 Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 At the end of the day the state of our financing means we have to tighten our belts, which I think were doing ok with at the moment, I mentioned in my meeting with him about a reward scheme, and he took me through the whole process and where the money goes to and in the end we only make profit is the scheme's are taken on by a large amount of people (about the same as people buying programmes) Alan is very hard up when it comes to giving money away and I for one applaud it! say what you want but Id rather have him at the helm than a chief exec who's lenient, or we would be in a much worse position than we are now. so if we put that aside, what is Alan like? how many other chief execs invite you over for a cuppa to discuss the club? how many of them will take the time to listen to you and do all in their power to keep the customer satisfaction at such a high level? they may do this on a large scale to several hundred fans at a time but not to an individual. I for one am grateful for Alan Hardy, without him, I think we would be in a lot worse position than we find ourselves at the moment Alan Hardy gets stick for doing a job he just simply shouldn't be doing. He's not a commerical manager and never will be. He's the man who sorts out stuff with the FA and keeps that side of things in order...arranging promotions etc. just shouldn't be down to him! But this is part of the tree being cut into a million pieces...when Sean Jarvis left, I fully expected him to be replaced. Full time! I've since been told by a Trust Member that Simon Corney was meant to be doing this...SC came in, did the odd promotion, lost heart after the Brighton and Northampton £2 games produced little long term reward and has since devoted his time elsewhere like looking for land to buy and the Failsworth project etc. Leaving Hardy holding the baby....... This is fundamentally why we're in the commercial mess we're in! Guy Walker was a small ray of hope that we were rectifying this situation...sadly, that revolving door at Boundary Park did yet another turn extraordinarily quickly. Why do these "rays of hope" not last long and stay? I'd guess it's because they turn up, find their hands tied and they leave...and we keep on chip, chip, chipping away at everything...the stadium we're currently at, the fanbase, the commerical viability (over £100 per head now on a matchday in the box....do me a favour!!!) with the "hope" of a pipedream that in reality couldn't be much of a worse potential scenario...going onto Eastlands doorstep. Worried??? Too f****** right I am!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 Alan Hardy gets stick for doing a job he just simply shouldn't be doing. He's not a commerical manager and never will be. He's the man who sorts out stuff with the FA and keeps that side of things in order...arranging promotions etc. just shouldn't be down to him! But this is part of the tree being cut into a million pieces...when Sean Jarvis left, I fully expected him to be replaced. Full time! I've since been told by a Trust Member that Simon Corney was meant to be doing this...SC came in, did the odd promotion, lost heart after the Brighton and Northampton £2 games produced little long term reward and has since devoted his time elsewhere like looking for land to buy and the Failsworth project etc. Leaving Hardy holding the baby....... This is fundamentally why we're in the commercial mess we're in! Guy Walker was a small ray of hope that we were rectifying this situation...sadly, that revolving door at Boundary Park did yet another turn extraordinarily quickly. Why do these "rays of hope" not last long and stay? I'd guess it's because they turn up, find their hands tied and they leave...and we keep on chip, chip, chipping away at everything...the stadium we're currently at, the fanbase, the commerical viability (over £100 per head now on a matchday in the box....do me a favour!!!) with the "hope" of a pipedream that in reality couldn't be much of a worse potential scenario...going onto Eastlands doorstep. Worried??? Too f****** right I am!!! until we get success on the pitch there'll be very little commercial to manage anyway promotion/promotion push = be all and end all of everything to do with the club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takemeanywhere Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 He's not a commerical manager and never will be. Commercial Manager was actually the position he held prior to becoming Chief Executive. I take your point though, he shouldn't be doing both roles and the sooner that Guy Walker's replacement is in place, the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 (edited) So, we have a Chief Executive who takes the time to read fans' views and in this case is willing to take the time with oafcprozac to discuss them over a cuppa at BP. And in oafcprozac we have a dedicated fan who contributes much here and is happy to take up Alan's offer. And yet all some people on here can do is question to what extent oafcprozec represents the fans' views, and who would clearly rather he didn't bother. As far as I'm concerned, oafcprozac has expressed his views in detail often enough on here, and had enough people post in agreement with him, to think that he does represent at least some of us. For those claiming he doesn't, maybe you too would like to set out your views in detail for the rest of us and Alan and others to consider, instead of just sitting on the sidelines and sniping like the bunch of immature selfish idiots many of you are. Edited October 14, 2010 by garcon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 So, we have a Chief Executive who takes the time to read fans' views and in this case is willing to take the time with oafcprozac to discuss them over a cuppa at BP. And in oafcprozac we have a dedicated fan who contributes much here and is happy to take up Alan's offer. And yet all some people on here can do is question to what extent oafcprozec represents the fans' views, and who would clearly rather he didn't bother. As far as I'm concerned, oafcprozac has expressed his views in detail often enough on here, and had enough people post in agreement with him, to think that he does represent at least some of us. For those claiming he doesn't, maybe you too would like to set out your views in detail for the rest of us and Alan and others to consider, instead of just sitting on the sidelines and sniping like the bunch of immature selfish idiots many of you are. someone claiming he represents their views and that someone saying "hang on, no he doesn't" is hardly "sniping" is it? calm down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 (edited) For those claiming he doesn't, maybe you too would like to set out your views in detail for the rest of us and Alan and others to consider surely that's the choice of individual? where does it say to disagree with something you have to suggest/have an alternative? you share the same kind of twisted logic as my wife Edited October 14, 2010 by HarryBosch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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