Dave_Og Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Oh dear...so the Friday afternoon Oldham Athletic weekly Newsletter has just hit my inbox. Never knew there was such a thing and they have had my email address for years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjointed Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Never knew there was such a thing and they have had my email address for years This for me as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevesidg Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Never knew there was such a thing and they have had my email address for years Same for me too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticsPete Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Here's an idea. On the assumption that people want the club to improve why not get in touch by sending them something like "I would like to receive your weekly email newsletter . Here's my email address. Please ensure that I'm on the mailing list. Thanks" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midsblue Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Serious question - if it was free entry, would we fill the ground? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc1955 Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Serious question - if it was free entry, would we fill the ground? Not a chance...we'd be lucky to hit 7000! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarddog73 Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Didn't Bury try it and they got around 8,000. Try it next weekend and get the buckets out for donations, pay what you like sort of thing, I'd stick my £20 in for starters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
real Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Here's an idea. On the assumption that people want the club to improve why not get in touch by sending them something like "I would like to receive your weekly email newsletter . Here's my email address. Please ensure that I'm on the mailing list. Thanks" Yeah, blame customers for not being contacted by a business. Good God you're not just sanguine about the decline, you actively deflect blame from the club. This is why people stop coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticsPete Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Yeah, blame customers for not being contacted by a business. Good God you're not just sanguine about the decline, you actively deflect blame from the club. This is why people stop coming. Silly boy. There's clearly a problem and I was suggesting a partial solution . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Serious question - if it was free entry, would we fill the ground? Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
real Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Silly boy. There's clearly a problem and I was suggesting a partial solution . Cut the patronising crap insults. People can't be expected to ask for something on the off chance it might happen. You protest just a bit too much on behalf of the club. Papering over the cracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nonaenever Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Serious question - if it was free entry, would we fill the ground? "Probably" "Maybe" ! - a few years ago it would have been "definitely" (celebration Sunday - thousands couldn't get in) - but we've sunk so low performance wise now that I`m not actually sure we would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticsPete Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Cut the patronising crap insults. People can't be expected to ask for something on the off chance it might happen. You protest just a bit too much on behalf of the club. Papering over the cracks. Your comments remind me of a quotation from Thomas Paine ... "To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead " Night night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaddySmoker Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 (edited) Your comments remind me of a quotation from Thomas Paine ... "To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead " Didnt he use to play for Southampton? Edited November 6, 2016 by ChaddySmoker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostofcecere Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Not a chance...we'd be lucky to hit 7000! Last time we did it we had people locked out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hometownclub Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Last time we did it we had people locked out I think it would be a different story if we did it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
real Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Your comments remind me of a quotation from Thomas Paine ... "To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead " Night night That doesn't really fit. I gave a clear reason why I thought you'd missed the point. That you chose to ignore it shows that your quote fits you quite well - was it intended to be a self appraisal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
real Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 I think it would be a different story if we did it now. Didn't we do a few matches at £2 that didn't sell out? I can't imagine that price would attract many fewer than free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticsPete Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 I'll type slowly for you real. There's a clear problem with the club not contacting people who believe that Latics have missed their email addresses off the mailing list. It will be better for them if the club rectifies this. It will also be better for the club. You still following? How could this be done? Well , as I suggested, one way is for those affected to contact the club - that way there's little excuse for them being missed off in future, The onus is on the club. Now do you understand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
real Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 I'll type slowly for you real. There's a clear problem with the club not contacting people who believe that Latics have missed their email addresses off the mailing list. It will be better for them if the club rectifies this. It will also be better for the club. You still following? How could this be done? Well , as I suggested, one way is for those affected to contact the club - that way there's little excuse for them being missed off in future, The onus is on the club. Now do you understand? Again you're trying the patronising crap. Grow up. Try this THE CLUB ALREADY HAVE THEIR EMAIL ADDRESSES So, by your logic, the club are already at fault Now do YOU understand? And can you make a point without descending to school yard insults? And without wrapping your words up in mis-placed quotes like a beggar claiming the purpose of an emperor? (sic) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticsPete Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Yes,the club have the email addresses but seem to have lost them ! Doh ! So let's put that right - remind it , request it, by getting in touch if anyone's has been lost . How would you put matters right if not in this way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bozman Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Sorry to butt in on your little argument, but it is on topic. I know a Latics fan, who lives down south and hasn't been to a game for a couple of years. Hereceived an email from the club last week, noting that he hadn't bought a ticket for a while and asking him what might persuade him to start coming back again. I'd say that's a fairly proactive move from the club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
real Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 If the club are using on line ticket purchases to identify lapsed customers I think that's a great move. Can't fault it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 Didn't we do a few matches at £2 that didn't sell out? I can't imagine that price would attract many fewer than free. I think they were at a fiver. The £2 match was Carlisle on a Tuesday night I think and we got about 8,000 so that price dis attract far fewer than free did. It'd be the same now I reckon - £2 would get about 6 to 7,000, if it was free we'd get a full house. Always. Pretty much none of these people would come back on a regular basis though so I hope we never bother trying it again. At the £2 game I had a father & son sat next to me who kept referring to the free Grimsby game several years earlier as "last time". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 (edited) .. Edited November 7, 2016 by HarryBosch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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