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Re: Announcement expected? : Thu Nov 29, 2018 11:04 pm  
I preferred the promotion of last year of trying to get at least 1,000 season ticket sales.
I think we got to two thirds of that minimum target.
I thought at the time and said that in my view we weren't proactive enough in trying to sell tickets.
It is not enough to slap tickets somewhere and expect them to sell with some supporting advertising.
You have to take some of the tickets out there and the staff sell them personally.
We could have sold a thousand in my view.

Anyway that's history.
I should imagine the majority will repurchase, say 80%?

500 maybe could be sold ....
I think that is hardly York territory numbers-wise.

On players, I don't think they can support ticket sales with new recruitment announcements ... because there are only 2 and they are old hat now.

Our best hope is we start well and folk will turn out to watch a table-topping side.
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I should imagine only a hard core will be revved up. The rest will at best be curious and hopeful.

Thank goodness for Matty Beharrell.
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Re: Announcement expected? : Fri Nov 30, 2018 8:20 am  
In all honesty I was posting out of frustration I can't shake the feeling we are nowhere near where we need to be and keep looking to the website for hope but instead keep finding drivel. Judging by the signings of our rivals we appear to be unable to compete financially with them. If this is the case I'd rather the club be honest and advise as much and that we will have to cut our cloth accordingly. Managing your customers' expectations is one of the first things you learn in any customer facing role and whether the club is willing to accept it or not fans are paying customers whose money has to be earned.

Alternatively if the club's budget is equal or bigger than our rivals and we are consistently unable to afford the better players then the budget is being mismanaged and the club should be asking itself why.

I am aware that facilities etc can play a part in these things but the keepmoat should surely put us ahead in that department.
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Re: Announcement expected? : Fri Nov 30, 2018 10:03 am  
I mentioned that I don't understand marketing even though I run my own business. I do very much understand customer relations and that's what makes my business tick. I look after my customers by addressing all their worries and concerns. As a business gets bigger (mine's only small), it does becomes harder to please all of the people all of the time.

On the positive side, Club Doncaster and the Dons do interact with fans. We have the fans' panel where all fans can ask questions, and ideas put forward are always considered. Carl seems pretty good at answering emails that are sent to him, so he doesn't cut himself off from everyone. I doubt many CEO's make themselves available in this way.

Unless we can see spreadsheets showing each club's wage bill, it's impossible for us to know whether one club is spending more than another. We can only guess. I doubt we will ever be able to get conclusive evidence on this. I believe Gavin Baldwin is a very honourable man (and a great asset to Club Doncaster) so I have no reason not to believe him when he says we've got a higher budget this year than last.

The spending of the budget must be the sole responsibility of the coach. From the fans panel meetings I've attended, I do get the firm view from Carl that Richard Horne is the man who decides how to spend the money and has full control over the players who come and go. Once owners give a man the job of managing the team, they should keep well clear of recruitment and retention.

It appears that Richard Horne is happy with the squad he's got; a squad he feels is capable of winning the league, or at least getting promotion. I know the counter argument could be that he would have to say that wouldn't he? I don't honestly believe Richard Horne is the type of person to have his strings pulled by someone else though.

With regards to communications generally, I dislike the 'sound bite' communication world we seem to live in. I miss the old In The Dugouts with Carl as that gave everyone a chance to have their questions answered each week and for us to be kept up-to-date with what was going on generally. I suppose that format did become a bit stale with things getting quite personal between some fans and Carl.

There's probably a limit to the 'hot news' stories the club can put out anyway so there's going to be periods of relative quiet at this time of year, although we're all keen and itching for something to get excited about.
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Re: Announcement expected? : Fri Nov 30, 2018 5:39 pm  
I was quite shocked with the results I got back when I sent for the credit score & credit limits reports for Doncaster RLFC,Doncaster Rovers & Club Doncaster.
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Re: Announcement expected? : Fri Nov 30, 2018 6:01 pm  
Do tell.
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Re: Announcement expected? : Fri Nov 30, 2018 6:02 pm  
Go on then Geoff? We're all hanging on your every word.
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Re: Announcement expected? : Fri Nov 30, 2018 6:17 pm  
Go on then Geoff? We're all hanging on your every word.

I don't think its it the done thing to post the 11 page report on here.
Anyone can get the same report
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Re: Announcement expected? : Fri Nov 30, 2018 7:15 pm  
Post us a link then ... or do a 4 line summary.
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Re: Announcement expected? : Sat Dec 01, 2018 6:07 pm  
Can't keep us hanging Geoff? Is it bad news :(
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Re: Announcement expected? : Sat Dec 01, 2018 8:39 pm  
Seriously Geoff! Please let us know! I'm terrified for the future of our club
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