Re: Singings for next year.it might improve crowds this year : Tue Aug 09, 2016 5:28 pm  

jeffvickers wrote:

Hi. Mr negative here.

We won't improve under the current Board of Directors.

All the sponsors appear to be small local businesses.

The Council are over the top regarding match day servicing.

Prices are too high to attract new fans.
There appears no effort to attract new fans.

I expect us to sign players on similar contracts that Dewsbury offer.

Oh, and Ridyard and McNally

Hands off

Both contracted at Leigh until November 2018.

Re: Singings for next year.it might improve crowds this year : Tue Aug 09, 2016 8:35 pm  

87legends. wrote:

Wow there going to bring the fans in.who is are marketing director..what is he doing.where has 750k gone.lets get these questions answered

I don't remember whether it was on here or in the programme but I'm pretty certain the money question has been answered,

For me we could have bought a Steve Redgrave rowing machine and 32 seater with a toilet at the end of this season, but we are where we are. Sometimes signings don't come off, we had some money, and now we have less.

We need to recruit quality, not quantity. We still have a nucleus that with 3-4 quality players added, could easily help us bring on some younger players. I would still expect we can afford to trim the squad and get them in, if they'll come.

Re: Singings for next year.it might improve crowds this year : Tue Aug 09, 2016 9:54 pm  

jeffvickers wrote:

Hi. Mr negative here.

We won't improve under the current Board of Directors.

All the sponsors appear to be small local businesses.

The Council are over the top regarding match day servicing.

Prices are too high to attract new fans.
There appears no effort to attract new fans.

I expect us to sign players on similar contracts that Dewsbury offer.

Oh, and Ridyard and McNally

So how does the club get bigger businesses to get involved? How do you get a random person with no interest in HXRLFC to drop a million quid in to the club with no hope of ever getting a return? We cant even find someone with an interest in HXRLFC who has a spare 1m to give away. On that note its probably underestimated how much the BOD have put in to the club with no hope of return, not that most of them either want one or expect one. When you compare us to the financial state of some other clubs the BOD have done a great job to even get us anywhere near the top 4 or would people rather us field WUP's every month or go all out for the top 4 and nearly kill the club like another chairman did?

As for signings to attract fans, we could sign Jonathan Thurston and it probably wouldnt even put 200 on the gate. People seem to forget what the crowds were like when we finished 3rd in SL, if we couldnt attract good crowds then it shows the problems the club faces trying to attract crowds now.

Re: Singings for next year.it might improve crowds this year : Wed Aug 10, 2016 6:43 am  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

So how does the club get bigger businesses to get involved? How do you get a random person with no interest in HXRLFC to drop a million quid in to the club with no hope of ever getting a return? We cant even find someone with an interest in HXRLFC who has a spare 1m to give away. On that note its probably underestimated how much the BOD have put in to the club with no hope of return, not that most of them either want one or expect one. When you compare us to the financial state of some other clubs the BOD have done a great job to even get us anywhere near the top 4 or would people rather us field WUP's every month or go all out for the top 4 and nearly kill the club like another chairman did?

As for signings to attract fans, we could sign Jonathan Thurston and it probably wouldnt even put 200 on the gate. People seem to forget what the crowds were like when we finished 3rd in SL, if we couldnt attract good crowds then it shows the problems the club faces trying to attract crowds now.

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I agree with you that the BoD have done a fantastic job as without them the club would be extinct. They have baled out the club with loans when technically it is insolvent.

No big business will invest as there is little or no exposure for them. the fact that we don't own the stadium and only have gate receipts for revenue is a big problem for us.

The club business plan must be built on the shifting sands of the previous season. They have to plan ahead based on what they hope to achieve in the following season. I'll bet they were expecting top 4 again this year and will have planned next season around that. Not sustainable for long term development in my humble opinion.

Re: Singings for next year.it might improve crowds this year : Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:02 am  

Which would be better, one investor with pocket loads of cash,who dominates the club, ( Salford, Leigh)or several smaller investors that will allow the BoD to run the club, of course investors need to have an interest in R L, they would not put money into an enterprise they don t understand. Did Fax not employ a new Business Manager with lots of contacts? What happened to him?
As for the playing side I expressed my thoughts on another thread, smaller squad, quality players ( maybe could then afford some of them to be full time) and bring in the reserves, and forgive my impure thoughts, D /R to fill the gaps.
May be it is a good job I am 000's of miles away, I can feel the backlash already.

Re: Singings for next year.it might improve crowds this year : Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:32 am  

the fax in asia wrote:

Did Fax not employ a new Business Manager with lots of contacts? What happened to him?

Craig Poskitt? Disappeared same time as Tony Ray Abbott

Re: Singings for next year.it might improve crowds this year : Wed Aug 10, 2016 12:11 pm  

jeffvickers wrote:

Craig Poskitt? Disappeared same time as Tony Ray Abbott

We got a guy from cricket to replace Craig Poskitt.

What about Tony though? Is he still around? Does Reactiv, or whatever his company may be called now, still have shares? Anyone know?

Re: Singings for next year.it might improve crowds this year : Wed Aug 10, 2016 1:09 pm  

Not sure what are commercial manager does.poskitt did seem to be more hands on.dont hear of any sponsorship deals anymore.or yeah we did get a sponsor from a small tv repair shop in sowerby bridge.big deal.

Re: Singings for next year.it might improve crowds this year : Wed Aug 10, 2016 2:24 pm  

87legends. wrote:

Not sure what are commercial manager does.poskitt did seem to be more hands on.dont hear of any sponsorship deals anymore.or yeah we did get a sponsor from a small tv repair shop in sowerby bridge.big deal.

Probably a small deal but without them we'd be beggared!

Re: Singings for next year.it might improve crowds this year : Wed Aug 10, 2016 2:44 pm  

Hudd-Shay wrote:

Probably a small deal but without them we'd be beggared!

Completely agree and to them it is probably not a small deal. Small businesses don't have great amounts of cash to throw around. We should be thankful for all our sponsors.