Starbug wrote:
I assume you are mid fifties in age faxcar, obviously as are all current Halifax fans, by your reckoning only by being the best club in the country can you entice any new fans
Sorry you are wrong about myself and all current Fax fans.
Age has nothing to do with it unless you want to discriminate.
I never mentioned or "reckoned" at being the best in the country.
Simply you need to have a winning or competitive side playing rugby that's good to watch against your current opposition to have the best chance of maintaining or increasing your support and making progress, that includes fan base and corporate base.
You can market all you like but without the above you will be severely hampered on two of the most important income streams.
I don't think marketing is the single most important factor.
If you look at Bradford as a model of progress from the rest of the pack on and off the field and back down again if I had to choose one thing at the root of the cause it would be miss management.
They failed to manage what they had across the board.
Same at all the other clubs who get into difficulties.
Same as the game as a whole for that matter from Red Hall down.
Probably the single most important factor is proper management.
If you don't agree fair enough, keep taking cheap shots but it only shows you have nothing constructive left to say.
To conclude.
My original posting was nothing to do with marketing or the business side of things.
I was simply saying in view of how much negative commentary had been said about one of our directors and main benefactors it would not be good for the club if we joined in and contributed to him walking away and it may be better to focus on what we know for a fact he has done rather than what we don't know about.