Re: Are Trinity becoming irrelevant? : Tue Mar 16, 2021 7:21 am  

Redscat wrote:

I wonder if we could have a word with our "Friends" on Wakefield City Council and at each road into the City (not the district) erect new eye catching boundary signs with the legend: "WELCOME TO WAKEFIELD HOME OF WAKEFIELD TRINITY RLFC", or similar. It would remind locals and visitors that we do have a club every time they come into town.

Good idea RC. - I remember a sign coming off the M1 at Durkar- ‘welcome to Wakefield the home of Wakefield Europort ’
So, if it’s assumed we are all proud of something nobody knows anything about, why not our local RL team steeped in history!

[Wildthing]

Re: Are Trinity becoming irrelevant? : Tue Mar 16, 2021 7:51 am  

We definitely need to do more as a club to promote Wakefield Trinity, we haven't been very good at this for years.
A supporters volunteer group would be good, people chipping in with idea's, plans, printing etc?
Hammer the city and surrounding areas just prior to each match day, getting posters up everywhere?

Re: Are Trinity becoming irrelevant? : Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:03 am  

No pop tart I'm not saying we have pot loads of money, just the opposite. I'm saying it's the first thing not only the management but the fans are quick to point out the lack of. It,
I for one get sick of hearing it, no money for this that and the other.
Let's be honest the Wakefield public have been let down on a number of occasions over the years by verious management teams with only the most ardent fan remaining.. The club in my view don't engage with the Wakey public in general and certainly don't encourage visiters to the ground. When the new stadiums under way the club will need a number of insentives to to encourage new supportes and not just expect a boom in attendances.
I'm 64 now and have supported Trinity for m any years,, I used to be in a group of 6 it's now only 2., we used to stand next to people who over the years have disappeared but it's more noticeable over the last 8 years or so.
The club in my view seem content to cut its cloth accordingly without doing anything to create a successful buz

Re: Are Trinity becoming irrelevant? : Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:06 am  

I'm sure I have seen a sign with Wakefield the home of the Hepworth Gallery.

Re: Are Trinity becoming irrelevant? : Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:09 am  

On the plus side, the merchandise and number of people wearing it has grown massively and it's great to see so many people wearing the red, white & blue of Trinity

Re: Are Trinity becoming irrelevant? : Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:13 am  

Khlav Kalash wrote:

What if the team isn't or very good a winning games, how can the club increase the average to get more revenue to boost the chances of winning more games?

Sorry Klav but if you aren’t very good at winning games you don’t deserve more support it’s that simple imo. All the hype in the world won’t get you a single fan if the product is poor.

Don’t get me wrong I saw the screen ad your on about and I’d like to see us do a bit more like that. However it’s very much a side issue.

The biggest advert the club could have is an open top bus parading the CCup winning team through the city. That’s what gets people interested.

I honestly believe we as fans are so conditioned to failure that we have forgotten what it’s all about. We’ve just seen it on another thread and it’s a bit of a cancer at the club. I certainly think if rubs of on the players some of whom know deep down they can get away with giving up in big games because we have.

It’s always the Coach or the BOD to blame, well it isn’t it’s all of us including fans and players.

All of us need to up our game and fans need to stop feeling sorry for themselves and just back the chuffin club! We are the best salesmen but all most Trinity fans do is moan and then complain that nobody cares about Trinity any more (not you).

Try being like Cas fans for a change, they start most seasons believing they have already won it, might work, optimism can be just as infectious as pessimism.

Re: Are Trinity becoming irrelevant? : Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:14 am  

wrencat1873 wrote:

On the plus side, the merchandise and number of people wearing it has grown massively and it's great to see so many people wearing the red, white & blue of Trinity

There is no plus side apparently, how dare you.

Re: Are Trinity becoming irrelevant? : Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:21 am  

lampyboy wrote:

No pop tart I'm not saying we have pot loads of money, just the opposite. I'm saying it's the first thing not only the management but the fans are quick to point out the lack of. It,
I for one get sick of hearing it, no money for this that and the other.
Let's be honest the Wakefield public have been let down on a number of occasions over the years by verious management teams with only the most ardent fan remaining.. The club in my view don't engage with the Wakey public in general and certainly don't encourage visiters to the ground. When the new stadiums under way the club will need a number of insentives to to encourage new supportes and not just expect a boom in attendances.
I'm 64 now and have supported Trinity for m any years,, I used to be in a group of 6 it's now only 2., we used to stand next to people who over the years have disappeared but it's more noticeable over the last 8 years or so.
The club in my view seem content to cut its cloth accordingly without doing anything to create a successful buz

Well stop watching then if it causes you such pain, it’s not helping any of us is it. Ever thought of leaving the past in the past where it belongs and looking to the future?

You can learn from the past for certain but you and a fair few others wallow in it, as I say you enjoy it but then have the audacity to cover it up as concern.

I find it so wrong and disrespectful to all those past and present who’ve worked so hard to keep us on SL and they still are.

Without giving anything away there is an embryonic project in the making that could help transform the club. It’s hugely early days but my biggest and only fear is that it won’t get the support it needs from the fans. If we were Cas I or even Batley I wouldn’t be the least bit concerned.

Why not be positive, just for once, for heavens sake a ball has not even been passed in anger yet!

Re: Are Trinity becoming irrelevant? : Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:48 am  

Vastman I am a life long fan with opinions and a general interest in the club, just because my views differ from you doesn't mean I should keep my opinions to myself or even stay away from watching.
Supporters would have to have a saveer case of rose tinted to not see the club shortfalls.
You always manage to turn your responses in to a negative attack on the original poster..
We all have the club at heart and would love to be part of successful club going forward, hell fire we have been part of a club that seems to bobble along the bottom for long enough. Yes we have some encouraging signs but I honestly believe the club seem lost when it comes to marketing and engaging with the local public.

Re: Are Trinity becoming irrelevant? : Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:53 am  

lampyboy wrote:

Vastman I am a life long fan with opinions and a general interest in the club, just because my views differ from you doesn't mean I should keep my opinions to myself or even stay away from watching.
Supporters would have to have a saveer case of rose tinted to not see the club shortfalls.
You always manage to turn your responses in to a negative attack on the original poster..
We all have the club at heart and would love to be part of successful club going forward, hell fire we have been part of a club that seems to bobble along the bottom for long enough. Yes we have some encouraging signs but I honestly believe the club seem lost when it comes to marketing and engaging with the local public.

The Club have any number of volunteers doing all sorts of jobs (i know cos i am one). Why not contact MC with your ideas and how you see them working and the cost, and how you could help implement and I'm sure they would be willing to listen?