Excuses At The Ready

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  1. Con

    Conan Troutman Well-Known Member

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    What are we going to do to keep blaming the club and not the fans when there's less than ten thou there on Satdi??

    Jay: £23 is far too expensive for football unless you're living in la la land. You could get a weekly shop for that.

    SuperTyke: The club have done nothing to promote this offer.

    Dyson: Whatever Jay says/si thi/**** on etc etc

    Johnny Coachman: I watched Barnsley play Workington in 1968 and it cost me half a sixpence. I'm going to watch a random even that costs about £2 to put and it will only cost me £10. Including ale.

    Anymore for anymore??
     
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    Me - I cant be arsed sometimes.
     
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  3. SuperTyke

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    So basically what you're saying is that people keep giving the same two reasons for the falling attendances. I wonder if that is maybe because they are the two reasons for falling attendances? Just a thought
     
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  4. Con

    Conan Troutman Well-Known Member

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    I've given four for starters.
     
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  5. SuperTyke

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    You've given two serious reasons. The cost and lack of promotion of the club.
     
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    Just shows your ignorance. We paid more than half a sixpence in 1968 and we beat Workington 2-1 and the attendance for that Division 4 game was 11427.
     
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  7. Loko the Tyke

    Loko the Tyke Administrator Staff Member Admin

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    But the club have done pretty much nothing to promote the offer

    haven't they?

    Surely that's a fact, and not an excuse?
     
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    Killer ants

    Apparently they are prowling pontefract road waiting to pick off any sky sports fanatics
     
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    Less than ten thousand Barnsley fans or the crowd in total?
     
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    Re: But the club have done pretty much nothing to promote the offer

    Apart from:

    Twitter Advertising
    Facebook Advertising (Club and We are Barnsley 10K and 16K fans respectively)
    Radio
    Chronicle Advert
    Mentioned in several places in last weeks Chronicle including Lodgies Column
    Email Newsletters

    Posters are available
    And other things in the pipeline perhaps.

    No they've done **** all.

    Don't forget the change in price was agreed last week.
     
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  11. Loko the Tyke

    Loko the Tyke Administrator Staff Member Admin

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    I think you'll find I was asking a question

    so take a step off that high horse you seem so comfortable sitting on.

    More fool them if they wait until so late in the day to solve something that's been such an obvious issue since the day they announced the category system.

    I would hazard a guess that if people who live in Barnsley and access the BBS feel like the club haven't advertised the offer properly, then chances are they haven't. The local community should be more than aware.

    As for posters being available - why would anyone want a poster of a ticket offer? Hardly one for the front room wall!

    Twitter, Facebook, and e-shot letter - all of five minutes work then? Wonder what they did with the other 8 hours and 55 minutes of the shift that day.
     
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    Asda

    Folks get more kicks out of a trip to the supermarket..... Gazing at a cucumber is a lot more entertaining, or so it seems, (not that I would know anything about that, like).
     
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  13. SuperTyke

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    Re: Asda

    So fired, what are you thinking when you're gazing at a long, thick, hard cucumber? hmm?
     
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  14. Gordon Owen

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    Re: I think you'll find I was asking a question

    So they can put the posters up in their locals or tweet them on their own accounts possibly?
     
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    Re: I think you'll find I was asking a question

    Well I'm still on this high horse are you going to buy a ticket this season ;) I'm mean pay for one and not borrow someone's season ticket (when you occasionally come to a game I mean!) ;)
     
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    Re: Asda

    Not me you numpty, my other half does the shopping whilst I'm at the match. ;-)
     
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  17. Loko the Tyke

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    Re: I think you'll find I was asking a question

    Aware of that, but I'd be more concerned at what efforts the club have put in to putting those posters up - we shouldn't be relying on the support of the fans.
     
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  18. SuperTyke

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    Re: Asda

    Maybe there's something he'd like to tell you about himself lol
     
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  19. Gally

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    Re: I think you'll find I was asking a question

    Why? It seems were are only a community club when it suits?
     
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    Re: But the club have done pretty much nothing to promote the offer

    Like I keep saying I think the club face an almost impossible job generating enough interest to make a real difference to the attendance. Aside from getting back into the premier league I can't think of a way to turn this tide.
     
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