Today's scoreboard post from me

It's still far too small but it seems we are stuck with it so

I notice that the club have realised it's failings and abandoned the team sheet style list. Good move. If it can't do it then don't do it.

I also notice that they have changed the advertising on it completely to much bigger logos on a darker background to make them stand out. Another good move.

A few suggestions. Make a video that goes with the 'inspirational' commentary played before the players come out. It displays videos so might as well use it.
Make a video to go with the theme tune. I'm not sure what video would go with it though, perhaps it's time to commission a totally new piece of music for our theme tune? Dreamy get Jim Johnston on the phone.
Use the board to display latest scores occasionally, at least at half time and full time.
Display ticket news on the board
Buy a bigger one (hi Tyrone)

 

No way in hell did that cost £100k. It simply can't have.

Did anybody feel a sense of irony when a much much bigger scoreboard made its way past the ground on the back of a lorry at full time?

 

Makes you wonder how clubs like Man Utd and Liverpool get by with a scoreboard half the size of ours ....

 

How much of the old one could you see? The new one is in exactly the same place. Well almost exactly, it's set in the same framework but protrudes out a few more inches

 

How much of the old one could you see? The new one is in exactly the same place. Well almost exactly, it's set in the same framework but protrudes out a few more inches

 

If it was bigger and they started putting up latest scores again it would be good. Jim Johnston now that's a guy who knows how to create a piece of music for any occasion.

 

Did you go on Tuesday night? They made quite significant changes to it between the two games. What was displayed on tuesday honestly could not be read from the other half of the pitch.

 

They're not struggling for money

 

I wonder if it's anything to do with the state of the art facilities in the concourses, the BIG TVs they have down there and the TV channel that they own to show everything to fans after games instead.

I'd quite happily swap our scoreboard for a pegboard if we got all the above in return

 

Have you ever been to a ground that use it to its full potential and gee up the crowd before hand with emotional videos from last games, players etc? Brighton for example? Or Man City when they do their lights out? It can completely change the pre match atmosphere. Our atmosphere didn't need it today but it will in midweek.

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State of the art facilities - been to either ground recently? I've attended both in the last 12 months -What are super facilties you speak off ? Liverpool have free wi fi which is a bonus - apart from a lick of paint there's not much difference

 

We had all the sponsors displayed on the board today - would that not have made us money? What else are these boards supposed to do make money?

 

Were all the sponsors on the board already the club partners or sponsors?

 

Rotherham have a scoreboard at the away end which isn't that big and a big TV at the other end to show the line-ups and replays, they haven't got that much money so why couldn't we do something similar?

 

Spot on. I was sat in east upper and it looked a massive improvement to me. People moaning for the sake of it. Also, thoroughly enjoyed watching the leicester game before kick off on the screens downstairs. And I guess beating Derby 2-0 on our first home game back in the champ wasn't bad either.