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Post by spik on May 25, 2022 19:18:11 GMT
Challenge Cup He doesn’t think that the Cup is as intolerable as first question said it was.
Lions Wants to make the club as one, bringing players on and into the club.
How is he to develop contact with media He is on it.
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Post by spik on May 25, 2022 19:31:02 GMT
Big round of applause as Omar is congratulated as a fan said he had rung the office to ask of something and the phone was passed to the C E O. It was said that this had not happened in the past 15 years and it was nice. Omar seemed pleased with that.
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Post by spik on May 25, 2022 19:46:54 GMT
Ok....,,,a self proclaimed ‘happy clapper’! Says can we have a library section for those who just don’t want to cheer etc. Hhmmm
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Post by iginla on May 25, 2022 19:50:24 GMT
Ok....,,,a self proclaimed ‘happy clapper’! Says can we have a library section for those who just don’t want to cheer etc. Hhmmm
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Post by iginla on May 25, 2022 19:51:22 GMT
Ask him if you can have a Supporters Club !
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Post by spik on May 25, 2022 20:01:00 GMT
It’s been asked that we get our identity back.... black/white/gold not pink, green, brown. He says he wants to see a sea of these colours like all fans in gold etc....got another round of applause.
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Post by spik on May 25, 2022 20:04:27 GMT
Ask him if you can have a Supporters Club ! I’ve spoken to him and he acknowledged my letter. I don’t want to ruin my new relationship.lol
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Post by spik on May 25, 2022 20:20:54 GMT
Will the club again have a supporters club again? Though there has been contention? If I have a supports club it will have to be gold standard.
What about having fan interaction within social media and NOT ignoring fans. Omar says within this he’s all for fans loading up their own things showing eg) fans enjoying themselves. ( suppose this depends upon where and what)....
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Post by jd on May 25, 2022 20:22:34 GMT
Ask him if you can have a Supporters Club ! Have you or Rob asked him about this iginla?
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Post by spik on May 25, 2022 20:32:46 GMT
Asked for first exclusive announcement.,,,
New player to us is on the books , can’t say who. Wants to announce this appropriately. It will come.
Can’t guarantee things but is right now challenging everyone. Staff etc...
Club has great legacy , keep following us as we announce things and things should be grammatically correct on the site.....a final round of applause.
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Post by spik on May 25, 2022 20:41:28 GMT
Going home. Positive evening.
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Post by iginla on May 25, 2022 21:07:04 GMT
Ask him if you can have a Supporters Club ! Have you or Rob asked him about this iginla? I havn’t but I can’t speak for Rob. Perhaps an email to Pach is required,although I would have thought somebody would have asked him tonight.
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Post by jd on May 25, 2022 22:04:36 GMT
Going home. Positive evening. Thanks for the updates
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Post by kievthegreat on May 25, 2022 22:17:57 GMT
Supporters Trust or Supporters Club? They aren't the same thing. Quite frankly I don't understand why you wouldn't have some form of supporters club. Should be a way to improve fan interaction and pursue extra revenue streams. Even if it's run mostly by the club, it should be a positive thing that can help people rebuild their attachment to the club. Example from my hometown football team does memberships Silver Membership (for non-ST holders) £30 per year Includes: - £10 to spend in the club shop
- 1 free ticket to a Pre-season friendly
- 1 free ticket to a home league match
- 50% of coach travel for one away match
- 10% off concessions
- Priority booking for tickets (behind ST holders, but above general sale)
- Access to members only events (Panthers equivalents would be quiz nights, skate with the players, etc...)
Gold Membership (for ST holders) £20 per year Includes: - £5 to spend in the club shop
- 1 free ticket to a Pre-season friendly
- 1 free ticket to a home league match
- 50% of coach travel for one away match
- 10% off concessions
- Priority booking for tickets (highest)
- Access to members only events (Panthers equivalents would be quiz nights, skate with the players, etc...)
You're giving fans a good deal because a single match ticket is worth more than £20 and that's before you count the rest of the perks. But you're also giving fans a reason to spend extra on you, because they might take that £10 shop discount and spend it towards a £50 shirt. At that point you've probably recouped all your money as a club.
The kids memberships are ludicrous by comparison. For just £15 you get: - A personalised membership card and a Junior Blues goodie bag
- 2x adult and 2x U16 tickets to any home League game (likely worth £50+)
- A free stadium tour for the junior when purchased with an adult
- 10% off the 2021/22 home, away or goalkeeper replica shirt
- Priority purchase period on home tickets
- Discount on mascot, Fly the Flag and stadium tour packages and the chance to be an away mascot throughout the season
- £5 discount for the birthday child at an ITFC birthday party
- An exclusive Junior Blues Discount Matchday in Planet Blue with exclusive discounts and deals only available to Junior Blues members
- Invite to exclusive Junior Blues virtual and in person events throughout the season
- Discounts and offers at the Club’s new Junior Partners such as Jimmy’s Farm, Superbowl (bowling alley), Pleasurewood Hills (theme park) and many more
- Monthly competitions to win mascot packages, videos/letters from players, signed shirts/ programmes and prizes from many of our Junior Partners
Not saying that Pacha can afford to give out such generous packages, but if you want to encourage families and hook kids such that they make their parents take them to more games, it's a great way forward.
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Post by kievthegreat on May 25, 2022 22:22:05 GMT
Going home. Positive evening. Thanks for the updates I second this. It was extremely useful to have the Cage's roving reporter on the scene with live updates.
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Post by The Flying Shirt on May 25, 2022 22:47:45 GMT
Not as busy as I thought it might be and not many faces I recognise apart from the TCW crew I think this last season has had a huge effect on the supporter base and it doesn't sound like they have sold too many season tickets either. I like Omar Pacha a lot and I'm really pleased to see him here together with Gary Graham and both are a HUGE (as in monumental) upgrade on last season even before a player is signed. I'm still coming to grips with the shock of the regime change and the change of attitude towards the fans (it's quite amazing) but this is a make or break year for the Panthers as far as I can see and it's going to take something pretty special to rescue the situation. The 180-degree change in the way the franchise is run must have been out of complete and utter desperation but at this point, I'm feeling pretty positive.
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Post by The Flying Shirt on May 25, 2022 22:49:24 GMT
Will the club again have a supporters club again? Though there has been contention? If I have a supports club it will have to be gold standard. What about having fan interaction within social media and NOT ignoring fans. Omar says within this he’s all for fans loading up their own things showing eg) fans enjoying themselves. ( suppose this depends upon where and what).... (unzips...)
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Post by iginla on May 25, 2022 23:13:31 GMT
So was there actually anything of note announced tonight then ? Because other than Omar generally saying everything expected to try and create a feelgood factor and some random fan getting to speak to him on the office phone I’m not hearing or reading anything much at all ? Considering the perceived major change of tack within the club I’d have thought they’d at least back it up with something fairly tasty being announced. It seems not.
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Post by Yotes on May 25, 2022 23:51:35 GMT
He's been in the job 3 weeks Captain Negative, in that time he's appointed a new coach (from outside the EIHL), held a Q&A (which we only normally do when it's gone pear and Blacky wants to make his "biggest fan of the Nottingham Clan going me" speech), and most important of all fixed the Retired Jerseys section on the website. Going pretty well for my money. So well they may end up getting some of my money again next season.
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Post by The Flying Shirt on May 26, 2022 8:02:16 GMT
So was there actually anything of note announced tonight then ? Because other than Omar generally saying everything expected to try and create a feelgood factor and some random fan getting to speak to him on the office phone I’m not hearing or reading anything much at all ? Considering the perceived major change of tack within the club I’d have thought they’d at least back it up with something fairly tasty being announced. It seems not. To be fair the changes so far are pretty seismic
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Post by bobness on May 26, 2022 8:05:27 GMT
Asked for first exclusive announcement.,,, New player to us is on the books , can’t say who. Wants to announce this appropriately. It will come. Can’t guarantee things but is right now challenging everyone. Staff etc... Club has great legacy , keep following us as we announce things and things should be grammatically correct on the site.....a final round of applause. All good things to hear. We need to get him running the EIHL site then.
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Post by bobness on May 26, 2022 8:08:48 GMT
So was there actually anything of note announced tonight then ? Because other than Omar generally saying everything expected to try and create a feelgood factor and some random fan getting to speak to him on the office phone I’m not hearing or reading anything much at all ? Considering the perceived major change of tack within the club I’d have thought they’d at least back it up with something fairly tasty being announced. It seems not. Crumbs, give him 5 minutes will you? If you found a fiver, you'd moan it wasn't a tenner. He's already spoken about several issues that the previous regime had tolerated, if not actually ignored. I get the feeling Pacha will be deeply immersed in the organisation for a few weeks yet, but changes will undoubtedly come. Which is what's been cried out for on these pages for a while.
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Post by iginla on May 26, 2022 8:21:15 GMT
So was there actually anything of note announced tonight then ? Because other than Omar generally saying everything expected to try and create a feelgood factor and some random fan getting to speak to him on the office phone I’m not hearing or reading anything much at all ? Considering the perceived major change of tack within the club I’d have thought they’d at least back it up with something fairly tasty being announced. It seems not. Crumbs, give him 5 minutes will you? If you found a fiver, you'd moan it wasn't a tenner. He's already spoken about several issues that the previous regime had tolerated, if not actually ignored. I get the feeling Pacha will be deeply immersed in the organisation for a few weeks yet, but changes will undoubtedly come. Which is what's been cried out for on these pages for a while. Don’t get me wrong,I like Pacha,always have I think he’s great and will do a good job. Just would have thought the fans would have asked some rather more searching questions like my example of “are we having a Supporters Club” ? It’s a straightforward question,but I wasn’t expecting the answer “IF we are it needs to be gold standard”. That answer just leads me to think Pach perhaps not having the strong controlling say that he should have or that’s being portrayed. Let’s see what the video recording of the event shows.
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Post by The Flying Shirt on May 26, 2022 9:14:47 GMT
Crumbs, give him 5 minutes will you? If you found a fiver, you'd moan it wasn't a tenner. He's already spoken about several issues that the previous regime had tolerated, if not actually ignored. I get the feeling Pacha will be deeply immersed in the organisation for a few weeks yet, but changes will undoubtedly come. Which is what's been cried out for on these pages for a while. Don’t get me wrong,I like Pacha,always have I think he’s great and will do a good job. Just would have thought the fans would have asked some rather more searching questions like my example of “are we having a Supporters Club” ? It’s a straightforward question,but I wasn’t expecting the answer “IF we are it needs to be gold standard”. That answer just leads me to think Pach perhaps not having the strong controlling say that he should have or that’s being portrayed. Let’s see what the video recording of the event shows. It really wasn't a difficult crowd like it was for the NB Jaconory night and in fairness for the short amount of time that Pacha has been here I think that only the crap on-ice product and crowds in free fall would have been all he knew about at the time of coming here. Quite possibly the junta-like running of the franchise and total hatred of the fanbase is something that he became aware of shortly after, possibly. Pretty sure that if it wasn't for crowd numbers reaching the tipping point the regime would never have changed very far at all. I think that the realization that the 'sports' fans are the ones that have drifted away and it's more the Blankety Blank fans that are left and that wasn't going to work so the crowd is a very different thing at the moment. To add to that, a lot of people who had booked to go didn't even turn up last night so it was never going to be difficult. Ice hockey in the UK just isn't a sustainable business and it never has been and when you add to that the only people we have pulled in are social night fans of a certain age and would-be social media stalkers that would be happy to clap the team off every night after defeat after defeat it's just got worse. I firmly believe that we are at the last chance saloon right now as far as sports fans are concerned and unless changes are made Pathers will die a slow lingering death. Incompetent, useless and naive on-ice staff needs to end and people brought in who will ruffle feathers and fight and the product on the ice needs to hit very hard and get results. The fake hatred of Sheffield needs to end too and realize that lessons need to be learned from there and how they are bucking the trend in a business that long term is never going to work.
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Post by jd on May 26, 2022 10:50:07 GMT
Crumbs, give him 5 minutes will you? If you found a fiver, you'd moan it wasn't a tenner. He's already spoken about several issues that the previous regime had tolerated, if not actually ignored. I get the feeling Pacha will be deeply immersed in the organisation for a few weeks yet, but changes will undoubtedly come. Which is what's been cried out for on these pages for a while. Don’t get me wrong,I like Pacha,always have I think he’s great and will do a good job. Just would have thought the fans would have asked some rather more searching questions like my example of “are we having a Supporters Club” ? It’s a straightforward question,but I wasn’t expecting the answer “IF we are it needs to be gold standard”. That answer just leads me to think Pach perhaps not having the strong controlling say that he should have or that’s being portrayed. Let’s see what the video recording of the event shows. If youre so keen for there to be one.......here is an idea.........why dont you ask him? Simple really iginla. Then you can come back to us and tell us what happened
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