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Let's fill up Home Park Vs Pompey !!!
- Thread starter GreenArmy1984
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Tyhee_Slim":1zt93gqm said:
Yes, for several years we were crap but there's no point to keep wallowing in that misery because in the here and now we are a team on the up, finally playing decent football and winning. The good winning football may last for a few more games or it might just continue until the end of the season and promotion, either way I'll still enjoy it.
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Cobi Budge.
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The entertainment level IS improving, but that has only happened in the last month or so. The improvement was from a very low base level too. I think it will need to be sustained for a while, and accompanied by good results, to get fans coming back in their droves.
We all have our priorities and our reasons for how often we attend. I've made Argyle a big priority over the last to seasons, attending over 80 league games home and away. Overall, despite results and performances, something I really enjoyed and something I'm lucky enough to be able to afford. However by the end of last season my enthusiasm was waning, partly due to said results, but more due to experiences with the club and some comments made to me by an Argyle director which I took exception to. As a result I decided the club didn't need my loyalty and now choose my games. That's a personal experience of course, but the point is that everyone has personal reasons whether to go or not to go, it's a question of wanting it enough.
IJN's right in terms of people spending money on a Friday night. Of course many do, and plenty will surface in time the following day to watch their Prem team on TV. That's not going to change without good reason. The start of an on-field revival might get a few of those who follow Argyle out of their chairs, but the club has to drive this further. As others have said, why isn't there a huge sign on Outland Rd advertising forthcoming games? Why is there no significant publicity for the Pompey game, when there are plenty of positive angles that could be utilised? The club's media department remains shockingly poor, but no one does anything about it. Why can Mr Jones, a marketing specialist, not see how poorly the club promotes itself or, if he can see this, why doesn't he act?
To achieve greater future stability the club has to engage with the people of Plymouth in a positive manner. Snide criticisms of apathy from directors doesn't do the trick. It has to welcome people - newcomers, lapsed fans, glory-hunters, plastics, and everyone else - and it has to do it now whilst there is a feelgood factor. Money is tight, but it is in other areas of the country where people prioritise their football in a way that Plymothians (on the whole don't). They have to want it enough, and they won't unless the club shows it wants them.
We all have our priorities and our reasons for how often we attend. I've made Argyle a big priority over the last to seasons, attending over 80 league games home and away. Overall, despite results and performances, something I really enjoyed and something I'm lucky enough to be able to afford. However by the end of last season my enthusiasm was waning, partly due to said results, but more due to experiences with the club and some comments made to me by an Argyle director which I took exception to. As a result I decided the club didn't need my loyalty and now choose my games. That's a personal experience of course, but the point is that everyone has personal reasons whether to go or not to go, it's a question of wanting it enough.
IJN's right in terms of people spending money on a Friday night. Of course many do, and plenty will surface in time the following day to watch their Prem team on TV. That's not going to change without good reason. The start of an on-field revival might get a few of those who follow Argyle out of their chairs, but the club has to drive this further. As others have said, why isn't there a huge sign on Outland Rd advertising forthcoming games? Why is there no significant publicity for the Pompey game, when there are plenty of positive angles that could be utilised? The club's media department remains shockingly poor, but no one does anything about it. Why can Mr Jones, a marketing specialist, not see how poorly the club promotes itself or, if he can see this, why doesn't he act?
To achieve greater future stability the club has to engage with the people of Plymouth in a positive manner. Snide criticisms of apathy from directors doesn't do the trick. It has to welcome people - newcomers, lapsed fans, glory-hunters, plastics, and everyone else - and it has to do it now whilst there is a feelgood factor. Money is tight, but it is in other areas of the country where people prioritise their football in a way that Plymothians (on the whole don't). They have to want it enough, and they won't unless the club shows it wants them.
Tyhee the Football I have seen at Home Park this season is light years ahead of the offerings of the teams cobbled together/haphazardly assembled and slung together. The Teams I refer to are of course Peter Reid's, Carl Fletcher's and to some lesser degree Paul Mariner's.
The ball is more often than not on the deck and passed about with confidence, conviction and no little invention. It really is a huge improvement - the great caveat is that this team will get better too. Don't get me wrong we are not reinventing tiki-taka in a Barcelona style but for league 2 it is good.
I understand you maybe disenfranchised with PAFC after recent off the field happenings but that is not the fault of the current Squad or indeed the current owner and his team. PAFC is upwardly mobile on the pitch and off it.
It is a good time to be an Argyle fan and boy do we deserve some positivity after 5 years of agony. I am not saying we are going to win the league or get promotion but I do believe we are going to have a right good go at it and that is enough for me.
The ball is more often than not on the deck and passed about with confidence, conviction and no little invention. It really is a huge improvement - the great caveat is that this team will get better too. Don't get me wrong we are not reinventing tiki-taka in a Barcelona style but for league 2 it is good.
I understand you maybe disenfranchised with PAFC after recent off the field happenings but that is not the fault of the current Squad or indeed the current owner and his team. PAFC is upwardly mobile on the pitch and off it.
It is a good time to be an Argyle fan and boy do we deserve some positivity after 5 years of agony. I am not saying we are going to win the league or get promotion but I do believe we are going to have a right good go at it and that is enough for me.
Cobi Budge.":1qhpr7al said:Lundan Cabbie":1qhpr7al said:
Don't tell me you just agreed with one of my posts LC :wtf:
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Now get back to studyiing the Laws of the Game :greensmile:
I lost the will to live half way through this thread, but am not entirely sure what the club needs/can do to advertise the match more; bearing in mind that any advertising needs to be cost neutral at worst.
It is on the website,
In the herald,
On the AFT Facebook page,
About to go world wide on the RN, RM, Army and RAF facebook pages.
Has /will be tweeted about.
More announcements to come and more stuff in the local press in the next two weeks.
Might even be something on Sky a couple of days in advance.
As one of the organisers of the event, cant we give the media team a break for once- there are two matches before this one and they have started the publicity at least a week earlier than normal- as always there has been an immense amount of effort gone into the day already. All we need is for the good people of the South West to turn up.
It is on the website,
In the herald,
On the AFT Facebook page,
About to go world wide on the RN, RM, Army and RAF facebook pages.
Has /will be tweeted about.
More announcements to come and more stuff in the local press in the next two weeks.
Might even be something on Sky a couple of days in advance.
As one of the organisers of the event, cant we give the media team a break for once- there are two matches before this one and they have started the publicity at least a week earlier than normal- as always there has been an immense amount of effort gone into the day already. All we need is for the good people of the South West to turn up.
GreenArmy1984":3t59psoi said:
It doesn't look like Sky are showing much interest in any of the pre-match Armed Forces stuff. Kick-off is 12.05pm just FIVE MINUTES after the scheduled start of coverage.
http://www1.skysports.com/watch/footbal ... league-two
Yes Lundan but that was already scheduled before they knew there was anything going on other than an ordinary league 2 match. However much we might think this is a 'big' event I doubt SKY will want to change their plans to accommodate us-after all they are paying us, not the other way round.
PL2 3DQ":3fcuo00h said:
On the flip side that guaranteed boost in income could be put towards covering the potential reduction in income should a promotion be put forward and fail to attract a sufficiently larger crowd. At the very least it would be a way of the club giving back to the fans that do take up the offer.
Has anyone actually asked the ST holders what they think about reduced prices to encourage increased attendance? I for one couldn't care less what any one else pays. I buy my ST at the cheapest price available at the time and if I didn't think it was good value for money I wouldn't bother. Let people in for free if it is financially justified-it wouldn't bother me at all. I will buy a ST for as long as I decide to support the club-been doing it for 20+ years and doubt i will stop in the next 20. Bit like going on holiday and worrying about what everyone else has paid-you wouldn't would you?
lyndhurstgreen":ytgvw5a9 said:
:iagree: I would much rather see higher attendances at HP than be worrying how much others pay for a ticket