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Portcullis Podcast with Simon Hallett.
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I feel he was saying prefer to take a new Head Coach who isn't under contract so we don't have to pay compo but we are prepared to head hunt if we need to. Time will tell where we end up.
That it wasn’t in answer to any question about tickets and the interviewer didn’t pick up on the fact that that Head of the Ticket Office said we could have sold out 3 times over.
Thanks for sharing, great listen.
Interesting that the autograph zone removal was brought up by one of our main sponsors. I think this really begs the question is why was Foster allowed to remove a key fan engagement of the match day experience without being challenged? This should surely be out of the remit of a Head coach?
Simon said he didn’t know about it. Just another example of where were the checks and balances/ joined up thinking when Foster was here? I just get the sense Argyle we’re a little bit complacent/ asleep at the wheel preparing for Schuey’s succession and then also monitoring the sweeping changes by Foster. While now it doesn’t matter , let’s hope we learn from this as it’s these small things that undo a lot of hard work building the One Argyle philosophy.
Interesting that the autograph zone removal was brought up by one of our main sponsors. I think this really begs the question is why was Foster allowed to remove a key fan engagement of the match day experience without being challenged? This should surely be out of the remit of a Head coach?
Simon said he didn’t know about it. Just another example of where were the checks and balances/ joined up thinking when Foster was here? I just get the sense Argyle we’re a little bit complacent/ asleep at the wheel preparing for Schuey’s succession and then also monitoring the sweeping changes by Foster. While now it doesn’t matter , let’s hope we learn from this as it’s these small things that undo a lot of hard work building the One Argyle philosophy.
Yes that "could have sold out 3 times over" I take to mean if there are 4500 home tickets available for sale, they could have sold 3 times that . Perhaps.
So Circa 22,500 thousand home fans, not 3 times the ground capacity ... surely ?
Not a staggering figure considering Championship attendances generally, however we are in a situation where possibly several thousand dont even bother trying to get a ticket.
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As I understood it, the removal was a logistical thing when Foster rescheduled the players' arrival at Home Park. I would suggest he had no knowledge of/interest in the autograph zone so would not have expressly removed it, per se.
For his numerous now evident issues in winning hearts and minds, I can't imagine for a moment he took the view that he'd make players get to the stadium at a different time with anything in mind other than fitting in to his matchday preparations.
Hopefully the atmosphere at the last two home games shows the One Argyle idea is as strong as ever.
Great interview. From what he said It sounds like any investments are more likely to be from the US rather than anywhere else, which makes sense with his profile and connections there. Interesting times ahead.
Had the pleasure of meeting Trevor this afternoon. An absolute gent. Loves Argyle! Oh, and before you ask, yes he did honour the 10% Green Army discount👌
