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| Quote: jack in the box "I know a few long time supporters who have not renewed because they are basically fed up with what they are seeing.
They are waiting to see what type of squad we finish up with before they decide to continue. All they see at the moment is a board of directors that have no money selling good players and replacing them with no one or players of questionable quality.
Buying a season ticket is paying something for a product. You can't expect people to hand over money when they don't know what they are getting.
I bought all ours ages ago when the plea first went out. However I don't have problem with anyone who is waiting to see what happens before they buy as I understand their reasoning.'"
Agree with all of this. My season ticket is already bought but many are waiting to see whether they would be paying perceived superleague prices for a championship quality team. And I can't blame them for doing so, if i hadn't blindly bought initially then maybe i'd have done the same.
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| Yeah, cos us long term supporters have been so used to seeing Rugby Leagues biggest names in the rw&b??
I just dont get it? The floating fans who came when the tickets were cheap and we looked like we were going to atleast compete, fair enough, but people who class themselves as 'long term supporters' have surely seen us with worse sides on the park.
When you look at the teams we used to put out in our early years in super league, its all credit to Andy Kelly & then John Harbin that we are still in with any sort of chance of competing at this level at all. Boy we had some absolute dross. Although we dont know what we will start with i still dont think it will be as bad as some of those teams!
Yes, we have all been through this before but surely this is what "supporting" a club really means. Too easy to make half cocked excuses. If you want constant success go follow Leeds or Wigan.
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| Maybe some of the 'long term supporters' have just had enough of all the false dawns and public financial meltdowns.
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| I can respect all the views of posters on this thread. I also understand supporting Trinity is a way of life and all that.
Like many on here I dug deep without question many times in the past and will probably continue to do so.
However you have to realise that people out there who attend games do not feel the same as we do. They do it for enjoyment and entertainment. When they stop getting that, they find something else to do. Its no good calling them disloyal or bad supporters they are just normal people who don't quite have the same level of passion as some of us.
We need those people on board and to do that we need to give them a reason to buy their tickets. Blackmailing them with threats of the team going bust will have the opposite effect. It will scare them off and they won't part with their cash. We need some positive stuff from the BOD to give them a reason for wanting to buy and we are not getting that at the moment.
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| Don't most season tickets get sold around Xmas time? Technically this season hasn't even finished.
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| Quote: charlie "Don't most season tickets get sold around Xmas time? Technically this season hasn't even finished.'"
Correct Charlie
But the club is in such a mess its wanting people to buy now and not wait till Christmas.
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| Why should I put my house up because I was not part of this or any previous administration running the club. I would be surprised that with MC being an accountant if they do not have first call on any money should the worst happen.
You are also wrong about me I do have a season ticket and I am a member of the club draw. I have supported the club through all of it's previous problems but there is something different about this one, maybe it is the honesty of MC which tends towards the negative so I am in good company.
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| Quote: Fully "You may have to sacrifice the odd player and bring in a couple of loans to tide you over but if they do a job and let you finish 12th then the job will be a good one. And I suspect the target right now is ensuring your club finishes 12th and above.'"
Personally I can't wait.
Season ticket ordered and I'm looking forward to another ride on the roller coaster. I'm pretty sure there are going to be lots of downs but if at the end of the season we are in 12th or above it will be one huge up.
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| Quote: King Street Cat "Personally I can't wait.
Season ticket ordered and I'm looking forward to another ride on the roller coaster. I'm pretty sure there are going to be lots of downs but if at the end of the season we are in 12th or above it will be one huge up.'"
Exactly. If you finish above 12th with all this adversity it may give you momentum to build a solid base from in 2015.
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| Next season it will be a mini league with us cas Bradford widnes London and maybe another team dragged in. I'm looking forward to this season more than ever games will now mean something
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| Quote: Theboyem "Maybe some of the 'long term supporters' have just had enough of all the false dawns and public financial meltdowns.'"
the above sums up my feelings. i have bought a ticket and i am a member of the lottery etc, but my interest and drive ends there. i have supported the club through thin and thin and had some good times on the way, but i am just about at the end of my patience.
i have lost interest in anything else the club does outside of match days and have developed other interests.
i know i am not alone in this, and i have more patience than many, but i am just not up for the fight this time.
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| Don't think MC can make it any clearer or honest.
We have sold 2 players.
We have a decent group of players at the moment. The Tuson money may bring in another 3 players.
Buying tickets for Christmas maybe too late.
If they are Christmas presents, what's stopping people buying them now?
13 home games for £150. Whether it's Championship standard or struggling Super League, it's still good value.
I get dicked off like everyone else when Trin lose and perform badly.
The times i've said i'm not going next week if they play that bad. But by the time the middle of the week comes round, the positives out of the previous performance have come to the fore and looking forward to the next game. False dawns, broken promises, players coming, players not, players leaving, it's all part of the show that is Trin.
I would rather have my back to the wall fighting as the massive underdog in Super League rather than turning up expecting to win more than we lose in the Championship.
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| Quote: jack in the box "I can respect all the views of posters on this thread. I also understand supporting Trinity is a way of life and all that.
Like many on here I dug deep without question many times in the past and will probably continue to do so.
However you have to realise that people out there who attend games do not feel the same as we do. They do it for enjoyment and entertainment. When they stop getting that, they find something else to do. Its no good calling them disloyal or bad supporters they are just normal people who don't quite have the same level of passion as some of us.
We need those people on board and to do that we need to give them a reason to buy their tickets. Blackmailing them with threats of the team going bust will have the opposite effect. It will scare them off and they won't part with their cash. We need some positive stuff from the BOD to give them a reason for wanting to buy and we are not getting that at the moment.'"
Tell me what positive stuff you'd like to hear?
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| Quote: Daddycool "Tell me what positive stuff you'd like to hear?'"
I think the point he is making is that you may be preaching to the converted on here?
Perhaps some positive news regarding what is being done to engage the missing supporters/ ST holders? , or what is being done to squeeze more out of sponsors etc.
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| Quote: miamivice "the above sums up my feelings. i have bought a ticket and i am a member of the lottery etc, but my interest and drive ends there. i have supported the club through thin and thin and had some good times on the way, but i am just about at the end of my patience.
i have lost interest in anything else the club does outside of match days and have developed other interests.
i know i am not alone in this, and i have more patience than many, but i am just not up for the fight this time.'"
Good post, exactly how I feel myself. The big problem now is the raised expectations of the fans. After years of struggle it looked like finally there was light at the end of the tunnel. After the meeting at Cedar Court, the franchise success and the promises from Glover and Elston that we would build a team over a few years that would challenge the top rather than bottom, to end up back to where we were at the start of 2011 is what a lot of people find hard to stomach. Although for now the squad looks competitive on paper and pledges of key players to stay and fight next season the reality is it simply is not in their hands.
With hindsight without the threat of relegation during the franchise period we should have slowly rebuilt ourselves rather than throw daft money and lengthy contracts on any player who was on the market and therefore have the full cap now we desperately need it. Steve Ferres when he was Castleford CEO was laughed at when he said that cheap/half price season tickets were the road to ruin but he has been proved right just looking at Bradford and now ourselves.
Most Wakefield teams over the last 25 years i've been going have obviously been made up of cast offs, old pros and up and coming players with a backs to the wall mentality, which the club, fans and players have thrived on. However as I said with the expectations being raised over the last two years now it's a lot more difficult for a lot of fans to buy back into it.
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