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Skybluedownunder said:

Just thought I’d share with you something that happened last week at the Melbourne Victory game.


Occasionally I go watch Melbourne United basketball and there’s sooo much entertainment outside of just the match itself that makes it so appealing to go see it live that you go for the experience.

Could you imagine this at a packed CBS arena?

I hear live and die in these towns when I stream the games but I’m just a bit like merhhhh… maybe it’s different when you are there but it seems a bit repetitive


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Skybluedownunder said:

Just thought I’d share with you something that happened last week at the Melbourne Victory game.


Occasionally I go watch Melbourne United basketball and there’s sooo much entertainment outside of just the match itself that makes it so appealing to go see it live that you go for the experience.

Could you imagine this at a packed CBS arena?

I hear live and die in these towns when I stream the games but I’m just a bit like merhhhh… maybe it’s different when you are there but it seems a bit repetitive


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Skybluedownunder said:

She changes it up, check this one out


Melbourne United basketball do loads of cool things with their sponsors, when the other team get 2 free throws they have these clappers that everyone has and basically the PR bloke shouts out if they miss their two shots the food sponsor ‘for example Burger King’ will give you a free burger if you go in and show your ticket after the game so then everyone goes crazy with the clappers to put the player off lol. Quite funny and not very sportsman like but it’s hilarious to watch as the fans go crazy if they miss cause they win free burgers

With people complaining about the price, could we not offer more entertainment to make it more of an experience that you don’t get from watching from the comfort of your own home? With Sky Sports + now showing more games could it be that it just doesn’t beat the experience live and offering the fan a greater experience?


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Skybluedownunder said:

She changes it up, check this one out


Melbourne United basketball do loads of cool things with their sponsors, when the other team get 2 free throws they have these clappers that everyone has and basically the PR bloke shouts out if they miss their two shots the food sponsor ‘for example Burger King’ will give you a free burger if you go in and show your ticket after the game so then everyone goes crazy with the clappers to put the player off lol. Quite funny and not very sportsman like but it’s hilarious to watch as the fans go crazy if they miss cause they win free burgers

With people complaining about the price, could we not offer more entertainment to make it more of an experience that you don’t get from watching from the comfort of your own home? With Sky Sports + now showing more games could it be that it just doesn’t beat the experience live and offering the fan a greater experience?


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Skybluedownunder said:

Just thought I’d share with you something that happened last week at the Melbourne Victory game.


Occasionally I go watch Melbourne United basketball and there’s sooo much entertainment outside of just the match itself that makes it so appealing to go see it live that you go for the experience.

Could you imagine this at a packed CBS arena?

I hear live and die in these towns when I stream the games but I’m just a bit like merhhhh… maybe it’s different when you are there but it seems a bit repetitive


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Skybluedownunder said:

Haha knew that one would lose a few people.

Wait till you hear this one…

They have a t shirt cannon that they fire out club jerseys into the crowd during the break.

Obviously not everything people in the UK will like but it’s entertaining. Might not be your cup of tea but think of the kids.

Is Sky Blue Sam really doing enough walking round and waving or could he be walking round with a t shirt cannon firing shirts into the family stand or even kicking footballs into the stand for the kids. For the kids that would be really entertaining for them which sometimes half time can be very boring watching the subs warm up. I could imagine lots of kids begging for them to take them to watch Cov on a weekend if we made it a better live experience.

It’s about attracting the fans of tomorrow and keeping them so they don’t follow a Man City or the likes


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Skybluedownunder said:

Just thought I’d share with you something that happened last week at the Melbourne Victory game.


Occasionally I go watch Melbourne United basketball and there’s sooo much entertainment outside of just the match itself that makes it so appealing to go see it live that you go for the experience.

Could you imagine this at a packed CBS arena?

I hear live and die in these towns when I stream the games but I’m just a bit like merhhhh… maybe it’s different when you are there but it seems a bit repetitive


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DannyThomas_1981 said:

The day we have a t-shirt cannon at the CBS (and it's viewed as first class entertainment) is the day I walk out never to return. Football would have truly died.

And I love 'we live and die.' It's part of our identity and anyone who was at Wembley could only feel proud on hearing the way it was sung with passion, meaning, defiance and pride. Leave the cannons to the United plastics (their song was pathetic as a comparable).

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DannyThomas_1981 said:

The day we have a t-shirt cannon at the CBS (and it's viewed as first class entertainment) is the day I walk out never to return. Football would have truly died.

And I love 'we live and die.' It's part of our identity and anyone who was at Wembley could only feel proud on hearing the way it was sung with passion, meaning, defiance and pride. Leave the cannons to the United plastics (their song was pathetic as a comparable).

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Skybluedownunder said:

Haha knew that one would lose a few people.

Wait till you hear this one…

They have a t shirt cannon that they fire out club jerseys into the crowd during the break.

Obviously not everything people in the UK will like but it’s entertaining. Might not be your cup of tea but think of the kids.

Is Sky Blue Sam really doing enough walking round and waving or could he be walking round with a t shirt cannon firing shirts into the family stand or even kicking footballs into the stand for the kids. For the kids that would be really entertaining for them which sometimes half time can be very boring watching the subs warm up. I could imagine lots of kids begging for them to take them to watch Cov on a weekend if we made it a better live experience.

It’s about attracting the fans of tomorrow and keeping them so they don’t follow a Man City or the likes


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Skybluedownunder said:

I hear live and die in these towns when I stream the games but I’m just a bit like merhhhh… maybe it’s different when you are there but it seems a bit repetitive

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Skyblueweeman said:

You'd walk out and never return if the club shot some t-shirts out of a cannon?? Wowzers.

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skybluecam said:

It's definitely different when you're there...

Culturally pre match entertainment stuff just screams tinpot to me - it sort of says your fans aren't interested enough in the football so you need to put something else on.

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biggymania said:

If you heard Doug on CWR this morning he was asked a question along these lines (about a live show from the Enemy and the light shows and
I can imagine light shows / fireworks, booking music acts etc is pricey.

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DannyThomas_1981 said:

The day we have a t-shirt cannon at the CBS (and it's viewed as first class entertainment) is the day I walk out never to return. Football would have truly died.

And I love 'we live and die.' It's part of our identity and anyone who was at Wembley could only feel proud on hearing the way it was sung with passion, meaning, defiance and pride. Leave the cannons to the United plastics (their song was pathetic as a comparable).

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skybluecam said:

It's definitely different when you're there...

Culturally pre match entertainment stuff just screams tinpot to me - it sort of says your fans aren't interested enough in the football so you need to put something else on.

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biggymania said:

If you heard Doug on CWR this morning he was asked a question along these lines (about a live show from the Enemy and the light shows and fireworks etc at other grounds) and his reason for not doing this is purely financial at this stage. So I think that means if we do make it to the Premiership you can expect all of this - like it or not!

I can imagine light shows / fireworks, booking music acts etc is pricey. Adding a few other pre-match entertainments / half time games or whatever that give away things that are cheap for the club like tickets, merchandise or player experiences would be easy and would add to the engagement with younger fans. I'd expect where it's cheaper to do, we'll see more of it.

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MTK said:

I don't think there is much of a pre-match culture with football in this country - in the sense of organised stuff on the pitch etc. People tend to have their own routines of pre-match drinks in a pub, or even down in the concourse. I went to Munster v Saracens a few years a go at the then Ricoh and the food vans and bars they had in car park before were good. The atmosphere built up really nicely out there before the match. Maybe we could do that occasionally in the summer - that said we probably make more money from selling the parking, compared to that day when lots of the Munster fans had presumably flown in and didn't need as much of it. I hate those pitch side flame thrower things. Didn't like them anyway but associate them with Wasps too much now.

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MTK said:

I don't think there is much of a pre-match culture with football in this country - in the sense of organised stuff on the pitch etc. People tend to have their own routines of pre-match drinks in a pub, or even down in the concourse. I went to Munster v Saracens a few years a go at the then Ricoh and the food vans and bars they had in car park before were good. The atmosphere built up really nicely out there before the match. Maybe we could do that occasionally in the summer - that said we probably make more money from selling the parking, compared to that day when lots of the Munster fans had presumably flown in and didn't need as much of it. I hate those pitch side flame thrower things. Didn't like them anyway but associate them with Wasps too much now.

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