not sure wha the obsession is
Is it that difficult to understand?
Crazy, almost like they're trying to build a fanbase. Nutters. They should just do no advertising, no investment and guilt trip people into going because they need to "support the team". That would be far better.
Didnt you know they had a fanbase in London, but fucked off and left them.
Very sensible marketing.
Firstly increase the support for your team on the day.
Secondly some will stick. Even if it's one in twenty who become regular paying customers it will be worth it.
CCFC should have considered whether they can do it for TM's first home game.
Not entirely sure that's relevant or even true, the only people I see complaining are CCFC fans..
Not entirely sure that's relevant or even true, the only people I see complaining are CCFC fans.
I dont see how this is CCFC related?
Because people are suggesting CCFC should do the same. In order to try and rebuild the fan base.
I have heard a lot of people saying they won't or can't afford to pay 18-22 quid for what's been delivered this season.
Have TM's first game free if we play this attractive brand of football who knows who might start coming back.
Promise those who have already paid for a ticket they will get a free match next season.
Like when CCFC apparently did this and city fans acted like Tim Fisher had just punched their gran in the throat you mean?
It is either good marketing or desperation both ways isn't it?
If Wasps had come in here expecting that they would get 10k plus fans without such campaigns then it would be desperation.
However they have done this from the beginning of their tenure. So it was planned for and is not desperation.
What did interest me though in terms of potential concern for them was the recent board shuffle.
I keep seeing people say they wont pay £22. You can go for £14 a game, I have been all season.
so the fact it started off as local school freebies and now it is freebies for anybody who wants them doesn't look as if it is changing slightly?
Remember the outrage at Sixfields about the free tickets? I remember somebody demanding for people to own up, I also remember another certain person who likes Wasps now having digs at "locals" who were apparently going to Sixfields on free tickets.
The Gillingham game IMO was still a dour affair on the pitch. Amazing off it. Not exciting enough on it to retain those fans.
If we had won 4-0 we would have had less than 20k the next game, even 15k
I could understand if we lost 5-0 that night, it wasn't the most entertaining game but we still won, there was a great atmosphere and when the goal went in it was electric.
The fact is most only go for occasions, probably the same people who went to the first Wasps game, the Crewe game, the Chelsea game and went to see Chilli Peppers even though they probably don't know who they are.
Not entirely sure that's relevant or even true, the only people I see complaining are CCFC fans.
The point still stands, compare CCFC who had a fanbase in Cov and fucked off and left them and what they've done to repair that with Wasps to had a fanbase in London and fucked off and left them (apparently, even though they've been moving around for ages and the fans are behind the move).
Just saying, to drag this completely off topic thread back to the topic of the forum, maybe as they seem to be doing better at rebuilding a fan base we should take some notes.
Isn't this one of the games that was being pointed to as a huge game that would be a virtual sell out without the need for freebies? If anything the amount of free tickets is increasing. I can't believe this was Wasps plan starting out. Initially they only publicised free tickets for schools and clubs for the first three games and weren't shouting from the rooftops about other offers available. Now they're giving free tickets to anyone who wants them, that can't be a good thing.
They're in danger of devaluing their product. Once people are used to free tickets there is every chance they won't ever want to pay full price. We're past the point of come along and try it out, this is now a sustained campaign of cheap & free tickets. If you say tickets for our matches are £25 a go but then SISU did an offer on every game this season to make all tickets £10 when they were back at full price next season people would view it as a huge increase not the end of an offer and sit at home moaning about how it is so expensive now they can't afford to go.
Be interesting to see what happens when they stop the freebies, which is now looking now it will be next season at the earliest. Unless they do very cheap season tickets or something like that there could be a big drop off. The London & Wycombe based ST holders aren't all likely to renew once the free transport and F&B dries up so they've got to replace those for starters. And of course by then the novelty could be starting to wear off.
I'm still not convinced that a loss making Wasps + struggling ACL = success for both. The downside for us is it gives SISU a reason to keep hanging on in the hope they can get the Ricoh even cheaper than Wasps picked it up and possibly without the loan.
I went to see Blaze the other week with my lad - people looked fucking ridiculous with those massive tops on - anyway, I'm now on their mailing list and they're offering a "deal" with Wasps and tickets are just a fiver.
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