Re: DoR - New Coach - Investor & Adam - New signings : Tue Oct 22, 2024 5:33 pm  

Hessle Roader wrote:

Well at least YOU willl have something to celebrate.

Like what?

Re: DoR - New Coach - Investor & Adam - New signings : Tue Oct 22, 2024 6:34 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

Time for Pearson to move on, say thanks for those two or so years of success, saving us from Kath, getting us through covid years and hopefully getting new investment.

Have you won Euromillions?

Re: DoR - New Coach - Investor & Adam - New signings : Tue Oct 22, 2024 8:56 pm  

Irregular Hoops wrote:

Academy sides don’t come into the grading as it’s all based on Marketing KPI’s.

So don’t bother running an Academy (and therefore provide players for the future of the game), just get some LED advertising boards.

Surely the academy part feeds in to on field performance? Wigan have the best academy in the country and is reflected in their success this year. I can see the positives in IMG in that it's actually made Cas and Wakey make improvements which are long overdue, but at the same time, disappointing that we're just going to end up with the exact same teams that were in the league in 2023 for 2025...without TV deals, attendances, being able to score bigger than 13th for performance, how do those outside the top flight make it into SL now?

Re: DoR - New Coach - Investor & Adam - New signings : Tue Oct 22, 2024 9:00 pm  

Cuddleclub wrote:

Just shows the criteria is awful, get punished for having a good stadium, Goole get better catchment area points, penalised for two clubs in the city….the list goes on. Shambles.

But Cas and Wakey got grade A despite losing catchment area points for being close to each other and Fev too?

Re: DoR - New Coach - Investor & Adam - New signings : Tue Oct 22, 2024 9:23 pm  

Steve0 wrote:

Surely the academy part feeds in to on field performance? Wigan have the best academy in the country and is reflected in their success this year. I can see the positives in IMG in that it's actually made Cas and Wakey make improvements which are long overdue, but at the same time, disappointing that we're just going to end up with the exact same teams that were in the league in 2023 for 2025...without TV deals, attendances, being able to score bigger than 13th for performance, how do those outside the top flight make it into SL now?

I'd be interested to see what happens to Cas' revenue per game after the ground tweaks too. Like have they managed charge more for seats, are the corporate lounges busier, are sponsors queuing up for a spot on the big screen...if they haven't then this box ticking has been a nonsense.

Re: DoR - New Coach - Investor & Adam - New signings : Tue Oct 22, 2024 9:33 pm  

UllFC wrote:

I'd be interested to see what happens to Cas' revenue per game after the ground tweaks too. Like have they managed charge more for seats, are the corporate lounges busier, are sponsors queuing up for a spot on the big screen...if they haven't then this box ticking has been a nonsense.

Agree it'll be interesting to see, sounds like there's some ambition with the recent takeover by Martin Jepson, same with Wakey too, had an easy year being the big fish in a small pond, but will their crowds continue to hold up if they begin to struggle in SL again?

Re: DoR - New Coach - Investor & Adam - New signings : Wed Oct 23, 2024 5:13 am  

I’m not too fussed anyway about been downgraded. Scraping the provisional grade A licence was the worst thing to happen for the club, it literally gave AP the licence to throw the towel in for a season that’s likely done irreversible damage to the club long term. Maybe in future it’s for the best for both Adam and the club in general that we are kept on our toes. Also for perspective on the performance thing, Championship or not that Wakey team this season would have hammered us.

Re: DoR - New Coach - Investor & Adam - New signings : Wed Oct 23, 2024 8:59 am  

DSJ1983 wrote:

I’m not too fussed anyway about been downgraded. Scraping the provisional grade A licence was the worst thing to happen for the club, it literally gave AP the licence to throw the towel in for a season that’s likely done irreversible damage to the club long term. Maybe in future it’s for the best for both Adam and the club in general that we are kept on our toes. Also for perspective on the performance thing, Championship or not that Wakey team this season would have hammered us.

Agree, we also got lazy during the last franchising era circa 2009. Rule/Kath would tell us we were GradeA and all was good then sign Thorman to lead the team around

Re: DoR - New Coach - Investor & Adam - New signings : Wed Oct 23, 2024 9:37 am  

Grade B confirmed which I have no problem with but the fact Cas and Wakey have got a Grade A shows the grading system is a joke.

Re: DoR - New Coach - Investor & Adam - New signings : Wed Oct 23, 2024 9:50 am  

Have you seen the things we have been downgraded on?? How many people watch our games on TV (when we play at 3pm on a Saturday we compete against the full football calendar, so I feel that is unfair) and one of the others is the quality of the LED screens! Laughable