flowwolf Posted 27 February 2013 Posted 27 February 2013 Apart from all the money its generating for the club... To give us cheaper tickets of course.
flowwolf Posted 27 February 2013 Posted 27 February 2013 Don't really care if we have then or not. If the club gets extra cash from them fine. But having been blinded the other night and posted as such. Last night was much better. Although wisper it, i hardly noticed them. Bad news for people paying to advertise. It's a very old trick to get people to accept the unacceptable. First of all you make the boards so bright that just about everyone complains , then next time you tone them down and everyone thinks the club has listened to them and done them some sort of favour. It's cheap psychology but it works. They don't give a toss what you think and they have just had everyones pants down again. They are here to stay a symbol of everything that is wrong with modern football and this club in particular.
flowwolf Posted 27 February 2013 Posted 27 February 2013 They were well over the top last week and last night they were fine because they've toned them down loads. Hardly having my pants down you idiot. For you of all people to call someone else an idiot has to be the irony of the week post. :D
Larry_LCFC Posted 27 February 2013 Posted 27 February 2013 They are here to stay a symbol of everything that is wrong with modern football and this club in particular. http://www.hullcityafc.net/news/article/commercial-led-advertising-682861.aspx Hull City AFC is delighted to announce the introduction of pitchside LED advertising within the TV arc for the remainder of the 2012/13 Championship season
Arkie Bennett Posted 27 February 2013 Posted 27 February 2013 Any need for the childish name calling? Im not belittling the complaint that they were too bright. What I think is laughable is the fact that some people were immediately calling the club and the owners a disgrace and saying that they dont care about the fans etc without even giving them a chance to fix the problem. The boards were brand spanking new, people told them they were dazzling, and subsequently they changed in time for the next match. That to me shows that they do care about what the fans think and that calling the club a disgrace etc was unfounded. Just my opinion - no need to get so defensive. Let me remind you of your own "childish name calling". Any need for it? The fans of Leicester City really are the biggest bunch of moaning halfwits in England. Do you really mean all the fans? And you say you weren't belittling the complaint? Don't you remember this? I mean eye strain, really? Take a pair of sunglasses if it hurts you so much.
Dan Posted 27 February 2013 Author Posted 27 February 2013 We really are just consumers these days, bollox I say..... If I do not like the service or product from a supplier I change my supplier (NPower, I'm looking at you!). Sadly there is only one Leicester City so I can not change, I can only go or not go. These advertising hoardings are just another reason that the football experience is being degraded, day on day. For some people the game is no longer worth the effort, I'm not at that point yet but it's getting closer....... Couldn't agree more but people's apathy to shit like this creeping in is why it continues to get worse, and worse, and worse.
flowwolf Posted 28 February 2013 Posted 28 February 2013 http://www.hullcitya...ing-682861.aspx They are covered by my modern day football remark. And in any case I dont go to watch Hull..
flowwolf Posted 28 February 2013 Posted 28 February 2013 They are covered by my modern day football remark. Couldn't agree more but people's apathy to shit like this creeping in is why it continues to get worse, and worse, and worse. I have a feeling that apathy won't last for much longer. Lets wait to see how the season tickets go next season particually if we don't go up, I think the club is in for a fans backlash kicking when it comes to re-newing the season tickets, I know I shall no longer be held in contempt by Sky or the club. They can shove the " enhanced matchday experience " right up their corporate arses.
Sooper Steve's shin Posted 28 February 2013 Posted 28 February 2013 Jeez - 11 pages about advertising hoardings. I don't get it. OK, maybe they took some getting used to but hasn't every club in the top leagues around the world had these for years? It is 2013, things change - do people still want ploughed field pitches, run-down terraces and a wall to pee against? Every club is looking at how to maximise its revenues for pretty much one reason - fans demand success. We can take a stand, stop the advertising, take the logos off our shirts etc, but we'd have to face up to the fact that we would start dropping down the leagues pretty quickly. Or we can "go corporate" with stadium naming rights, advertising, modern facilities that attract familes/corporate customers and try to invest those proceeds into making the club successful. I went to many games in the 80s where it was pretty miserable - standing in the open, cloggers thrashing in the mud etc etc. To say we would be in an all-seater stadium with video screens and a tannoy system you could actually hear would have seemed ridiculous at that time, but anyone would have snapped your hand off for it. It's nice to be nostalgic, but if you want football stripped back then go and watch a lower league game. Let me know how you get on.
yorkie1999 Posted 28 February 2013 Posted 28 February 2013 What they ought to do is, at goal kicks for the other side have oooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh you'r shit aaarrrggggghhhhh flashing up on them.
Snik-Snok Posted 28 February 2013 Posted 28 February 2013 Tell me about it. Also the Leicester logos are too big, they need breathing space between the top and bottom. If I owned the club, we'd be bloody awful and go out of business within a year, but I guarantee that everything would be neat and tidy in the stadium and the video screens wouldn't look like a child operates them. That would be my legacy. I have a theory about the off centre freize behind the goals. I think they measured it up before installing the big screens in the corners. Then when they came to put the freize up, they had to shunt it a few metres sideways because the screens were now in the way. If I was in charge it would have been taken down straight away and centred properly. Having said that, if I was in charge, that freize wouldn't be there. I'd have supporters supply their own flags and banners and fasten them all around the ground where the freize is.
Kitchandro Posted 28 February 2013 Posted 28 February 2013 Jeez - 11 pages about advertising hoardings. I don't get it. OK, maybe they took some getting used to but hasn't every club in the top leagues around the world had these for years? It is 2013, things change - do people still want ploughed field pitches, run-down terraces and a wall to pee against? Every club is looking at how to maximise its revenues for pretty much one reason - fans demand success. We can take a stand, stop the advertising, take the logos off our shirts etc, but we'd have to face up to the fact that we would start dropping down the leagues pretty quickly. Or we can "go corporate" with stadium naming rights, advertising, modern facilities that attract familes/corporate customers and try to invest those proceeds into making the club successful. I went to many games in the 80s where it was pretty miserable - standing in the open, cloggers thrashing in the mud etc etc. To say we would be in an all-seater stadium with video screens and a tannoy system you could actually hear would have seemed ridiculous at that time, but anyone would have snapped your hand off for it. It's nice to be nostalgic, but if you want football stripped back then go and watch a lower league game. Let me know how you get on. What do you say to the people who don't support a lower league team? Do people really care about video screens and the tannoy system? These things are really not important to me. I'd rather have terracing than advertising boards, if that's what you're suggesting. I've not really got a problem with the advertising boards as such, but flowwolf does have a point. If it's all in the interests of more revenue (which it is) are the fans ever going to benefit with cheaper tickets? To be honest with you, as long as the boards aren't distracting and the front rows aren't being covered instead of sat in, I don't see them as a positive or a negative.
flowwolf Posted 28 February 2013 Posted 28 February 2013 Jeez - 11 pages about advertising hoardings. I don't get it. OK, maybe they took some getting used to but hasn't every club in the top leagues around the world had these for years? It is 2013, things change - do people still want ploughed field pitches, run-down terraces and a wall to pee against? Every club is looking at how to maximise its revenues for pretty much one reason - fans demand success. We can take a stand, stop the advertising, take the logos off our shirts etc, but we'd have to face up to the fact that we would start dropping down the leagues pretty quickly. Or we can "go corporate" with stadium naming rights, advertising, modern facilities that attract familes/corporate customers and try to invest those proceeds into making the club successful. I went to many games in the 80s where it was pretty miserable - standing in the open, cloggers thrashing in the mud etc etc. To say we would be in an all-seater stadium with video screens and a tannoy system you could actually hear would have seemed ridiculous at that time, but anyone would have snapped your hand off for it. It's nice to be nostalgic, but if you want football stripped back then go and watch a lower league game. Let me know how you get on. No I just want to see the game I have paid for without flashing advertising in my face is that too hard to understand ?
marbelladave Posted 28 February 2013 Posted 28 February 2013 Couldn't agree more but people's apathy to shit like this creeping in is why it continues to get worse, and worse, and worse. In many walks of life people are becoming more and more picky about what they spend their money on, if the value does not feel right then they will not pay for it. Crowds at football matches are falling in many areas and downgrading the experience will just add to that, for the moment TV money is making the difference, will that last for ever? No I just want to see the game I have paid for without flashing advertising in my face is that too hard to understand ? Quite right. Real football fans support one club and see it as their club. They can not and will not go down the road to another club, that's not how it works. Their loyalty is now getting milked for all it is worth, eventually, one by one, fans will get the hump with one thing or another and stop going. For what it is worth and despite our best league positions in years, I am finding this season less enjoyable than any since my return to the UK. Cost is an issue but primarily it is the relentless dumbing down of the 'matchday experience' that is the issue. You all know the kind of things I am talking about, the electronic boards are just the latest.
Vlad the Fox Posted 28 February 2013 Posted 28 February 2013 Having said that, if I was in charge, that freize wouldn't be there. I'd have supporters supply their own flags and banners and fasten them all around the ground where the freize is. Not a bad idea, maybe you should suggest it to the club. It would allow the fans to personalise the stadium a little allowing us to put a bit of our character on it.
KIRBYFOX93 Posted 1 March 2013 Posted 1 March 2013 U lot sound like old coffin dodgers it looks great what you moaning about jheezzee.. Th tacky boards round the pitch are awful U lot sound like old coffin dodgers it looks great what you moaning about jheezzee.. Th tacky boards round the pitch are awful
Leicester Lass Posted 1 March 2013 Posted 1 March 2013 From the FCC last night: They are only on trial until end of season. No decision made yet. For televised games there is a specified brightness (the level that was used for Huddersfield obviously, and Charlton game. The TV brightness requirement is the same whether day or night match). Otherwise, brightness will be at the same level as in the Blackburn game. Have to be made static if there is a penalty. Have consulted with Nigel Pearson & players, and they say the boards cause no detriment to them on the field.
The Year Of The Fox Posted 1 March 2013 Posted 1 March 2013 Interesting stuff leicester lass. Genuinely not looking forward to evening televised games
David Hankey Posted 1 March 2013 Posted 1 March 2013 It seems the Club has listened to the fans, well done. I'd much rather be dazzled by the players' performance on the pitch than the hoardings that surround it!!
flowwolf Posted 2 March 2013 Posted 2 March 2013 From the FCC last night: They are only on trial until end of season. No decision made yet. For televised games there is a specified brightness (the level that was used for Huddersfield obviously, and Charlton game. The TV brightness requirement is the same whether day or night match). Otherwise, brightness will be at the same level as in the Blackburn game. Have to be made static if there is a penalty. Have consulted with Nigel Pearson & players, and they say the boards cause no detriment to them on the field. Right so it has no detrement to the players but they have to be static if there is a penaty anyone else spot the contradiction there ?
flowwolf Posted 2 March 2013 Posted 2 March 2013 U lot sound like old coffin dodgers it looks great what you moaning about jheezzee.. Th tacky boards round the pitch are awful U lot sound like old coffin dodgers it looks great what you moaning about jheezzee.. Th tacky boards round the pitch are awful Try acting your age instead of your shoe size there's a good boy.
marbelladave Posted 2 March 2013 Posted 2 March 2013 Just a thought that came to me....... Would it be possible to lodge a complaint on Health and Safety grounds, epilepsy for example.......
BrummieFOX Posted 2 March 2013 Posted 2 March 2013 There are absolutely no grounds for complaint on any health and safety issue. They are completely safe and every Premier League club uses them every week without a fuss. Get used to them.
flowwolf Posted 2 March 2013 Posted 2 March 2013 There are absolutely no grounds for complaint on any health and safety issue. They are completely safe and every Premier League club uses them every week without a fuss. Get used to them. Erm NO I wont get used to them and I won't be bullied into getting used to them. Get used to that . To be fair though Brummie it's a pitty the club can't be as frank as you instead of comming out with that " enhanced the matchday experience " load of bollocks, because what you said is exactly what they mean.
Roger Posted 2 March 2013 Posted 2 March 2013 Erm NO I wont get used to them and I won't be bullied into getting used to them. Get used to that . To be fair though Brummie it's a pitty the club can't be as frank as you instead of comming out with that " enhanced the matchday experience " load of bollocks, because what you said is exactly what they mean. Jesus Christ. It's a strip of advertisement boardings, that's it. It brings in money for the club, puts us on a par with the sort of clubs we aspire towards and brings the KP up-to-date. Personally I can deal with a bit of extra light if it means the increased revenue helps to put the club on a sound financial footing. Also with the frankly incredible work the owners are doing right now, they could use the boards to project Piers Morgan's face around the ground and I wouldn't give two hoots. They are good for the club so yes, get used to it if you want to see the club keep up with our rivals.
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