Steve Gilbert
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Now that we are safe it is time to turn to what the club needs to do to rebuild.
Academy:
This seems settled and in good hands under SK who has a clear vision of what he thinks needs to happen and we recruit players.
The women’s team:
Again this is an area where I think it is in good hand under LG and they could get promoted next weekend. Also good to see they seem to now have girls coming through from younger ages.
Marketing:
This is a major issue and has been for a good while now. We have a new commercial guy and it is time to see what he brings to the table. Regular adverts for games, get the season tickets rolled out ASAP now we know what league we are in. There is no need to delay this. Also jump on the feel good factor of us staying up now rather than wait.
The season ticket package this season is a big one to have the s**t show of last seasons offering.
The new kit was signed off in October, again this should be able to release pretty soon. IMO the team should be wearing the new kit in next weeks game and let fans see it first hand.
Fan engagement:
This is massive if the club want to reconnect the fans and the club back together. Social media is the clubs biggest tool now a days to engage with fans but ours is terrible. I would get rid of our SLO as I still don’t actually see what he adds what so ever and bring in someone with fresh ideas who will be able to have a relaxed communication with fans through social media.
Get some sort of family open day in the summer at the training ground and make a big thing of it. If we go abroad in pre season then make it easy for fans to go over and attend like Austria was.
There are so many fans just on this forum with great ideas of what the club can do more of. These fans need to be listened to and utilised.
The team:
This is another big rebuild and a good few players need to be shipped out on loan or let go and let Manning bring his own team in. If fans can see progress being made throughout the summer I think people will be a lot more patient at the start of the season if it takes a few games for the team to fully click. If it isn’t done right then the pitch forks will be out very quickly.
Overall, brilliant that we are staying up but my word this summer is massive if the club really do have ambitions of working towards being a top 30 club.
Academy:
This seems settled and in good hands under SK who has a clear vision of what he thinks needs to happen and we recruit players.
The women’s team:
Again this is an area where I think it is in good hand under LG and they could get promoted next weekend. Also good to see they seem to now have girls coming through from younger ages.
Marketing:
This is a major issue and has been for a good while now. We have a new commercial guy and it is time to see what he brings to the table. Regular adverts for games, get the season tickets rolled out ASAP now we know what league we are in. There is no need to delay this. Also jump on the feel good factor of us staying up now rather than wait.
The season ticket package this season is a big one to have the s**t show of last seasons offering.
The new kit was signed off in October, again this should be able to release pretty soon. IMO the team should be wearing the new kit in next weeks game and let fans see it first hand.
Fan engagement:
This is massive if the club want to reconnect the fans and the club back together. Social media is the clubs biggest tool now a days to engage with fans but ours is terrible. I would get rid of our SLO as I still don’t actually see what he adds what so ever and bring in someone with fresh ideas who will be able to have a relaxed communication with fans through social media.
Get some sort of family open day in the summer at the training ground and make a big thing of it. If we go abroad in pre season then make it easy for fans to go over and attend like Austria was.
There are so many fans just on this forum with great ideas of what the club can do more of. These fans need to be listened to and utilised.
The team:
This is another big rebuild and a good few players need to be shipped out on loan or let go and let Manning bring his own team in. If fans can see progress being made throughout the summer I think people will be a lot more patient at the start of the season if it takes a few games for the team to fully click. If it isn’t done right then the pitch forks will be out very quickly.
Overall, brilliant that we are staying up but my word this summer is massive if the club really do have ambitions of working towards being a top 30 club.
