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Post by JohnInglisIsGod on Sept 23, 2010 11:38:52 GMT
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Post by canalender on Sept 23, 2010 16:21:02 GMT
Richard Hill is clearly a man who hasn't grasped what drives sport fans, especially the happy clappers at the Sixways.
Could it be to do with up to £28 to watch the mighty Esher after being ripped of by the club in the last few years?
There does seem to some kind of Schizophrenia or identity crises going on as Worcester Worriers & Worcester Rugby Club have the identical histories even though they are 2 separate clubs & limited companies.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2010 16:35:47 GMT
Very true, but does it really matter? This season for Warriors is just a temporary blip before they return to the fully professional ranks of the Premiership next year. A minority sport like rugby union has only got one league, its the Premiership, and the rest are pretty unimportant and the Premiership teams are franchises. There is no affinity to the community they serve, people who watched Warriors last season came from places like Birmingham and Coventry, or Herefordshire and Shropshire, only because they were the closest Premiership team. This season those people ar more likely to watch Leicester, or Norhampton, or even Gloucester.
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Post by Tony is not to despondent now. on Sept 24, 2010 7:55:30 GMT
Very true, but does it really matter? This season for Warriors is just a temporary blip before they return to the fully professional ranks of the Premiership next year. A minority sport like rugby union has only got one league, its the Premiership, and the rest are pretty unimportant and the Premiership teams are franchises. There is no affinity to the community they serve, people who watched Warriors last season came from places like Birmingham and Coventry, or Herefordshire and Shropshire, only because they were the closest Premiership team. This season those people ar more likely to True jcp. My relatives in Shropshire. who were big 'Warriors Fans' when they were in the premiership, have not been to a game at 6 ways this season, travelling farther afield to watch the premiership games. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2010 9:12:50 GMT
It's a strange one this. Die-hard fans who turn up rain or shine, win or lose, see those who only visit when there's success in the air as "glory hunters" or worse. Yet if you applied this situation to any other set of customers it would appear barmy.
If you were to hear of someone who only shopped at their favourite store even though it was more expensive; dirty; had products that were inferior and continuously out of stock; treated their customers with contempt etc etc. you'd think the committed patron was a lunatic. Yet we see it as a badge of honour to suffer for year after year.
I remember hearing some "loyal" fans at the Huddersfield game who, rather than welcoming some "glory hunters" back down the lane, gave them abuse for turning up.
Who are the crazy ones?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2010 9:56:56 GMT
The missing Warriors fans, like Tony's relatives, arent glory hunters, but are people who've gone to a certain shop for a cetain product, and now that product is no longer available , they shop elsewhere. I know some people who used to go to Northampton games in the Premiership, went to Leicester when they were relegated, and now go to Northampton again now they are back in the Premiership.
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Post by voiceofreason on Sept 30, 2010 9:59:56 GMT
They sound totally, er, unfaithful.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2010 15:02:06 GMT
They are, but thats the way it works with rugby, it doesnt have the tribal allegience which is associated with football. I could quite as happily go to a Warriors game at Sixways as I could a Bath game at the Rec.
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