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Come on Monmouth, "America's Club" doesn't mean that at all. It simply means most popular club in America, no more than that. Like the way the Cowboys are often proclaimed to be "America's Team" (and are understandably hated for it).
That said, we are still about a thousand miles behind Chelsea, Spurs, ManU, Arsenal, Liverpool, Man City and even probably Everton for the rights to that claim.
We're a hell of a lot further back than we were before the Bradley debacle. That's if bigsoccer is anything to go by.
Another PR disaster to add to the list from our new board.
Can't they do anything right?
The bottom line is that it's not a PR disaster. It's an amazing piece of PR. It may be a disaster to people like us, but once this gets out into the mainstream media, 3/4 of our fanbase will get all 'Cooey' about it all. "Oh my god we're going to be the biggest club in the U.S!" Blah de fvckin blah type of thing. Fair play, they know there stuff when it comes to this kind of shit do the yanks!
The bottom line is that it's not a PR disaster. It's an amazing piece of PR. It may be a disaster to people like us, but once this gets out into the mainstream media, 3/4 of our fanbase will get all 'Cooey' about it all. "Oh my god we're going to be the biggest club in the U.S!" Blah de fvckin blah type of thing. Fair play, they know there stuff when it comes to this kind of shit do the yanks!
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Enough is enough. Time to fight back in the PR game. I really don't buy into the line that it would affect performances on the pitch. It should be made clear via leaflets distributed on match day what Jenkins has done and how the new owners should behave if they really want to achieve their promise of a "sustainable future". It should also be made absolutely clear that the fans stand 100% behind the team and manager but we are not prepared to be treated as mugs. Gloves really have to come off now.
The bottom line is that it's not a PR disaster. It's an amazing piece of PR. It may be a disaster to people like us, but once this gets out into the mainstream media, 3/4 of our fanbase will get all 'Cooey' about it all. "Oh my god we're going to be the biggest club in the U.S!" Blah de fvckin blah type of thing. Fair play, they know there stuff when it comes to this kind of shit do the yanks!
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Yeah, history repeating itself here, shades of Cardiff when they thought they were going to be THE club out in Malaysia and Far East. The difference(s) now it's an American slant, us and ummmmm........Unlike their fans egotistical delusion of grandeur ours are far more savvy, reality based with both feet planted firmly on the ground.
I think the Yanks have underestimated the streetwise bullsh#t-detector antenna that a large section of our supporters are blessed with.
I am very worried that if Huw Jenkins leaves, that this guy will be the one in charge of future transfers etc. Then the club will sink like a stone.
Don't worry Flash, that'll never happen. When Jenkins eventually leaves the person in charge of transfers will more than likely be the official receiver!
Don't worry Flash, that'll never happen. When Jenkins eventually leaves the person in charge of transfers will more than likely be the official receiver!
That gave me a *shudder* reading that....
As someone earlier wrote, we should be concentrating on our remaining games. Who needs to be reading stuff like that, when every bit of of the players, coaching staff and fans energy should be focused on Sunday's game.
As someone earlier wrote, we should be concentrating on our remaining games. Who needs to be reading stuff like that, when every bit of of the players, coaching staff and fans energy should be focused on Sunday's game.
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Of course Lor, but you have to throw a bit of serious drama into the mix as well mun!
americans have no sense of what relegation means. it's not in american sports culture. so obsessed are they with making swansea city into a "fad" that they never properly considered the possibility that relegation could happen.
i'm sure they thought they could come in with their experience owning american teams and it would give them some divine right to compete in the premier league. shocking naivety.
americans have no sense of what relegation means. it's not in american sports culture. so obsessed are they with making swansea city into a "fad" that they never properly considered the possibility that relegation could happen.
i'm sure they thought they could come in with their experience owning american teams and it would give them some divine right to compete in the premier league. shocking naivety.
Not sure I'd use those exact words, but they've proven you completely right so far.
Don't worry Flash, that'll never happen. When Jenkins eventually leaves the person in charge of transfers will more than likely be the official receiver!
americans have no sense of what relegation means. it's not in american sports culture. so obsessed are they with making swansea city into a "fad" that they never properly considered the possibility that relegation could happen.
i'm sure they thought they could come in with their experience owning american teams and it would give them some divine right to compete in the premier league. shocking naivety.
I appreciate you don't have relegation over there, but surely they aren't that naive. They aren't stupid people. They wouldn't have spent months putting a deal together to buy the club without realising their income was going to take a hammering if we finished in the bottom three. Lower end PL clubs would cost a lot more if there was no prospect of relegation. Aside from that, how would we have got promoted without relegations to balance the numbers.
I think it's far more likely they were convinced the squad was a lot better than it actually is. We look a solid mid table team if you look at the final table for the last 6 years.
Enough is enough. Time to fight back in the PR game. I really don't buy into the line that it would affect performances on the pitch. It should be made clear via leaflets distributed on match day what Jenkins has done and how the new owners should behave if they really want to achieve their promise of a "sustainable future". It should also be made absolutely clear that the fans stand 100% behind the team and manager but we are not prepared to be treated as mugs. Gloves really have to come off now.
Agreed, the two are not conflicting. Protests only run a risk of disrupting the team if they take place vocally before or during the game. A soft approach such as PR campaign to get the truth out there absolutely can run alongside vociferous support of the team and PC. Support needs to be built though - nowhere near enough people seem aware of the behaviour of the ex-board, possible because the local press keep given them a platform to spread bull.
I actually find it offensive because it is intelligence insulting to the extreme. Taking us ALL for complete and utter mugs. It’s out and out PR-board and sell-outs propaganda bullshit.
It’s all there the complementary feel-good mood muzak telling us all how fantastic we and things are. The Huw Jenkins content is the precursor to his upcoming “clears the air statement” or dare I say complete and utter load of sh#t.
Quote: “You don’t want to come and disrupt what’s going on given what Huw (Jenkins), the fans and the city have built here."
Quote: Donovan stresses that neither Jenkins nor head coach Clement “need my advice”. . “They know what they are doing and they are much smarter than I am. They are in this world all the time,” he adds.
Well why the f#ck has Jenkins wasted millions on players and failed to advise (STOP!) Bob Bradley's appointment then?
Holy f#cking cow!
"Well why the f#ck has Jenkins wasted millions on players and failed to advise (STOP!) Bob Bradley's appointment then? "
Because Donovan was the one who advocated for Bradley? He publically admitted the huge role he had in his appointment:
On the subject of being "America's team," I'm not surprised at all that someone from the ownership group (Donovan) has finally come out and just admitted it. As I said before, this was the plan from the very beginning, and it began with the Bradley appointment. The cvnt owners wanted us to be the darlings of their home country, but thankfully this plan completely blew up in their faces.
Levien talks again and again about how he's going to make us into a commercial juggernaut and use that money to invest into the squad. The problem is, this plan was almost completely dependent on Bradley being a success and this club taking off in America. Now that's over and done with I'd love to see what other stupid and daft plans he has for us to be "America's club," as that seems to be the only idea that he and the rest of the owners have for maximizing our commercial and supporter potential, and their main priority.
The irony in all of this is that if we get relegated, which as it stands is extremely likely to happen, then our matches won't even be shown in America anymore. EPL is on terrestial television in the States, but for Championship matches you have to buy a beIN Sports subscription, something that is only available in very select areas. And beIN only shows one or two Championship matches a week.
Funny. In their attempt to make us America's club by hiring Bob Bradley, the owners effectively put this club out of America and its viewership (should we get relegated of course). This would be as ironic as it gets.
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