Pre-Season 15/16

[johng]

Morkeshing in general has dis-improved hugely in the last few years. Complacency? Not caring about their fans?

More effort needed. Especially if they want to fill a new 25000 seater.

[Slipper1]

Morkeshing in general has dis-improved hugely in the last few years. Complacency? Not caring about their fans?

More effort needed. Especially if they want to fill a new 25000 seater.

There has been a noticeable shift away from including the fans as important stakeholders to just concentrating on promoting & keeping sponsors happy. SocMed has improved but only as the industry & medium itself has developed into a required promotional tool.

I still don't know what gift or bonus I got for renewing the ST, I think it was a discount for a game I'm already going to get a ticket for?

The big headache on the horizon will be how to manage season ticket holders during the phased redevelopment of the RDS. They're going to need to get fans onside and be extra nice when blocks of customers who have seen huge % increases in their ticket prices are asked to scatter to the 4 corners of the ground to accommodate the builders.

[Dave Cahill]

Morkeshing in general has dis-improved hugely in the last few years. Complacency? Not caring about their fans?

More effort needed. Especially if they want to fill a new 25000 seater.

There has been a noticeable shift away from including the fans as important stakeholders to just concentrating on promoting & keeping sponsors happy. SocMed has improved but only as the industry & medium itself has developed into a required promotional tool.

I still don't know what gift or bonus I got for renewing the ST, I think it was a discount for a game I'm already going to get a ticket for?

The big headache on the horizon will be how to manage season ticket holders during the phased redevelopment of the RDS. They're going to need to get fans onside and be extra nice when blocks of customers who have seen huge % increases in their ticket prices are asked to scatter to the 4 corners of the ground to accommodate the builders.

[Slipper1]

Very true, I would have thought the money from 13000 ST holders every year is important too though.

[johng]

I doubt we will see the dizzy heights of 13000 this season.

[AdamK]

Well it was 10k a few months ago, surely they'll eek out another 1 or 2k with a final push around the RWC... and if Ireland do well, touch wood, that will also drive sales.

[rooster]

Morkeshing in general has dis-improved hugely in the last few years. Complacency? Not caring about their fans?

More effort needed. Especially if they want to fill a new 25000 seater.

There has been a noticeable shift away from including the fans as important stakeholders to just concentrating on promoting & keeping sponsors happy. SocMed has improved but only as the industry & medium itself has developed into a required promotional tool.

I still don't know what gift or bonus I got for renewing the ST, I think it was a discount for a game I'm already going to get a ticket for?

The big headache on the horizon will be how to manage season ticket holders during the phased redevelopment of the RDS. They're going to need to get fans onside and be extra nice when blocks of customers who have seen huge % increases in their ticket prices are asked to scatter to the 4 corners of the ground to accommodate the builders.

When we had to vacate the main stand at Ravenhill we got the choice of either end at our old seat price for the season with the provision we would get back as near as possible to same location last season with the price held, there was not much option if you wanted to retain your old spot or for that matter any spot in the new main stand as it dropped slightly in capacity.

[BlueWheels]

I still don't know what gift or bonus I got for renewing the ST, I think it was a discount for a game I'm already going to get a ticket for?

The new Season Ticket holder gift pack contains:
•Leinster scarf
•Leinster flag
•Shopper bag
•Hand warmer
•'My Stuff' bag
•Gloss laminated memorabilia box


http://www.leinsterrugby.ie/news/13708.php#.Va0a87FONAg

[simonokeeffe]

a my stuff bag appears to be a wash bag for anyone who doesnt work in morketing

[Dubmon]

So, Moseley as a pre season friendly. I wonder is the logic to avoid a morale sapping beating at home given the depleted team.

[Dubmon]

So, Moseley as a pre season friendly. I wonder is the logic to avoid a morale sapping beating at home given the depleted team.

[Armchair]

Less than impressive end to last season, uninspiring off season, very little good news from pre-season! Beginning to worry about the new season ahead!

[simonokeeffe]

So, Moseley as a pre season friendly. I wonder is the logic to avoid a morale sapping beating at home given the depleted team.

probably more a case of we're missing 20 or so players to the world cup, no point playing an English team missing 4 or 5

[jimbobjoe]

So, Moseley as a pre season friendly. I wonder is the logic to avoid a morale sapping beating at home given the depleted team.

Would it not be better to play a couple AIL sides around the province?

[Flash Gordon]

Morkeshing in general has dis-improved hugely in the last few years. Complacency? Not caring about their fans?

More effort needed. Especially if they want to fill a new 25000 seater.

There has been a noticeable shift away from including the fans as important stakeholders to just concentrating on promoting & keeping sponsors happy. SocMed has improved but only as the industry & medium itself has developed into a required promotional tool.

I still don't know what gift or bonus I got for renewing the ST, I think it was a discount for a game I'm already going to get a ticket for?

The big headache on the horizon will be how to manage season ticket holders during the phased redevelopment of the RDS. They're going to need to get fans onside and be extra nice when blocks of customers who have seen huge % increases in their ticket prices are asked to scatter to the 4 corners of the ground to accommodate the builders.

So why do sponsors buy sponsorship deals with clubs like Leinster? Because they want to drive affinity to the brand they sell by creating an association with the supporters. In this case, the branch shouldn’t matter, the OLSC should go straight to the sponsors explaining the benefit they can offer to the brand BOI, Powerade, Guinness etc and in return the sponsors invest in fan programmes. You remember the early days we didn’t pay for buses to Belfast we dealt directly with the sponsor and got free beer on the way to the Ulster game, similarly we got drums and Bodhrans and amazing player evenings because the sponsor understood the benefit that they would get from that. You look at a damaged brand like BOI which have huge marketing budgets and how they are trying to rebuild trust, credibility and community and you’ve got to say they’re ripe for an approach. If the branch don’t want to play ball, bypass them.

[Armchair]

So, Moseley as a pre season friendly. I wonder is the logic to avoid a morale sapping beating at home given the depleted team.

Would it not be better to play a couple AIL sides around the province?

That would be a great idea Leinster had Lansdowne, Clontarf & Terenure in the top 4 of the AIL last year surely would be a great PR and a great spectacle. Even having 2 Leinster teams play an AIL league game as a curtain raiser to a Pro-12 match would be a great idea

[Vamos los azules]

So, Moseley as a pre season friendly. I wonder is the logic to avoid a morale sapping beating at home given the depleted team.

probably more a case of we're missing 20 or so players to the world cup, no point playing an English team missing 4 or 5

Premiership sides are doing their own thing this season with their delayed start due to the World Cup so it was only going to be Championship sides in terms of English opposition available. The Premiership sides have been grouped off into 3 or 4 mini tournaments (vaguely regionally, although Leicester have been classed as the North!) as their pre-season.

[simonokeeffe]

So, Moseley as a pre season friendly. I wonder is the logic to avoid a morale sapping beating at home given the depleted team.

probably more a case of we're missing 20 or so players to the world cup, no point playing an English team missing 4 or 5

Premiership sides are doing their own thing this season with their delayed start due to the World Cup so it was only going to be Championship sides in terms of English opposition available. The Premiership sides have been grouped off into 3 or 4 mini tournaments (vaguely regionally, although Leicester have been classed as the North!) as their pre-season.

they just keep getting eliter and eliter

[dingodublin]

I thought as part of the deal to renew our season tickets, there was going to be a home friendly for the season ticket holders to go to without having to purchase a ticket?

[Leoslovechild]

I thought as part of the deal to renew our season tickets, there was going to be a home friendly for the season ticket holders to go to without having to purchase a ticket?

Never was before.