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Reply | 8 Changes - worrying line-up against Liverpool
at 21:14 28 Feb 2024
I don't want to, but I'm starting to have the same opinion. He was similar at Bristol.
Trying to give him the benefit of the doubt, he plays a bit like a player who doesn't really know what he is yet. Is he a holding player, a box to box player, a defensive midfielder? Hopefully he's one who'll improve over time. I thought maybe it might be because he never really got a run of games but with Downes out I don't think you can say that. Still young, though. |
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Reply | “Support” last night
at 17:07 14 Feb 2024
Went to the game, was sat in the Lansdowne with Bristol fans. Thought our fans sounded great. Loud, and kept going even at 3-0 down. Bristol fans, on the other hand, largely silent until 2/3-0 up.
Was amused to hear the grumbles of City fans around me who were complementing our support, albeit through gritted teeth. |
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Reply | New Home Shirt For £30
at 06:53 16 Jul 2018
Think word got round. When I got mine all the sizes were still available. Off-topic but looked at the official shop for an infant size - £35?! I get the inflation on adults and kids shirts (not that I like it) but £35 for a toddler's shirt is ridiculous! [Post edited 16 Jul 2018 6:54]
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Reply | New Home Shirt For £30
at 20:50 15 Jul 2018
Brilliant post. Thanks very much. I haven't bought a shirt for about 10 years because of the cost but at £24 that will do nicely! Wish they had it in toddler sizes for my boy as well. Thanks again [Post edited 15 Jul 2018 20:51]
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Reply | Hope this happens here...
at 06:46 6 Jul 2018
Re: advertising in general in most cases high value sponsorships/advertisements are more about brand visibility than actual promotion of a specific product. Classic example is car advertising - almost no-one buys a car based on a TV advert, but after seeing enough well designed adverts it can create an association with the buyer to prep them when they are ready to make a purchase (i.e. mercedes with luxury/aspirational/high-earners, Dacia with low cost, Skoda: upwardly mobile, safety conscious, family, good value for money).
In your examples the reputation increase might have helped their large-scale industrial contracts which were probably worth far more to them than a few photocopiers/heaters to fans. Add to that the benefit of corporate entertainment for helping those deals along and the relatively small cost of sponsorship (compared to these companies huge revenues) that can be offset against tax anyway is probably not as much of a risk as we naturally think.
As for gambling adverts I have no idea whether they actually return more than they cost but, intangible cost benefit of brand visibility aside, almost 1m watch each on Sky Sports every week, supposedly their top advert slots cost around £750 per showing, so if they make only £1 from every loser 0.75% would see them break even (not including the 10-20k cost of producing the advert which can spread over many uses). Add to that the fact that gambling is addictive and more likely to result in multiple transactions I'd say it's relatively safe for these companies. And probably why there are so many of the things on TV. |
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