Dodgyknees Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 1 hour ago, TRO said: Hackneyed, but true. Maybe. But the club was ****. Trust me. And tbe only thing that will rebuild us is good decisions over time. And I think we are doing that - but I think we will only have real answers to how far we have come, once stable in the prem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 22 minutes ago, DK82 said: Maybe. But the club was ****. Trust me. And tbe only thing that will rebuild us is good decisions over time. And I think we are doing that - but I think we will only have real answers to how far we have come, once stable in the prem. could not agree with you more.....the club was in a far worse state than any of us will ever imagine. I have trust in this little band of brothers we have now.....Bruce/Round/Wyness/Xia.....no one can ever be certain, but I just have that feeling there is only one hymn sheet and they are all singing off it. fingers crossed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post peterms Posted July 27, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2017 4 hours ago, Demitri_C said: Luke Organ, the club’s Chief Commercial Officer, said: ... Howard Grindrod, Hisense UK’s Deputy Managing Director, added Organ and Grindrod? Really? No mention of a Mr Monkey? 3 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Grindrod is a fantastic name! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dounavilla Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Grindrod- "A rod used to Grind" or " someone called Rod is getting *!*#**" Taken from the Cambridge dictionary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Grindrod - to perform a dutty dancefloor manouvre whilst one arm is up an emu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted July 27, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted July 27, 2017 5 hours ago, TheStagMan said: A massive amount of management bullshit in that.... Wonder what their strategic goals are? what is fan engagement? are we all about to be getting spam emails trying to sell us Hi-Sense products? Do we get a free TV with every season ticket? What is sponsorship maximization (bigger logos on the shirts?), brand presence I get (expect VP to be plastered with their logos), and what are these tangible returns that they will be getting? Obviously money... but..... Don't get me wrong - I am really happy that we have a commercial team now that seem to have an idea what they are doing, and the foundations are starting to look good - I just hate buzzword announcements like that, which don't really say anything. But yeah, go Tone, anything that brings money into the club and builds our presence/profile is great. I'm not sure what any of that marketing BS means but Hisense sell the most TV's in China. Basically the equivalent is Samsung and LG in the US. Whoever makes the most common TV in the UK, Hisense is the Chinese version of that - for 2 billion people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStagMan Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 52 minutes ago, TheAuthority said: I'm not sure what any of that marketing BS means but Hisense sell the most TV's in China. Basically the equivalent is Samsung and LG in the US. Whoever makes the most common TV in the UK, Hisense is the Chinese version of that - for 2 billion people. I agree it is great news, i just hate that sort of meaningless management speak.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 2 hours ago, sne said: Grindrod is a fantastic name! Yep. For someone else. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morley_crosses_to_Withe Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 (edited) Does professional PR and exciting social media output include Wyness retweeting a derogatory comment that got him fined, banned from football for three weeks and crticised by disability campaigners? Edited July 27, 2017 by Morley_crosses_to_Withe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reivax_Villa Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 8 hours ago, TheStagMan said: A massive amount of management bullshit in that.... Wonder what their strategic goals are? what is fan engagement? are we all about to be getting spam emails trying to sell us Hi-Sense products? Do we get a free TV with every season ticket? What is sponsorship maximization (bigger logos on the shirts?), brand presence I get (expect VP to be plastered with their logos), and what are these tangible returns that they will be getting? Obviously money... but..... Don't get me wrong - I am really happy that we have a commercial team now that seem to have an idea what they are doing, and the foundations are starting to look good - I just hate buzzword announcements like that, which don't really say anything. But yeah, go Tone, anything that brings money into the club and builds our presence/profile is great. I think in a nutshell They are going to provide this club with the necessary tools & technology to fulfil some of our objectives and hopefully this knowledge and understanding would be something that this club would utilise after the partnership deal has completed. In return Hisense gain a greater exposure in the UK resulting in a newer demographic consumer & business wise and within football, rugby and other sporting industries. It does appear to be a good partnership for them. This could potentially help Hisense build more partnerships in the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Platt Posted July 27, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted July 27, 2017 They have not got long to replace all the concourse and directors box TV's. Will be interesting to see if they are up and running first game of the season. As partnerships go this is a good one. Might even invest in one of their TV's when my Samsung bites the dust. Seems to me that The Doc has his connections and if we get promoted things could really snowball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 31 minutes ago, S-Platt said: Seems to me that The Doc has his connections and if we get promoted things could really snowball. Yes, Hisense is a Chinese electronics brand, currently offering lower budget products but not necessarily sub par products. What I like about this sponsorship is that Villa and Hisense are on a similar journey - trying to establish themselves, but when they do you can be sure that they have a bit of clout about them. Hisense are trying to compete with the likes of sony, given time, they will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Deisler123 Posted July 28, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted July 28, 2017 8 hours ago, Jareth said: Yes, Hisense is a Chinese electronics brand, currently offering lower budget products but not necessarily sub par products. What I like about this sponsorship is that Villa and Hisense are on a similar journey - trying to establish themselves, but when they do you can be sure that they have a bit of clout about them. Hisense are trying to compete with the likes of sony, given time, they will. Yes. Hisense started to use football as a marketing tool to expand their global market since three years ago. Although domestic market is huge in China (and almost every family in cities own 50+ inch TV, hence the huge market), international market is what most electronics manufacturers are looking to get into. Companies like Haier, Suning have been doing that and Suning even owns Inter. That is one of the reasons that Hisense is now desperate to sponsor any football club with good reputation in EU. Generally speaking, most weatern clubs still have concerns of having sponsorships from China (for obvious reasons; continental competitions are a bit more relaxed about it), but clubs with Chinese owners will not have issues with this. There will be more to come. Even more when we get promoted. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 I didn't think Xia had to justify selling Baker. Wonder what the sound logic was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonIsAPlaceOnEarth Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Keeping Amavi if press reports are to be believed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonIsAPlaceOnEarth Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 29 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I didn't think Xia had to justify selling Baker. Wonder what the sound logic was. Keeping Amavi if press reports are to be believed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 8 minutes ago, DevonIsAPlaceOnEarth said: Keeping Amavi if press reports are to be believed. Where dem press reports at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonIsAPlaceOnEarth Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 13 minutes ago, Jareth said: Where dem press reports at? Gregg Evans from the Mail has said this. It does sort of make sense, we only have Taylor otherwise so would need to buy another LB. Whereas CB we have 3 decent options, with Jedinak able to cover also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 30 minutes ago, DevonIsAPlaceOnEarth said: Gregg Evans from the Mail has said this. It does sort of make sense, we only have Taylor otherwise so would need to buy another LB. Whereas CB we have 3 decent options, with Jedinak able to cover also. Well if that's the case, I'd deffo rather keep Amavi than Baker. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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