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Post by oldnotdecrepit on Jan 22, 2018 12:49:30 GMT
No need to worry, Mr MaGuire announced that the Century Club, 100 businesses giving £1000 Each was being launched this month.
Im sure I haven’t dreamt it............
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Post by Rio Doherty on Jan 22, 2018 16:25:11 GMT
Only 30 have contributed so far.
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Post by embalmer on Jan 22, 2018 16:37:19 GMT
Only 30 have contributed so far. Really? It was originally supposed to launch in October but it didn't because they only had 25 businesses signed up. It's still only at 30?! |
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Post by paulcrossleyshair on Jan 22, 2018 16:42:34 GMT
Only 30 have contributed so far. Does that mean 30 Businesses have paid £1000 each so far? If so, do we know who they are because they all deserve our custom if they have. If they haven't paid then 30 haven't contributed, they have shown interest in queuing up to be in a Pipeline somewhere if anyone gets back to them ;-) |
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Post by Rio Doherty on Jan 22, 2018 16:50:18 GMT
Only 30 have contributed so far. Does that mean 30 Businesses have paid £1000 each so far? If so, do we know who they are because they all deserve our custom if they have. If they haven't paid then 30 haven't contributed, they have shown interest in queuing up to be in a Pipeline somewhere if anyone gets back to them ;-) If 30 businesses have signed up for it then I would’ve thought that they would have paid £1,000 each. Anyway, as ‘Embalmer’ pointed out before, this initiative was mentioned back in October. We are now in January, and only 30 businesses have took part. I can’t see it being officially announced as we still need another 70 to complete the ‘100 club’, and it would be strange to announce it now with loads of places left. |
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Post by sqzl on Jan 22, 2018 16:56:55 GMT
What is the incentive for a business investing the £1k? Do they get some form of advertising or is it like begging to the blind?
I don't think it should ever have been called the '100 club' before we had businesses officially signed up, otherwise you get situations like this where it looks like over-promising and underachieving. If they had just called it the 'Local business project' or something equally as bland, it wouldn't come back to bite them.
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Post by chesterken on Jan 22, 2018 17:10:10 GMT
Let’s change the name to the 30 club and bank the money, unless it’s already been spent🙁
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Post by dmcnally on Jan 22, 2018 17:15:29 GMT
I thought it hadn't even started yet. Surely for something like this there would be an announcement on social media and an article on the website at least...
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on Jan 22, 2018 17:30:19 GMT
I thought it hadn't even started yet. Surely for something like this there would be an announcement on social media and an article on the website at least... 1. That's a sarcastic response which I'd agree with but I can tell you're not being sarcastic. 2. This is interesting in relation to other threads re: MM's justification of his hefty salary. Would be good to know of any performance targets of his and whether he is meeting them. |
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Post by dmcnally on Jan 22, 2018 17:32:55 GMT
I thought it hadn't even started yet. Surely for something like this there would be an announcement on social media and an article on the website at least... 1. That's a sarcastic response which I'd agree with but I can tell you're not being sarcastic. 2. This is interesting in relation to other threads re: MM's justification of his hefty salary. Would be good to know of any performance targets of his and whether he is meeting them. Nothing sarcastic, I'd have expected an announcement to give the initiative a bit of publicity to get businesses interested. There's been nothing which to me is a bit odd if it's already well underway. |
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Post by gezzer on Jan 22, 2018 17:52:33 GMT
If it is what I suspect, a business engagement group, you would normally cherry pick businesses from different sectors who then meet up regularly and engage with each other and hopefully pick up business. I used to be involved in something similar and £1k would be cheap for the amount of reciprocal deals that I was involved in. £30k at this stage is like winning the lottery when we're skint
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Post by superman on Jan 22, 2018 19:01:46 GMT
Seem to recall MM saying that he anticipated an initial take up of between 30 and 40 in first year.
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Post by dmcnally on Jan 22, 2018 19:37:05 GMT
On another note for much needed income, we’ve got Tranmere at home coming up. No more of this McCarthy bollocks about not wanting too many Tranmere fans to affect the atmosphere. Give them the whole of the south stand. All of the west stand. Cash in as much as we can. Profit maximisation.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2018 19:40:15 GMT
Seem to recall MM saying that he anticipated an initial take up of between 30 and 40 in first year. Yes, believe none have. |
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Post by Si on Jan 22, 2018 20:05:41 GMT
Let's face it, it's as likely to happen as people to gain incentives for contributing to Build Bignots Budget.
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Post by blaconblues on Jan 22, 2018 20:29:46 GMT
I believe an email was sent to MM 2 weeks ago in regards to Gary Roberts - group of lads from Blacon willing to sponsor him for the remainder of the season. No reply to date.
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Post by cfcforme on Jan 22, 2018 20:38:28 GMT
I believe an email was sent to MM 2 weeks ago in regards to Gary Roberts - group of lads from Blacon willing to sponsor him for the remainder of the season. No reply to date. It that's true then the bloke needs to be sitting in a disciplinary, it's like we don't need the money ffs.... |
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Post by Deva Chanter on Jan 22, 2018 20:57:47 GMT
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Post by tarvinblue on Jan 22, 2018 21:32:51 GMT
Does anyone else feel like the net is slowly closing in on MM? All these promises failing to materialise and people now offering an evidence based argument for him not delivering. He is full of talk, gets the odd commercial deal over the line but is ultimately not delivering the kind of impact we need to survive. Yes, he's backed by a board that are non-existent but ultimately he isn't fulfilling his part of the bargain. I'm sure he will attempt another rousing speech on Thursday, however it must not be accepted. It's about figures, not ideas.
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Post by hblock on Jan 22, 2018 22:35:18 GMT
I believe an email was sent to MM 2 weeks ago in regards to Gary Roberts - group of lads from Blacon willing to sponsor him for the remainder of the season. No reply to date. That doesn't surprise me, I emailed the club in October asking to sponsor a player and never received a reply. Also know of others who've offered to volunteer for various things and not heard back from the club. |
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Post by poolepirate on Jan 22, 2018 22:39:08 GMT
re gary roberts possible sponsorship its no surprise the blacon lads involved have not had a reply to their email
as with most things MM is involved in he either ignores contact altogether or promises something will happen but never does
as i posted at the time i wrote 3 emails to him about possible refund of travel for postponed game at eastleigh he didnt even give me the courtesy of a reply(i know from deva chat happened to others too) so much for a reply to emails within 24 hours
i would not mind if the answer was no but no reply at all is not acceptable
as for fund raising he told me(in the beginning when he did reply to emails) that in the pipeline was "chester fc events " as you guessed nothing more was heard of it
i see the ex players association plan "an evening with" a good idea which i (amongst others) suggested to MM ages ago he should be looking at this type of fund raising event not leave it to ex players (well done guys) while he picks up his fat salary which is adding to the cash balance issues for sure
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Post by dmcnally on Jan 22, 2018 22:40:58 GMT
re gary roberts possible sponsorship its no surprise the blacon lads involved have not had a reply to their email as with most things MM is involved in he either ignores contact altogether or promises something will happen but never does as i posted at the time i wrote 3 emails to him about possible refund of travel for postponed game at eastleigh he didnt even give me the courtesy of a reply(i know from deva chat happened to others too) so much for a reply to emails within 24 hours i would not mind if the answer was no but no reply at all is not acceptable as for fund raising he told me(in the beginning when he did reply to emails) that in the pipeline was "chester fc events " as you guessed nothing more was heard of it i see the ex players association plan "an evening with" a good idea which i (amongst others) suggested to MM ages ago he should be looking at this type of fund raising event not leave it to ex players (well done guys) while he picks up his fat salary which is adding to the cash balance issues for sure Eastleigh refunds were being sent out today. |
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Post by Deva Chanter on Jan 23, 2018 1:10:08 GMT
Does anyone else feel like the net is slowly closing in on MM? All these promises failing to materialise and people now offering an evidence based argument for him not delivering. He is full of talk, gets the odd commercial deal over the line but is ultimately not delivering the kind of impact we need to survive. Yes, he's backed by a board that are non-existent but ultimately he isn't fulfilling his part of the bargain. I'm sure he will attempt another rousing speech on Thursday, however it must not be accepted. It's about figures, not ideas. It will be interesting to see if the board wheel him out on Thursday. Its a formal CFU meeting - he isn't ordinarily present at them unless he's given a prior invitation which isn't the case as it isn't on the agenda for the meeting. |
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Post by jb on Jan 23, 2018 5:49:33 GMT
re gary roberts possible sponsorship its no surprise the blacon lads involved have not had a reply to their email as with most things MM is involved in he either ignores contact altogether or promises something will happen but never does as i posted at the time i wrote 3 emails to him about possible refund of travel for postponed game at eastleigh he didnt even give me the courtesy of a reply(i know from deva chat happened to others too) so much for a reply to emails within 24 hours i would not mind if the answer was no but no reply at all is not acceptable as for fund raising he told me(in the beginning when he did reply to emails) that in the pipeline was "chester fc events " as you guessed nothing more was heard of it i see the ex players association plan "an evening with" a good idea which i (amongst others) suggested to MM ages ago he should be looking at this type of fund raising event not leave it to ex players (well done guys) while he picks up his fat salary which is adding to the cash balance issues for sure There’s one huge fatberg in Maguire’s pipeline. |
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Post by gezzer on Jan 23, 2018 8:48:48 GMT
Not condemning MM until I see what his Commercial activities have brought in v previous years but seems like he is being made a scapegoat as he is the ONLY face of the club to the outside. If you all think that getting rid will solve all our problems then crack on. The problems have been festering for many years, long before MM was even heard of, and will continue until you wake up and realise that we are a (semi)-professional football team, 20 places away from being a football league club being run as a glorified Sunday league club.
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Post by blaconblues on Jan 23, 2018 10:27:43 GMT
The most frustrating issue with this is it's not only the sponsorship money that is being missed.
1. The lads who wanted to sponsor Gary, 90% do not support Chester as their first club and rarely if ever watch games. They'd be more inclined to come and watch if they was sponsoring/after the sponsorship deal ended.
2. It doesn't reflect well on the club. Lads have been asking for updates and how much is needed. Well nothing lads, no updates, nothing.
Waggon & Horses FC proudly sponsor.. nothing.
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Post by billyw on Jan 23, 2018 11:01:05 GMT
Not condemning MM until I see what his Commercial activities have brought in v previous years but seems like he is being made a scapegoat as he is the ONLY face of the club to the outside. If you all think that getting rid will solve all our problems then crack on. The problems have been festering for many years, long before MM was even heard of, and will continue until you wake up and realise that we are a (semi)-professional football team, 20 places away from being a football league club being run as a glorified Sunday league club. I think you have a point. I am not privy to know whether MM is doing a good job or a bad job but what I do know is that he seems to be running the ship single handed. WTF does Tony Allen do. |
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Post by dmcnally on Jan 23, 2018 11:02:55 GMT
Not condemning MM until I see what his Commercial activities have brought in v previous years but seems like he is being made a scapegoat as he is the ONLY face of the club to the outside. If you all think that getting rid will solve all our problems then crack on. The problems have been festering for many years, long before MM was even heard of, and will continue until you wake up and realise that we are a (semi)-professional football team, 20 places away from being a football league club being run as a glorified Sunday league club. I think you have a point. I am not privy to know whether MM is doing a good job or a bad job but what I do know is that he seems to be running the ship single handed. WTF does Tony Allen do. We need to bin Tony Allen off and get someone who can help with business enquries, sponsorships etc. Clearly one man can’t do it all by himself |
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Post by Al on Jan 23, 2018 11:54:42 GMT
I think you have a point. I am not privy to know whether MM is doing a good job or a bad job but what I do know is that he seems to be running the ship single handed. WTF does Tony Allen do. We need to bin Tony Allen off and get someone who can help with business enquries, sponsorships etc. Clearly one man can’t do it all by himself Which is what the Working Groups should be setup to achieve.
But then the question is, if the Working Groups take off (which I hope they do), then what are we paying Maguire to do?
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Post by gezzer on Jan 23, 2018 12:08:37 GMT
We need to bin Tony Allen off and get someone who can help with business enquries, sponsorships etc. Clearly one man can’t do it all by himself Which is what the Working Groups should be setup to achieve.
But then the question is, if the Working Groups take off (which I hope they do), then what are we paying Maguire to do?
That's the $1m question. I also hope it takes off but we are still reliant on volunteers. Getting sponsorships is about engaging with businesses, gaining their trust, selling what the club has to offer, all this takes time and that's what many volunteers don't have as well as the experience. My hope is that one day we have a paid board of people with the experience of running successful football clubs and CFC are a sustainable club who can compete in whatever league that we may be in. |
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