Wow i may be in the minority on here but this is a guy who has given 30+ years to the club, does no one think he may be due some thanks over this time??

It isnt him putting his money in rather it was him trying to get the club through the years on a shoe string, but for him and others we woulnt even exist.

30 yrs at the club, where`s the top guy at Swinton, Leigh, Oldham, Halifax etc over that period.

Personally i would say many thanks for the work he has put in, hopefully his succesor will be able to move the club forward, assuming the increased funding is in place.

Cue abuse......................................................

Quote ="theredshed"Each player generally has a sponsor. Perhaps an idea is for the club to approach that sponsor with the poster idea. Get the sponsor to pay for say a 1000 glossy A3 posters in return for the sponsors logo being displayed on the poster with the player picture. It would only cost the sponsor a few hundred quid for printing in return for extra advertising for both them and the ">club.'" You've got to put that in perspective. Are we likely to sell 20,000 player posters, and how much business are the sponsors going to get from being advertised on the bedroom of an 8 year old? I doubt sponsors get player exclusivity, so maybe do something similar, with smaller numbers, but seek sponsorship from things like Chill Factor/Play Factor, that crazy golf thing near the TC, and other family type attractions.

Quote ="theredshed"Each player generally has a sponsor. Perhaps an idea is for the club to approach that sponsor with the poster idea. Get the sponsor to pay for say a 1000 glossy A3 posters in return for the sponsors logo being displayed on the poster with the player picture. It would only cost the sponsor a few hundred quid for printing in return for extra advertising for both them and the ">club.'" You've got to put that in perspective. Are we likely to sell 20,000 player posters, and how much business are the sponsors going to get from being advertised on the bedroom of an 8 year old? I doubt sponsors get player exclusivity, so maybe do something similar, with smaller numbers, but seek sponsorship from things like Chill Factor/Play Factor, that crazy golf thing near the TC, and other family type attractions.

If the cost of an extra two pages is that great, I'm sure there's aspects of the programme that could be dropped in favour of creating space for a poster. View from the Pew, for example.

Quote ="Iain"You've got to put that in perspective. Are we likely to sell 20,000 player posters, and how much business are the sponsors going to get from being advertised on the bedroom of an 8 year old? I doubt sponsors get player exclusivity, so maybe do something similar, with smaller numbers, but seek sponsorship from things like Chill Factor/Play Factor, that crazy golf thing near the TC, and other family type ">attractions.'" It's not just about the profit you make from selling this it's more about raising the profile of the club and raising awareness of Salford Reds. It doesn't have to be just a poster for kids, adults may put up the poster in their workplace or a landlord in a pub. Perhaps it could include fixtures? A different player each month between February and September with home and away fixtures for the particular month. The club would only have to find 8 player sponsors willing to pay for it out of of say 24? Run it like a magazine where say the March edition is available for distribution in February. On the pre season player shirt presentation evening when the player sits on the table with his sponsors get the players to ask the company if they'll sponsor the poster? I'm sure after a few drinks it would be an easy sell. If you look in a match programme you will see that each squad player is sponsorsed by a company. I don't think its asking too much of a sponsor to pay for a few posters in return for some extra advertising.

Quote ="Iain"You've got to put that in perspective. Are we likely to sell 20,000 player posters, and how much business are the sponsors going to get from being advertised on the bedroom of an 8 year old? I doubt sponsors get player exclusivity, so maybe do something similar, with smaller numbers, but seek sponsorship from things like Chill Factor/Play Factor, that crazy golf thing near the TC, and other family type ">attractions.'" It's not just about the profit you make from selling this it's more about raising the profile of the club and raising awareness of Salford Reds. It doesn't have to be just a poster for kids, adults may put up the poster in their workplace or a landlord in a pub. Perhaps it could include fixtures? A different player each month between February and September with home and away fixtures for the particular month. The club would only have to find 8 player sponsors willing to pay for it out of of say 24? Run it like a magazine where say the March edition is available for distribution in February. On the pre season player shirt presentation evening when the player sits on the table with his sponsors get the players to ask the company if they'll sponsor the poster? I'm sure after a few drinks it would be an easy sell. If you look in a match programme you will see that each squad player is sponsorsed by a company. I don't think its asking too much of a sponsor to pay for a few posters in return for some extra advertising.

Every season get say 500 team posters printed and get them signed to sell and I bet they'd go, do the say with Neville and say a paw/hoof print and the kids would go for that too. We don't need to look at mass numbers as with modern printers and inks it's reasonably easy to make some decent onces at a relatively low price.



As an aside maybe now with DT gone and from the looks of it someone in his place (for how long we don't know) who takes a bit more notice of the fans it might be nice if someone from the club could get feedback and suggestions on here, OK I know there are the dimble brains who'll try and derail it but surely they'll get some decent ideas.

Quote ="theredshed"Each player generally has a sponsor. Perhaps an idea is for the club to approach that sponsor with the poster idea. Get the sponsor to pay for say a 1000 glossy A3 posters in return for the sponsors logo being displayed on the poster with the player picture. It would only cost the sponsor a few hundred quid for printing in return for extra advertising for both them and the club. They could sell them in the club shop or outside the ground on matchdays and any left over could be given to school kids when they visit the stadium with the foundation ">team.'" I spoke to a player sponsor a few months back and he was doing it because he knew the player personally, as for rugby league he didn't care much for it and was a yawnian fan.

Quote ="theredshed"Each player generally has a sponsor. Perhaps an idea is for the club to approach that sponsor with the poster idea. Get the sponsor to pay for say a 1000 glossy A3 posters in return for the sponsors logo being displayed on the poster with the player picture. It would only cost the sponsor a few hundred quid for printing in return for extra advertising for both them and the club. They could sell them in the club shop or outside the ground on matchdays and any left over could be given to school kids when they visit the stadium with the foundation ">team.'" I spoke to a player sponsor a few months back and he was doing it because he knew the player personally, as for rugby league he didn't care much for it and was a yawnian fan.