Torquay United Fans Forum

PlainmoorRoar wrote: Troll brucie clearly mad that Torquay won yesterday and exeter.... well...

brucie wrote:Knobhead.

brucie wrote:Knobhead.

brucie wrote:Neal - get a reality check. If I pay £2 a month it isn't going to make a jot of difference to you actually. You are a boring f*** who posts the same message time and time again. At least I have an opinion unlike you. If I feel that the TUST are going to make a success of this I will sign up. If not then I won't.

brucie wrote:Neal - get a reality check. If I pay £2 a month it isn't going to make a jot of difference to you actually. You are a boring f*** who posts the same message time and time again. At least I have an opinion unlike you. If I feel that the TUST are going to make a success of this I will sign up. If not then I won't.

Kit_robin wrote: Bearing in mind for all but very recently it has been (and is still mostly) one or two men doing all this...

Relaunching a dying organisation
Multiple press articles/releases
Launching lottery
Opening dialogue with supporters direct
Multiple meetings with the club with more to come
Plain or listed as asset of community value
Leaflets to every home in TQ1 area
Outreach on forum/relaunching website/good email comms
A presence at last home game
Putting together a bid team
An open meeting with reps from other organisations at museum

Yeah, they've really been sitting on their arses doing nothing.

I have a lot of time for you, brucie. You often say things that are unpopular but have truth in them, although you do in my opinion go too far sometimes. However it is not the trust that is limiting membership but people with an attitude such as yours.

You are aware of the trust,aware of the possibilities,can afford £2 a month (take it out of the petrol you've saved by not coming to games), yet still won't join. The trust carries more weight with more members. The things you probably want the trust to show you they are capable of are much easier to achieve with members. So instead of sitting on YOUR arse, why not join (actually you can do that on your arse in front of the computer) and see what trust can achieve? If they fail you can pull out. It'll cost you much less than a trip to plainmoor.

Not only that, but if you're a member then you actually get a say in the direction it takes. This goes for everyone with similar apathetic opinions, not just brucie.

brucie wrote:Surely if the Tust has only 200 members then they are not doing something right?
The blindingly obvious catchment for potential members are those home supporters attending home matches - lets face it anyone still rocking up at Plainmoor either a) a completely die hard supporter b) certifiably insane or c) has a season ticket that they cannot give away
Surely there should be a high visibility recruitment drive, publicised in the press. I'm sure they would get plenty of people willing to sign up for £2 a month. The first thing to do is target those going to matches.
I could get 4 members of my family to sign up straight away, but I am not convinced that the Tust have a clue what they are doing. If I see an increase in membership I will sign up but the Tust need to get off their arses first.

brucie wrote:Surely if the Tust has only 200 members then they are not doing something right?
The blindingly obvious catchment for potential members are those home supporters attending home matches - lets face it anyone still rocking up at Plainmoor either a) a completely die hard supporter b) certifiably insane or c) has a season ticket that they cannot give away
Surely there should be a high visibility recruitment drive, publicised in the press. I'm sure they would get plenty of people willing to sign up for £2 a month. The first thing to do is target those going to matches.
I could get 4 members of my family to sign up straight away, but I am not convinced that the Tust have a clue what they are doing. If I see an increase in membership I will sign up but the Tust need to get off their arses first.