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Title: Feedback
Post by: Starfish on May 16, 2015, 05:34:32 PM
Evening,

To those who attended today,

Please let us know if you have some feedback on how we can improve your T20 Match day experience

Please keep to off pitch matters, thanks, Danny
Title: Re: Feedback
Post by: IlfordEagle on May 17, 2015, 05:08:39 PM
Saturday seemed to run smoothly but think Stewards need to advise people (especially drinkers) to keep their language a bit cleaner as there were 1 or 2 using the F word quite liberally just outside the Pavilion, also a few people were standing in the gangways - not a major problem but with a bigger crowd it could have been.
Title: Re: Feedback
Post by: Andy on May 17, 2015, 05:33:18 PM
Saturday seemed to run smoothly but think Stewards need to advise people (especially drinkers) to keep their language a bit cleaner as there were 1 or 2 using the F word quite liberally just outside the Pavilion

These two weren't by any chance a guy in a turban and his chubby chum?
Title: Re: Feedback
Post by: vim on May 17, 2015, 06:33:57 PM
I was going to comment on behaviour. Then I thought as it is only T20, I will never witness it. They can swear, use their mobile phone and get up during play as much as they like as far I am concerned.
Title: Re: Feedback
Post by: nat on May 17, 2015, 08:40:58 PM
Please would the club advise the attendance for the game?
Title: Re: Feedback
Post by: jimmy on May 17, 2015, 11:19:51 PM
Please would the club advise the attendance for the game?
do I detect an attempt to ask an uncomfortable question ?
Title: Re: Feedback
Post by: Starfish on May 18, 2015, 05:33:23 AM
Approx 4,000 which was slightly short of our target.

We had our highest junior attendance for a long time which is great. We would ideally not be playing mid May T20 games, we compete against the football season, ITFC game, Weet Ham and Spurs at home.

Other games selling really well, we have a major push for the Gloucestershire game aimed at recreational players.

Thanks, Danny
Title: Re: Feedback
Post by: sufcessex on May 18, 2015, 07:34:47 AM
i did think it strange that the one game we had scheduled for mid afternoon clashed with a lot of local football.  This game would have been better on a Friday night and then a game in June or July on a Sunday afternoon.
Title: Re: Feedback
Post by: Starfish on May 18, 2015, 07:40:30 AM
Hi, to confirm we have no say on when games take place in terms of date / time. Thanks, Danny
Title: Re: Feedback
Post by: sufcessex on May 18, 2015, 09:33:45 AM
Hi, to confirm we have no say on when games take place in terms of date / time. Thanks, Danny

Hi Danny, thats fair enough although is there no grounds for shifting fixtures if a county knows that a certain fixture will suffer because of other local events.
Title: Re: Feedback
Post by: Starfish on May 18, 2015, 10:14:33 AM
Afraid not, obviously the Ipswich Town game was scheduled late on, with it being on Sky we are unable to move any timings. Plus we had sold 80% of the tickets we did sell before the Ipswich game was known

Thanks, Danny
Title: Re: Feedback
Post by: sufcessex on May 18, 2015, 10:23:21 AM
Afraid not, obviously the Ipswich Town game was scheduled late on, with it being on Sky we are unable to move any timings. Plus we had sold 80% of the tickets we did sell before the Ipswich game was known

Thanks, Danny

thanks Danny, yes i forgot that the ITFC was only settled last week.
Title: Re: Feedback
Post by: Andy on May 18, 2015, 11:12:05 AM
Danny may not want to comment on this - but George Dobell was suggesting that there is a deliberate policy to shaft the T20 in order to justify a Franchise for the big boys. I usually go with cock-up rather than conspiracy, but now I'm not sure sure...
Title: Re: Feedback
Post by: Slogger on May 18, 2015, 11:17:30 AM
Probably more to do with Sky wanting to show a game on the Saturday. It strikes me that if you're after a football orientated audience that playing T20 at 3pm on a Saturday during the football close season might not be the worst idea. They're used to turning up at that time and it would also facilitate some away support?

On the question of franchises, which now seems to have an unstoppable head of steam, who on here would go to watch a super team at Lords or The Oval, or even Stratford? I don't think I would.
Title: Re: Feedback
Post by: sufcessex on May 18, 2015, 11:40:05 AM
Probably more to do with Sky wanting to show a game on the Saturday. It strikes me that if you're after a football orientated audience that playing T20 at 3pm on a Saturday during the football close season might not be the worst idea. They're used to turning up at that time and it would also facilitate some away support?

On the question of franchises, which now seems to have an unstoppable head of steam, who on here would go to watch a super team at Lords or The Oval, or even Stratford? I don't think I would.

I wouldn't watch a super team in my back garden so definitely wouldn't pay to do it.
Title: Re: Feedback
Post by: jimmy on May 18, 2015, 02:46:49 PM
Probably more to do with Sky wanting to show a game on the Saturday. It strikes me that if you're after a football orientated audience that playing T20 at 3pm on a Saturday during the football close season might not be the worst idea. They're used to turning up at that time and it would also facilitate some away support?

On the question of franchises, which now seems to have an unstoppable head of steam, who on here would go to watch a super team at Lords or The Oval, or even Stratford? I don't think I would.

I wouldn't watch a super team in my back garden so definitely wouldn't pay to do it.
but how many people who only watch t20 give a damn about who they are watching or where it is, just get the beers in.
Title: Re: Feedback
Post by: Andy on May 18, 2015, 04:32:01 PM
I wouldn't watch a super team in my back garden so definitely wouldn't pay to do it.

There would be no room for a run up in my back garden. Coming to think of it, with the amount of mud outweighing the grass I could think of a more appropriate sport.
Title: Re: Feedback
Post by: IlfordEagle on May 18, 2015, 07:45:20 PM
Probably more to do with Sky wanting to show a game on the Saturday. It strikes me that if you're after a football orientated audience that playing T20 at 3pm on a Saturday during the football close season might not be the worst idea. They're used to turning up at that time and it would also facilitate some away support?

On the question of franchises, which now seems to have an unstoppable head of steam, who on here would go to watch a super team at Lords or The Oval, or even Stratford? I don't think I would.

I certainly wouldn't go to a franchise game , I support Essex NOT London or whatever name is dreamed up.
A fair proportion of T20 watchers at Chelmsford  are genuine Essex fans but a sizeable minority are only there for the beer & really have no idea what is going on in the game, to give an example on Saturday in the first over someone was moaning at Davies to get on with it when Roy was actually on strike!!

I wouldn't watch a super team in my back garden so definitely wouldn't pay to do it.
but how many people who only watch t20 give a damn about who they are watching or where it is, just get the beers in.
Title: Re: Feedback
Post by: Valentines Park on May 18, 2015, 09:38:20 PM
T20 in its current guise is for the chop, & Essex with it, so why should even the piss heads who attend these games give a monkey's?
Title: Re: Feedback
Post by: sufcessex on May 19, 2015, 06:49:57 AM
I wouldn't watch a super team in my back garden so definitely wouldn't pay to do it.

There would be no room for a run up in my back garden. Coming to think of it, with the amount of mud outweighing the grass I could think of a more appropriate sport.

It would be a one step run up in my back garden although i'm not sure 22 "superstars" would all fit in my garden, those not batting would have to watch from the upstairs window.
Title: Re: Feedback
Post by: sufcessex on May 19, 2015, 06:51:48 AM
T20 in its current guise is for the chop, & Essex with it, so why should even the piss heads who attend these games give a monkey's?

This is the problem but if you look at Football and Rugby they don't need "super teams" to survive.
Title: Re: Feedback
Post by: Valentines Park on May 19, 2015, 11:04:36 AM
This is the problem but if you look at Football and Rugby they don't need "super teams" to survive.

Welsh rugby has "super teams" based on regions & attendances have gone down because fans don't like to watch merged teams.

From a selfish point of view I'd be glad if Essex were cast aside by franchise T20 cricket.

They would then have to concentrate on cricket of the actual variety.
   
Title: Re: Feedback
Post by: Valentines Park on May 19, 2015, 11:07:54 AM
with the amount of mud outweighing the grass I could think of a more appropriate sport.

Jessica Ennis needs to get fighting fit I suppose ;)
Title: Re: Feedback
Post by: sufcessex on May 19, 2015, 12:33:36 PM
This is the problem but if you look at Football and Rugby they don't need "super teams" to survive.

Welsh rugby has "super teams" based on regions & attendances have gone down because fans don't like to watch merged teams.

From a selfish point of view I'd be glad if Essex were cast aside by franchise T20 cricket.

They would then have to concentrate on cricket of the actual variety.



No, we would put all our eggs into the T20 cup a three or four team tournament with Derby and a couple of other counties left adrift from a franchise.
Title: Re: Feedback
Post by: Valentines Park on May 19, 2015, 12:39:41 PM

No, we would put all our eggs into the T20 cup a three or four team tournament with Derby and a couple of other counties left adrift from a franchise.

I keep forgetting about that stupid floodlit tournament.

You're right of course.

Bugger.
Title: Re: Feedback
Post by: Andy on May 19, 2015, 01:58:27 PM
with the amount of mud outweighing the grass I could think of a more appropriate sport.

Jessica Ennis needs to get fighting fit I suppose ;)

It's still Ennis-Hill...apparently.
Title: Re: Feedback
Post by: Valentines Park on May 21, 2015, 12:24:28 PM
with the amount of mud outweighing the grass I could think of a more appropriate sport.

Jessica Ennis needs to get fighting fit I suppose ;)

It's still Ennis-Hill...apparently.

That's the spirit ;)