j4ffa wrote:
Personally, I think we need to improve our off field gear next year. Me and a group of 3 friends (19-21 years old) all wear rugby training gear for the gym and sunny days. None of us have any Wakefield training gear because the designs are too plain.
Maybe a link-up with a trendy clothing brand would be worth exploring? Aren't 'Own Character' a Wakefield based fashion label that appeals to the yoof? Admittedly I'm a bit out of my comfort zone here, but no 1 son (15), who is a slave to fashion, regularly spunks £20-40 on ridiculously garish t-shirts. Some kind of dual branding deal with a label like that might well get young people interested - as well as getting the badge into different outlets.
And to the poster who berated people for 'having a go' at MC; where did that happen? It's good to be able to have a sensible discussion about this kind of thing with the Chairman - I don't think it's helpful to stifle it by wading in with size 9's to protect him from a perceived slight, especially when it didn't actually happen.
KC - re the 'Heritage Commitee' idea; that could easily become an unfocused forum for fans to a) moan or b) be totally unrealistic; I'd rather see a Heritage theme being overseen by a marketing professional, who can monetise some of these ideas and deal with the Chairman's entirely reasonable concerns about RoI.