egg Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 I can't believe that there are 40+ posts arguing why the bloke left/was sacked/abducted by aliens or whatever. None of the contributors have got a clue what happened and why. I'm convinced that this site must be populated by single agoraphobics who have zero hobbies or interests.
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 Hope that is the case but looks like he walked rather than being sacked. You would hope that with a fresh face the marketing would pic up. If not then maybe the marketing manager is not the problem? I agree, maybe an offer of employment came in that was more of a challenge or floated his boat more than SFC does? There doesn't always have to be chicanery and skullduggery behind someone leaving a job, as some may think.
Trader Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 Since the club has hardly any discernible PR or marketing policy at all - I suggest he may have become a little frustrated trying to implement one.
Joensuu Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 I can't believe that there are 40+ posts arguing why the bloke left/was sacked/abducted by aliens or whatever. None of the contributors have got a clue what happened and why. I'm convinced that this site must be populated by single agoraphobics who have zero hobbies or interests. To be honest egg, I don't think their would have been so many posts, had the second post not been so inflammatory and negative.
Turkish Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 To be honest egg, I don't think their would have been so many posts, had the second post not been so inflammatory and negative. It really wasn't. Read it again, he is just saying what was said on the UI. He even says he doesn't nessasarily believe it. Three guesses as to who the poster was on the UI speculating.
captainchris Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 Way Season Ticket renewals are organized' date=' issue over car park charging when spending a grand at ticket office, maybe his skills lay in negotiating TV Deals etc rather than dealing with public[/quote'] He was head os sales and marketing not car park charging strategy!
krissyboy31 Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 A company employs somebody on the basis he has a decent cv and impressive interview style. For whatever reason, it doesn't work out. Either he wasn't as good as Cortese thought he would be or the job wasn't what Steedman thought it would be? It happens all the time!! The guy has gone and we move on. Nothing to see here!
Crab Lungs Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 OMG OMG OMG!!! JUst after we sign Jack Cork the feel good factor has well and truely gone now with someone from the office leaving the club. I cant believe this hammer blow to our promotion prospects when everything looked so rosey. FFS Cortese. :lol: This is the final straw for me after the car park debacle.
egg Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 To be honest egg, I don't think their would have been so many posts, had the second post not been so inflammatory and negative. Hypo merely posted what he saw elsewhere.. That's not inflammatory.
rooney Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 A company employs somebody on the basis he has a decent cv and impressive interview style. For whatever reason, it doesn't work out. Either he wasn't as good as Cortese thought he would be or the job wasn't what Steedman thought it would be? It happens all the time!! The guy has gone and we move on. Nothing to see here! A sensible post at last!
Saint Fan CaM Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 Well who knows, perhaps the spotlight is turning from FIFA to EUFA now and there are some skeletons starting to appear from the closet? One things for sure, the manner in which marketing has been conducted frankly has not matched what I would consider the same aspirations NC would have for the club. I thought it interesting (disappointing) for example that neither the BBC local news or ITV news covered Jack Corks signing at 6 o'clock the day he signed. What is the point of paying for SaintsTV if you can read the same interviews on the OS? Just a couple of examples and more are covered above by others. Whatever the reasons, I am not getting too worked up about it - there are many, many more fish (urgh!) in the sea.
Prince Jazzbo Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 Are there people that post on here who are genuinely bothered about this? Was Cortese the 2nd shooter on the grassy knoll?
sfc4prem Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 Glad he's gone. The marketing has been ****e recently. Let's hope there is now some improvement.
hutch Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 Well who knows, perhaps the spotlight is turning from FIFA to EUFA now and there are some skeletons starting to appear from the closet? One things for sure, the manner in which marketing has been conducted frankly has not matched what I would consider the same aspirations NC would have for the club. I thought it interesting (disappointing) for example that neither the BBC local news or ITV news covered Jack Corks signing at 6 o'clock the day he signed. What is the point of paying for SaintsTV if you can read the same interviews on the OS? Just a couple of examples and more are covered above by others. Whatever the reasons, I am not getting too worked up about it - there are many, many more fish (urgh!) in the sea. There you go, a propery conspiracy theory. Just what we need. Can it be just a coincidence that he decided to go on the very same day Murdoch arrived to personally clean up the NOTW mess?
hutch Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 Since the club has hardly any discernible PR or marketing policy at all - I suggest he may have become a little frustrated trying to implement one. Or a little frustrated by Cortese calling him every day asking him why the club doesn't have any discernable PR or marketing policy at all?
Prince Jazzbo Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 Someone stole his stapler A colleague put is stapler in jelly.
Junction 9 Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 Since the club has hardly any discernible PR or marketing policy at all - I suggest he may have become a little frustrated trying to implement one. Wasn't that his job though? To create a PR or marketing policy? I can't see what else he would have been paid to do given his job title. Shame this didn't happen two months ago.
saintscottofthenortham Posted 9 July, 2011 Author Posted 9 July, 2011 And I was just about to mention how pleasant it was to discuss things with you sensibly for a change. Ho hum. Lighten up hypo. I found it funny.
Dr Who? Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 Probably not reaching the standards that NC expects of him. Someone of higher quality coming in I think!
Dr Who? Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 This is the bloke who would decide the kit launch, and that has gone down a storm on here with posters!!
Block 5 Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 I have heard that NC is looking to appoint Rebekah Brooks.
Tom & Gerry Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 When you increase the prices for some of your most loyal and long serving customers by 70% and just put it in the small print and don't offer any explanation or express any regret that you have had to do this then it's not very good marketing is it?
aintforever Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 I can't believe that there are 40+ posts arguing why the bloke left/was sacked/abducted by aliens or whatever. None of the contributors have got a clue what happened and why. I'm convinced that this site must be populated by single agoraphobics who have zero hobbies or interests. Whereas by bothering to make a contribution like that, you must have the social life of an international rock star. The club's marketing has been sh!t, no-one is making a big deal of it, just discussing it.
dronskisaint Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 Yep. Now whether he left because he was bad at the job or because he was impeded in some way I don't know. Would be good to find out. The last couple of jobs I left were because I was offered something more fun and better paid to boot.....people do that you see.
Windmill Arm 2 Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 I am yet to see you post anything constructive on any thread.LOL!!!! CONSTRUCTIVE COMMENTS ON THIS RETARD FORUM??? Do me a favour pal. :D :D
70's Mike Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 He was head os sales and marketing not car park charging strategy! did not market that strategy very well
Saint J 77 Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 I can confirm it was for family reasons, nothing more. Nothing sinister about it. So lets stop all the negativity about this now
benjii Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 When you increase the prices for some of your most loyal and long serving customers by 70% and just put it in the small print and don't offer any explanation or express any regret that you have had to do this then it's not very good marketing is it? If 90% of them renew at the higher price, then actually it's fine.
benjii Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 I can confirm it was for family reasons, nothing more. Nothing sinister about it. So lets stop all the negativity about this now No way!!!! I thought it would be something really profound that goes to the very core of morality.
the stain Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 I'm convinced that this site must be populated by single agoraphobics who have zero hobbies or interests. That's unfair. I like playing World of Warcraft.
the stain Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 I can confirm it was for family reasons, nothing more. Nothing sinister about it. So lets stop all the negativity about this now Why should we trust you? I have no idea who you are or what (if any) links you have with the club. Prove that you are ITK - post something that only Markus would have known. If you can't, then you'll understand if I choose to think of you as just another bullsh*tter
Prince Jazzbo Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 I can confirm it was for family reasons, nothing more. Nothing sinister about it. So lets stop all the negativity about this now And I thought it was for not completing the construction of Cortese's new headquarters in the depths of a dormant volcano on a remote Japanese island on time. I heard that at fridays management meeting he was told to leave the meeting, he went into the lift, the floor opened up and he plummeted into the pool of pirahna fish situated underneath Block 9.
saintscottofthenortham Posted 9 July, 2011 Author Posted 9 July, 2011 LOL!!!! CONSTRUCTIVE COMMENTS ON THIS RETARD FORUM??? Do me a favour pal. :D :D Then why are you here?
Trader Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 Wasn't that his job though? To create a PR or marketing policy? I can't see what else he would have been paid to do given his job title. Shame this didn't happen two months ago. My point is I suspect that he wasn't allowed to do it. These policies were no different before he arrived and I predict they will be no different whoever they employ in the job in the future.
Rebel Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 I don't think he was very good at his job - selling sponsorship rights for the UEFA champions league and sales and marketing for a championship club may be in the same universe but they are different worlds Someone who understands Saints as a club - and has maybe worked in both B2C/B2B marketing would be far better than someone who has just taken sponsorship orders for UEFA Just sayin'
Saint J 77 Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 Why should we trust you? I have no idea who you are or what (if any) links you have with the club. Prove that you are ITK - post something that only Markus would have known. If you can't, then you'll understand if I choose to think of you as just another bullsh*tter The clue was in the wink. I was trying to show anyone can say anything and get people to believe it. I can 100% confirm I am NOT in the know nor have I ever been. I just get sick and tired of people worrying over ever little thing that happens at the club these days. I was trying to stop the spread of negativity of these rumours and conjecture. It seems some of our fans just can't stop seeing shadows were there are none. We can't seem to break free of the negativity that was around this club for the past 7 years or so before the take over. It seems ingrained into the fans. Ok so the current set up aren't perfect but its a hell of a lot better than what came before it. It makes me laugh, we just had a good bit of news in Jack Cork signing, Well its great news to me, but what follows it? More rumours and conjecture about a possible falling out in the clubs ranks. It always seem to follow this pattern we have some good news then its followed by some crappy rumour that usually ends up having no truth to it at all, but it manages to do its job by unsettling and spliting the fan base. Who starts these rumours? , I do wonder and have come to the conclusion that its Pompey fans on a wind up.
Faz Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 He left because of the club's inability to land Gary Monk. Going places my arse.
the stain Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 The clue was in the wink. I was trying to show anyone can say anything and get people to believe it. I can 100% confirm I am NOT in the know nor have I ever been. I just get sick and tired of people worrying over ever little thing that happens at the club these days. I was trying to stop the spread of negativity of these rumours and conjecture. It seems some of our fans just can't stop seeing shadows were there are none. We can't seem to break free of the negativity that was around this club for the past 7 years or so before the take over. It seems ingrained into the fans. Ok so the current set up aren't perfect but its a hell of a lot better than what came before it. It makes me laugh, we just had a good bit of news in Jack Cork signing, Well its great news to me, but what follows it? More rumours and conjecture about a possible falling out in the clubs ranks. It always seem to follow this pattern we have some good news then its followed by some crappy rumour that usually ends up having no truth to it at all, but it manages to do its job by unsettling and spliting the fan base. Who starts these rumours? , I do wonder and have come to the conclusion that its Pompey fans on a wind up. Great. So you were using some kind of sarcastic post to make a point? Do you think that makes you clever? Well let me tell you, it doesn't. Grow up son, grow up.
Saint J 77 Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 Great. So you were using some kind of sarcastic post to make a point? Do you think that makes you clever? Well let me tell you, it doesn't. Grow up son, grow up. Yes I was making a point! Sorry if the wink was too subtle for you. You seem very wound up about this I am not looking to argue with you or purposely wind you up. so I genuinely apologise that it offened you so much and that you felt it to be an immature prank. I don't post on this forum that often but I do get fed up with all the negative stories that get posted on here that do nothing but split the fan base. I hope you can accept my apology because I can't stand the in forum fighting and want no part in it. However I do feel you may have over reacted a little bit. At the end of the day I am a Saints fan who wants the best for our Club, I don't want to waste time arguing with other Saints fans. I cannot respond further as this is my 3 post of the day. So I can only hope you accept my apology and move on. Here is hoping for a great season ahead.
Turkish Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 Saint j 77, i can see that you dont use this place much, not may posts in 5 years, so word of advise, always remember that this place is serious business. There is no room for light heartedness on here. Stick to this and you'll be a forum superstar in no time at all.
the stain Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 Yes I was making a point! Sorry if the wink was too subtle for you. You seem very wound up about this I am not looking to argue with you or purposely wind you up. so I genuinely apologise that it offened you so much and that you felt it to be an immature prank. I don't post on this forum that often but I do get fed up with all the negative stories that get posted on here that do nothing but split the fan base. I hope you can accept my apology because I can't stand the in forum fighting and want no part in it. However I do feel you may have over reacted a little bit. At the end of the day I am a Saints fan who wants the best for our Club, I don't want to waste time arguing with other Saints fans. I cannot respond further as this is my 3 post of the day. So I can only hope you accept my apology and move on. Here is hoping for a great season ahead. You're right mate, I over-reacted and you clearly weren't on a wind up. I'm sorry if I went overboard. I've had a bad day. I went shopping and only discovered when I got home that my pineapple is already rotten in the middle and I forgot my haddock at the check out (even though I paid it for it). Anyway, let's just forget all about it and move on, supporting the saints to the premier! COYS!!
saintscottofthenortham Posted 9 July, 2011 Author Posted 9 July, 2011 Saint j 77, i can see that you dont use this place much, not may posts in 5 years, so word of advise, always remember that this place is serious business. There is no room for light heartedness on here. Stick to this and you'll be a forum superstar in no time at all. This ^ Don't underestimate us Saint J...
1976_Child Posted 9 July, 2011 Posted 9 July, 2011 He left the club because the club has no ambition. He joined thinking he would be head of sales and marketing of an ambitious club but barely a year into the job it was apparent to him that the club had no ambition whatsoever. The lack of summer signings was the last straw so he decided to move on.
Saint_clark Posted 10 July, 2011 Posted 10 July, 2011 Yep. Now whether he left because he was bad at the job or because he was impeded in some way I don't know. Would be good to find out. Maybe it's neither. Maybe he needed to move away for family reasons, or medical reason, or maybe he simply didn't like it here.
Dibden Purlieu Saint Posted 10 July, 2011 Posted 10 July, 2011 Who is this 'the stain'? Seems to have become a lot more prominent recently and **** he's an annoying little *****.
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