The clubs website has gone steadily down hill this season .
Does anyone else agree ?
Not much content on upcoming county games and second X1 cricket has been completely forgotten .
Pen pics of players are out of date .
Although reports on first team games are ok it still lacks a bit of content .
All the good things the club are doing commercially I think they are missing a trick here .
Email to club to be sent ,hopefully with good results .
The academy section is well out of date too
Very true. Amazingly, the club didn't even post a preview of the Somerset game today. No squad news, no publicity, nothing! Ah, just remembered, it was a County Championship game - I think they consider that something like a Second team Friendly!
"You can take the boy out of Atherstone, but you can never take Atherstone out of the boy !"
"The Bears and the (footballing) Foxes for ever !"
you are, of course, all aware that the club is currently recruiting for a new head of the media deartment, so they are, possibly, inderstaffed and falling behind with the current workload.
Hopefully whoever is appointed is selected for their ability and experience in a sports media role and not for DEI reasons.
Well I know FOUR worthy candidates to fill the role head of media !!!
The media output from the club has been absolutely dreadful for a few years now. They only seem interested in social media "bantz" these days.
We want decent previews and engaging content, not inane post match interviews and half hearted quotes. Many counties are offering so much more.
Brian Halford was excellent when he was at the club and his podcast is a great listen. The personnel in more recent times have gone through the motions.
KingofSpain wrote:
The media output from the club has been absolutely dreadful for a few years now. They only seem interested in social media "bantz" these days.
We want decent previews and engaging content, not inane post match interviews and half hearted quotes. Many counties are offering so much more.
Well said. Couldn't agree more. I think some of the media output has been childish.
No mention of today’s game v Essex ,shocking .
The club is still recruiting a new "media manager", however the job description was prioritising the unwanted competition and political correctness, when what is needed is an experienced sports Journo.
Sadly since Tom Rawlins moved on the media output has been behind that of other counties. Have a looka t our neighbours for an example of good media output.
The last bloke, Someone Ford, was totally useless. Anyone would be an improvement on the poor quality or non existent content served up over the past 2 or 3 years.
You only have to look at other counties, Kent for example, on how to do a proper preview. It is comprehensive and has detailed availability/injury news: https://www.kentcricket.co.uk/news/match-preview-kent-vs-leicestershire/
We still don't know what happened to Moeen Ali. It has never been mentioned by the club!
Chief Executive says:
" Short term, respected journalist Brian Halford will step in to cover remaining County Championship and One Day Cup games, starting with the Essex review.
Long term, we’ve recruited an experienced sports Head of Media. He’s from Warwickshire, has good sporting instinct, journalistic knowledge, and a passion for red and white ball cricket with great ideas about how we produce timely, informative news for Members on cricket at every level of the Club. I’m excited about the fresh focus he will bring when he joins in October."
Brian is a safe pair of hands; and we await the announcement of the identity of the permanent replacement.
Great news ,better late than never
Mattmike66 wrote:
Great news ,better late than never
We know that it's a "he" which narrows the field down.
GerryShedd wrote:
Mattmike66 wrote:
Great news ,better late than never
We know that it's a "he" which narrows the field down.
Identifies as....
I have to say that was a good email from Stuart.
Someone reads this forum because all the Birmingham references were replaced by benefitting the county in terms of the knight head criteria.
So credit where it’s due. I thought it was much better!
There does seem to be a bit more of an effort from the Club to listen to supporters. Those who get the weekly Club update email will know that it says:
"Here at Warwickshire, we're looking to improve our communication with our Newsletter subscribers. Whether you're a Member or someone who just likes to keep up with all things Warwickshire, we want to make these weekly updates as enjoyable as possible.
Please click below to answer our four question survey so we can learn a bit more about your time supporting Warwickshire."
GerryShedd wrote:
There does seem to be a bit more of an effort from the Club to listen to supporters. Those who get the weekly Club update email will know that it says:
"Here at Warwickshire, we're looking to improve our communication with our Newsletter subscribers. Whether you're a Member or someone who just likes to keep up with all things Warwickshire, we want to make these weekly updates as enjoyable as possible.
Please click below to answer our four question survey so we can learn a bit more about your time supporting Warwickshire."
This is all well and good but as someone that used to get emails (former member and frequent ticket buyer) shouldn’t this email also have gone to me? I used to get roughly weekly emails from the club, even after I stopped being a member, but I don’t think I’ve had anything for a couple of years now.
Exiled Bear wrote:
GerryShedd wrote:
There does seem to be a bit more of an effort from the Club to listen to supporters. Those who get the weekly Club update email will know that it says:
"Here at Warwickshire, we're looking to improve our communication with our Newsletter subscribers. Whether you're a Member or someone who just likes to keep up with all things Warwickshire, we want to make these weekly updates as enjoyable as possible.
Please click below to answer our four question survey so we can learn a bit more about your time supporting Warwickshire."This is all well and good but as someone that used to get emails (former member and frequent ticket buyer) shouldn’t this email also have gone to me? I used to get roughly weekly emails from the club, even after I stopped being a member, but I don’t think I’ve had anything for a couple of years now.
Yes I agree - it's not meant just for members but I don't quite know how you get added to the list or why you would disappear. I'll ask the question!
Club website has improved over last couple of weeks ,credit where credit is due .
Has the future of county cricket thread disappeared? Its so important