Club direction.

[rook99]

I thought the content provided on the socials tonight was good. Decent updates provided during the game on X as well as some appreciation for the travelling rooks on Instagram. Well done to those involved and hopefully we can see more of it.

[nicorijnders]

"at the moment it is hard to tell whether we are a football club or not."

Is it actually though?

Will never cease to surprise me how hysterical people can get about volunteer activity at a non league football club (during pre season).

[rookaroundtheclock]

Jul 23, 2024 13:42:06 GMT josephrooks said:

I appreciate that with Jack having left, we do not have somebody committed to doing social media at the club, but at the minute the effort put into it is abysmal. Throughout pre-season there has been sun-par match day and player content. This needs sorting ASAP because at the moment it is hard to tell whether we are a football club or not. Perhaps less focus needs to be put on developing fancy pre-season shirts (which look awful by the way) and more on the basics.

Feel a bit of perspective is needed. In two months the club has had a first team relegated, has lost key staff personnel, lost both first team managers, had to appoint two new first team managers and reassemble two completely new squads. That sounds like ‘being a football club’ and doing the basics to me.

In that period there have been publicised manager interviews, player interviews, player announcements, a manager q&a. I took a look through the club social media for the past few seasons and there have been more announcements this summer than in any of the previous three seasons. I also took a look through some of our league rivals social media feeds and there is very little difference. If anything, Lewes do better than most.

[wm]

Jul 23, 2024 14:46:08 GMT Thebigman said:

I presume you will be stepping up to volunteer some time to help the club with its communications?

What is it with the people who can't stop themselves wheeling out that tedious reply every time someone has the temerity to point out a shortcoming with what the club is doing?

They make it appear that non-one's allowed to follow the club unless they bloody volunteer.

And for people who pay good money to support the club – whether at the gate, or as an owner, or in any way, frankly – it feels rather insulting.

[squawker]

I personally am inundated with club post on social media. Whether that be x, instagram or Facebook. Nearly 2 posts a day reach my phone constantly. If it's news about signing in the squads, the club has had the same drip feed approach for many years which to some maybe frustrating but has been explained every season by Stuart eloquently. We have had interviews, signing posts, work the clubs has done, work the volunteers have done and post about club supporters taking part in other sports....... so I ask what more would you want to know?

[seafordrook]

Not everybody uses X, Facebook or Instagram. I rely on The Forum or Website plus e-mail.

[hunnsmererook]

Jul 25, 2024 13:25:42 GMT seafordrook said:

Not everybody uses X, Facebook or Instagram. I rely on The Forum or Website plus e-mail.

😊 +1

[josephrooks]

Jul 24, 2024 21:57:06 GMT wm said:

Jul 23, 2024 14:46:08 GMT Thebigman said:

I presume you will be stepping up to volunteer some time to help the club with its communications?

What is it with the people who can't stop themselves wheeling out that tedious reply every time someone has the temerity to point out a shortcoming with what the club is doing?

They make it appear that non-one's allowed to follow the club unless they bloody volunteer.

And for people who pay good money to support the club – whether at the gate, or as an owner, or in any way, frankly – it feels rather insulting.

Spot on. Cult like mindset means you can’t criticise the club (despite travelling to vocally support Lewes home and away from my home in London).

[josephrooks]

Jul 24, 2024 5:06:27 GMT nicorijnders said:

"at the moment it is hard to tell whether we are a football club or not."

Is it actually though?

Will never cease to surprise me how hysterical people can get about volunteer activity at a non league football club (during pre season).

Pretty outrageous for you to call this hysteria, I forgot that the club is exempt from criticism?

[nicorijnders]

Pretty hysterical of you to call this outrageous. I forgot that one is not allowed to disagree with other posters.

But if you get to "I can't tell whether this is still a football club at all" from not thinking there's endless or the right kind of social media output, then I think it's fair to call that hysterical.

[clive]

Jul 26, 2024 8:12:09 GMT josephrooks said:

Jul 24, 2024 21:57:06 GMT wm said:

What is it with the people who can't stop themselves wheeling out that tedious reply every time someone has the temerity to point out a shortcoming with what the club is doing?

They make it appear that non-one's allowed to follow the club unless they bloody volunteer.

And for people who pay good money to support the club – whether at the gate, or as an owner, or in any way, frankly – it feels rather insulting.

Spot on. Cult like mindset means you can’t criticise the club (despite travelling to vocally support Lewes home and away from my home in London).

[clive]

not allowed to question what the club is doing sounds about right from certain quarters .a classic example of it would be the mercury farce which the club assured us would be the correct way to go despite many having reservations about it they launched it to a fanfare of trumpets it was then decided there would be a members vote as to whether to proceed or not so the vote went in favour of going ahead with it but shortly after it was dropped with no reason given as to why which is still the case which smacks of a closing of the ranks mentality im of the opinion that because it never happened certain individuals had there noses put out of joint and refuse to discuss it this from a club that prides itself on allegedly being a community club

[wm]

I won't forget the way that I was (ridiculously) accused by one director of making 'potentially libelous' comments about staff and directors on here, only for another director to shortly afterwards be investigated for precisely the sort of situation that I had raised.
It was classic paranoia, of the sort that cults frequently incubate. And many know one of the troubles with cults is that they more and more attract the same sort of people, develop group think, and end up mutating further and further away from the broad audience that they think they appeal to.

[everyotherweek]

Jul 26, 2024 22:26:31 GMT clive said:

not allowed to question what the club is doing sounds about right from certain quarters .a classic example of it would be the mercury farce which the club assured us would be the correct way to go despite many having reservations about it they launched it to a fanfare of trumpets it was then decided there would be a members vote as to whether to proceed or not so the vote went in favour of going ahead with it but shortly after it was dropped with no reason given as to why which is still the case which smacks of a closing of the ranks mentality im of the opinion that because it never happened certain individuals had there noses put out of joint and refuse to discuss it this from a club that prides itself on allegedly being a community club

Wasn't there also an allegation that a previous director was discovered to have had a connection with Mercury and subsequently took a senior job with them?

Weren't we told that legal advice was being sought?

I may have missed it, but have we heard any more?

[Jane R]

Yes your right, it was Andy Gowland no less who I think is head of operations at Mercury 13.
Whole of that debacle was very iffy in my opinion.