Sponsorship withdrawal ?

[Ads]

I'd like to think that perhaps we're worth a little more than Fulham when it comes to sponsorship deals.

Maybe we are, maybe FxPro asked to renegotiate the deal for less money and we told them to do one because we can get better?

I'll wait for the details and the new shirt sponsor before slagging off the club myself.

But then you haven't wanked grooves into your old chap because of a fixation on the twat of a former manager and decided to blame CEO's and Owner's instead of facing up to the reality of it all.

[Dave Cooper please]

I have wanked grooves into my old chap, but usually while watching Suzanne Verdi rather than thinking about O'Neill.

[Chris Smith]

I'd like to think that perhaps we're worth a little more than Fulham when it comes to sponsorship deals.

Maybe we are, maybe FxPro asked to renegotiate  deal for less money and we told them to do one because we can get better?

I'll wait for the details and the new shirt sponsor before slagging off the club myself.

There's a difference between wanting to know the implications for the club and slagging them off.

It's a little discouraging that after 2 years of not being able to find a suitable sponsor when we do get one they clear off after 12 months. Our negotiating position will be weakened because we're no longer a top 6 side but hopefully we can at least match the previous deal otherwise I worry that ticket prices might have to go up again.

Personally I don't like the fact that we have to have a sponsor but accept that is a reality of modern football.

[Ads]

We're always on the tele though, more so than most- its up to FxPro I guess.

[cdbearsfan]

So far we have only had one journalist comment on this story and he says FXPro wanted to renegotiate to a smaller fee. In which case, we may well have been right to say no.

Some on here, with an irrational and unfathomable dislike of Paul Faulkner, see this as evidence that he is useless and that Fulham are a bigger draw than us. I have no idea what Mr Faulkner has done to upset them. Being under-50 seems to be his main crime.

Oh and Cooper, piss off. Virdee's mine.

[TimTheVillain]

Next year's sponsor revealed...

Pukka

[Dave Cooper please]

Oh and Cooper, piss off. Virdee's mine.

I'll let you stir my porridge if you like.

[TimTheVillain]

Fukpro who needs them...crap name and prob very dodgy outfit. I mean Russian owned Cyprus based ....nuff said!

Totally.

Get a proper company or go back to Acorns I say.

[dave.woodhall]

We're always on the tele though, more so than most- its up to FxPro I guess.

I would imagine that TV coverage is so wall to wall now that apart from the Champions League clubs, everyone has more or less the same exposure. None of us know what a sponsor looks for and it might be that having the ground a bus ride from the West End and that Heathrow flightpath roof advert count for more than having won the European Cup in 1982. 

[Chris Smith]

Since Faulkner has been at the club we've gone backwards. I think doubts about him are perfectly rational. He might be brilliant at his job but until we see something concrete to support it questions will remain. Commercial income is his area and which ever way we dress it up our main sponsor pulling out isn't great.

[cdbearsfan]

It's not Paul Faulkner's fault FXPro can't balance their books.

[Chris Smith]

It's not Paul Faulkner's fault FXPro can't balance their books.

I agree, I'm just surprised that they have a contract that allows them to just walk away and that we didn't have an exclusive deal in the first place.

[bertlambshank]

Villa are a soft touch,Always have been.

[dave.woodhall]

Villa are a soft touch,Always have been.

What do you base that on?

[bertlambshank]

Villa are a soft touch,Always have been.

What do you base that on?

Nike for a start, add to that we always seem to have trouble with sponsorship either getting it,losing it or the sponsor going bump.