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[Smurph]

Where has this big sponsor talk even come from? I remember watching that podcast episode he did a while back and he never mentioned anything of the sort.

No need to thank me.

Snoop Dogg and Luka Modric: Investors put Swansea City 'in different league'

Chief executive Tom Gorringe says Swansea City are anticipating bigger sponsorship deals thanks to the involvement of Luka Modric and Snoop Dogg.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[SwanseaBoy123]

Didn’t he say the sponsor they have lined up is bigger than anything we had in the Premier League?

It's a while ago now but i thought he was talking about him hoping that we would have access to bigger sponsorships rather than anything actually being agreed with anyone.

I remember people talking about our front of shirt sponsors but we have Reviva as ours for atleast another year.

 

[Manselton Jack]

Didn’t he say the sponsor they have lined up is bigger than anything we had in the Premier League?

Yes, he did

 

[sit_down_jack]

Didn’t he say the sponsor they have lined up is bigger than anything we had in the Premier League?

When you think about it, we never had huge front of shirt sponsors in the PL so it could have just been Gorringe telling the truth but making it sound more than it was.

Will be interesting to see what happens in the coming months.

 

[Smurph]

Yes, he did

Here are his words:

Gorringe says the arrival of two such high-profile figures has made Swansea "interesting and exciting to people outside the city".

"Luka and Snoop have brought a whole load of additional attention to the football club and that provides a huge amount of opportunity," Gorringe said at a fans' forum held at the Swansea.com Stadium on Wednesday.

"I think we have done a really good job of maximising what we can do on a local basis but now the parameters have moved.

"It puts us in front of different companies, different brands, and allows us to tell an authentic story to people we wouldn't have been able to get in front of before.

"We have already had discussions with brands about significant deals which would eclipse anything we have done in the past."

 

[Manselton Jack]

Here are his words:

Gorringe says the arrival of two such high-profile figures has made Swansea "interesting and exciting to people outside the city".

"Luka and Snoop have brought a whole load of additional attention to the football club and that provides a huge amount of opportunity," Gorringe said at a fans' forum held at the Swansea.com Stadium on Wednesday.

"I think we have done a really good job of maximising what we can do on a local basis but now the parameters have moved.

"It puts us in front of different companies, different brands, and allows us to tell an authentic story to people we wouldn't have been able to get in front of before.

"We have already had discussions with brands about significant deals which would eclipse anything we have done in the past."

He said it when being interviewed on a podcast, not at the fans forum

 

[Smurph]

He said it when being interviewed on a podcast, not at the fans forum

That's an extract from BBC which seems to indicate he said it at a fans forum as well.

 

[Manselton Jack]

That's an extract from BBC which seems to indicate he said it at a fans forum as well.

Ah, OK, it was a while ago but remember the statement

 

[Smurph]

Ah, OK, it was a while ago but remember the statement

I think he's said it on a few occasions and it was definitely on a podcast as well, I'm certain it was.

 

[magicdaps10]

Don't get too exited about it. I think most fans have realised that a bit of things put out over the last 12 months have been sugar coated.
This conversation was brought up in and around the time of the podcast.

 

[Smurph]

Don't get too exited about it. I think most fans have realised that a bit of things put out over the last 12 months have been sugar coated.
This conversation was brought up in and around the time of the podcast.

Like what?

 

[magicdaps10]

Like what?

Signings, investment and progression.

I don't see it as an issue myself but I think like everything it becomes clearer over time.
Nothing wrong with a bit of spin in the right situation, they haven't used it in regards deflection so all good on that front.

 

[Smurph]

Signings, investment and progression.

I don't see it as an issue myself but I think like everything it becomes clearer over time.
Nothing wrong with a bit of spin in the right situation, they haven't used it in regards deflection so all good on that front.

Ah ok, so you don't see an issue, just shit stirring, again.

 

[Neath_Jack]

I hope i'm wrong, but I get the feeling that this "big sponsor" is going to be a bit like the "wow signing". Gorringe shouldn't have said anything about it

That wow signing was a rumour started by someone on here, in fact it was the poster that started this here thread.

 

[magicdaps10]

Ah ok, so you don't see an issue, just shit stirring, again.

It's just a view and opinion that has been discussed over the course of the season.
It's hardly stirring raising points that are quite valid and are probably clearer than it was at the time of the original discussions. I don't see it as an issue as I have said, I don't see it as a bad thing.....these things happen all the time and it's just normality rather than a bad thing.
You can say someone promoting their product and maybe getting over excited with it isn't a bad thing, I would say it shows enthusiasm and drive so in that sense the complete opposite.