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posted on 14/11/18

comment by Lets-talk-about-Teix (U19635)
posted 10 hours, 4 minutes ago
Tbh Wolves’s paltry following on social media shouldn’t really be a surprise. Spent last summer in Hong Kong and no-one out there knew who you are. In a world where PL is king I would have expected some recognition of Wolves existence but couldn’t find anything. Loads of Sky 6 fans obviously, but saw plenty of fans of other English clubs including Albion as well.

Remember speaking to a few locals during the World Cup. Knew all of our players and the damage done by our previous managers. Even went to the pre season games there vs Liverpool the year before. No mention of Wolves. They brought up our local rivals, Villa and Birmingham. Knew quite a bit about Villa, not as much about Blues. (they did remember the cup win). Didn’t even mention Wolves. Eventually I mentioned that Wolves are one of our traditional rivals and they seemed quite surprised. Didn’t even know where Wolverhampton was (had to explain it was a decaying poverty-stricken industrial wasteland outside Birmingham). Told them about Fosun, which of course they knew about but had no idea they had even bought a football club.

Puts into perspective all these grand plans Fosun have doesn’t it, when most people don’t know who you are.In terms of exposure Wolves are miles behind us, let alone the top 6.

#truestory
#whereiswolves
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Another essay from Teix.

#notbothered

posted on 14/11/18

Fosun have been telling them everybody walks around Beijing/HK/Shanghai with Wolves tops with Conor Coady's name on the back.

Sorry boys, doesn't happen. They don't know who you are.

WBA 900K+ followers on twitter
Wolves 300K.

Mind the gap.

posted on 14/11/18

When a team who struggle to sell out a 26,000 capacity stadium tell a team that are a division higher and sell out a 31,000 capacity stadium they are looking to expand, that they are better because they have more twitter followers; you know they have lost any argument.

#clutching #notbothered

posted on 14/11/18

"Was you good against Bolton, Borough, Birmingham, Hull, Sheffield Wednesday, Forest, Wigan, Derby? You've been utter garbage when I've seen you!"

I thought you'd only watched 3 matches 55. Turns out you've watches 8!

posted on 14/11/18

comment by Cinciwolf---so glad I wasn't careful what I wished for!! (U11551)
posted 14 hours, 13 minutes ago
Last five seasons goals.

Wolves 82, 54, 53, 70, 89 Total--348 goals

WBA 31, 43, 34, 38, 43 Total--189 goals


I think we can now put this to bed as clearly Albion have been living in our shadow for quite some time it seems.
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That includes the period of time we had Pulis in charge. We're a different beast nowadays!

posted on 14/11/18

You're not bothered Albion are 3 times more internationally recognised than Wolves? I wonder if Fosun are bothered

Getting a few thousand less on the gate hardly matters when you have fans all over the world. You're parochial mindset is why Wolves will never be as internationally known as Albion.

posted on 14/11/18

comment by Lets-talk-about-Teix (U19635)
posted 40 minutes ago
You're not bothered Albion are 3 times more internationally recognised than Wolves? I wonder if Fosun are bothered

Getting a few thousand less on the gate hardly matters when you have fans all over the world. You're parochial mindset is why Wolves will never be as internationally known as Albion.
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No I don’t care how many followers we have on Twitter. I would only care about that if I had nothing else to go on.

Getting supporters through the gate and buying merchandise is a lot more important than someone hitting ‘follow’ on some social media site.

Much more important than all of those things are how successful a team is on the pitch and in the footballing pyramid. At the moment we have a better team, are higher in the league structure, have better prospects with player signings, bigger crowds, higher revenues, richer owners etc. Success is the way to become known worldwide and that is something we are more likely to have and you know it.

You keep clutching at your social media argument though. I know all of those facts are upsetting for you.

posted on 14/11/18

Except we already are worldwide. Wolves are local.

Let me guess. #notbothered

posted on 14/11/18

comment by Lets-talk-about-Teix (U19635)
posted 1 minute ago
Except we already are worldwide. Wolves are local.

Let me guess. #notbothered
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900,000 represents 0.25% of Twitter users. That doesn’t suggest you are known worldwide to me. Keep clutching though.

posted on 14/11/18

What does 300K suggest to you.

posted on 14/11/18

comment by Lets-talk-about-Teix (U19635)
posted 1 minute ago
What does 300K suggest to you.
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I’m not the one claiming we are currently a massive worldwide brand. We do have more potential to be than West Brom though.

posted on 14/11/18

That's because you're not.

We can keep going around in circles but far more people know of us internationally, as the evidence proves. We are global. You are not. That's just the way it is. "But, but, but...our attendances are slightly higher than yours were."

posted on 14/11/18

comment by JH (U18654)
posted 19 hours, 23 minutes ago
Over 1million followers on social media alone. No wonder we’re so popular with Sky showing all our games and all these goals we’re scoring.

Even 55 follows us
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but your logic is again twisted, you are assuming that people don't have multiple twatter, Facebook & Instagram accounts - you have also added all 3 together which doesn't compute correcly either as FB users usually also are twatter & instagram users, just saying

posted on 14/11/18

comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 1 hour, 44 minutes ago
comment by Lets-talk-about-Teix (U19635)
posted 40 minutes ago
You're not bothered Albion are 3 times more internationally recognised than Wolves? I wonder if Fosun are bothered

Getting a few thousand less on the gate hardly matters when you have fans all over the world. You're parochial mindset is why Wolves will never be as internationally known as Albion.
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No I don’t care how many followers we have on Twitter. I would only care about that if I had nothing else to go on.

Getting supporters through the gate and buying merchandise is a lot more important than someone hitting ‘follow’ on some social media site.

Much more important than all of those things are how successful a team is on the pitch and in the footballing pyramid. At the moment we have a better team, are higher in the league structure, have better prospects with player signings, bigger crowds, higher revenues, richer owners etc. Success is the way to become known worldwide and that is something we are more likely to have and you know it.

You keep clutching at your social media argument though. I know all of those facts are upsetting for you.
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"At the moment"

posted on 14/11/18

comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 1 hour, 20 minutes ago
comment by Lets-talk-about-Teix (U19635)
posted 1 minute ago
Except we already are worldwide. Wolves are local.

Let me guess. #notbothered
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900,000 represents 0.25% of Twitter users. That doesn’t suggest you are known worldwide to me. Keep clutching though.
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So what percentage are Wolves?!

posted on 14/11/18

comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 1 hour, 13 minutes ago
comment by Lets-talk-about-Teix (U19635)
posted 1 minute ago
What does 300K suggest to you.
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I’m not the one claiming we are currently a massive worldwide brand. We do have more potential to be than West Brom though.
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"potential"? Imagine our potential given the global following we have whilst outside the top flight?!

posted on 14/11/18

comment by mike_hockin (rebel without a clue) (U8866)
posted 53 minutes ago
comment by JH (U18654)
posted 19 hours, 23 minutes ago
Over 1million followers on social media alone. No wonder we’re so popular with Sky showing all our games and all these goals we’re scoring.

Even 55 follows us
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but your logic is again twisted, you are assuming that people don't have multiple twatter, Facebook & Instagram accounts - you have also added all 3 together which doesn't compute correcly either as FB users usually also are twatter & instagram users, just saying
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If he'd added them all together he'd have stated closer to 2 million.

And you do realise we can use your argument against Wolves don't you?

The fact is we've got 3 times as many followers on Twitter. A global medium. We're famous worldwide. Wolves aren't!

posted on 14/11/18

Can't you lot just have a

posted on 14/11/18

Going out on a limb here and this may sound completely crazy but I wonder if the social media numbers reflect each clubs status the last seven/eight years?!?!

You would imagine a prem club getting a lot more social media clocks wouldn't you, you know, given that MILLIONS and MILLIONS more people watch prem matches than lower division matches.

So in summary(and stating the bleedin' obvious for those less bright) a club that has spent most of the last decade in the top flight while the other has not will naturally have more SM clicks

posted on 14/11/18

comment by Lets-talk-about-Teix (U19635)
posted 1 hour, 48 minutes ago
That's because you're not.

We can keep going around in circles but far more people know of us internationally, as the evidence proves. We are global. You are not. That's just the way it is. "But, but, but...our attendances are slightly higher than yours were."
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Your Twitter followers is not an indication of how well known you are internationally I’m afraid. The UK has a population of 66 million. The city of Birmingham itself has a population of over 1 million. So unless you have a full breakdown of locations of followers; you cannot claim to have any global following based on 900,000 clicking an icon.

You are free to keep pretending you’re a global brand, but pretending you are doesn’t make it so. What would be a better indication of how global a club is would be paid subscriptions to a clubs TV channels, membership abroad, merchandise sales abroad etc. These are the things that will actually impact on the running of a club. I am not privy to that information though and I am sure you aren’t either.

comment by Fiddy (U11570)

posted on 14/11/18

Twitter

What a !

posted on 14/11/18

comment by Boilerman (U1363)
posted 5 hours, 3 minutes ago
comment by mike_hockin (rebel without a clue) (U8866)
posted 53 minutes ago
comment by JH (U18654)
posted 19 hours, 23 minutes ago
Over 1million followers on social media alone. No wonder we’re so popular with Sky showing all our games and all these goals we’re scoring.

Even 55 follows us
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but your logic is again twisted, you are assuming that people don't have multiple twatter, Facebook & Instagram accounts - you have also added all 3 together which doesn't compute correcly either as FB users usually also are twatter & instagram users, just saying
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If he'd added them all together he'd have stated closer to 2 million.

And you do realise we can use your argument against Wolves don't you?

The fact is we've got 3 times as many followers on Twitter. A global medium. We're famous worldwide. Wolves aren't!
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you missed the points about multiple user ID's, in West Birmingham each follower may have 12 user ID's to match the number of digits on their hands

posted on 14/11/18


Coo-ee D1ngle5 !

Greetings from Costa Adeje, Tenerife and 25c sunshine.
While the Baggyman has been here I’ve been asking locals the question.

“What do you know about Wolverhampton Wanderers?”
Answer: 96% said:
“Senor, but who are Wolverhampton Wanderers?”

Next question:
“What do you know about West Bromwich Albion?”
Answer:
“Senor, they are a top team very well known in Espana as ‘The Mighty Baggies’

No need to say more!

.

posted on 14/11/18

Should have asked them about Spanish international Jonny Castro, he plays for us

posted on 14/11/18

comment by BaggyMan (U21685)
posted 2 hours, 39 minutes ago

Coo-ee D1ngle5 !

Greetings from Costa Adeje, Tenerife and 25c sunshine.
While the Baggyman has been here I’ve been asking locals the question.

“What do you know about Wolverhampton Wanderers?”
Answer: 96% said:
“Senor, but who are Wolverhampton Wanderers?”

Next question:
“What do you know about West Bromwich Albion?”
Answer:
“Senor, they are a top team very well known in Espana as ‘The Mighty Baggies’

No need to say more!

.


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That sound convincing, (not). I was in Madrid last week and so many admired my Wolves top. When I mentioned that out nearest rivals were Hednesford, Daralsaton, Walsall, and West Brom, I had questioning looks from everyone, except one guy that said he'd heard of Warsaw! (confusion there), and another who asked if the West Brom was the same club that had thrush f@nny ointment as a part of their marketing strategy.

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