2015 Membership Thread - 70,000 MEMBERS! WE BROKE LAST YEARS RECORD!! ONWARDS AND UPWARDS!

[Richo is God]

I want to sign up for the Tigers MCC membership, I believe you can only do it over the phone.

Problem is the MCC office is only open 9-5 Monday to Friday, I really don't have the time to take out of my day to between 9-5 to make a phone call and set up a membership.

Pretty sure you can do it online, I'm a MCC tiger

 

[Final Siren]

On the main board I saw someone saying don't worry Carlton, memberships aren't important, the Blues are still in the top 3 clubs for Facebook Likes.

I thought it was someone taking the piss, then realized it's actually a Carlton supporter being serious.

 

[flaps]

You can get a sense of how big the turn out was in this instagram post. Also good to see Rance lead everyone for the song. He's got real pride in his love for the club.

I can't wait until in 15 years he becomes one of our heralded heroes that had real passion for the club ala Flea, Disco, Richo, etc.

 

[Groupie_]

I can't wait until in 15 years he becomes one of our heralded heroes that had real passion for the club ala Flea, Disco, Richo, etc.

and Darren 'the gas' Gaspar

 

[Madtiger2006]

Magpies-65,502
Tigers-63,606(56,702)
Hawks-62,588
Crows-57,500
Power-55,418
Eagles-52,929
Dockers-47,343
Bombers-46,780
Swans-36,786
Cats-36,607
Blues-36,334
Kangaroos-30,035
Saints-28,239
Demons-27,619
Dogs-22,608
Lions-20,013
Suns-11,590
Giants-7,409

 

[TigerAndy]

Carlton are closer to the expansion teams in GWS/GC than the truly big teams in Richmond/Collingwood/Hawks. Reality for them is they are on equal footing to North Melbourne, but with far less of an identity.

BTW - Special LOL from that article above that said Carlton fans are disillusioned with the club's lack of identity due to a culture of trying to "buy" success

"We have no identity, we try to buy success" - their own fans.

Well really that is their identity - they buy success. Carlton have long been known for spending a dollar. It may not be an identity they maybe like now but that is who they have been. As much as I hate saying it - once upon a time it worked for them but it appears they have now possibly disenfranchised their own

As much as it is fun to lol the blues, remember Richmond 2010 - 36,000 members (at final count). We should not forget where we have come from.

 

[TigerAndy]

I can't wait until in 15 years he becomes one of our heralded heroes that had real passion for the club ala Flea, Disco, Richo, etc.

I fear that the bigbsalary in sport is killing this kind of character at football clubs. Not saying it is impossible but back in the day it was a love of the club even when they were not paying you enough to settle mortgages on 3 of you houses.
Not saying they don't deserve it but there is a down side (or cynical side).

 

[Tygrys]

Carlton are closer to the expansion teams in GWS/GC than the truly big teams in Richmond/Collingwood/Hawks. Reality for them is they are on equal footing to North Melbourne, but with far less of an identity.

BTW - Special LOL from that article above that said Carlton fans are disillusioned with the club's lack of identity due to a culture of trying to "buy" success

"We have no identity, we try to buy success" - their own fans.

Don't disagree with any of this except for one point, and that's including the Hawks in the same league as Richmond and Collingwood. 10,000 Tasmanians (which either the Tigers or the Magpies could easily surpass if they sold four home matches there), their inclusion of four kids in their family memberships instead of the standard two and of course winning the last two premierships. A perfect storm of maximising membership, it's hard to imagine them having that much growth left in them. And short of them selling another four home games, perhaps to Canberra (and again what legitimately big Melbourne club would sell four home matches interstate - that's North Melbourne territory?) they are pretty well running at full capacity. This is as good it will ever get for them.

If we were to win two premierships in a row however we'd really show what a truly big team is (80 thousand plus membership no problem) Hawthorn would be absolutely dwarfed. Personally I think both Carlton and Hawthorn have comparable levels of support as mid-tier clubs (I'd throw in Geelong in the group), with Carlton still slightly edging them out.

 

[TigerAndy]

Don't disagree with any of this except for one point, and that's including the Hawks in the same league as Richmond and Collingwood. 10,000 Tasmanians (which either the Tigers or the Magpies could easily surpass if they sold four home matches there), their inclusion of four kids in their family memberships instead of the standard two and of course winning the last two premierships. A perfect storm of maximising membership, it's hard to imagine them having that much growth left in them. And short of them selling another four home games, perhaps to Canberra (and again what legitimately big Melbourne club would sell four home matches interstate - that's North Melbourne territory?) they are pretty well running at full capacity. This is as good it will ever get for them.

If we were to win two premierships in a row however we'd really show what a truly big team is (80 thousand plus membership no problem) Hawthorn would be absolutely dwarfed. Personally I think both Carlton and Hawthorn have comparable levels of support as mid-tier clubs (I'd throw in Geelong in the group), with Carlton still slightly edging them out.

Make a prelim and we would get 80,00
Win a granny or 2 - 95k + for christ sake we would need to put the opposition supporters down at punt road oval with a screen

 

[THE THIN MAN]

As Carlton's fans continue to give the club the cold shoulder, it has turned to the AFL for help with its 2015 membership drive – a campaign the new CEO concedes was mismanaged around Christmas and has since been partly outsourced.

Unwilling – just four weeks from the Blues' season-opening blockbuster against Richmond – to set a member target for this year, club boss Steven Trigg said his concern about what was "clearly a major challenge for us" led him to seek AFL assistance in January.

This followed Trigg learning that for a period last December Carlton did not have enough people working on membership – a scenario that saw the club miss phone calls and lose renewals through a problematic website.

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/afl...-membership-drive-stalls-20150304-13v99e.html

 

[Equus]

What a disaster. It's like the Tigers of early 2000

 

[kozi]

I won't be happy until they have under 1000 members.

 

[Groupie_]

Should've extended the price freeze another week so that we could pass the pies

 

[theflea]

Interesting move from the club that doesn't believe in padding it's numbers with bullshit cheap arse 3 game memberships.....


Carlton just threw in an extra game for 3-game memberships. Nice touch.

Almost confetti like.

 

[Madtiger2006]

63,687(57,003)
Slowed down a lot. Oh Rancey we need your signature

 

[GoTigers2015]

Still out selling the pies and hawks:
Magpies 65,502 (+269)
Tigers -63,606 (+386)
Hawks -62,588 (+254)

Magpies-65,233
Tigers-63,220
Hawks-62,334

Now showing Memberships as: (+81)

 

[GoTigers2015]

63,687
Slowed down a lot. Oh Rancey we need your signature

That would be timely. Bring on NAB 2

 

[Madtiger2006]

We should have raised the price on April 1

 

[GoTigers2015]

We should have raised the price on April 1

Then freeze memberships for 2016 at 2015 prices.

 

[NZ_Tiger]

I had this argument on the blues board last year. I said most people don't feel they own Cartlon like Tiges fans feel they own Richmond, because at Carlton all the decisions are made by Matheison or the Pratts.

 

[Madtiger2006]

Hawks catching up lol. Come on unsigned Tigers. Don't you want to catch Collingwood?

 

[bradydaw91]

Hawks catching up lol. Come on unsigned Tigers. Don't you want to catch Collingwood?

I don't know if i'll be able to make 5 games this year. My mind is changing though.

 

[mellowyellow]

We should have raised the price on April 1

Interesting timing

 

[NUFC Tiger]

Strong hipster beard mate

Reminded me of McBean's for some reason.

 

[peterbuch74]

As Carlton's fans continue to give the club the cold shoulder, it has turned to the AFL for help with its 2015 membership drive – a campaign the new CEO concedes was mismanaged around Christmas and has since been partly outsourced.

Unwilling – just four weeks from the Blues' season-opening blockbuster against Richmond – to set a member target for this year, club boss Steven Trigg said his concern about what was "clearly a major challenge for us" led him to seek AFL assistance in January.

This followed Trigg learning that for a period last December Carlton did not have enough people working on membership – a scenario that saw the club miss phone calls and lose renewals through a problematic website.

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/afl...-membership-drive-stalls-20150304-13v99e.html

Did anyone else hear KB's take on this very topic this morning? I reckon he was smiling ear to ear as he was talking