Port's numbers are fine, for Port Adelaide, we know that. But they are bigger than that now (in their own minds), they overtook us for real AFL audited members in 2014, they are apparently the Manchester United of the AFL or whatever Kochie declared them as.
Anyway, they can't have a go at our free members, telling us they have more true members, unless they admit that most of those members are 3 game members anyway. We'll have more members at every one of our games, our strategy is better, AFL numbers are irrelevant.
I remember them telling us we are too South Australian, they are a national/internatial team with all of their new national sponsors like Renault and Four N Twenty etc., more supporters, bigger crowds. They couldn't wait to gloat once they managed to scrape together an argument for them being bigger than we are, but then as soon as the wheels fall off the bandwagon, all of a sudden it's 'we're just a suburban club, we are doing great'... compared to the handful of teams that probably shouldn't even be in a national competition anyway.