Lawnchair Larry
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- Apr 1, 2015
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I thought he said around 5000... but I may be getting it confused with 5 yearsMatthew Richardson last night at Club 1870 event revealed the biggest churn rate has been from our 11 game members of 5+ years ie were members at Footy park in the dark old days. I think he said the number was 3,000. Ford Fairlane, Janus, raman did he say 3,000 for that group? Or was it the total we are behind last year?
Matthew Richardson last night at Club 1870 event revealed the biggest churn rate has been from our 11 game members of 5+ years ie were members at Footy park in the dark old days. I think he said the number was 3,000. Ford Fairlane, Janus, raman did he say 3,000 for that group? Or was it the total we are behind last year?
Matthew Richardson last night at Club 1870 event revealed the biggest churn rate has been from our 11 game members of 5+ years ie were members at Footy park in the dark old days. I think he said the number was 3,000. Ford Fairlane, Janus, raman did he say 3,000 for that group? Or was it the total we are behind last year?
Matthew Richardson last night at Club 1870 event revealed the biggest churn rate has been from our 11 game members of 5+ years ie were members at Footy park in the dark old days. I think he said the number was 3,000. Ford Fairlane, Janus, raman did he say 3,000 for that group? Or was it the total we are behind last year?
Losing the longer term supporters is concerning but not surprising. Higher expectations of what the Club should stand for and less tolerance for failure. We get what we deserve.Matthew Richardson last night at Club 1870 event revealed the biggest churn rate has been from our 11 game members of 5+ years ie were members at Footy park in the dark old days. I think he said the number was 3,000. Ford Fairlane, Janus, raman did he say 3,000 for that group? Or was it the total we are behind last year?
Unless of course you are alienating your long term base with decisions around game plan, leadership, statement of purpose, inauthentic communication etc.I would've thought long term supporters is the group you'd want the highest churn rate from. As bad as it sounds, you want people to be dropping off due to age, illness and death rather than for any other reasons.
The minimum churn rate you are going to get due to death and illness, and a bit of moving interstate and overseas probably is 4%. The Oz death rate according to the ABS is about 0.65%.I would've thought long term supporters is the group you'd want the highest churn rate from. As bad as it sounds, you want people to be dropping off due to age, illness and death rather than for any other reasons.
The minimum churn rate you are going to get due to death and illness, and a bit of moving interstate and overseas and probably is 4%. The Oz death rate according to the ABS is about 0.65%.
Was anything offered back as to what the club felt had seen that group of fans turn away?Afterwards he asked you what needs to happen to get them back, and you said we need to be 4-0 - Melbourne, Carlton, Brisbane, Richmond. I think 3-1 would be acceptable as long as there is hope that the next time we play the team we lost to, we would win...like the loss Brisbane had against us last year.
That’s what people are looking for...hope that we will actually play something worth watching that wins games rather than going to matches and it be a chore to sit through win or lose.
Play with some imagination and fantasy.
They know that, that group is used to success and we haven't delivered on our promises and they are pissed off.Was anything offered back as to what the club felt had seen that group of fans turn away?
Logically though, if those members were pre-adelaide oval, they've put up with some pretty damn poor football. Seems a weird that the club, as it is now, which is still a world away from the form of the primus/choco days, should now drop off?They know that, that group is used to success and we haven't delivered on our promises and they are pissed off.
Lose a home final when we were favourites, kick like s**t for goal, threw it away in normal time, and then again in extra time. Next year we go 11-4, sitting 4th and missed finals. These supporters want proof we have learnt.
That's why I said to Matthew Richardson, when he asked me what do you think we have to be on field to get them back, and I said be go 4-0 because that means we beat 2 top 4 sides from last year, Melbourne and Richmond and in between that beat Carlton at home and the dangerous Brisbane away from home.
It's not weird. Those of us there then knew the club was fighting with one hand behind the back - a s**t stadium in the middle of nowhere. A license holder out to destroy us. A massively underfunded football department (Skyped in assistant and the IT guy roped in as an assistant). We hated the performances, but understood why they occurred. And we never felt the coaches and admin were actively insulting our intelligence.Logically though, if those members were pre-adelaide oval, they've put up with some pretty damn poor football. Seems a weird that the club, as it is now, which is still a world away from the form of the primus/choco days, should now drop off?
Nah some people just have said that enough is enough.Logically though, if those members were pre-adelaide oval, they've put up with some pretty damn poor football. Seems a weird that the club, as it is now, which is still a world away from the form of the primus/choco days, should now drop off?
Nah some people just have said that enough is enough.
People that were there 7-8 years ago, knew in 2011 and 2012 we were s**t partly because of the control and treatment from the SANFL shackled us. We made bugger all money in the good years, to put away for a rainy day, because of the stadium deal, so we lost plenty in the bad years. We had an understaffed footy department. Those members knew what the real story was and that's why they hung in there. They then see us get rid of the shackles, move to AO and fund the footy department properly but year in year out, we have over promised and under deliver since that prelim final in 2014.
No doubt, its the main reason why we have doubled from 30k to 60k membership.There would also be a s**t load of 11 game AO band wagoners too. Our crowds have basically doubled since Footy Park days.
They know that, that group is used to success and we haven't delivered on our promises and they are pissed off.
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First game last year was weekend starting Friday 23rd of March. We put up 57,013 on 23rd, ie 540 signed up in a couple of days to get access to Saturday Rd1 home game against Freo.56,470 this time last year. We were about 2400 behind last years figure a few weeks ago so we've gained a little bit of ground.
Edit: Over a month ago I thought we'd get around 55k, maybe it might be closer to 57-58k.