You never know.. He could be posturing. Key question is, what was the membership same time last year. Probably closer to 50,000 one would think?Jeff Kennett claimed HFC has just over 43,000 members and has a target of 80,000
“Your interpretation is incorrect”: Kennett and Cornes go head to head over state of the Hawks
Is Hawthorn in the best state it has ever been?www.sen.com.au
Good luck with that
That figure comes from my post on OER. I spoke directly to our (RFC) membership dept. last Friday.
Interesting where they finish up. As reported last week the club is forecasting a 10,000 drop in membership worth over a million. Certainly be one club moving south not north in membership numbers in 2022.
My uneducated gut feel is they’re approx -5,000 Vs same time last year. Although I’m not completely sure about this. In previous years they had ticked over 50,000 by this time.
Suspect a % will not rejoin on principle over the Clarkson departure . Collingwood the other big Melbourne club you would suspect to have less members than last year. My Pies mates were very angry over the salary cap player mismanagement over last Summer. [ and who could blame them?]
I think the drop off regarding Kennett and the handling of the Clarkson departure will have an impact, but the growing sentiment within the “Hawks for change” supporters is that there’s a light at the end of the tunnel in that regard, so although some members will have cut their membership up in protest of Jeff, others will feel like now is the exact time to support the club.
I think Collingwood will marginally grow on the back of the new dawn under Mc Crae and the arrival of Daicos is positive. However, this may all be determined by how they go in the early part of the season… Ditto Carlton and Essendon who I both believe will be targeting over 85,000.
Amended.
