Membership ladder

[Adz]

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/af...s/news-story/c9444cbade14f4027182117a55b8bac6

Thoughts? Any surprises?

Big drop for the Dogs.
Very concerning.

 

[HirdyLannister]

Essendon 1000 memberships away from 2nd, pretty impressive since no final success for ages.

 

[boncer34]

North, Dogs and Suns concerning.

 

[BF Tiger]

From the article. Forgot to put daylight second.

 

[the_big_sav]

North, Dogs and Suns concerning.

got to remember we had 6 months of media/social media saying we would be absolutely dead last which makes it hard to sign up bandwagon supporters. weve dropped 5k in 2 years since we were playing finals/9 in a row.

its not good enough dont get me wrong but we're only a couple of thousand behind melb and stk who had unlimited positivity and finals talk all preseason to help bring in bandwagon fans.

*i could see us jumping stk/dogs next year if stk dont finish year off strong and we snuck into finals

 

[dean33]

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From the article. Forgot to put daylight second.

Safe to say the giant is very much wide awake now...

 

[Isaac Cumming No 1]

got to remember we had 6 months of media/social media saying we would be absolutely dead last which makes it hard to sign up bandwagon supporters. weve dropped 5k in 2 years since we were playing finals/9 in a row.

its not good enough dont get me wrong but we're only a couple of thousand behind melb and stk who had unlimited positivity and finals talk all preseason to help bring in bandwagon fans.

*i could see us jumping stk/dogs next year if stk dont finish year off strong and we snuck into finals

Not sure you need to sneak into finals, the door seems to be open.

 

[Final Siren]

Collingwood's number finally comes out! 1st to 5th.

You'd expect them to add numbers next year on the back of a better 2018 season, though.

 

[ManOfClay]

North, Dogs and Suns concerning.

We had a big spike post-premiership and the bandwagon has dropped off.

Not ideal but hardly a massive concern. Without that big spike it’d have been more consistent.

Adz taking time for a weak shot at the dogs isn’t a surprise

 

[Final Siren]

North, Dogs and Suns concerning.

I don't know if any of them are concerning. The Dogs are shedding premiership bandwagoners, which happens. The Suns are still growing, albeit slowly. 40k+ for all Melbourne clubs is solid.

GWS at 25k is impressive, too.

 

[kranky al]

I don't know if any of them are concerning. The Dogs are shedding premiership bandwagoners, which happens. The Suns are still growing, albeit slowly. 40k+ for all Melbourne clubs is solid.

GWS at 25k is impressive, too.

Gws at 25 k is more than impressive.

Most rugby league clubs would sell their left nut for that figure

 

[Dr Tigris]

Happy with the Tigers - in fact astounded >100,000

WC new stadium, god performances, fantastic result

Bombers - brilliant for them. Seriously huge fan base and doing well despite their situation over the last few years

Pies

Giants and Lions Fantastic work. Looks like the Giants are creating a genuine fan base fairly quickly. Awesome.

 

[RAPPA]

Carlton still can't make top 8.

 

[Papa G]

Eddie will be losing his shit.

GWS impressive

Non Victorian sides have a far greater correlation of crowds to members.

 

[PHX]

Massively impressed by Essendon's number. Not sure at what rate or timing their tally jumped but could've excused their number for stalling with their slow start to the season.

 

[boncer34]

got to remember we had 6 months of media/social media saying we would be absolutely dead last which makes it hard to sign up bandwagon supporters. weve dropped 5k in 2 years since we were playing finals/9 in a row.

its not good enough dont get me wrong but we're only a couple of thousand behind melb and stk who had unlimited positivity and finals talk all preseason to help bring in bandwagon fans.

*i could see us jumping stk/dogs next year if stk dont finish year off strong and we snuck into finals

Fair point. I retract my comment about North.

 

[Adz]

We had a big spike post-premiership and the bandwagon has dropped off.

Not ideal but hardly a massive concern. Without that big spike it’d have been more consistent.

Adz taking time for a weak shot at the dogs isn’t a surprise

Dogs can not afford another 10% drop next year.

 

[boncer34]

We had a big spike post-premiership and the bandwagon has dropped off.

Not ideal but hardly a massive concern. Without that big spike it’d have been more consistent.

Adz taking time for a weak shot at the dogs isn’t a surprise

In an ideal world you'd have held onto most of the bandwagoners and converted them.

Would appear Hawthorn have done so.

 

[Papa G]

Interestingly, just on half of that million plus members reported have access to 11 games or more.

 

[Isaac Cumming No 1]

Dogs can not afford another 10% drop next year.

It's a steep fall, on field and off field, anyway you spin it.

 

[Jobe Watson]

Essendon will be the biggest club in the country when we start achieving success again. 80k members after going through the worst period, on-field and off, in our history is an amazing result. About to announce the biggest sponsorship deal in the AFL too.

Surprising result for Collingwood. To be one of only 2 clubs to lose members (alongside the Bulldogs, who are bleeding members after a honeymoon period) isn't a great look.

 

[Hinkley29]

Largely irrelevant number. Not all memberships are created equal.

 

[Tigers123]

Weird

http://www.afc.com.au/news/2018-04-12/crows-break-membership-record

The Adelaide Football Club has broken its membership record for the fifth consecutive year, with the Crows this week reaching a total of 82,699 members – a new all-time high.

Though, official AFL numbers have them at 64,739.

Wonder what they did

 

[Papa G]

Weird

http://www.afc.com.au/news/2018-04-12/crows-break-membership-record


Though, official AFL numbers have them at 64,739.

Wonder what they did

Crows counted their E memberships (which were free and gave you basically zero) in their figures.

 

[PHX]

Essendon will be the biggest club in the country when we start achieving success again. 80k members after going through the worst period, on-field and off, in our history is an amazing result. About to announce the biggest sponsorship deal in the AFL too.

Surprising result for Collingwood. To be one of only 2 clubs to lose members (alongside the Bulldogs, who are bleeding members after a honeymoon period) isn't a great look.

Worst period in terms of storylines but has also created a massive "**** everyone else, let's show them we still support this club" mentality that may have helped memberships.