You could make the same argument about any fanbase tho, you don't see ppl down the shops in Hawks gear anymore nor do you see any other teams gear but i am sure once they start winning they'll be out in force....You do have a big fan base....no one would deny this.
But your supporters only wear the black and yellow colours when you're winning. After 17 during the off-season all I saw whenever I was out was people wearing Richmond attire. Never saw anything like that in previous years......and then the following preseason nowhere to be seen after that giraffe Cox went to town on your backline.
Fickle pride.
As said previously we clocked 70k Members while we were still a rabble, even after the horror year that was '16.