Roast The media....*Shakes Head* Part 4

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We are 40,000 members, did I see that the Cows were going to reach this figure before us? Have they released their numbers yet?
This ... reported last week.......
Power on target for new membership record
PORT Adelaide is on target to break its membership record for the fourth season in succession after bumper early sales ahead of 2016. And the Crows are this week tipped to sell their 40,000th membership while the Power’s official figure on...
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/subsc...ory-fnia6ojc-1227632767958&memtype=registered
 

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This ... reported last week.......
Power on target for new membership record
PORT Adelaide is on target to break its membership record for the fourth season in succession after bumper early sales ahead of 2016. And the Crows are this week tipped to sell their 40,000th membership while the Power’s official figure on...
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/subsc...ory-fnia6ojc-1227632767958&memtype=registered
I love the "The figures meant one in every 28 Australians was a member of an AFL club."

It doesnt allow for all the double counting that occurs with SMA, when people buy double memberships so they can use them with casual footy mates, corporates get memberships attached to their packages, but no specific individuals, people who double up with AFL membership with club support + club memberships etc etc.

Kevin Sheedy buys a Vic club membership from every Vic club.
 

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This ... reported last week.......
Power on target for new membership record
PORT Adelaide is on target to break its membership record for the fourth season in succession after bumper early sales ahead of 2016. And the Crows are this week tipped to sell their 40,000th membership while the Power’s official figure on...
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/subsc...ory-fnia6ojc-1227632767958&memtype=registered
This article said that the cows were tipped to announce their 40,000th member, did they actually announce that they had reached the target!?
 

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..... Counter-intuitively in this period, Port could perform well against the powerhouse sides during the minor round, but couldn't find that extra gear in finals. Sometimes the difference there is one player....
in a sliding doors scenario, no woodville zone would probably have meant M Blight playing for the magpies. And if there was one player that could make a difference it probably was Malcom....
 

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I love the "The figures meant one in every 28 Australians was a member of an AFL club."

It doesnt allow for all the double counting that occurs with SMA, when people buy double memberships so they can use them with casual footy mates, corporates get memberships attached to their packages, but no specific individuals, people who double up with AFL membership with club support + club memberships etc etc.

Kevin Sheedy buys a Vic club membership from every Vic club.
LOL ... You know what they say ... "Lies, damned lies, and statistics"
This article said that the cows were tipped to announce their 40,000th member, did they actually announce that they had reached the target!?
LOL ... They have given up progressively announcing their membership figures ... seems to have coincided with the rise of Port's membership numbers. We cant have the customers all despondent seeing Portz Pear catch and overtake the mighty Crows, can we!!
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LOL ... You know what they say ... "Lies, damned lies, and statistics"

LOL ... They have given up progressively announcing their membership figures ... seems to have coincided with the rise of Port's membership numbers. We cant have the customers all despondent seeing Portz Pear catch and overtake the mighty Crows, can we!!
:$
Thought that might be the case, media thought tipping cows would reach 40,000 was more important than reporting that we actually have reached that figure!! Have to keep the customers happy!?
 

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I honestly don't know how their supporters stay positive! Get treated like mushrooms!
They seem to suffer some sort of Stockholm / Battered wife syndrome as a group. Club treats them with disdain - customers, insulting justifications for wrong doings, pretend everything is fine when players are known to be going, being about the only club unwilling to publish Membership numbers, etc. - yet rather then pull the club up and demand better, they accept it and go the step further and rationalise the actions as clever and proof they are the best club in the state.

5AA and The Advertiser really have taught a whole generation. George W. Bush was a poor President, but his quote about the fear of soft bigotry of low expectations is about the most apt one I can think of for that club. May it never change.
 

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Thought that might be the case, media thought tipping cows would reach 40,000 was more important than reporting that we actually have reached that figure!! Have to keep the customers happy!?
It's not about keeping their customers happy, it's about the fact that the media in this state is loaded with Crows ambassadors who lack the journalistic integrity to maintain a neutral POV when reporting things.
Even the little fairy dick head who reads the news on Fresh FM is a crows supporter who talks shit when it's football news he's reading out.
 

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Now its probably not such a big deal but the damage dealt 5-10 years ago was an outrageous handicap.
Yeah, I agree. I'll never forget the time when the Friday lift out leading into our home game against Carlton contained not one single Port related article.
 

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Yeah, I agree. I'll never forget the time when the Friday lift out leading into our home game against Carlton contained not one single Port related article.
Yep Bobbies 100th that week. Rooch on the radio the next day saying "give us something worthy to write about". Never forget.
 
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