Opinion What marketing gimmicks should we implement next year?

[Harlequin]

Beerfish you are having way too much fun in this thread

 

[DapperJong]

Is this my favourite thread?

 

[Beerfish]

Beerfish you are having way too much fun in this thread

I am being deadly serious H.. well maybe not the cannon thing. I don't want to hurt Sheeds.. which is why we should put him in a SUMO SUIT FIRST!

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Perfect. I'm sure Hirdy is sitting wherever right now thinking "yeah! I can't wait to get back to Essendon and football ASAP and be the centre of attention but not actually get to do anything meaningful for the team!!!"

 

[Reality Check!]

Some really good ideas here, but how about encouraging the kids to get drawn into our club too?

As the team runs out and the song plays, we could have an animation on the big screens depicting cartoon tigers/magpies/dockworkers etc running around scared shitless as a hailstorm of bombs rains down on their jungle, forest, harbor, etc. Obviously don't make it too graphic, just really comical and something that both kids and adults would be able to laugh at.

 

[YEMOC NAYR]

Some really good ideas here, but how about encouraging the kids to get drawn into our club too?

As the team runs out and the song plays, we could have an animation on the big screens depicting cartoon tigers/magpies/dockworkers etc running around scared shitless as a hailstorm of bombs rains down on their jungle, forest, harbor, etc. Obviously don't make it too graphic, just really comical and something that both kids and adults would be able to laugh at.

you make life worth living

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Some really good ideas here, but how about encouraging the kids to get drawn into our club too?

As the team runs out and the song plays, we could have an animation on the big screens depicting cartoon tigers/magpies/dockworkers etc running around scared shitless as a hailstorm of bombs rains down on their jungle, forest, harbor, etc. Obviously don't make it too graphic, just really comical and something that both kids and adults would be able to laugh at.

This I like.

 

[Doss]

Let's assemble some sort of game for the younger supporters to keep them occupied.

It'd have a picture of Damien Barrett and various shapes and bits and pieces that can be pinned to him, and they are to be pinned to him every time Essendon scores a goal.

That'll keep the kids nice and quiet and really indoctrinate them as every Essendon kid should be!

 

[Rack Watts]

MarkG needs to take thread making notes. You could almost sticky this, Gold.

 

[Mercuri Rising]

Let's assemble some sort of game for the younger supporters to keep them occupied.

It'd have a picture of Damien Barrett and various shapes and bits and pieces that can be pinned to him, and they are to be pinned to him every time Essendon scores a goal.

That'll keep the kids nice and quiet and really indoctrinate them as every Essendon kid should be!

yeah...picture...

 

[SydneyBomber]

MarkG needs to take thread making notes. You could almost sticky this, Gold.

In fact, one could argue that this thread is almost like a 3min highlights video...

 

[Whispering_Jack]

This is the point credibility was lost

Really? I thought it was here -
the air raid siren, target locked on, missiles whizzing around Etihad have all been fantastic.

 

[ManWithNoName]

Really? I thought it was here -
the air raid siren, target locked on, missiles whizzing around Etihad have all been fantastic.

To be fair I was on the train and didn't realise the stupidity of the post and Beerfish's excellent owns.

 

[Pweter]

I think we should have Dick Dastardly fly in on a bi-plane and swoop the opposition during their warm up, then after each swoop we play Muttley laughing on the loud speakers.

 

[Rack Watts]

I think we should have Dick Dastardly fly in on a bi-plane and swoop the opposition during their warm up, then after each swoop we play Muttley laughing on the loud speakers.

Just have Nick Kommer laughing, looks like he'd laugh like Muttley.

 

[IggypopsTshirt]

That's not a gimmick. That's a game plan.

Oh.......well in that case, it seems all I want from the team is a game plan. They can take their remote control aeroplanes, air raid sirens, blimps, batmobiles and wobbly guys with waving arms and shove them right up their arseholes for all I care.
Less gimmick. Less bullshit. Less cash extraction. More quality football.

 

[Proper Gander]

Okay so this an interruption, but I have done some serious lurking over club boards and I have no doubt bombers are the weirdest customers out there. Not a criticism in any way at all. I keep returning because sheedy out of a cannon and pin stuff on Barrett are pretty good thought bubbles. (Also, have EFC in laws who are astounded at my grasp of drafting, trading, delisting etc and I don't plan to reveal my source)

 

[Old Campaigner]

Did they ever get around to teaching people how to use the air raid siren properly? Because that would be a pretty good gimmick.

 

[Rack Watts]

Hey guys, I have this idea.
How about a hovercraft?

 

[Cyrus]

As a serious note, was I the only one who saw potential in the suspense of lights out? The biggest problem for me was that our song didn't suit the suspense, turned it into a fizzer.
How about instead we play the song before lights out, and then the players walk out to a simple, building drum beat. Fans could do the 'we are essendon' chant along to it.
Oh and making the air raid siren louder would be good too.

 

[Kakkle]

As a serious note, was I the only one who saw potential in the suspense of lights out? The biggest problem for me was that our song didn't suit the suspense, turned it into a fizzer.
How about instead we play the song before lights out, and then the players walk out to a simple, building drum beat. Fans could do the 'we are essendon' chant along to it.
Oh and making the air raid siren louder would be good too.

 

[Howard Moon]

Essendon coloured water bombs to hurl at the opposition cheer squad and possibly their full forward while shooting on goal.

Home game half time 'half court shot' for a prize.

Im not talking 1 million dollars, we give those kinds of sums away far to readily to former coaches and jilted staff members...

im thinking maybe one randomly selected person gets a shot either from a: 50m dead in front. or if too easy b: 40m on the boundary.

if you slot the goal, on the full you win a high mark memership? a visit into the rooms post match and kick to kick with player? a kia??

it would be lucky to happen once a year, particulaly if you filter your kickers.....

 

[SydneyBomber]

Essendon coloured water bombs to hurl at the opposition cheer squad and possibly their full forward while shooting on goal.

Home game half time 'half court shot' for a prize.

Im not talking 1 million dollars, we give those kinds of sums away far to readily to former coaches and jilted staff members...

im thinking maybe one randomly selected person gets a shot either from a: 50m dead in front. or if too easy b: 40m on the boundary.

if you slot the goal, on the full you win a high mark memership? a visit into the rooms post match and kick to kick with player? a kia??

it would be lucky to happen once a year, particulaly if you filter your kickers.....

In all seriousness I'm amazed they havent done something like this. Would be real supporter engagement and is actually football related (unlike kids playing bloody playstation etc). Would take all of 5-10min before or after the auskick kids at halftime.

Either that, or we just drench the cfc cheersquad numpties in pigs blood at 3/4qtr time carrie style.

Not fussed either way works for me.

 

[Pweter]

Essendon coloured water bombs to hurl at the opposition cheer squad and possibly their full forward while shooting on goal.

Home game half time 'half court shot' for a prize.

Im not talking 1 million dollars, we give those kinds of sums away far to readily to former coaches and jilted staff members...

im thinking maybe one randomly selected person gets a shot either from a: 50m dead in front. or if too easy b: 40m on the boundary.

if you slot the goal, on the full you win a high mark memership? a visit into the rooms post match and kick to kick with player? a kia??

it would be lucky to happen once a year, particulaly if you filter your kickers.....

All these suggestions are quality, though the half time half court type thingo is a decent idea. It promotes the club in a positive way and would cost them next to nothing.

 

[SizzleChest]

Nicholas Fogarty driving around one of those hotdog launchers and firing mostly mayo fogdogs into the crowd.

Promote a kick-the-footy-inside day where once a year the parents of EFC supporters let their children kick the football inside.

One of those fast bucks machines outside Etihad which blows around a bunch of cash. Slip on a Ryder guernsey and grab as much cash as you can.

Mobile needle exchange van parked outside MCG for home games.