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  • connolly
    Registered User
    • Aug 2005
    • 2461

    Originally posted by Legs Akimbo
    My jaw dropped when I read that quote. So far, all we've heard is Roos saying Sydney can't afford to slip down the ladder blah blah blah.

    Then this pops up out of nowhere...'it doesn't matter' (assuming it is what he actually said)

    One wonders what this change of heart portends in the mind of our coach.
    Perhaps that the slip in membership preceeded the slip down the ladder. So Roosey hands the revolver to the CEO and President who with stiff upper lip go into the drawing room, lock the door behind them and do the right thing by the club.
    Bevo bandwagon driver

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    • EMJ
      Go Swans Always
      • Jan 2003
      • 1076

      If membership packages came out earlier and if the club held a family/members event in the off season to encourage members continued support and encouraged new ones. Member number would rise.

      Cheer Squad member missed you on Sunday - hope next Sunday is a definite turn up.

      I am very disappointed at no membership packages and money up front for so long. No contact with the club in between only pay for membership see you in six months.

      More marketing in the off season is definitely the answer.
      Love those Swans

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      • Kanga
        On the Rookie List
        • Aug 2007
        • 274

        Hey Connolly, seems like your club is in the same boat as a lot of others..... be careful when you start throwing rocks - check your glasshouse for cracks!

        Bring on round one.

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        • ShockOfHair
          One Man Out
          • Dec 2007
          • 3668

          Originally posted by Kanga
          Hey Connolly, seems like your club is in the same boat as a lot of others..... be careful when you start throwing rocks - check your glasshouse for cracks!

          Bring on round one.
          At least we have a boat, and a glasshouse to go with it. How's the Shinboner tarpaulin?
          Last edited by ShockOfHair; 19 March 2009, 09:06 AM. Reason: Not enough words
          The man who laughs has not yet heard the terrible news

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          • Kanga
            On the Rookie List
            • Aug 2007
            • 274

            Originally posted by ShockOfHair
            At least we have a boat, and a glasshouse to go with it. How's the Shinboner tarpaulin?
            Your boat and glasshouse is owned by the AFL i recall!!

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            • goswannie14
              Leadership Group
              • Sep 2005
              • 11166

              Originally posted by Kanga
              Your boat and glasshouse is owned by the AFL i recall!!
              And your tarp is owned by the Victorian Government!
              Does God believe in Atheists?

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              • Kanga
                On the Rookie List
                • Aug 2007
                • 274

                Originally posted by goswannie14
                And your tarp is owned by the Victorian Government!
                This thread makes for much more interesting reading....

                Age: Swans Warn of Funds Struggle - BigFooty

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                • goswannie14
                  Leadership Group
                  • Sep 2005
                  • 11166

                  Originally posted by Kanga
                  This thread makes for much more interesting reading....

                  Age: Swans Warn of Funds Struggle - BigFooty
                  If it's on BF it's not worth reading.
                  Does God believe in Atheists?

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                  • CJK
                    Human
                    • Apr 2006
                    • 2170

                    Originally posted by Kanga
                    This thread makes for much more interesting reading....

                    Age: Swans Warn of Funds Struggle - BigFooty
                    Ban request.

                    Linking to Big Footy is a crime. Or at least it should be.
                    -

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                    • ShockOfHair
                      One Man Out
                      • Dec 2007
                      • 3668

                      Originally posted by Kanga
                      Your boat and glasshouse is owned by the AFL i recall!!

                      We were into bailouts before it was fashionable.
                      The man who laughs has not yet heard the terrible news

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                      • Cardinal
                        Regular in the Side
                        • Sep 2008
                        • 932

                        Cousins !

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                        • connolly
                          Registered User
                          • Aug 2005
                          • 2461

                          Originally posted by ShockOfHair
                          We were into bailouts before it was fashionable.
                          Ours was more a booted out. And the NMFC was heavily involved in putting the pommy revolver* into a gtreat club that was down


                          Trans: Pommy revolver - a boot that is applied with force against a body in the prone position
                          Bevo bandwagon driver

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                          • Nico
                            Veterans List
                            • Jan 2003
                            • 11339

                            Originally posted by connolly
                            Ours was more a booted out. And the NMFC was heavily involved in putting the pommy revolver* into a gtreat club that was down


                            Trans: Pommy revolver - a boot that is applied with force against a body in the prone position
                            Another apt word is "rogered".
                            http://www.nostalgiamusic.co.uk/secu...res/srh806.jpg

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                            • Cardinal
                              Regular in the Side
                              • Sep 2008
                              • 932

                              The man who sold out the MCG - News - realfooty.com.au

                              Geez Cousins might have helped to state the bleeding obvious
                              Last edited by ScottH; 26 March 2009, 07:14 AM. Reason: fixed link

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                              • Cheer Squad
                                Sydney Swans
                                • Apr 2007
                                • 1948

                                Here's the latest on our membership figures:

                                Struggling Swans an 'AFL problem': Roos - RFNews - realfooty.com.au

                                According to the AFL, we have 22,658 members, down about 15% from last year. Assuming about 8,500 are from Melbourne, that means there are only about 14,000 in Sydney. That seems a very low number, although it doesn't include the Homebush "Superpass" people.

                                It will be interesting to see what strategies the club embarks on in the next couple of years to win people back. Maybe some of them will never come back?

                                I didn't think much of the rather odd campaign in Sydney they ran at the start of this season. The membership department has had a good shake-out, perhaps they should change advertising agencies while they're at it.

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