Membership figures

[connolly]

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.

[EMJ]

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.

[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.

[ShockOfHair]

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?

[Kanga]

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!!

[goswannie14]

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

And your tarp is owned by the Victorian Government!

[Kanga]

And your tarp is owned by the Victorian Government!

This thread makes for much more interesting reading....

Age: Swans Warn of Funds Struggle - BigFooty

[goswannie14]

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.

[CJK]

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.

[ShockOfHair]

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

We were into bailouts before it was fashionable.

[Cardinal]

Cousins !

[connolly]

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

[Nico]

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".

[Cardinal]

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

Geez Cousins might have helped to state the bleeding obvious

[Cheer Squad]

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.