Does anyone here believe we can get 50,000 members in 2012?

City West · Post: # 1187051Post **City West** » Thu 12 Jan 2012 2:58pm

I'd love to think we could but I highly doubt it. I hope I am proven wrong.

plugger66 · Post: # 1187055Post **plugger66** » Thu 12 Jan 2012 3:03pm

We wont get 40k. We never have even after 3 GF's in 2 years.

paulski · Post: # 1187056Post **paulski** » Thu 12 Jan 2012 3:03pm

Nup.

Think we might struggle to get to 40,000 again this year,
despite all the positive vibes around the club.

Then again, with some exciting, attacking footy early on, we might
get a few more thousand.

thejiggingsaint · Thu 12 Jan 2012 3:07pm

IF the club can actually get a renewal form out to me, I'd say I'm a fair chance of signing up again

skfc17 · Post: # 1187063Post **skfc17** » Thu 12 Jan 2012 3:20pm

city west.

time to change your avatar

saintbrat · Post: # 1187064Post **saintbrat** » Thu 12 Jan 2012 3:39pm

skfc17 wrote:city west.

time to change your avatar

Or atleast re-size

Re the question in OP
I hope Warney is.signing up tjis year and if Liz and Damien are coming alo.g tjey are membrrs too , he has said they will be attending.

Scott was being optimistic but 40,000 would be a start

saintlee · Post: # 1187082Post **saintlee** » Thu 12 Jan 2012 4:58pm

No chance. The goal should be 40K, even that will be an improvement on the last couple of years.

PakenhamSaint · Thu 12 Jan 2012 5:26pm

Pigs have a better chance of flying. Anything around the 40K mark would be more real.

The Redeemer · Thu 12 Jan 2012 6:54pm

happy with 40k.

we need to establish ourselves out of the bottom group of victorian clubs into the middle.

50k is miles off.

st_Trav_ofWA · Thu 12 Jan 2012 8:41pm

If we market it correctly itis achievable but we have to activly persue members and convince them thereis benefit to being a member not just sit back and hope it happens ... The club can't shut out members and expect to grow they have to look beyond the square interstate membership is ripe for growth .. International membership can be pushed there are untapped markets the club can actively market towards but it's not easy and it's not cheap so it is not likely to happen .. It is achievable to get 50k members given the amount of supporters we have but the clubs gotta work to get it there

clarky449 · Thu 12 Jan 2012 10:58pm

Struggle to get 40,000 this year. Unless of course we somehow win a toned of games in the first half of the season.

matrix · Post: # 1187144Post **matrix** » Fri 13 Jan 2012 12:00am

gee, anyone spot the troll

samuraisaint · Fri 13 Jan 2012 12:18am

anybody remember the night grand final 96 - dwarfed the number of carlton supporters at the game and the numbers of richmond supporters who had turned out a couple of years before for their night grand final in 93 - a supposed big four club - we had possibly 60,000 of our own supporters there that night!
likewise the support for us against north in the 97 prelim in a huge crowd was very one-sided as well.
I also remember a very well supported final against Melbourne in 98 with 88,000 plus supporters at that game too.

Most of our supporters live on the Frankston and Cranbourne/Pakenham train lines, with strong support along the Sandy rail line too. Getting to Docklands/MCG for games is a bit more of a mission for people who live towards the end of those lines, however I reckon two things could help with the club achieving 50,000 members;
attacking football and an up and coming group of youngsters to build excitement.

The Redeemer · Fri 13 Jan 2012 2:13am

I am no marketing specialist however surely if the football club finds a way to tap into the Sandy/Peninsula regions we will pick up scores more members and many more?

saintbrat · Fri 13 Jan 2012 11:43am

The Redeemer wrote:I am no marketing specialist however surely if the football club finds a way to tap into the Sandy/Peninsula regions we will pick up scores more members and many more?

well they are trying
utilising local events- Mornington swim and races and the Frankston Festival this weekend.

thejiggingsaint · Fri 13 Jan 2012 3:08pm

I'll be renewing my membership (with social club) but will be dropping the reserved seat, and Age subscription, and will go for 11 home games only!

st_Trav_ofWA · Fri 13 Jan 2012 4:37pm

saintbrat wrote:
The Redeemer wrote:I am no marketing specialist however surely if the football club finds a way to tap into the Sandy/Peninsula regions we will pick up scores more members and many more?
well they are trying
utilising local events- Mornington swim and races and the Frankston Festival this weekend.

Hopfully they extend the engagement with fans for the interstaters

evertonfc · Post: # 1187241Post **evertonfc** » Fri 13 Jan 2012 5:21pm

We have the numbers, we just have an incredibly lazy support base.

They won't even go to matches at the MCG despite it being much easier to get to for many of our fans in our traditional areas.

40,000 would be a good result.

Ross Lyon's uber defensive style killed off most of the enthusiasm among those bandwagoner types who make the difference between 35,000 and the 50,000 we dream off.

whiskers3614 · Fri 13 Jan 2012 11:04pm

Of course we will!
Riewoldt is better than J.Brown,Carey and Royce Hart put together.
Lyon was the Messiah BUT Watters is better.
Milne is the greatest small forward ever!

How do I know all this?
Iread Saintsational whilst waiting for Santa and the Easter Bunny to bring Elvis back from 7/11!

Enrico_Misso · Sat 14 Jan 2012 12:04am

Membership numbers are as dodgy as the Carlton salary cap.

We include those 3 game memberships.
Some clubs include pet memberships.

They should only count full home game (or better) memberships.

plugger66 · Post: # 1187333Post **plugger66** » Sat 14 Jan 2012 9:00am

Enrico_Misso wrote:Membership numbers are as dodgy as the Carlton salary cap.

We include those 3 game memberships.
Some clubs include pet memberships.

They should only count full home game (or better) memberships.

The official AFL figures only use the same type of memberships for all clubs. 3 game memberships are included but they give a breakdown of all membership categories.

magnifisaint · Sat 14 Jan 2012 9:56am

How do Hawthorn do it?

Weren't they going to merge in 1996?

samuraisaint · Sat 14 Jan 2012 10:59am

Hawthorn won 5 premierships in 10 years and 8 in 20, plus were dominant over an extended period 1983 - 91, and high school kids growing up then are buying memberships - plus the Flag they pinched in 08 helps - that's how.

Same reason as why Richmond have such a large supporter base.

I expect North's membership figures to improve once kids growing up in the late 90s are old enough to buy their own memberships (which is soon)

If we had managed to pluck even the one Flag from our grand final attempts our membership tally would have improved significantly. There are a lot of St Kilda supporters around.

Saints94 · Post: # 1187360Post **Saints94** » Sat 14 Jan 2012 1:03pm

samuraisaint wrote:Hawthorn won 5 premierships in 10 years and 8 in 20, plus were dominant over an extended period 1983 - 91, and high school kids growing up then are buying memberships - plus the Flag they pinched in 08 helps - that's how.

Same reason as why Richmond have such a large supporter base.

I expect North's membership figures to improve once kids growing up in the late 90s are old enough to buy their own memberships (which is soon)

If we had managed to pluck even the one Flag from our grand final attempts our membership tally would have improved significantly. There are a lot of St Kilda supporters around.

+100

st_Trav_ofWA · Sat 14 Jan 2012 1:46pm

Enrico_Misso wrote:Membership numbers are as dodgy as the Carlton salary cap.

We include those 3 game memberships.
Some clubs include pet memberships.

They should only count full home game (or better) memberships.

So you think an interstate member who will only get to see the team once a year should not be counted as a member unless they pay for and waste a full 11 game membership ?