This years membership record at 31508 is an incredible achievement for so many reasons but we cant rest on our laurels and continue the mutual warm and fuzzy back slapping ad infinitum we have to continue to grow the club and get even more into the paying fold.

I dont think 35000 for 2010 is unachievable. Personally I have found the monthly direct debit method of paying the club a very handy method. SO too it seems many others and if you know of anyone , or if indeed it woulod be the difference between your god sleves retaining membership of forgoing it then this is a great alternative to the larger once off payment especially as we're often somewhat poorer after Christmas.

A good ploy by the club is that should you have chosen this payment method for 2009 then it will just roll over into 2010 unles yo either tell them to stop by opting out ( and you have to do it ) or my upgrading. Point is you have to cancel..they dont have to chase. Hopefully this will result in retaing a few thousand who might not have coninued on for what ever reasons.

I dont think for manyof us that we have genuinely sen so much promise before a season and having it based on realistic expectations instead of lind biased hope.

So after the finals...and as the hype of trade and draft weeks build lets see if we cant convince a few more to join our bandwagon.

Christmas is coming ..lol.. get in quick

I have brought this up before and I am yet to get some sort of answer: -

But why does the Official Record still have our official membership tally for the 2008 season as 32,600?

Was this because memberships were purchased after cut-off point last year?

I was certain the tally was 29K-something. Because this year (2009) was the first time we had cracked the 30,000 barrier.

Puzzling....

This years membership record at 31508 is an incredible achievement for so many reasons but we cant rest on our laurels and continue the mutual warm and fuzzy back slapping ad infinitum we have to continue to grow the club and get even more into the paying fold.

I dont think 35000 for 2010 is unachievable. Personally I have found the monthly direct debit method of paying the club a very handy method. SO too it seems many others and if you know of anyone , or if indeed it woulod be the difference between your god sleves retaining membership of forgoing it then this is a great alternative to the larger once off payment especially as we're often somewhat poorer after Christmas.

A good ploy by the club is that should you have chosen this payment method for 2009 then it will just roll over into 2010 unles yo either tell them to stop by opting out ( and you have to do it ) or my upgrading. Point is you have to cancel..they dont have to chase. Hopefully this will result in retaing a few thousand who might not have coninued on for what ever reasons.

I dont think for manyof us that we have genuinely sen so much promise before a season and having it based on realistic expectations instead of lind biased hope.

So after the finals...and as the hype of trade and draft weeks build lets see if we cant convince a few more to join our bandwagon.

Christmas is coming ..lol.. get in quick

Well said 'bub. Time to more to join us, for what promises to be an exciting journey right up to the summit!!

But why does the Official Record still have our official membership tally for the 2008 season as 32,600?

Because they're pathetic. They also had us down for the wooden spoon this year before we'd 'won' it, and they've missed out on our 1997 wooden spoon (not such a bad thing, but a mistake nonetheless).