I'll renew my membership this week. Back in Perth after 4 years overseas. I just wish the club did a specialised interstate package. Works out better value grabbing an armchair membership and buying tickets. I know it gives you access to 5 home games, it's just a pity it's not more flexible. A package that offered say 4 tickets that could be redeemed for any game in Melbourne would be better value for money.

I'll renew my membership this week. Back in Perth after 4 years overseas. I just wish the club did a specialised interstate package. Works out better value grabbing an armchair membership and buying tickets. I know it gives you access to 5 home games, it's just a pity it's not more flexible. A package that offered say 4 tickets that could be redeemed for any game in Melbourne would be better value for money.

fair points. I have never redeemed 5 home games in a season, but the price is reasonable

How did you go in accounting mjt?

Didnt we have 38,000 members in 2010?

I'll renew my membership this week. Back in Perth after 4 years overseas. I just wish the club did a specialised interstate package. Works out better value grabbing an armchair membership and buying tickets. I know it gives you access to 5 home games, it's just a pity it's not more flexible. A package that offered say 4 tickets that could be redeemed for any game in Melbourne would be better value for money.

We can ask tonight if you want, do you come over for games?

Old Dee say what you like, you wont't upset me old chap, LIverpudlian and ex military, been there done that, got the t-shirt, it wasn't an aspersion, you were casting doubt on the figures, my answer explained the situation, ring the Tax Office and dob the Club in on their dodgy membership figures, we can always blame Cam Schwab. I don't fawn. Why do you keep revisiting everything, what do you want, are you going to take any action to rectify the problems that you say exist. Noboby makes you go to the games, yes it was horrible last week, but that was last week........

I am going to stop here neither of us want a slanging match certaining not me.

I will reply to two things.

I was not suggesting you fawn I was saying I don't fawn.

We all read into any comment what we want to see.

The membership numbers are not the major events of my life just made a small joke with H-T.

Now lets get on with returning The Dees to a competitive unit.

We can ask tonight if you want, do you come over for games?

Yeah I get over once or twice a year. At least for QB game and hopefully catch one either side. It'd just be nice to be able to use those tickets to take family or friends along to those games. Cheers mate

You weren't the only one - old dee was another.

April 9th, 2013 - 30,372

Edit: -

Just realised, the Demonland backup mishap that happened last week has wiped a few posts off here, one of them was the big march 31st update!

This number is good i feel, given the situation.

Would love to get to 35,000 members this year.

It's funny when the Dons were amidst their peptide crisis (which i guess they still are) the supporters responded by buying memberships, attending training sessions and games, sending out positive messages to players etc.

And us? Well we do everything the opposite.

I know our club is inept in so many areas, but i feel the membership area is one area where we should really throw our support behind the club.

Get a membership, and get to the games!*

*cue generic response of "i'll buy a membership when i get my moneys worth from the players and coaching staff blah blah blah" etc.

Heard a good joke on the radio this morning.

" I was walking through the MCG park land this morning and I saw a Melbourne member nailing his membership to a tree outside gate 3.

So I took it you never know when you might need a good nail"

Now laugh guys it is a joke I think!

Didnt we have 38,000 members in 2010?

No. Our record is approx. 36,900 odd in 2011. In 2010 we had 33,358 or thereabouts.

So we're around ~6,600 off our record membership.

30,723

April 9th, 2013 - 30,372

Edit: -

Just realised, the Demonland backup mishap that happened last week has wiped a few posts off here, one of them was the big march 31st update!

The post above from HT reflects our membership after the Round 2 thrashing by Essendon.

Since then, we have added about 2000 new members.

No matter which way you look at the numbers, it doesn’t augur well for next year.

We’ve been lucky to crack 30,000 this year, and even with a miraculous turnaround in our on-field performance in the second half of 2013, we will struggle to maintain that number in 2014.

Next year’s numbers could easily dip to the 25,000 mark.

On a positive note, of the additional 2000 who have signed up since the season began, more than 600 of those were signed by the 20-odd volunteers who have been assisting the club every Monday and Tuesday evening. It’s a sensational effort.