I have said this before and I blindly follow it:

Winning is the reward for my support.

Not the other way around.

Round 1 vs Port Adelaide 79 points, biggest joke I have ever sat through considering all the build up over the pre season, I respect the dedicated who have been members through the tough times, but for myself and wife we couldn't sign after that. Reasonable?

I find it intriguing that people can be so passionate enough about the team to waste time on this site...yet they won't put their money where their mouth is and help support the club financially.

Edited February 6, 201411 yr by Wormburner

Round 1 vs Port Adelaide 79 points, biggest joke I have ever sat through considering all the build up over the pre season, I respect the dedicated who have been members through the tough times, but for myself and wife we couldn't sign after that. Reasonable?

No......You are either in or out....no matter the state of things......whether we win or lose....are good or bad......Sorry you just can't pick and choose when you become a member on how you think the side will go from year to year.....

and can I add worm , the dark times when $$$ is most needed

Round 1 vs Port Adelaide 79 points, biggest joke I have ever sat through considering all the build up over the pre season, I respect the dedicated who have been members through the tough times, but for myself and wife we couldn't sign after that. Reasonable?

If you want to be paid up member only in the good times that's up to you, but don't complain when we can't keep up with the rest of the clubs.

I don't think AFL members count?

AFL members with club support (pretty much all of them, some are Competition Members only) get counted towards their clubs membership tally and $140 of the AFL membership goes to the club.

AFL members with club support (pretty much all of them, some are Competition Members only) get counted towards their clubs membership tally and $140 of the AFL membership goes to the club.

Good work. They must have changed that in the last ten years or something... maybe I had it wrong to start with...

Feb 8 2013 - 22,962

Feb 7 2014 - 25,675

No......You are either in or out....no matter the state of things......whether we win or lose....are good or bad......Sorry you just can't pick and choose when you become a member on how you think the side will go from year to year.....

I agree personally and I have been a member for 25 years but I can understand where others are coming from - not necessarily in on-field results but off-field management, I can understand someone not joining up over the last 2 years. Especially when people have other considerations like paying for mortgage/rent, bills, essentials etc a footy membership may be a luxury that can be easily rationalised away especially if it's not something you will get entertainment from that year.

As PJ said at the AGM the club has lost those members/supporters and it is up to the club to win them back.

I agree personally and I have been a member for 25 years but I can understand where others are coming from - not necessarily in on-field results but off-field management, I can understand someone not joining up over the last 2 years. Especially when people have other considerations like paying for mortgage/rent, bills, essentials etc a footy membership may be a luxury that can be easily rationalised away especially if it's not something you will get entertainment from that year.

As PJ said at the AGM the club has lost those members/supporters and it is up to the club to win them back.

Exactly, it was that simple for me and my better half that the result of one game decided whether we bought memberships. Also, last year I stopped going to my local to watch Melbourne games on pay TV, especially with Viney and Clark out I lost interest. However, we have signed up simply because of the excitement of Hogan, Toumpas, Salem, Viney, Trengove. Etc

I love the dedicated members, my old man is one. Gives a lot of money to the club and has been a member for ever, I hope the dees can do it for him and others like him, but anyone who accepts 5 wins in 2014 is kidding the self, that is not even 1 win a month......................

Edited February 7, 201411 yr by J VINEY FAN

I agree personally and I have been a member for 25 years but I can understand where others are coming from - not necessarily in on-field results but off-field management, I can understand someone not joining up over the last 2 years. Especially when people have other considerations like paying for mortgage/rent, bills, essentials etc a footy membership may be a luxury that can be easily rationalised away especially if it's not something you will get entertainment from that year.

As PJ said at the AGM the club has lost those members/supporters and it is up to the club to win them back.

Spot on Doctor. Like you, I am a member but I can understand why others might not want to join up. I was close to joining their ranks this year had we not gotten a proven, experienced coach. I was nearly ready to give up after the Gold Coast debacle last year. I remember sitting near the cheer squad and seeing a completely dejected and soulless bunch of fans and wondering what was the point? It felt like what long term couples go through before they separate. You try to revive your passion for your partner and try to convince yourself that this is just a rough patch but you know in your heart that it is something more.

Thank god we got PJ earlier in the year and they put him in front of the microphone ASAP. If I hadn't heard some common sense and honesty coming from the club in those dark days, then I would have dropped off. If we were coming into this season with Cameron Schwab as CEO (or some crony or someone underqualified) and Mark Neeld as coach (or some untried assistant), it would have been tough to hang on.

Lastly, it shows an incredible sense of arrogance from some that the club can continue to hand out shite sandwiches and that the fans will hang on blindly. Loyalty does go two ways you know!

Edited February 8, 201411 yr by Colin B. Flaubert

I agree personally and I have been a member for 25 years but I can understand where others are coming from - not necessarily in on-field results but off-field management, I can understand someone not joining up over the last 2 years. Especially when people have other considerations like paying for mortgage/rent, bills, essentials etc a footy membership may be a luxury that can be easily rationalised away especially if it's not something you will get entertainment from that year.

As PJ said at the AGM the club has lost those members/supporters and it is up to the club to win them back.

I don't think anyone would consider membership of the MFC to be a luxury, Doctor, more a burden passed on from generation to generation.

I don't think anyone would consider membership of the MFC to be a luxury, Doctor, more a burden passed on from generation to generation.

After a dismal Sunday Robbie you have brightened Monday no end!

23,650 - 18 Feb 2013

26,039 - 12 Feb 2014

How long is it supposed to take to arrive in the mail? Signed up a little over 2 weeks ago...

23,650 - 18 Feb 2013

26,641 - 17 Feb 2014

With a round 1 win against STKilda we may well reach 40,000. What do people think?

I know it would bring a smile to PJ's face.

Should we aim for 30,000 by round 1?

Edited February 17, 201411 yr by Young Dee

23,650 - 18 Feb 2013

26,641 - 17 Feb 2014

With a round 1 win against STKilda we may well reach 40,000. What do people think?

I know it would bring a smile to PJ's face.

Should we aim for 30,000 by round 1?

In the last 34 days we have moved the needle by 2570, so Rd 1 in 33 days should have approx. 29200 if it stays as steady.

Beat Geelong and that may change, however, it matters more to the Member numbers what happens on March 22nd.

Those figures would not include those sold yesterday already would they?

23,650 - 18 Feb 2013

26,641 - 17 Feb 2014

With a round 1 win against STKilda we may well reach 40,000. What do people think?

I know it would bring a smile to PJ's face.

Should we aim for 30,000 by round 1?

I notice he has been smiling more these days compared to his early days at the MFC. We get 40k and I think he may look like Jack Nicholson in the 1989 version of Batman.

We should run our membership campaign based on that 'Get to 40k and have PJ smile like the Joker'.

From what PJ was saying when he was appointed last year, the club had around 10,000 or more members that didn't sign up from the previous year. It would be interesting to see what the clubs strategy is in regards to getting these people to join up again. It would go a long way to us reaching 40,000 members.

20,797 - 01 Feb 2009

21,448 - 11 Feb 2010

25,253 - 17 Feb 2011

24,195 - 16 Feb 2012

23,650 - 18 Feb 2013

26,641 - 17 Feb 2014

(ref: Membership tally threads from past years)

First two years (2009,2010) aren't really comparisons because of date variances. But you get a better indication 2011-14 - these are as close as dates on tallies I could find.

Note: 2011 figure was on the back of 'improvement' in 2010 after poor seasons in '07-'08-'09. You could also mount excitement factors such as Liam Jurrah during that season and Jimmy's influence off-field.

27,093 at the moment, hope for a good show v cats and we hit 30k prior to round 1

Peter Jackson is expecting around 37K. He's hopeful of more, but that's what we're on target to achieve.

I was at a function earlier in the week at the MCG. He considers it a "pathetic" total. He understands the reasons, but it's pathetic nonetheless.

Peter Jackson is expecting around 37K. He's hopeful of more, but that's what we're on target to achieve.

I was at a function earlier in the week at the MCG. He considers it a "pathetic" total. He understands the reasons, but it's pathetic nonetheless.

I understand where he is coming from, but after half a century of woeful on field performances, dreadful administrations and a history ineptness and bad luck it is incredible there is still 37,000 of us still willing to commit.

We are a hardy lot and there isn't a supporter group in the competition that deserve success more than we do

I understand where he is coming from, but after half a century of woeful on field performances, dreadful administrations and a history ineptness and bad luck it is incredible there is still 37,000 of us still willing to commit.

We are a hardy lot and there isn't a supporter group in the competition that deserve success more than we do

DOGS?