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saw this on TV tonight...it isnt brand new..but not the point..i was so angry at the end of it that our club does not feature once in any vision shown. We are the HOME club of the MCG..always have been..Richmond, Hawthorn and the Docklands Carlton FC all feauture, even essendon..We have the MCC logo on the jumper these days and yet they do nothing to help promote our ckub..am i being precious? 

 

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19 hours ago, Leoncelli_36 said:

Yeah well even a flash of a few Dees supporters in the bar drowning sorrows would have satisfied me

We should kick up a fuss. The MCG is ours. Perhaps we could put some pressure on the MCC to have us included in these things (in the future at least).

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It's got nothing to do with memberships and it's not a snub to the club. 

The MCG is one of the greatest sporting grounds in the world, and the MFC is but a small part of its fabric, even if it is a large part of ours.

It's hardly surprising that in promoting it, they would use footage of games with large crowds in the background, rather than the 3/4 empty stadiums we've served up for most of the past decade. 

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2 minutes ago, Grapeviney said:

It's got nothing to do with memberships and it's not a slur on the club. 

The MCG is one of the greatest sporting grounds in the world, and the MFC is but a small part of its fabric, even if it is a large part of ours.

It's hardly surprising that in promoting it, they would use footage of games with large crowds in the background, rather than the 3/4 empty stadiums which have typified Melbourne matches for most of the past decade. 

It would be nice if that fabric was a little larger. 

The MCC has done very well out of my family name for decades. 

And none of us have been heavy Cricket watchers live

the MCC get money because of AFL 

But like i said. We win games The Crowds go up. 

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19 hours ago, Grapeviney said:

It's got nothing to do with memberships and it's not a slur on the club. 

The MCG is one of the greatest sporting grounds in the world, and the MFC is but a small part of its fabric, even if it is a large part of ours.

It's hardly surprising that in promoting it, they would use footage of games with large crowds in the background, rather than the 3/4 empty stadiums which have typified Melbourne matches for most of the past decade. 

Small part of its fabric, but large part of its history. Perhaps they should've shown old footage (if it existed) of MFC dominating the G in the 50's.

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41 minutes ago, Leoncelli_36 said:

The ANZAC eve crowd vs richmond wasnt small, nor the QB clash..that argument is a cop out

Me thinks it's because those games are against Coll and Rich, two teams with massive supporter bases. If they were against WB or Nth Melb the AFL audience would quickly lose interest. We are not a major factor in the crowd size/tv rating in those games unfortunately.

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I don't wish the MFC  to be like Donald Trump, rather lose quietly with dignity, nobody remembers or cares for those who return at the back of the pack.

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Like with a lot of things if we can win a flag then we'll command more respect... from the afl, the mcc, tv broadcasters , journalists and general footy public and we'll be taken more seriously. Unfortunately we still have to wear the last 10 years even though we are now headed in the right direction. It will still be us vs the rest for sometime

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Very brief vision of Collingwood, for such a powerhouse there was very little of them.

What about the bushrangers, there was no vision of them there and it's their home ground too.

Seriously, they are advertising the appeal of going to the ground, not the disappointment of low crowd numbers and floggings.  Being a product that people want is the key to advertising.

 

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I am not really surprised. With the way we have performed over the past decade. The Melbourne Demons brand is not a highly sought after product. Even in stores that sell AFL merchandise, Melbourne Demon product are not stocked for good reason. We still have not got the respect from the general AFL community. Which again, I am not surprised.

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On 2/5/2016 at 0:03 AM, Moonshadow said:

Me thinks it's because those games are against Coll and Rich, two teams with massive supporter bases. If they were against WB or Nth Melb the AFL audience would quickly lose interest. We are not a major factor in the crowd size/tv rating in those games unfortunately.

We are a big factor in the QB games crowd, maybe not telly but we would go close to matching the Collingwood numbers there. 

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In my opinion anything the MCC do to advertise the Ground is an ad for us anyway.

That said I would look at this in context of anything else being planned or considered by the MCC in relation to sport in general and AFL in particular.

They are a very pro active, multi faceted organisation. They would want to be the way the AFL is going.

 

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6 hours ago, Chris said:

We are a big factor in the QB games crowd, maybe not telly but we would go close to matching the Collingwood numbers there. 

Doubt it Chris. Collingwood has attracted huge numbers for both home and away games for many years. Seriously, I've been to lots of Queen's Bday games and the roar after a Collingwood goal makes the appreciation of our goals sound like a weak golf clap. I'd go so far to say that if QB was against Norf or WB we'd struggle to get 25,000. QB match is a boon for us financially because it's against Collingwood.

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