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36 minutes ago, ex52k2 said:

I asked the membership tent on the family day what was the 2020 total to date.

They said the total before the family day it was 33000 approx.

If you wish follow the current figures they are posted on the club website https://am.ticketmaster.com/melbournefc/?utm_source=website&utm_medium=parallax&utm_campaign=2020_membership#/

and to track vs prior years

 

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    I thought To Hell and Back is a great initiative and expected to see a response in memberships but in the two weeks that it's come out they have ground to a virtual halt. Surprised by that. Maybe the Club are just behind in posting the latest membership numbers. Hope so. 

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    6 minutes ago, It's Time said:

    I thought To Hell and Back is a great initiative and expected to see a response in memberships but in the two weeks that it's come out they have ground to a virtual halt. Surprised by that. Maybe the Club are just behind in posting the latest membership numbers. Hope so. 

    As far as membership numbers go after last year it is vital to win the first game. 

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    1 hour ago, pitmaster said:

    As a fellow pedant I assure you 'fail' is both verb and noun depending on usage.

    How do you feel about nimrods who say "I'm bias"?

    It really bugs me!  You can have bias and you can be biased, but you can't BE bias.

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    On 2/27/2020 at 5:30 PM, Colin B. Flaubert said:

    I'm sure I'm not Robinson Crusoe on that one. However, dictionaries since Samuel Johnson wrote the first one have tended to be records of lexis, not a monitor whose function is to be on top of whatever inane trend is belched into a particular cultural zeigeist. Not being among the cooler kids on the block, I was hoping someone doper (that's what the millenials say don't they?) than I might have an idea.

     

    On 2/27/2020 at 3:32 PM, Colin B. Flaubert said:

    Just as an aside, the grammar pedant in me would like to know when the noun 'failure' mutated into 'fail', which I was led to believe was a verb? 

    Epic.

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    4 hours ago, demonstone said:

    How do you feel about nimrods who say "I'm bias"?

    It really bugs me!  You can have bias and you can be biased, but you can't BE bias.

    New one on me. Potentially as annoying as tennis players saying  'he played great/good etc'. Maybe moreso since it's meaningless. 

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    1 hour ago, pitmaster said:

    New one on me. Potentially as annoying as tennis players saying  'he played great/good etc'. Maybe moreso since it's meaningless. 

    How about the horse racing industry?

    "He ran good" is often used as well as "She done well" etc etc.

    In fact,  the horse racing industry leads the field (no pun intended) with the misuse of nouns & verbs.  Jockeys & trainers alike.

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    On 2/27/2020 at 2:06 PM, Sir Why You Little said:

    Simple Maths

    Winning increases Memberships

    Actually that's causality.

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    14 hours ago, demonstone said:

    How do you feel about nimrods who say "I'm bias"?

    It really bugs me!  You can have bias and you can be biased, but you can't BE bias.

    You should of corrected them, I would of

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    On 2/27/2020 at 2:06 PM, Sir Why You Little said:

    Simple Maths

    Winning increases Memberships

    Beat the Weasles in the first round of the season and the memberships will go through the roof. 

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    9 hours ago, Macca said:

    How about the horse racing industry?

    "He ran good" is often used as well as "She done well" etc etc.

    In fact,  the horse racing industry leads the field (no pun intended) with the misuse of nouns & verbs.  Jockeys & trainers alike.

    Rugby League would give them a run for their money. From officials through to journalists and those players currently susended for assault the correct use of English is largely optional.

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    16 hours ago, demonstone said:

    How do you feel about nimrods who say "I'm bias"?

    It really bugs me!  You can have bias and you can be biased, but you can't BE bias.

    so, i didn't like grasp the reference to the british empire ?

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    34,579 up from 32,985 a week ago. 

    So, it looks like some optimism has kicked in among members, as well as memberships from last week's Family Day.

    Still about 2,300 behind same time last year but wouldn't be surprised if this gap isn't bridged before too long.

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    On 2/28/2020 at 5:33 PM, Lucifer's Hero said:

    Interesting.  They have shown 'waitlisted' for a while.  Maybe there are premium members who haven't renewed yet and the club is holding their spot open. 

    Thanks for the tip re Trident membership.  I renewed Redleg memberships for myself and my niece last September so will stick with those.

    You missed an opportunity there Luci.

    You and your niece might have been fortunate and found a seat next to jolly old uncle Bitter!

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    On 2/29/2020 at 8:23 AM, Dr. Gonzo said:

    You should of corrected them, I would of

    "have"

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    9 minutes ago, demonstone said:

    Do you think you might have missed the obvious joke there??

    I usually do, but it's hard to tell

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