2 hours ago, Moonshadow said:

Irony.

2 hours ago, Leoncelli_36 said:

Side note, channel 9 news tonight has flagged tht the MFC have made fixture requests. Details to follow in 20 mins. No idea if this is related to this year, or whether it will be next years Qb and Anzac Eve games. Tune in. 

Details?

8 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Details?

We’ve asked that we get QB and ANZAC eve as home matches next year, given that they rotate. At the very very least, if they are not ours next year, it should be a split gate 50/50 with both games getting 90k. Our home match in 2022. I would expect us to get both as home matches in 2021

1 hour ago, Leoncelli_36 said:

We’ve asked that we get QB and ANZAC eve as home matches next year, given that they rotate. At the very very least, if they are not ours next year, it should be a split gate 50/50 with both games getting 90k. Our home match in 2022. I would expect us to get both as home matches in 2021

See @Cards13 Pert obviously read my post yesterday ?

2 hours ago, Unleash Hell said:

It's called relevance to the topic and refuting your comment that we should have kept the pokies. Besides that, it's also fact.

You've offered this thread absolutely nothing except boorish name calling and shouting down posters who disagree with you, as if that some how make a you right. Congratulations.

Fortunately for me, I'll put you on ignore. Have a great night!

8 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

It's called relevance to the topic and refuting your comment that we should have kept the pokies. Besides that, it's also fact.

You've offered this thread absolutely nothing except boorish name calling and shouting down posters who disagree with you, as if that some how make a you right. Congratulations.

Fortunately for me, I'll put you on ignore. Have a great night!

sheesh moonie, how many you now got on ignore?

wonder what the demonland record is.....andy?

I just checked my 'ignore' list and it stands at 54.  Granted, some of them may no longer post but they can stay on the list.

Relegation could be in our future. 

 

10 hours ago, daisycutter said:

sheesh moonie, how many you now got on ignore?

wonder what the demonland record is.....andy?

Only about 5 that still post, dc

25 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Relegation could be in our future. 

 

 

that's a pure baiting article

i refuse to believe relegation will ever happen in the afl

How many of the people whining and moaning about our draw and our perilous financial position:

a) are currently paid up members of the club; and

b) attended all three of our three end of season "blockbuster" games in 2019 when the club basically begged you all to do so?

There would have been lucky to have been 10K of Melbourne supporters at each of those games, so I am comfortable in saying that less than 20% of our members turned up to support the club at those games.

We lose all rights to demand prime time TV coverage and blockbuster fixtures when our own supporters don't even turn up. How can we expect the AFL and channel 7 to fight for us, when we won't fight for ourselves? 

The AFL won't let us go under, at least not while they have bigger problems to deal with, but another wasted decade will ensure our demise. We have a golden opportunity with the revised schedule to win games on FTA television from rounds 2-5. If we do so, hopefully we can build some momentum to capitalise upon when games are opened to fans later in the season. However, if we turn 1-4 or worse, we are in for a world of hurt.

We have to find sources of revenue that are are not reliant on our onfield performance. Yes, poker machines would not help us at the moment, but they do have value in normal times and it was a mistake to get rid of them without a backup plan. Other clubs have property or financial investments - we are far too reliant on the 1 in 10 years we play finals. 

The club has been very slow to communicate to members throughout this process, far slower than other clubs. We haven't been pursuing lapsed members and we haven't been engaging those who have signed. Hopefully the action is more frenetic behind the scenes, but really we are own biggest enemy.

12 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

See @Cards13 Pert obviously read my post yesterday ?

where is the finger on the pulse emoji.... 

3 hours ago, demonstone said:

I just checked my 'ignore' list and it stands at 54.  Granted, some of them may no longer post but they can stay on the list.

outstanding effort, ds. I bet you prune all your roses to ground level

my mother-in-law would approve. she always criticises her daughter as someone who'd  "talk to a brown dog". I've always wondered  the relevance of the dog's colour.

Edited June 1, 20205 yr by daisycutter
spelink

1 hour ago, poita said:

How many of the people whining and moaning about our draw and our perilous financial position:

a) are currently paid up members of the club; and

b) attended all three of our three end of season "blockbuster" games in 2019 when the club basically begged you all to do so?

There would have been lucky to have been 10K of Melbourne supporters at each of those games, so I am comfortable in saying that less than 20% of our members turned up to support the club at those games.

We lose all rights to demand prime time TV coverage and blockbuster fixtures when our own supporters don't even turn up. How can we expect the AFL and channel 7 to fight for us, when we won't fight for ourselves? 

The AFL won't let us go under, at least not while they have bigger problems to deal with, but another wasted decade will ensure our demise. We have a golden opportunity with the revised schedule to win games on FTA television from rounds 2-5. If we do so, hopefully we can build some momentum to capitalise upon when games are opened to fans later in the season. However, if we turn 1-4 or worse, we are in for a world of hurt.

We have to find sources of revenue that are are not reliant on our onfield performance. Yes, poker machines would not help us at the moment, but they do have value in normal times and it was a mistake to get rid of them without a backup plan. Other clubs have property or financial investments - we are far too reliant on the 1 in 10 years we play finals. 

The club has been very slow to communicate to members throughout this process, far slower than other clubs. We haven't been pursuing lapsed members and we haven't been engaging those who have signed. Hopefully the action is more frenetic behind the scenes, but really we are own biggest enemy.

Poita

Members and Supporters didn’t go to games last year because the standard of football played by our team was rubbish and below AFL Standard. 
that is the fault of the Football Dept and The MFC, not the supporter. 
it is not cheap to go to the footy anymore, so i expect the team to play at least to AFL standards. Don’t get angry at The Supporters 

Aim it at the Club & Players

Edited June 1, 20205 yr by Sir Why You Little

18 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

outstanding effort, ds. I bet you prune all your roses to ground level

my mother-in-law would approve. she always criticises her daughter as someone who'd  "talk to a brown dog". I've always wondered  the relevance of the dog's colour.

Tell your ma in law to change her saying to “ talk to a black and white dog “ dc .

Far more appropriate 

9 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Poita

Members and Supporters didn’t go to games last year because the standard of football played by our team was rubbish and below AFL Standard. 
that is the fault of the Football Dept and The MFC, not the supporter. 
it is not cheap to go to the footy anymore, so i expect the team to play at least to AFL standards. Don’t get angry at The Supporters 

Aim it at the Club & Players

I agree.

The big clubs get big crowds because being competitive is one of their fundamental objectives. We never know what we will get from week to week, that's a very hard sell to fans

1 minute ago, BW511 said:

I agree.

The big clubs get big crowds because being competitive is one of their fundamental objectives. We never know what we will get from week to week, that's a very hard sell to fans

I think it is taking a very narrow view of what a supporter is in the modern era to think they must attend every week even when the supporter has no confidence in the coaching panel, team selections or playing ability. As others have said footy aint, a shilling through the turnstyle anymore where even people in relative poverty could afford to go to every home game. We are always going to have the  really keen members who can afford and love the weekly experience.  Others will come and go with the fortunes of the team, just like you may go to the races to watch Winx because you know you will get a great spectacle and your hard earned will be put to good use. Its up to a modern footy club to put on the show and the fans will follow. 

6 minutes ago, Half forward flank said:

I think it is taking a very narrow view of what a supporter is in the modern era to think they must attend every week even when the supporter has no confidence in the coaching panel, team selections or playing ability. As others have said footy aint, a shilling through the turnstyle anymore where even people in relative poverty could afford to go to every home game. We are always going to have the  really keen members who can afford and love the weekly experience.  Others will come and go with the fortunes of the team, just like you may go to the races to watch Winx because you know you will get a great spectacle and your hard earned will be put to good use. Its up to a modern footy club to put on the show and the fans will follow. 

Again, I agree.

Plenty of the power clubs hold more members than they can fit in their home grounds. So getting to games is not necessarily peoples priority

 

2 hours ago, Moonshadow said:

Only about 5 that still post, dc

My Family bring up old age and relevance all the time but i don't care.

15 minutes ago, BW511 said:

I agree.

The big clubs get big crowds because being competitive is one of their fundamental objectives. We never know what we will get from week to week, that's a very hard sell to fans

100% Agree. 

In 2019 the Club had 58,000 members and then served up that rubbish. 
 

Fundamental objective is to win and give our Financial Backers (Members) a good day out

That should be the Number 1 on the Clubs list...

26 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Tell your ma in law to change her saying to “ talk to a black and white dog “ dc .

Far more appropriate 

My grandad use to prune the Roses ? to Ground Level!!

 

2 hours ago, poita said:

How many of the people whining and moaning about our draw and our perilous financial position:

a) are currently paid up members of the club; and

b) attended all three of our three end of season "blockbuster" games in 2019 when the club basically begged you all to do so?

There would have been lucky to have been 10K of Melbourne supporters at each of those games, so I am comfortable in saying that less than 20% of our members turned up to support the club at those games.

We lose all rights to demand prime time TV coverage and blockbuster fixtures when our own supporters don't even turn up. How can we expect the AFL and channel 7 to fight for us, when we won't fight for ourselves? 

The AFL won't let us go under, at least not while they have bigger problems to deal with, but another wasted decade will ensure our demise. We have a golden opportunity with the revised schedule to win games on FTA television from rounds 2-5. If we do so, hopefully we can build some momentum to capitalise upon when games are opened to fans later in the season. However, if we turn 1-4 or worse, we are in for a world of hurt.

We have to find sources of revenue that are are not reliant on our onfield performance. Yes, poker machines would not help us at the moment, but they do have value in normal times and it was a mistake to get rid of them without a backup plan. Other clubs have property or financial investments - we are far too reliant on the 1 in 10 years we play finals. 

The club has been very slow to communicate to members throughout this process, far slower than other clubs. We haven't been pursuing lapsed members and we haven't been engaging those who have signed. Hopefully the action is more frenetic behind the scenes, but really we are own biggest enemy.

Hindsight is a great attribute to have Poita, but i like others would have thought that hanging on to assets would be more of a precedence particularly when pokies were on the nose and no Covid 19 in sight.

In my opinion the AFL and the Media in general haven't given a rats ar# about us since Demonland showed them all up for the cretins they were during and took a very sincere, orchestrated stance on the Drug debacle involving a Pet Club.

Many posters believe the pokies decision was purely a social responsibility decision. I prefer to think it was just one of the factors.

It's a bit like Alphabet Inc (think Google) pouring millions into electric cars. Sometimes decisions are made to get ahead of the curve.

Poita's statement "it was a mistake to get rid of them without a backup plan" is a bit revisionist. 20/20 hindsight is used by many on this site, we really don't know what the "plan" is or was but nobody could've anticipated that our awful 2019 season would be compounded by a pandemic.

Edited June 1, 20205 yr by dworship
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24 minutes ago, dworship said:

20/20 hindsight is used by many on this site but we really don't know what the "plan" is or was but nobody could've anticipated that our awful 2019 season would be compounded by a pandemic.

As the saying goes " Sh#t Happens" but it has been more like diahhera this year.

3 minutes ago, drysdale demon said:

As the saying goes " Sh#t Happens" but it has been more like diahhera this year.

Yeah, when you factor the pandemic in with what’s happening in the States right now, the saying “dysentery happens” seems more fitting.