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31 July has been the traditional cut off point for recording the memberships for all the clubs, but each club will then report higher numbers in their annual report i.e. generally up to end Ocotober. So in the table above you can see both numbers that we have kept track of over the years....

More of the same, including from one of our own former players Chris Connolly; https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/how-footy-turned-ugly-20200703-p558ps.html

No he was playing forward in a couple of the clips.

Sadly nothing from Weidemann

I'm also not getting emails, and have contacted the club twice about this. Last response was the problem lay with the AFL....awaiting the last response.

Have followed your lead OD......Donated..... and so rusted on we can't move.!

Could be part of your sneaky and devious plan to get Harmes back into the middle....... as a replacement ruck?

Looks like it could be The Argus Newspaper football club badges from 1950-51. They produced a lot not just for VFL sides but country sides as well. Plenty of examples on e-bay, but not a Melbourne one being sold atm.

Betts, Jenkins, Jacobs, Keath, Greenwood ....all wanted out of the club in 2019 alone. Must be a great place.

When the 4 game fixture was announced our game this weekend was to be televised FTA on Ch 7: https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/693805/fixture-confirmed-for-dees-next-four-matches I have noticed that the FTA coverage has disappeared now from the broadcast guide on the AFL site: https://www.afl.com.au/broadcast-guide-premiership Same also when checking the TV guide for this week. What is going on?

Jayden Hunt confirmed it in the post match interview at 0.37: https://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/705201/rd-2-jayden-hunt-post-match?videoId=705201&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1592039984001&tagNames=AFLClubExclusive:No

Did I hear Jimmy Bartel in the commentary say that he met Rhys Stanley and his wife at the Moriac store this week, before their baby was born?.......covid lockdown rules?

...there goes the Brownlow for this year......

It varies from day to day on the main page or not, but it is always at the menu to the top right next to the query icon, under the Jaguar symbol. Since the AFL run the web page, it is the same for all clubs...pathetic! Anyhow we have had another 220 people sign up this week, which brings the total to 38,985

To appeal to drinkers and footy fans: https://help.kayosports.com.au/s/article/VB-2-Months-of-Kayo-Basic-Subscription-Term-and-Conditions

It is easy for Carlton to “take risks” when they have already received $35M from state and federal governments for their redevelopment at Princes park!

I know it is only a 1 minute snippet, but that 2nd video of McGowans shows very little forward pressure, particularly from the mids once the ball was moved to the HB line.

similar points made in this Age article: https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/hall-of-fame-is-turning-into-all-of-fame-20200604-p54zo0.html "Nowadays the players have hardly popped out of their boots and they are in the Hall of Fame".

I suspect you are right about cost reductions. It took the club a couple of days to respond, citing a reduced number of admin staff at the club, so having certain functions "outsourced" to the AFL may have happened. Another example is the membership tally which has only been updated twice in the past 3 weeks...again probably now done at AFL HQ after getting the data from Ticketmaster...

I also didn't get the email. I contacted the club and they have confirmed it wasn't sent to me at least, but they said it was a problem at the AFL end....either software or email lists..... At least they are looking at it. Thank goodness for Demonland

The other thing this shows is how much the MCC is ripping out of AFL at each game. No fans so the only income is from ground advertising. How much do the clubs get normally? I seem to recall hearing plenty of times we needed 20-25K to break even from an MCG home match....how is it with zero attendees that they can give us $150-200K?

Channel 9 News has Ross Lyon commentating on why Harley is looking so good...." one word..Darren Burgess" https://wwos.nine.com.au/afl/ross-lyon-confident-about-harley-bennell-melbourne-demons-return/3800b7de-c3bd-4c3c-a86b-91ead1f12a72

Unfortunately this "argument" comes up every time someone "discovers" it. Roy Morgan do surveys...So when they survey anyone in NSW about what club they support in the AFL, the answer is the first NSW based club they can think of. The fact that they have zero interest in AFL is irrelevant to the question. So the Sydney Swans is the most supported club in the land? Complete rubbish. It is a measure of the number of responses RM got in NSW in their sample. How many supporters do they think Sydney have in W.A. or S.A for example? According to RM 1 in 25 people in the whole country support the Swans, simply because they extrapolate the NSW survey numbers to the whole country. It looks good for the AFL when negotiating broadcast deals but the only true measure is the number of memberships taken out.

All you people who have admitted to watching NRL need to take yourself off to BBO's manor for a jolly good flogging!!

Let's get this back on track... The club had a poker machine venue at Leighoak, that has been sold. The club retains the Bentleigh club machines until 2022 ( I think). In the current circumstances, neither is producing any revenue for us or the new owners. At least the club has the proceeds from the sale of Leighoak "in the bank". All clubs have the same problem. In the interview Pert and Bartlett talk about the loss of 6-10 $M . In the Age today, St.Kilda ( who have poker machines) are expecting an increase in their debt by $8M to about $20M, as a similar example. Pert and Bartlett emphasise this is because of the loss of gate receipts, sponsorship, AFL distributions and membership. What can be done about it? not much!. In the short term perhaps...membership. 13K members from last year haven't re-signed. That is why they are asking those people to come on board again, even if it is only an armchair type membership. But membership is only a minor matter and revenue raiser, the other losses are more concerning. Even if all 13K signed up it would only add $1-2M to the bottom line. A sponsor can put in that much alone. AFL distributions contribute 10 times as much. Gate receipts will be non-existent for everyone this year. The sponsors are in their own financial downturn. Hertz has already filed for Chapter 11 in the USA. With a non-existent tourism market in this country, something similar can be expected here, and these types of companies have got better things to do with their money now and in the near future, than advertising through football clubs. Sponsorship will be the on-going concern as it is dependant upon the well-being of the economy, and we should all remember what happened around our sponsorships post GFC. It cost about $1M per month to run an AFL club. The club has already "trimmed its cloth" and like most AFL clubs will be in "AFL assistance" during this period. Probably 12-14 of the 18 clubs will be in the same boat. This only means we can borrow from the AFL, but only if the club complies with certain guidelines. If you borrow from the bank, they would be expecting something similar. At least the AFL has an interest in the club surviving and it will be interesting to know if the AFL are charging interest....