Red or Dead Posted October 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 I saw David Williams today on Lygon St on the way to work. He was driving some hot blonde in the car! Someone should let her know he has problem with finishing and tends to blow outside the target He can also be a bit selfish and shoot prematurely! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedAndWhiteSoldier Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 What have I read... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 I saw David Williams today on Lygon St on the way to work. He was driving some hot blonde in the car! Someone should let her know he has problem with finishing and tends to blow outside the target He can also be a bit selfish and shoot prematurely! He gets plenty of power and drive behind it though, don't cut him too short Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRobinson Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Having selected to "pick up at first home game" when purchasing my membership, does anyone know if the tent will be up by 1 oclock? Keen to see the VPL grand final (but not to fork out another $17) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jestr Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Having selected to "pick up at first home game" when purchasing my membership, does anyone know if the tent will be up by 1 oclock? Keen to see the VPL grand final (but not to fork out another $17) Tent is up from 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyh001 Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 (edited) I saw David Williams today on Lygon St on the way to work. He was driving some hot blonde in the car! Someone should let her know he has problem with finishing and tends to blow outside the target He can also be a bit selfish and shoot prematurely! since Williams has experience across the forward line, at least she'll know she can at least try him in a range of positions then. and if it still doesn't work she can just pull him off and go for a substitute. Edited October 18, 2013 by mattyh001 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Can we change the thread name to "official double entendre thread"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Having selected to "pick up at first home game" when purchasing my membership, does anyone know if the tent will be up by 1 oclock? Keen to see the VPL grand final (but not to fork out another $17) I'm sure if you ask around and explain the situation, you will get a good result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommykins Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Tick over to 6300 you barstad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InMyHeart Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Lets hope we get 50+ sign up before tomorrows game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaNNaVo93 Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 I'm hoping people flood the membership tents at the game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexiano Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 6300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Does coca cola know you're using their font? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPM Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 I'll be buying an active membership at the tent today. After attending 90% of home games since the start of season 2 it's about time I finally sign up! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red and white in that number Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 Was there many people around the tent before the game on Saturday arvo ? I hope to see a spike on the 6314 today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jestr Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 There was 2 tents 1 for membership pick up Second for membership sign up/inquiries. At 5pm there was 14 ppl in line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red and white in that number Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 (edited) Thanks Jestr That sounds promising that people had a slight wait. Edited October 20, 2013 by red and white in that number 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart_fan Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 6361. Decent increase. Must have been processing Saturday's memberships Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red or Dead Posted October 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 6367 at 3pm...not much of a change from yesterday. I'd say the games against WSW and SFC are our last chance of getting a lot more people to jump on board as members. WSW because they bring this 'new red boys on the block' rivalry about them and SFC because of ADP. Hopefully he's fit by Round 6! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalHeart Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 (edited) 6367 at 3pm...not much of a change from yesterday. I'd say the games against WSW and SFC are our last chance of getting a lot more people to jump on board as members. WSW because they bring this 'new red boys on the block' rivalry about them and SFC because of ADP. Hopefully he's fit by Round 6! I reckon with the 5 game memberships we should sit somewhere around about 7,200 to 7,500 as our final figure. A good figure but as stated before in another thread many people just seem to buy memberships so they can attend the derbies. At least we get the money out of them but.......Speaking of which when did the 5 game memberships come out last season? Would anyone have the approximate figures on how many 5 game memberships were sold last year aswell? Edited October 22, 2013 by RoyalHeart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 Another perspective on this. If, as was indicated previously, on average only 40% of members attend any given match, then against CCM we had around 2,400 members present and therefore some 6,000 walk-ups. Let's say there were 60% of the members there, then that's still only 3,600 members and therefore 5,000-odd walk-ups. On the way home in the train happened to sit opposite a fellow, 30-40 with young son 8-10, youngster decked out in a new Heart top. We exchanged a few pleasantries.They go to 4-5 games a year. Never been members, never thought about it, and the point that got me was they knew nothing about membership - cost etc. etc. Got me thinking. I know I'm repeating myself, but instead of that so-called announcer screeching into the microphone trying to hype up something or other, why not give out information about memberships - grades, costs, etc. put the web-site address, the Heart HQ membership hotline, etc. etc. up on the screen? We've got people inside the ground sufficiently motivated to come and watch, many have bought merchandise, so why not try and get them to become more involved with the club? Talk about the Academy, NYL players, next home match - anything useful or interesting about the club. I don't mean to be critical, but it seems to me we're missing an opportunity. I would even go so far as having special offers for people already attending the first couple of games in the season - present today's ticket, take out a season membership, and we'll discount the cost by 5% or give you a free cap or whatever. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red or Dead Posted October 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Let's be realistic here; there was not 8,700 fans at AAMI Park on Saturday between the hours of 5:30pm-7:30pm. There would've been 6,500-6,700 at best (by my guestimation) and they're counting the roughly 2,000-2,200 people who attended the VPL grand final in that figure. If I'm correct, then that's something to worry about because if our supporters are not going to come to our first home game on a sunny 27 degree day, when are they gonna come? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommykins Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Let's be realistic here; there was not 8,700 fans at AAMI Park on Saturday between the hours of 5:30pm-7:30pm. There would've been 6,500-6,700 at best (by my guestimation) and they're counting the roughly 2,000-2,200 people who attended the VPL grand final in that figure. If I'm correct, then that's something to worry about because if our supporters are not going to come to our first home game on a sunny 27 degree day, when are they gonna come? No way there was 2K at the VPL Grand Final. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sash Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 (edited) There weren't 2,000 people for the VPL grand final. It's not the right thread, but while we're at it, Bentleigh and Northcote don't have big fan bases from what I've seen. The year before, Dandenong had good numbers, partly explaining the higher crowd for the same fixture last year. Edited October 23, 2013 by Sash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 There was definitely more people than usual at AAMI Park from 5:30-7:30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Hmmm, do we believe the official figure or a self proclaimed "guesstimation" from RoD? I'm torn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theresonlyonebzamora Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Well I believe the latter, he sure showed us with his views on button up polos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 The official attendance. Guesses and estimates are not reliable - by definition. Attendances and memberships are driven by all sorts of factors. Unless we import the equivalent of a Beckham then there's no magic bullet that will suddenly put us on a par with clubs who can draw 16,000-21,000. Other than that, we're going to have to earn the respect of the public of Melbourne. It's been pointed out many times that every time (or perhaps almost every time) we've been on the point of delivering something that might help our cause, we've shot ourselves in the foot. We did it again on Saturday - 2-0 up against the champions and our bogey side and we threw the game away. Two experienced players in our so-called rock-solid defence threw the game away. Let's face the bloody facts here. Only tragics like me continue to financially and physically support a club that does this so regularly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belaguttman Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 (edited) It concerns me that a fair proportion of our members will only attend home games if they have nothing better to do, but that almost anything else is something better to do Maybe the club could also give you a discount of a subsequent membership if you've attended a certain number of home games. It really shouldn't have to come down to money though, we just aren't igniting the passion in a large proportion of our members yet alone non-members Edited October 23, 2013 by belaguttman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red or Dead Posted October 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Well I believe the latter, he sure showed us with his views on button up polos You still hurting over that mate? Perhaps a tea-spoon of concrete may do the trick I can categorically confirm (from my own observations) that there were definitely not 8,743 fans on Saturday for the Heart Vs CCM match! They are definitely counting the VPL GF tickets in that total figure, it may have not been 2k+ (I was not there), but I can confidently say that there was less than 8k watching the Heart match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommykins Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Was definitely at the VPL grand final, if you'd said 1000, I would have said you were somewhere on the high side, even then, a lot of those were wearing MH gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeky18 Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 whens the deadline to buy a membership? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofhearts Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 whens the deadline to buy a membership? End of today. Better sign up now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEARTinator Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Another perspective on this. If, as was indicated previously, on average only 40% of members attend any given match, then against CCM we had around 2,400 members present and therefore some 6,000 walk-ups. Let's say there were 60% of the members there, then that's still only 3,600 members and therefore 5,000-odd walk-ups. On the way home in the train happened to sit opposite a fellow, 30-40 with young son 8-10, youngster decked out in a new Heart top. We exchanged a few pleasantries.They go to 4-5 games a year. Never been members, never thought about it, and the point that got me was they knew nothing about membership - cost etc. etc. Got me thinking. I know I'm repeating myself, but instead of that so-called announcer screeching into the microphone trying to hype up something or other, why not give out information about memberships - grades, costs, etc. put the web-site address, the Heart HQ membership hotline, etc. etc. up on the screen? We've got people inside the ground sufficiently motivated to come and watch, many have bought merchandise, so why not try and get them to become more involved with the club? Talk about the Academy, NYL players, next home match - anything useful or interesting about the club. I don't mean to be critical, but it seems to me we're missing an opportunity. I would even go so far as having special offers for people already attending the first couple of games in the season - present today's ticket, take out a season membership, and we'll discount the cost by 5% or give you a free cap or whatever. Surely this is a 'hot topic' for the Rep group. People who turn up to AAMI buying tickets for the game should also immediately be 'accosted' by a HeartFC person asking about taking out membership with some inducement if necessary. Agree with the announcer stuff but the face-to-face approach would work better IMO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Agree. FTF much better. Hand them an MHFC A4 flyer with the basics on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 It concerns me that a fair proportion of our members will only attend home games if they have nothing better to do, but that almost anything else is something better to do Maybe the club could also give you a discount of a subsequent membership if you've attended a certain number of home games. It really shouldn't have to come down to money though, we just aren't igniting the passion in a large proportion of our members yet alone non-members Bela, I suspect quite a few of our members buy a membership knowing full well that they are not going to attend many matches. They do it because they want to support the club (for whatever reason) and when they do decide to go they can just rock up five minutes before KO and wander in. Remember that we're dealing with human beings here, not rational, logical machines with no emotion. We're no longer dealing with the sort of supporter who for 40 years stood in the same spot behind the goal at Gigg Lane. Look at the result. First home game, bagful of new players, but same old crap result. Of course we're not igniting any passion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benzema23 Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Almost at 6,400! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalHeart Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Has been stagnated for a couple of days now....as I said we won't see a large increase till the 5 gamers come in. In terms of the crowd Saturday I think there were probably 8k there just but still that's not a great figure for first game of season on a bright sunny day and we all probably have a right to be worried about where these numbers are going to come from. All we can do is continue to bring our mates to the game, hope they enjoy it and incrementally grow the club. I am as impatient as they come but we just have to wait for good results, and probably 5 years before we start seeing consistent crowds of 12k+. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fentonthescreamingcactus Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 Has been stagnated for a couple of days now....as I said we won't see a large increase till the 5 gamers come in. In terms of the crowd Saturday I think there were probably 8k there just but still that's not a great figure for first game of season on a bright sunny day and we all probably have a right to be worried about where these numbers are going to come from. All we can do is continue to bring our mates to the game, hope they enjoy it and incrementally grow the club. I am as impatient as they come but we just have to wait for good results, and probably 5 years before we start seeing consistent crowds of 12k+. So your saying that it is gonna take 5 years to gain 4,000 people, I think we will gain a lot more in that time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeky18 Posted October 23, 2013 Report Share Posted October 23, 2013 well said royal heart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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