Dylan Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 6126 break the 7k mark by the FFA cup match? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedAndWhitePride Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 (edited) 6126 break the 7k mark by the FFA cup match? Outside chance for sure, especially IF Koren and/or Lampard are announced by then. Edited July 28, 2014 by RedAndWhitePride Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF33 Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 That Etihad member offer looks pretty tempting. Cheap return flights from Melbourne to Manchester (from $1518 economy), a ticket to Manchester City v Spurs or Swansea and if you wear Melbourne City colours to the game, they give you a new Nike home kit (presumably Manchester City) to take home. Definitely considering it. Probably wouldn't have the balls to see if the offer extended to rocking up in a Melbourne Heart shirt though. No, they give you a new Melbourne City home kit to go to the game, and in return you pay Etihad Airways at least $1500... But who cares? Why on earth would you offer Melbourne City members something that means you miss a Melbourne City home match? This club seems to be doing everything possible so that members can't watch their team actually in Melbourne. Yes, I've had a bad day, but FFS how about encouraging people to watch us play here? Can you not just go when the Aussie season is out? The deal is for only the games on 18 October against Spurs, or 22 November against Swansea. I'm not arguing with others that it does seem a little ill-conceived (to be honest, I just assumed they'd have set it for weekends when we were playing away - they both clash with home games and the Spurs game clashes with our home opener), but I'm still pretty tempted, for the Swansea game at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEARTinator Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 Gotta have the graph to get really excited. Seems like we've doubled own membership compared to same time last year. On track to be the biggest little club in the whole of Australasian football and the Tards being our little brothers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red or Dead Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 Date 13/14 14/15 Incr % June 8th 1017 1015 -0.20 June 16th 1288 1816 40.99 June 25th 1505 3022 100.80 July 4th 2143 4383 104.53 July 17th 2529 5251 107.63 July 28th 2917 6126 110.01 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dylan Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 I am suprised that the speed of renewals and or new members is still going up. Really, it's only going to get faster too, with the marquee and other signings comming. I still don't think Lampard is comming here but I'd say we will get another boost when villa actually arrives in Melbourne and is paraded around the place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommykins Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 So we've now got more members then the capacity of our first home game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attack11 Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 Does anyone know what the other A-League clubs memberships are at.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedukeofhearts Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 (edited) Does anyone know what the other A-League clubs memberships are at.... There's a post about it a few pages back I think. Would of updated by now, but will give you a the general trend. Edited July 29, 2014 by thedukeofhearts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murfy1 Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 Does anyone know what the other A-League clubs memberships are at.... There's a post about it a few pages back I think. Would of updated by now, but will give you a the general trend. This seems to be accurate: http://www.fromthestandsal.com/membershiptracker/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jestr Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 So we've now got more members then the capacity of our first home game? Being where and when it's going to be played, I would expect large chunk of bandwagon and "soft" members not to show up. 3k max + 2k of curious locals Total 5k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlings Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 Bloody keen for this. Hopefully a dry night, can't wait to see the hill packed!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red or Dead Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 (edited) 6190 @ 3pm. Edit: down to 6188 @ 5:45pm Edited July 29, 2014 by Red or Dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theresonlyonebzamora Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 So we've now got more members then the capacity of our first home game? To be fair that's nothing new, even at our lowest membership points we haven't exactly played pre-season in a lot of 4000+ grounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red or Dead Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 6201 @ 11:30am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 Hypothetically, if we were to sign Robert Koren as our IM and Kennedy as our AM, with a sustained marketing campaign across multiple platforms for at least two months, what number do you all think we could reach by the start of the season? I think 10K is ambitious but realistically achievable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD. Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 I'll say 8-9k start of season and hoping to crack 10k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlings Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 And throughout the season they'll release those 3 game memberships which all add up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedAndWhitePride Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 Don't underestimate the arrival of Villa, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n i k o Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 (edited) I'm sure there are a lot of people that are not convinced about signing up as a member but would want to see villa play. Would a five game membership be out of the question at the very beginning of the season? Get them through the door for villa and possibly stay on as members for the remainder of the season. Edited July 30, 2014 by n i k o 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 10 game membership. Villa Pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedaik Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 10 game membership. Villa Pass. + an extra 3 games for free 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 I'm sure there are a lot of people that are not convinced about signing up as a member but would want to see villa play. Would a five game membership be out of the question at the very beginning of the season? Get them through the door for villa and possibly stay on as members for the remainder of the season. No. Absolutely no. Let them buy tickets for the games they want to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n i k o Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 I'm sure there are a lot of people that are not convinced about signing up as a member but would want to see villa play. Would a five game membership be out of the question at the very beginning of the season? Get them through the door for villa and possibly stay on as members for the remainder of the season. No. Absolutely no. Let them buy tickets for the games they want to see. Ok fair enough, any reason why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakz7 Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 6217 @ 8.50pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 I'm sure there are a lot of people that are not convinced about signing up as a member but would want to see villa play. Would a five game membership be out of the question at the very beginning of the season? Get them through the door for villa and possibly stay on as members for the remainder of the season. No. Absolutely no. Let them buy tickets for the games they want to see. Ok fair enough, any reason why? Several reasons, the most important one being that IMO a season ticket is just that - a season ticket. If you want to cherrypick which matches you attend - for what ever reason - then you pay the walk-up admission price. I'm fundamentally against all limited-game tickets and freebies of the types that have been offered by Heart in past seasons, except the summer school holiday ones where I believe there are sound reasons for offering cheaper tickets to youngsters who may not be able to attend matches in the rest of the season. IMO limited-game offers devalue the full season ticket, are a slap in the face to those loyal supporters who've committed for the full season, and a manipulation to "increase the numbers." 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 I'm sure there are a lot of people that are not convinced about signing up as a member but would want to see villa play. Would a five game membership be out of the question at the very beginning of the season? Get them through the door for villa and possibly stay on as members for the remainder of the season. No. Absolutely no. Let them buy tickets for the games they want to see. Ok fair enough, any reason why? Several reasons, the most important one being that IMO a season ticket is just that - a season ticket. If you want to cherrypick which matches you attend - for what ever reason - then you pay the walk-up admission price. I'm fundamentally against all limited-game tickets and freebies of the types that have been offered by Heart in past seasons, except the summer school holiday ones where I believe there are sound reasons for offering cheaper tickets to youngsters who may not be able to attend matches in the rest of the season. IMO limited-game offers devalue the full season ticket, are a slap in the face to those loyal supporters who've committed for the full season, and a manipulation to "increase the numbers." Good call, I completely agree. However at the same time, from the club's perspective I can understand why they offer such memberships as at the end of the day, it's all about boosting numbers and getting people through the gates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbitm Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 I'm sure there are a lot of people that are not convinced about signing up as a member but would want to see villa play. Would a five game membership be out of the question at the very beginning of the season? Get them through the door for villa and possibly stay on as members for the remainder of the season. No. Absolutely no. Let them buy tickets for the games they want to see. Ok fair enough, any reason why? Several reasons, the most important one being that IMO a season ticket is just that - a season ticket. If you want to cherrypick which matches you attend - for what ever reason - then you pay the walk-up admission price. I'm fundamentally against all limited-game tickets and freebies of the types that have been offered by Heart in past seasons, except the summer school holiday ones where I believe there are sound reasons for offering cheaper tickets to youngsters who may not be able to attend matches in the rest of the season. IMO limited-game offers devalue the full season ticket, are a slap in the face to those loyal supporters who've committed for the full season, and a manipulation to "increase the numbers." Good call, I completely agree. However at the same time, from the club's perspective I can understand why they offer such memberships as at the end of the day, it's all about boosting numbers and getting people through the gates. plus they get your address to send a letter asking to renew. I don't mind, sure it's a 'slap in the face' to loyal fans if you think about it, but it's also just another way to grow the club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n i k o Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 A lot of people I know that are current members and have been for a few seasons first came on board because of a five game membership. I understand the point your making jw and i agree with it because I'm an idealist as well. But, I'm also all for different ways to get people on board and I think this 'could' be an opportunity we can take advantage of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 A lot of people I know that are current members and have been for a few seasons first came on board because of a five game membership. I understand the point your making jw and i agree with it because I'm an idealist as well. But, I'm also all for different ways to get people on board and I think this 'could' be an opportunity we can take advantage of. That's fair enough. And maybe we do have to use this particular season to "launch the new brand." So I'll compromise this time around! But I don't want to see us do it too often because I think that would look too much like a circus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red or Dead Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 6230. Looks like they're slowing down...need some official announcements. Thursday 10:30am has come and gone and still nothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Need to pump Sydney in the cup. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 As soon as the flow of material coming out of the club diminishes the counter slows down. Indicates to me that in the off-season in particular you must keep your support interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 6265. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schrecky Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 (edited) Still 70 days to go 25 members per day = 8000 Id still be happy with that. Still to go - Mt Eliza/Frankston heart City tournament = 4-500 junior members (Not game though this year so they tell me) Think there was one other inititave last year worth a few hundred members Edited July 31, 2014 by schrecky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deluka Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 Still 70 days to go 25 members per day = 8000 Id still be happy with that. Still to go - Mt Eliza/Frankston heart City tournament = 4-500 junior members (Not game though this year so they tell me) Think there was one other inititave last year worth a few hundred members Family day perhaps? Not sure how many members sign up then though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD. Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 Loving the size of support from the Ballarat region 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 IMO some more news on signings will help things along. As would a couple of decent pre-season matches actually in Melbourne... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 Cancelled mine since I won't be here, looking at international membership, but it should at the very least include live streaming, discounted flights and a 7 day stay in Qatar + Russian escorts. Essentially paying 60 clams for a lapel pin and 3 games on the other side of the world ffs. Where's the love CFG? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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