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2010 Membership tallies....
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Might have something to do with the fact that the cats pies game was over by half time..
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LOL at this precious little bunny (and he really is a precious one) actually trying to take potshots when his mob can barely even beat us at Subi, let alone on our home turf... 
JeffDunne
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Why does it not surprise me this post came from a Richmond supporter?
Hawthorn & Richmond supporters seem to be the main culprits in these pissing contests.
Hawthorn supporters trying to convince themselves they're not relocating by stealth, and Richmond supporters trying desperately to find something to talk up.
Face it, neither are anything more than middle of the road clubs in terms of overall support.
Adelaide, West Coast, Collingwood, Essendon & Carlton at the very least have you well covered. So why care? You're never going to be #1.
Correct, but we like to agrue over who's next.
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Ahh, the hawks.
The club with 5 million memebrs but it doesn;t seem to transfer into attendances over the years.?? Interesting isn't it?
We are totally hopeless, have far ,less members but seem to regularly pull big crowds, reflecting a greater membership base.
st kilda calling us middle of the road in terms of supporter base....please...get real.
Heaven help us if we ever started winning!
How do the the dawks get exempt from going to skilled for the past five years yet we have to go year in year out??
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The point you seem to have missed, is as soon as someone questions why the Hawks have low crowd numbers compared to other top sides, the line always gets trotted out about playing at a 20000 seat stadium, but when the Hawks fans talk about their clubs large profits their is no complaining about the games played in Tassie that contribute greatly to the clubs bottom line.
Imagine if both sides had only played 2 finals series in the last 20-30 years, there would be a side called the Western Saints playing in the AFL now.Imagine if W Bulldogs and St Kilda didn't have the past 100 years of crap to wipe out the bandwagon effect of the more successful clubs
Your club chooses to sell off 4 home games a season to Tassie, the AFL aren't going to send Essendon, Carlton and the Pies to Tassie to play in a 20000 seat stadium. A couple of your sold off home games could easily be against these sides if our club wasn't chasing cash down in Tassie.
Its a valid point though Hawkk, the Hawks had around 17k more members that Richmond this year and yet only managed to outdraw us by around 30k or so for the year and yet your only excuse seems to be the 4 games at Tassie hurt the Hawks bottom line on attendances. What effect do you think 30 years of crap would have on a clubs ability to draw big numbers?
Then make your penis measuring thread and leave that crap in just that thread, why does every thread have to be dominated by your inferiority complex?
Spin it, twist it, bend it, contort it anyway you want Richmond fans but for every year since 2000 (except 2006) Hawthorn has had more members, made more $$ and won more premierships than Richmond, they are facts.
And taking it back 30 years: Richmond 1 flag, Hawthorn 6 flags
And taking it back 30 years: Richmond 1 flag, Hawthorn 6 flags
... and that's all that matters.
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Would you care to define what "hardly any" is supposed to mean, oh ever-so knowledgeable one?
Moreover, if you think your club's attendances wouldn't have been affected if your home fixtures consisted almost entirely of Sunday and twilight matches, and half against interstate opposition, then you're out of your mind.
carlton, richmond, melbourne, north, hawthorn and essendon have all been there done that (some still
). most of those clubs still had acceptable attendences (in our case, 3rd in the league in our amazing 2007)
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Credit where it's due though, I thought the line about Hawthorn being a 'minnow club', especially coming from a Richmond fan, was comedy gold.
This thread is restricted to your e-penis and talk of your real penis will not be tolerated
Gillion McLaughlan is on record saying scheduling the Hawks-Saints game in Tasmania probably cost them 45,000 spectators
Really?
2008 - 32,767
2006 - 24,461
2005 - 27,092
2004 - 25,592
2002 - 23,355
Sold Out = 75% capacity?
Your argument is flawed when 4 of our 7 Melbourne based home games are against low drawing opponents (Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Port Adelaide)
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How so?
When Richmond can pull 60,000+ against Geelong Geelong will request their games be shifted to Melbourne
For too long Richmond have been riding on the back of Collingwood and Carlton's drawing power
Once again, the attendance and profit margin is a completely seperate argument
I'm amazed that you lack the you lack the comprehension to seperate the 2 in argument, its really pretty basic
Not when those games are away games or when we're playing Carlton at Ethiad the year after pulling 70,000 against them at the MCG (Melbourne are rostered to play them at the MCG)
The same impact 80 years of poor success has had on the Bulldogs attendance
Yes...Alot of people, members and corpo, just don't show up. Still hard to get tickets.
There's a few things to consider here before defending/attacking Hawthorn.
1. In 1996 we had one of the lowest membership tallies in the AFL and unsurprisingly we almost disappeared off the face of the earth. Since that day we've taken our membership very seriously and it's been a point of pride for the club that we have gone from practically the worst membership supported club in the AFL to the best (and record breaking) in 2009.
2. Yes, we sell games down to Tassie and we're strongly affiliated with the proud footballing state. Playing games at Aurora affects our average attendance as the stadium is small, but we don't actually sell out all of our games there. Tassie isn't that big and even with a 40,000 seat stadium, they'd still only attract 20,000 to any Victorian team playing games down there. Understandably it's not ideal for us Victorian members having 4 games down there, but considering the benefits for the club, you won't find too many members openly complaining about the agreement.
3. We don't have pet memberships or 1-game armchair memberships. It seems to be the in-vogue excuse from other clubs when trying to explain why a 'minnow' club like Hawthorn could have 50,000 members. Our simplest membership is a 4-game Tasmanian membership which is $75 (same price as Collingwood's 3 game membership).
4. I personally don't care that we're number 1 in memberships. It's nice to know that we're well supported and our club is making plenty of money but in the end Geelong wins this little d1ck measuring competition because they won the flag in 09. I'd take another flag in 2010 over 100,000 Hawthorn members any day of the week.
1. In 1996 we had one of the lowest membership tallies in the AFL and unsurprisingly we almost disappeared off the face of the earth. Since that day we've taken our membership very seriously and it's been a point of pride for the club that we have gone from practically the worst membership supported club in the AFL to the best (and record breaking) in 2009.
2. Yes, we sell games down to Tassie and we're strongly affiliated with the proud footballing state. Playing games at Aurora affects our average attendance as the stadium is small, but we don't actually sell out all of our games there. Tassie isn't that big and even with a 40,000 seat stadium, they'd still only attract 20,000 to any Victorian team playing games down there. Understandably it's not ideal for us Victorian members having 4 games down there, but considering the benefits for the club, you won't find too many members openly complaining about the agreement.
3. We don't have pet memberships or 1-game armchair memberships. It seems to be the in-vogue excuse from other clubs when trying to explain why a 'minnow' club like Hawthorn could have 50,000 members. Our simplest membership is a 4-game Tasmanian membership which is $75 (same price as Collingwood's 3 game membership).
4. I personally don't care that we're number 1 in memberships. It's nice to know that we're well supported and our club is making plenty of money but in the end Geelong wins this little d1ck measuring competition because they won the flag in 09. I'd take another flag in 2010 over 100,000 Hawthorn members any day of the week.
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Just taking the piss mate.
Why don't we take it back furthur to when it's 10 a piece?
Didn't realise that. I thought the 08 game was 34,000. Never mind.
Bulldogs have made the finals a fair bit over the last 15 years.
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