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[AstuteTiger]

Kano at it again.

The Taranto deal no issues. Didn't overpay with a top 5 or top 10 pick. Won our B&F and came 6th in the Brownlow with 19 votes.
The Hopper deal yes we overpaid with pick 8.

 

[juss]

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I agree with him on most of those 6, we'd be far better off playing kids for 4 of those spots, and leave a couple in for the leadership/experience.

 

[Ctl]

Kano at it again.

The Taranto deal no issues. Didn't overpay with a top 5 or top 10 pick. Won our B&F and came 6th in the Brownlow with 19 votes.
The Hopper deal yes we overpaid with pick 8.

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I’m becoming more and more aligned with Kane as time passes which is not a pleasant thing to admit. It isn’t just about whether or not we traded for good players, paid fair value or their contributions etc, it’s about whether trading in players at the time made sense.

Since the trades Dimma has bailed to the Gold Coast, we’ve been wildly inconsistent and our shortcomings are being exposed. Only time will tell but the effort to continue to contend and compete in finals is looking more and more fanciful, so would we be in a better place had we decided to reset expectations, take our medicine, spend our time at the bottom, hit the draft heavily, develop players and so on like the afls system of equalisation intended, like Hawthorn and west coast successful teams that inevitably had to rebuild and both dragged their feet at the start of the process.. It really only makes sense to trade for players if you are taking a step forward otherwise you’ll end up like Essendon, st kilda etc.

 

[Ctl]

Big loss, but it seems like there has been pretty open dialogue internally and the club are well prepared. Wonder who has been earmarked as the successor that is if Caros reporting is true

 

[tiger_tough]

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That's a stupid list. Naismith only played because Nank is injured, and our only other fit ruck (Ryan) played as well (not including OHB).
Who could've played kpf instead of Kosi? Bauer had an extremely limited pre season (as a backman) and didn't even play in the vfl scratch match so he wasn't available anyway.
Grimes, sure.
Broad played some great footy last year. why wouldn't he play?
McIntosh and Pickett, sure, but it's not even round one yet. I dare say if we're around bottom 3rd of the ladder towards the end of the year, both of these guys will be playing VFL.

 

[Coach_Required]

Big loss, but it seems like there has been pretty open dialogue internally and the club are well prepared. Wonder who has been earmarked as the successor if Caro reporting is true

I'm gutted. Knew things never would last forever but this I didn't want.

 

[Spacedog]

Kano at it again.

The Taranto deal no issues. Didn't overpay with a top 5 or top 10 pick. Won our B&F and came 6th in the Brownlow with 19 votes.
The Hopper deal yes we overpaid with pick 8.

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Did the deal work out? Obviously not but it’s not the end of the world. They’re still both solid players and if we didn’t get them we’d have absolutely nothing in our midfield. Just throwing a bunch of kids like Dow into the midfield alongside a cooked Prestia and Graham would’ve been a disaster. Kane would probably be asking why we didn’t bring an experienced mid in. We’ll have draft picks coming in the next few years and they can develop alongside Taranto and Hopper. Hopper and Taranto are also both only mid 20s so no reason why we can’t rebuild and win a flag with them later

 

[wegetpumped]

For years people were getting Hopper in will make Richmond. Now overpaid prima donna. Dimma left us in shambles but we love him. Get over it people this has been building since 2020 and the signs were there. Clubs make mistakes and sometimes don't. We had our best draft picks for a long time but gave them away. We picked up low picks thinking we might get some magic happening. Even with our success since 17 our biggest fault has been youth. Apart from Daniel Rioli

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160.2

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which youngster have we picked up with any woah factor? The only one I can think of was well never mind lol. Our success was built on current list and a top-up of players from other teams which clicked. We still have the same people who have been bringing in these failed young picks but did well with mature players. On Hopper did we need him? perhaps but the wrong time. My biggest gripe this season is WTF were they thinking with Kozi? Yze didn't do his homework thought he was getting a ready-made team and not one on the steep down the ladder type.
Patience is needed, Not we are going to blast Carlton because 3 players back in which will solve all our problems. We need to play the good kids not ones tried and keep failing. Jr, Dow, Mansell and the like are taking us nowhere. Tresize, Mcaullife, Brown, and Bayer are the guys we should be pumping games into while we still have some older heads in the team to guide them.

 

[A Tiger 4 lyf]

The club is being gutted right before our eyes to the benefit of the CFL


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[SDMTiger4]

I'm gutted. Knew things never would last forever but this I didn't want.

I know he would have ended up there sometime, but would he be as keen to bail out if the on field team was still at it's peak? Surely not. Sees the writing on the wall with how Dimma left the side in a mess, and then rides off into the sunset.
Like a lot of leaders, tend to bail out before the sh.. really hits the fan, protecting their legacy.
Having said all that, have to be grateful for the ride we had.

 

[DickieKnee]

The fact he sold his house in Melbourne just recently should tell you that. Truly the end of an era.

 

[smasha]

Only Richmond get crushed like this.
I thought it was very poor form by the commentary team to tease Tiger supporters about all our Tassie players leàving.

 

[smasha]

I know he would have ended up there sometime, but would he be as keen to bail out if the on field team was still at it's peak? Surely not. Sees the writing on the wall with how Dimma left the side in a mess, and then rides off into the sunset.
Like a lot of leaders, tend to bail out before the sh.. really hits the fan, protecting their legacy.
Having said all that, have to be grateful for the ride we had.

The supporters left with the trash on their doorstep.

I suppose we need a fresh new outlook.

Going to be sad seeing old Tigers revelling against us when the Tassie team comes in.

Was heartbreaking seeing Dimma do the same thing.

All that heart and soul and love of Richmond thrown out the window.

Makes you become ECO as a supporter.

Supporters are really the strong ones of any club.

There from young kids to death.

The club is being gutted right before our eyes to the benefit of the CFL


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[JAKLAUGHING]

That's a stupid list. Naismith only played because Nank is injured, and our only other fit ruck (Ryan) played as well (not including OHB).
Who could've played kpf instead of Kosi? Bauer had an extremely limited pre season (as a backman) and didn't even play in the vfl scratch match so he wasn't available anyway.
Grimes, sure.
Broad played some great footy last year. why wouldn't he play?
McIntosh and Pickett, sure, but it's not even round one yet. I dare say if we're around bottom 3rd of the ladder towards the end of the year, both of these guys will be playing VFL.

 

[SunshineBoy]

Did the deal work out? Obviously not but it’s not the end of the world. They’re still both solid players and if we didn’t get them we’d have absolutely nothing in our midfield. Just throwing a bunch of kids like Dow into the midfield alongside a cooked Prestia and Graham would’ve been a disaster. Kane would probably be asking why we didn’t bring an experienced mid in. We’ll have draft picks coming in the next few years and they can develop alongside Taranto and Hopper. Hopper and Taranto are also both only mid 20s so no reason why we can’t rebuild and win a flag with them later

6 more years

 

[SunshineBoy]

The club is being gutted right before our eyes to the benefit of the CFL


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Spot on

 

[Coach_Required]

I know he would have ended up there sometime, but would he be as keen to bail out if the on field team was still at it's peak? Surely not. Sees the writing on the wall with how Dimma left the side in a mess, and then rides off into the sunset.
Like a lot of leaders, tend to bail out before the sh.. really hits the fan, protecting their legacy.
Having said all that, have to be grateful for the ride we had.

He did take us on when we were a total basket case. So I don't buy that he bailed on us now we are crap again.

 

[Grockadoc]

That's a stupid list. Naismith only played because Nank is injured, and our only other fit ruck (Ryan) played as well (not including OHB).
Who could've played kpf instead of Kosi? Bauer had an extremely limited pre season (as a backman) and didn't even play in the vfl scratch match so he wasn't available anyway.
Grimes, sure.
Broad played some great footy last year. why wouldn't he play?
McIntosh and Pickett, sure, but it's not even round one yet. I dare say if we're around bottom 3rd of the ladder towards the end of the year, both of these guys will be playing VFL.

This is the samw muppet who criticised our KPF depth after Lynch got injured and Jack was cooked. We go out and recruit a young key forward who still needs ro develop and he bashes us for it.

He also queries Naismith after we traded our only AFL level depth ruckman at the end of last year and needed a replacement. Thank god we did with Nank out.

Short had a nightmare but is still a weapon for us, although he is starting to get to the point that we may look to move him on in the next couple of years.

Prestia is done. Agree that he shouldn't be playing if that is what he has served up in both games he has played this year.

 

[AstuteTiger]

Anatomy of a membership tally: Full breakdown of every one of the Tigers’ 100,000 members​

Every time a membership record is broken, punters claim it’s inflated, or using pets memberships. Richmond’s membership guru Dino Imbriano opens the Tigers’ books for JON RALPH to split fact from fiction.

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March 11, 2024 - 8:00AM
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The Tigers have some 15,000 junior members included as part of its 100,000 plus strong membership tally. Picture: Dylan Burns/AFL Photos via Getty Images.

Richmond’s membership guru Dino Imbriano chuckles and he answers the question he knows has been coming all along.
The answer is 526.

The question is how many cats and dogs did the Tigers sign up last year to their $50 pet membership, which also promises $30 of “Richmond member rewards”.

Richmond’s official membership figures — last year just over 101,000 paid-up fans — are just as real as the scepticism from football fans about the spate of competition records broken by the season.

Like the sun rising in the east, the yearly flood of press releases spruiking new membership records is an annual football tradition.
The AFL shouted those figures again recently as it announced one in 21 Australians was an AFL club member.

Records?
The AFL has them by the bucketful.

Fifteen clubs broke membership records last year as the league claimed a 30th competition-wide record membership figure in 32 years.

Only Covid in 2020 and the Sydney Olympics stopped the league from year-on-year growth across three decades.
And yet how many of them are actually real memberships instead of giveaway deals or fans signing up cats and dogs to boost club tallies?

The Tigers have some 15,000 junior members included as part of its 100,000 plus strong membership tally. Picture: Dylan Burns/AFL Photos via Getty Images.

Richmond consumer general manager Imbriano is happy to disclose that figure, aware it is at the heart of so many raised eyebrows over the actual makeup of AFL memberships.

Imbriano today lifts the lid on the true breakdown of Richmond’s membership as the Tigers attempt to hit the 100,000-mark once more after being the first AFL club to reach that goal in 2018.

Imbriano can account for every single membership Richmond has in those 38 categories — and not one of them are false.
Yes, the rise in three-game memberships has represented a huge part of the explosion in growth for all AFL clubs.

Yes, the old-fashioned 11-game membership is increasingly dying breed in an era of tailored packages that can include all manner of reserved seat, blockbuster game and Grand Final options.

Yet Richmond is proud of the fact its hard-earned membership gains have not come through creative accounting.

As it turns out those cats and dogs are not included in Richmond’s tally as Richmond attempts to again hit a six-figure tally despite tough economic conditions and a potentially challenging season on-field.

“We were the first club to get to 100,000 members and we have maintained that number since,’’ says Imbriano, who has worked in membership at the Western Bulldogs (2006-2008), Collingwood (2008-2010), North Melbourne (2010-2018) and Richmond since January 2018.

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11.4

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4.4

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10.4

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of the Tigers high fives fans after a win last season. Picture: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images.

“We have always been absolutely categoric that we are not going to inflate the numbers in any way. The most important reason is you create a rod for your own back. If you keep your numbers real, the members know where you are.

“If you don’t do things the right way, it catches up with you in the long run. If you inflate members then maybe members who are sitting on the fence think they don’t need to be a member.”

“This year we are slightly down on last year but if you inflate the numbers, it is never the real picture. We always call it how it is. We can get to 100,000 members but it will take a lot of hard work. It is something we want to be proud of and something we have done through the help of the entire supporter base.”

Clubs desperate to maximise their official season-ending tallies can try a variety of techniques.

They can hand sponsors memberships for gratis, they can hand out vast numbers of memberships through community programs or they can include hospitality clients who attend a single function as rusted-on members in their tallies.

Richmond’s strict definition of a member — accounted for in official AFL figures released each September — is a member taking up a $55 or more package that has access to at least one AFL game.

So the cats and dogs definitely do not count.

Every category above the $55 price point is included in Richmond’s tally, including the $260 digital membership (including Kayo) even though it strictly doesn’t have game access.

Richmond has 38 membership categories, many of which combine varying combinations of three or 11 game memberships and either allow the fans general admission, reserved bay or reserved seat membership.

Imbriano says of the Richmond membership base last year — 101,349 — there are 11 rough categories.

RICHMOND MEMBERSHIPS BREAKDOWN​

MEMBERSHIP TYPE	NUMBER OF MEMBERS (2023)
Standard home-and-away memberships with privileges to 11 games or 14 games	19,150
Three game memberships	15,500
Premium coterie memberships, including the 3121 membership and Club XIII membership, which provides guaranteed Grand Final access, access to match-day functions and access to all Victorian games	2400
Reserved seat membership	18,000
Country, interstate and international membership	14,000
Junior packages, which range from the $60 option to baby and toddler	15,500
AFL members who nominate Richmond as their club	6000
AFLW members	3750
MCC members who upgrade with Richmond affiliation	3300
Digital membership	250
Tigers conservation membership (which costs $65 and includes access to a single game) and Alannah and Madeline Foundation membership.	3500

This season as cost pressures hit the Tigers are pushing the message to fans that there are multiple options for supporters who are sitting on the fence

A new blockbuster membership category for $160 locks in reserved seats to Anzac Eve against Melbourne and Dreamtime at the ‘G against Essendon and also allows access to three other 2024 Richmond home games.

And the Tiger Insider category ($99, access to three home-and-away games) is a far superior option for fans battling cost-of-living pressures than dropping high-value memberships altogether.

Imbriano says about 60 per cent of AFL memberships still come from 11-game general admission and reserved seat memberships but says clubs have moved with the times.

With membership still accounting for about a third of club revenue, it has never been more important.

“There are so many options these days with what people do with their leisure dollar and we need a package for everyone,” he said.
“In some ways we have moved away from the 11-game memberships when I started 18 years ago.

We introduced three-game memberships at Collingwood when I was there in 2009 and it gives clubs the capacity to engage fans and slowly put incentives in front of them to get to a higher package. You might have more on field success or there are other drivers that help them upgrade.”

Those difficult early years at the financially strapped Dogs, desperately trying to sign up the entire membership base each year, were filled with stresses as clubs signed up vast numbers of members at games in early rounds.

Richmond would be lucky to sign 100 members on game day now, with annual direct debit arrangements and payment plans helping clubs retain members year to year.

Having watched in awe as Richmond’s membership stuck fat through the Covid years of 2020 and 2021, at times effectively donating their membership fees, makes him value the fanbase more than ever.

“Being a member involves a financial contribution but there is also a sense of belonging and connection to the place,” he says.

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/anatomy-of-a-membership-tally-full-breakdown-of-every-one-of-the-tigers-100000-members/news-story/e7b6839a6a8338b2c9eea361973e951b

 

[guruisatiger]

Only Richmond get crushed like this.
I thought it was very poor form by the commentary team to tease Tiger supporters about all our Tassie players leàving.

But when Benny gives us all those juicy first round draft picks in exchange for our tassie players,,we will be laughing

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

But when Benny gives us all those juicy first round draft picks in exchange for our tassie players,,we will be laughing

Wise move.
Use pick 80 onwards solely on Tasmanians starting with DickieKnee

 

[DickieKnee]

Wise move.
Use pick 80 onwards solely on Tasmanians starting with DickieKnee

I'd be worth at least 3 first rounders

 

[guruisatiger]

Wise move.
Use pick 80 onwards solely on Tasmanians starting with DickieKnee

And Mr hoos

 

[guruisatiger]

I'd be worth at least 3 first rounders

Top 10 ??

 

[DickieKnee]

Top 10 ??

Top 5