Sydney edge out Collingwood as most popular AFL team in fans ladder reveal - 2022 fan ladder

[NetworkNerd]

In other news Melbourne Storm have 2 million fans...

 

[Roobs321]

Say what you want about the poll's questionable credibility, but the actual results are pretty much how you'd guess it to be, it isn't worth getting angry over.

 

[MF]

Perhaps 'fans' would be a better term to use for this poll, rather than "supporters". To me supporters indicates that you actually do something to support the club, such as purchase a membership, turn up to a game, buy merchandise or at least regularly watch their games on TV. I doubt the majority of people counted in this poll would qualify as actual supporters of any of the clubs in it.

 

[Toump Ass]

Say what you want about the poll's questionable credibility, but the actual results are pretty much how you'd guess it to be, it isn't worth getting angry over.

I wouldn't guess that the Lions have 200,000 more supporters than the Tigers.

I suspect the issue here is that most Richmond supporters don't own telephones and thus cannot be contacted for this important research.

 

[Fadge]

I wouldn't guess that the Lions have 200,000 more supporters than the Tigers.

I suspect the issue here is that most Richmond supporters don't own telephones and thus cannot be contacted for this important research.

Either that or it's an elaborate troll to place Richmond 9th on yet another list.

Either option sounds good to me...

 

[Golden_6]

I wonder if those conducting the survey ever look back on it and think ‘maybe we shouldn’t release this as it doesn’t give us any credibility’.

Somehow the Tigers have apparently lost 50,000 fans.

 

[Fadge]

I wonder if those conducting the survey ever look back on it and think ‘maybe we shouldn’t release this as it doesn’t give us any credibility’.

Somehow the Tigers have apparently lost 50,000 fans.

That's what happens when a majority of your supporter base are fair weather bandwagoners.

 

[Sttew]

A sample Roy Morgan telephone survey:

Roy Morgan - "Hello, Roy Morgan here, we are polling Australians to see who is the most popular AFL team.
Sydneysider - "Hell, AFL?". Turns to wife, "What's the name of the team in Sydney that plays AFL?" Wife responds, "Swans, I think". Sydneysider tells Roy Morgan, "You heard the missus, Swans".
Roy Morgan - "Thanks for your response. It will help us greatly"

 

[Mantastic]

Manchester United used a similar polling methodology a few years ago to determine how many fans they had. They concluded that they had 1.1 billion fans or 1 in 7 of all people on Earth at the time. Bulletproof research.

 

[DaTBird187]

Manchester United used a similar polling methodology a few years ago to determine how many fans they had. They concluded that they had 1.1 billion fans or 1 in 7 of all people on Earth at the time. Bulletproof research.

Them counting all the african kids running around in old Ryan Giggs shirts they'd been given by Unicef was a flawed model to be sure.

 

[Feraligatr]

I wouldn't guess that the Lions have 200,000 more supporters than the Tigers.

I suspect the issue here is that most Richmond supporters don't own telephones and thus cannot be contacted for this important research.

It's true, I don't own a phone. I am posting this through telekinesis.

 

[Hoops]

That's what happens when a majority of your supporter base are fair weather bandwagoners.

Maybe for some the conspiracy theories were a bit too much.

 

[smasha]

#weareroymorgansgrandfinal

 

[Sentinel]

A lot of undecided fans obviously watched the Bulldogs in last year's grand final and made up their mind based on that. No surprise we've had a 30% increase year on year in this perfectly legitimate poll.

 

[Osho]

ROAR!
Whata farking success the AFL is. Just generally and eternally. Faaarking great. Can't handle too much more good news like this.

 

[Vikingnz]

Boy, you'd think a competition with 8.9 million adult fans could get more than 2 million to watch a Grand Final.

 

[The King!]

Roy Morgan the poll no one ever seems to actually be involved with personally.

Never met a single person be polled in their polls.

they rang me 800,000 times

 

[HairyO]

1 million supporters but only 8,000 of them watched past quarter time.

 

[Back One Out]

I don't care what anyone says...

"Collingwood Magpies", "Carlton Blues", "Essendon Bombers", "Hawthorn Hawks" and "St Kilda Saints" are not the correct names of these football clubs.

The correct names are Collingwood, Carlton, Essendon, Hawthorn and St Kilda.
Alternatively, they are known by their nicknames: the Magpies, Blues, Bombers, Hawks and Saints.

This is Australia. Not America.

Although the way this forum is run, you'd be forgiven for thinking this is China.

 

[Clark G]

Attendances at matches and membership numbers are better measures in regards to how popular a team is.