When did Adelaide change?

[simba_]

Did you see Hinkley in his presser talking tough and bragging about how much of a hard running side his lot are? They only beat Carlton who were all depressed with less than half a stadium of fans, in march.

bragging? what the?! have you heard of darren burgess.. did you see our games last year..

do you even .. follow footy...

 

[Mattrox]

bragging? what the?! have you heard of darren burgess.. did you see our games last year..

do you even .. follow footy...

Who is this Burgess wizard? Some how his magic made you top 4 last year? Is he the only wizard to know what magic makes men run with endurance? What sort of magic do you speak that we all should bow down to this Wizard Master Hinkley?

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[BrissyCrow]

We only have a stadium that hold 53,500 people. I think i read somewhere that we have 38,000 full paid memberships, leaving ~ 15,000 seats for traveling supporters packages (5000) and 3 game memberships for the rest. Any marketing dollars spent in the Adelaide market is just wasted revenue.

The money spent to gain any extra members won't be a return on the investment; it won't become a financial gain. It's wasted money. Our brand in this market is strong enough, we don't need to spend anymore. Yet

What we do need to do is develop some free and positive marketing opportunities to portray a side of the club to entice people who are interested to buy a membership.

However, you do make a very good point (in your next post) that we don't do all that well at the moment, we need to market the club in non south Australia markets. Start spending on money on increasing our membership numbers in Perth, Queensland, Sydney and the 6 game membership in the heartland of football - Victoria. We should set an objective every year to gain 1500 new members in each market to expat south Aussies living in those states.

That will quickly take the membership base from 52,000 to 60,000 very quickly.

OK I get the point on the size of the stadium however just remember that we only put 22 players on the field at one time yet we have a playing list of 40 players plus 5 rookies. Now maybe this is not a fair comparison but it does demonstrate the point that you need "Extras" to make you strong and sustainable. But we both agree that there is still room for new members and perhaps the quickest way home is via the interstate opportunities.

Just a bit more on the number of members vs the number of seats available in the stadiums. Collingwood have 80,000+ members and if I am correct only the MCG can accommodate that number. If we spend the money it might mean that initially we are overspending but once we have the membership up to 60,000+ it would be easier to hang onto them in the following years. The initial cost would have to be amortised over a few seasons. Keeping the fans is easy.....just win games. Winning the games is the hardest part.

 

[BrissyCrow]

One more point regarding all this....Whately (is that the correct spelling) tonight on 360 said that Port is his number 2 team. He loves them. So whatever it is that Port is doing is having an effect in Victoria. What we really need to do is win games and it means beating port in the showdown. That will shut up a lot of the media....except Rucci

 

[Pafcsince86]

Can anyone tell me what this is in relation to?

 

[HighBudget]

View attachment 47394 Can anyone tell me what this is in relation to?

I'm wondering that myself

 

[simba_]

i honestly don't believe he can spell "individuals" and "miserable" on his own. i bet he couldn't even spell taylor and called himself tex.

 

[Ravenous Crow]

Don't tealsters have anything better to do at 3am than jerk eachother off on the Crows board?

 

[Pafcsince86]

Don't tealsters have anything better to do at 3am than jerk eachother off on the Crows board?

I'm terribly sorry perhaps if you didn't have to get up early and make apricot slice and knit a few crows scarves you may of woken up happy

 

[Pafcsince86]

I'm wondering that myself

I wasn't trolling I actually would like to know what was going on there

 

[FR0GGY]

**** off guys

By the way your question is fine it's joining in on the other circle jerk that's not for our board and no I didn't see what it's all about.

 

[Pafcsince86]

By the way your question is fine it's joining in on the other circle jerk that's not for our board and no I didn't see what it's all about.

Roger that

 

[FR0GGY]

Roger that

Is that even her real account caro_whine?

 

[Pafcsince86]

Is that even her real account caro_whine?

Yeah pretty sure it is its full of boring crap so....

Could be wrong but couldn't find another page for her. The whine bit seems a bit sus

 

[Mego Red]

It's the real Tex account but fake Caro. What did she say?

 

[Mike Smyth]

I think in this context, it's as much about fatigue - we've had the same people in the same positions for too long (forget the arguably disastrous decisions some of them have made) and we've become stale.

We need fresh blood, fresh faces, fresh eyes and new ideas. New energy and enthusiasm.

I agree with you but have you seen who the CEO in waiting is? I would rather keep Trigg. Not much to look forward too in the back office at the AFC.

 

[Pafcsince86]

No point attacking us - you guys have already won the flag for 2014, you should be happy enough with that.

You're fitter than any other team could possibly be and you're the absolute favorite in everyone's hearts. That should be enough for anyone.

Wasn't an attack just an apology due to the heavy workload. I still have no idea what she said. Must of been something harsh.
I don't believe we are in anyway favorites and I definitely don't think we are in flag contention. Fitter maybe but building up is the way I see it

 

[LeoMessi]

We need to be Telstra. Let Port be Vodaphone.

*Vodafone

BTW guys, makes for an interesting read. It's good to know that we're being admired

 

[Mike Smyth]

Who is this Burgess wizard? Some how his magic made you top 4 last year? Is he the only wizard to know what magic makes men run with endurance? What sort of magic do you speak that we all should bow down to this Wizard Master Hinkley?

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he's the genius that helped Port win the 2007 premiership.

 

[Mattrox]

he's the genius that helped Port win the 2007 premiership.

Lol He's talking like they won the premiership and only Burgess could turn Port Power around.

Getting in any proper training and coaching would improve Port over those years. A bail out helps pay for that.

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[Mike Smyth]

Do we actually have Mods on this board? Toughen up and p*ss off this politically correct BS.

 

[Mike Smyth]

It's all about wins. Start winning and things will change quickly. However, there are a few things we can learn from Ports improvement. 1) We won't win a premiership until we can get 3-4 years of top 7 picks. If that means bottoming out then so be it. 2) We need to be much more aggressive during trade week. We need to chase players hard. No one from the football department should be given leave until after trade week.

 

[Crow-eater]

Is that even her real account caro_whine?

It's a fake

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Do we actually have Mods on this board? Toughen up and p*ss off this politically correct BS.

Please report those types of posts so we can deal with them quicker

 

[simmo97]

It's all about wins. Start winning and things will change quickly. However, there are a few things we can learn from Ports improvement. 1) We won't win a premiership until we can get 3-4 years of top 7 picks. If that means bottoming out then so be it. 2) We need to be much more aggressive during trade week. We need to chase players hard. No one from the football department should be given leave until after trade week.

You don't need 3 to 4 years of top 10 draft picks to win flags. Sydney did it in 2012 after missing the finals only
once in 2009 since their 2005 flag.

carlton and melbourne have plenty of top 10 draft picks but are both far from been a top 4 chance.