Yes just like Ron Barassi, Ken Eustice, Peter Woite, Greg Williams, David Rhys-Jones, Neil Craig, Warwick Capper, Doug Barwick and Tony Lockett. Oh hang on, they weren't Gen Y though were they
Not to mention Doug Wade, Stan Alves, John Rantall, Barry Davis, Carl Ditterich, Bob Shearman, Alastair Lynch, Steven Sims, Clayton Lamb, Milan Faletic, Frank Stemper, Russell Morris and Gary Dempsey.
Media Park wrote:The Gold Coast Football Club has 8045 fans on Facebook.
I would take reasonable odds that their Facebook page has a higher number of fans, than they get paying members.
whats your point? whose to say that the majority of the facebook fans are kids that when they get jobs or daddy gives them cash they will become members.
Media Park wrote:The Gold Coast Football Club has 8045 fans on Facebook.
I would take reasonable odds that their Facebook page has a higher number of fans, than they get paying members.
whats your point? whose to say that the majority of the facebook fans are kids that when they get jobs or daddy gives them cash they will become members.
All I am saying mate is that they are not going to be very well supported, and unless they become a dominant force, and you get all the AFL bandwaggoners following them, then they are going to be a very very unsuccessful franchise.
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Wedgie wrote:I wear skin tight arseless leather pants, wtf do you wear?
I will have a passing interest in GC only because someone from my home town and I played a bit of junior sport with/against him is on their list..........
very unlikely to take out membership with the club but I might attend their Adelaide based games and hell even barrack for them vs Port Adelaide......
Media Park wrote:The Gold Coast Football Club has 8045 fans on Facebook.
I would take reasonable odds that their Facebook page has a higher number of fans, than they get paying members.
whats your point? whose to say that the majority of the facebook fans are kids that when they get jobs or daddy gives them cash they will become members.
All I am saying mate is that they are not going to be very well supported, and unless they become a dominant force, and you get all the AFL bandwaggoners following them, then they are going to be a very very unsuccessful franchise.
Media Park wrote:The Gold Coast Football Club has 8045 fans on Facebook.
I would take reasonable odds that their Facebook page has a higher number of fans, than they get paying members.
whats your point? whose to say that the majority of the facebook fans are kids that when they get jobs or daddy gives them cash they will become members.
All I am saying mate is that they are not going to be very well supported, and unless they become a dominant force, and you get all the AFL bandwaggoners following them, then they are going to be a very very unsuccessful franchise.
They already have 10,000+ paid members.
So do the Power
So you've seen everything have you? Yep Have you ever seen a man eat his own head? No Well you haven't seen everything then have you.
heater31 wrote:I will have a passing interest in GC only because someone from my home town and I played a bit of junior sport with/against him is on their list..........
very unlikely to take out membership with the club but I might attend their Adelaide based games and hell even barrack for them vs Port Adelaide......
My brother has just moved to the Goldy and although he is a Pies supporter he is going to get a membership and attend their matches. You might find a lot of expats from the tradditional football states will see this as an opportunity to regularly attend AFL matches again, many will convert totally....
Hi, My name is Ron 'Bluey' Dunn. Did you know I played in the 61 & 62 Tasman Premiership sides....
westcoastpanther wrote:My brother has just moved to the Goldy and although he is a Pies supporter he is going to get a membership and attend their matches. You might find a lot of expats from the tradditional football states will see this as an opportunity to regularly attend AFL matches again, many will convert totally....
I reckon that's a good call, but just how many that includes is hard* to say.
westcoastpanther wrote:My brother has just moved to the Goldy and although he is a Pies supporter he is going to get a membership and attend their matches. You might find a lot of expats from the tradditional football states will see this as an opportunity to regularly attend AFL matches again, many will convert totally....
Anything would be better than Collingwood.
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Wedgie wrote:I wear skin tight arseless leather pants, wtf do you wear?
Sorry dont think it will work. They are a strange mob those banana benders. Brisbane were winning flag after flag and still not selling out every week now they are struggling it looks like a power home game up there I hope it does work but when they only get 8000 per week to games how long is the AFL going to prop them up for? They need to play finals asap otherwise there could be trouble brewing
Jim05 wrote:Sorry dont think it will work. They are a strange mob those banana benders. Brisbane were winning flag after flag and still not selling out every week now they are struggling it looks like a power home game up there I hope it does work but when they only get 8000 per week to games how long is the AFL going to prop them up for? They need to play finals asap otherwise there could be trouble brewing
Brisbane Lions average home attendance in 2010 was 29,908. That's not bloody bad at all considering how they played this year. View they're averages here
The AFL only care what GC can provide them in tv broadcasting rights revenue, they're probably expecting, and prepared to accept, very low crowds, at least in early years. West Sydney I think will cause more problems for the AFL, they could become a train wreck.
GWW wrote:The AFL only care what GC can provide them in tv broadcasting rights revenue, they're probably expecting, and prepared to accept, very low crowds, at least in early years. West Sydney I think will cause more problems for the AFL, they could become a train wreck.
AFL get x million dollars for 8 games a weekend, the AFL will now get (potentially) x+12.5% (for 9 games a weekend)- I don't think crowd size is on the agenda...
Ralph Wiggum wrote:That's where I saw the leprechaun. He told me to burn things
Media Park wrote:The Gold Coast Football Club has 8045 fans on Facebook.
I would take reasonable odds that their Facebook page has a higher number of fans, than they get paying members.
whats your point? whose to say that the majority of the facebook fans are kids that when they get jobs or daddy gives them cash they will become members.
All I am saying mate is that they are not going to be very well supported, and unless they become a dominant force, and you get all the AFL bandwaggoners following them, then they are going to be a very very unsuccessful franchise.
The Fremantle page has about 29000. I doubt that Facebook groups are indicative of the actual membership numbers. Although if GC get 8000 season passes sold in their first year they should be happy going into what was RL territory.
GWW wrote:The AFL only care what GC can provide them in tv broadcasting rights revenue, they're probably expecting, and prepared to accept, very low crowds, at least in early years. West Sydney I think will cause more problems for the AFL, they could become a train wreck.
AFL get x million dollars for 8 games a weekend, the AFL will now get (potentially) x+12.5% (for 9 games a weekend)- I don't think crowd size is on the agenda...
BINGO thats what its all about.
The AFL will happily prop up the GC if it is struggling so long as they can keep there 9 games on t.v
