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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: Ramps on August 05, 2007, 03:15:35 PM

Title: Experience Generation Next LOL
Post by: Ramps on August 05, 2007, 03:15:35 PM
Or whatever the membership campaign was. I remember the club had a similar campaign afew years back...and we were pitiful then to. So lets forget about these gimmicks about dressing the players up to look like James Bond lol...because its a farce ... was before, is today. Richmond needs to forget the gimmicks and just run a footy club properly. The campaign was and is now a total embarrassment.
Title: Re: Experience Generation Next LOL
Post by: Passionfruit on August 05, 2007, 03:21:29 PM
The ""Crunch ball game "" farce can get the stuff too.
Total waste of time and they treat it down there like its a secret weapon, oh dear ::) ::) ::) ::)
Title: Re: Experience Generation Next LOL
Post by: jezza on August 05, 2007, 03:49:22 PM
So we should stop trying to attract members to the club?
Title: Re: Experience Generation Next LOL
Post by: Ramps on August 05, 2007, 03:57:40 PM
thats not what i said, anyway...if you guys like that type of campaign then thats fine.
Title: Re: Experience Generation Next LOL
Post by: mightytiges on August 05, 2007, 04:03:55 PM
So we bag a campaign that led to a club record membership of over 30,000 members for the first time without any bandwagon help from on-field results and that other clubs tried to copy  ::).

Come up for air people  :whistle







Title: Re: Experience Generation Next LOL
Post by: Ramps on August 05, 2007, 04:10:49 PM
Richmond supporters will always support the club, my question is what good is it to place the image of a group of youngsters the way we did it?
Title: Re: Experience Generation Next LOL
Post by: mightytiges on August 05, 2007, 04:15:07 PM
thats not what i said, anyway...if you guys like that type of campaign then thats fine.
The only problem I have with it is everytime we make a player(s) our poster boy it seems to curse them  :-\. Richo and all his injuries; Cogs' OP and 2 knee recos; Polo & Tambo's shoulders; Rainsey has been carrying some niggle all year and has "2nd year" blues; Lids has struggled with heavy tag; Meyer's spent most of the year at Coburg. Probably only Patto has shown improvement from last year although he is still a long way off. The last time we made the finals we only had a tiger's face on the membership card.

Okay I know that's all suspicious crap but sheesh!  :P.      
Title: Re: Experience Generation Next LOL
Post by: {X} on August 05, 2007, 04:25:17 PM
we dont need marketing to recruit members
total waste of money

rfc ppl will always be that, no need to market to sign them up

in order to recruit new members we must sell an exciting competive brand of footy, not some glossy brochure with a a nice slogan!

why did we get 30k this yr, cos many supporters believed in terrys spin!

if terry stays on next yr, watch our membership nose dive!

i will always renue mine, but many wont
Title: Re: Experience Generation Next LOL
Post by: Ramps on August 05, 2007, 05:08:14 PM
I reckon we have 25000 hard core members who sign up irrespective of club or personal circumstances. The non ticketed membership may take a big hammering though coz they may not donate.
Title: Re: Experience Generation Next LOL
Post by: mightytiges on August 05, 2007, 05:22:16 PM
Our budget plans and predictions have been realistic and conservative under Steven Wright and the current admin. That's why we'll still make a $500k profit this year despite only winning one game.
Title: Re: Experience Generation Next LOL
Post by: Moi on August 05, 2007, 05:27:06 PM
That's why we'll still make a $500k profit this year despite only winning one game.
Extraordinary achievement  :clapping
Title: Re: Experience Generation Next LOL
Post by: {X} on August 05, 2007, 07:59:42 PM
That's why we'll still make a $500k profit this year despite only winning one game.
Extraordinary achievement  :clapping

thanks to cost cutting and restructuring

lets see how next yr goes, not thi syr, next yr is the test!

Title: Re: Experience Generation Next LOL
Post by: Hellenic Tiger on August 05, 2007, 08:16:14 PM
thats not what i said, anyway...if you guys like that type of campaign then thats fine.
The only problem I have with it is everytime we make a player(s) our poster boy it seems to curse them  :-\. Richo and all his injuries; Cogs' OP and 2 knee recos; Polo & Tambo's shoulders; Rainsey has been carrying some niggle all year and has "2nd year" blues; Lids has struggled with heavy tag; Meyer's spent most of the year at Coburg. Probably only Patto has shown improvement from last year although he is still a long way off. The last time we made the finals we only had a tiger's face on the membership card.

Okay I know that's all suspicious crap but sheesh!  :P.      

How about using J Bowden and Kane Johnson as the membership poster boys.
Hopefully Bowden gets struck by lightning while he is holding a 9 iron on the golf course and Johnson gets abducted by aliens.
Title: Re: Experience Generation Next LOL
Post by: {X} on August 05, 2007, 08:18:25 PM
add terry to that, whilst driving he can look in his mirror to check his tan and hair and ram into a semi!
Title: Re: Experience Generation Next LOL
Post by: 2JD on August 05, 2007, 08:35:23 PM
Richmond supporters will always support the club, my question is what good is it to place the image of a group of youngsters the way we did it?

Because they look  mighty fine in suits?? ;)
Title: Re: Experience Generation Next LOL
Post by: jezza on August 06, 2007, 10:43:50 AM
Richmond supporters will always support the club, my question is what good is it to place the image of a group of youngsters the way we did it?

Will they? Why weren't they before then?
Title: Re: Experience Generation Next LOL
Post by: cub on August 06, 2007, 10:57:53 AM
Richmond supporters will always support the club, my question is what good is it to place the image of a group of youngsters the way we did it?

Because it will attract a certain demographic of fans.
I am not into it personally, but really cant see the harm.
Actually do see the benefit. :thumbsup
Title: Re: Experience Generation Next LOL
Post by: blaisee on August 06, 2007, 03:08:40 PM
So we bag a campaign that led to a club record membership of over 30,000 members for the first time without any bandwagon help from on-field results and that other clubs tried to copy  ::).

Come up for air people  :whistle









hehehe well said

Nothing like making a negative out of a postive :thumbsup
Title: Re: Experience Generation Next LOL
Post by: mightytiges on August 06, 2007, 05:57:59 PM
We know what happens with sort of thing. The end of the season is a relief and the Club no longer has to weekly defend on-field results because there are no longer anymore matches.

By trade week we're more interested in who we're chasing or offloading and not what happened in R17. Each club will proclaim a successful trade period.

By Draft day we're more interested in which kids we'll get and each club shoves a club t-shirt on them for happy photos and claim their first pick was their first choice anyway. The club membership packages come out to ride the high.

By the PSD draft we think about getting some star uncontracted player but usually it becomes a non-event. The rookie draft follows and we pick up a kid with our final pick who hardly anyone has heard about from koo-wey-up-in-the-sticks in Country Vic.

By the new year the Aussies are 4-0 in the cricket so we're hanging our for footy again and photos of the newbies at training  ;) and by February the previous year is ancient history.