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    Re: 2019 Western Bulldogs Membership Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by Bulldog4life View Post
    I was going to buy on Sat nite but when I heard of offer bought 2 today. Great saving. Dropped out of Social club as we are moving interstate.
    Hope you can still attend some games.
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    Re: 2019 Western Bulldogs Membership Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by bornadog View Post
    Hope you can still attend some games.
    Will be there sat night for sure BAD. Not intending to move till mid year.

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    Re: 2019 Western Bulldogs Membership Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by WBFC4FFC View Post
    Buy a 3 Game Membership and you receive a Fully Year Membership (Today only). Peeved I did not hang-out until now to get one.
    This is a ridiculous offer. I hope it attracts lots of new members or members that weren’t going to renew (for financial reasons or otherwise) rather than just mean that a whole bunch of people who were going to sign up anyway did it for a fraction of the price.

    I’ve managed to convince a some mates who live in Melbourne to sign up. They were coming to Saturday’s game with me and were likely to be slugged $30+ish even for the cheapest ticket anyway.

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    Re: 2019 Western Bulldogs Membership Thread

    Just hit 40,000

    Last year around the same time it was 41,759
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    Re: 2019 Western Bulldogs Membership Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by bornadog View Post
    Just hit 40,000

    Last year around the same time it was 41,759
    Slightly concerning such a huge portion of revenue. I've noticed some of the coterie groups are down on previous seasons as well.

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    Re: 2019 Western Bulldogs Membership Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by Grantysghost View Post
    Slightly concerning such a huge portion of revenue. I've noticed some of the coterie groups are down on previous seasons as well.
    I hate the way a proportion of our members are bandwagoners.

    Carlton just hit 60,000, and they have won 4 games in the last 35 odd.
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    Re: 2019 Western Bulldogs Membership Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by bornadog View Post
    I hate the way a proportion of our members are bandwagoners.

    Carlton just hit 60,000, and they have won 4 games in the last 35 odd.
    Call it bandwagoning if you want but I don’t blame people for not wanting to watch this team and therefore not spending money on something they don’t want. Watching us play is a frustrating and rarely rewarding experience. We either have a close low scoring slugfest ( with plenty of point per goal) or we get smashed.

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    Re: 2019 Western Bulldogs Membership Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by hujsh View Post
    Call it bandwagoning if you want but I don’t blame people for not wanting to watch this team and therefore not spending money on something they don’t want. Watching us play is a frustrating and rarely rewarding experience. We either have a close low scoring slugfest ( with plenty of point per goal) or we get smashed.
    Why do other teams attract a huge following then even when they don't play well? They stick with their club through thick and thin.

    As I have said previously, a membership is not a ticket to a game, it is to support your club.
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    Re: 2019 Western Bulldogs Membership Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by bornadog View Post
    Why do other teams attract a huge following then even when they don't play well? They stick with their club through thick and thin.

    As I have said previously, a membership is not a ticket to a game, it is to support your club.
    They've just got more members. All clubs have their base of supporters who will go through thick and thin and then the bandwagoners. Unfortunately for us we blew our chance to expand on our base members as much as we should have so we're going to experience a significant drop off. If we did actually have "sustained success" since 2016 we'd probably be at 50k right now.

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    Re: 2019 Western Bulldogs Membership Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by bornadog View Post
    Why do other teams attract a huge following then even when they don't play well? They stick with their club through thick and thin.

    As I have said previously, a membership is not a ticket to a game, it is to support your club.
    We have never had a huge membership base compared to the likes of Collingwood Carlton and Essendon not forgetting the surge at Clubs like Richmond Hawthorn and Geelong who have been successful in recent times. Given our history over the past 3 years I would have thought 40,000 to be about par given our past history.

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    Re: 2019 Western Bulldogs Membership Thread

    Recent big losses

    2017 after the bye: 46 57 59 48
    2018: 82 51 54 49 57 63 50 54 44
    2019: 50

    14 big losses- this is what kills membership.

    The team has not been competitive and that is now the expectation.

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    Re: 2019 Western Bulldogs Membership Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by Danjul View Post
    Recent big losses

    2017 after the bye: 46 57 59 48
    2018: 82 51 54 49 57 63 50 54 44
    2019: 50

    14 big losses- this is what kills membership.

    The team has not been competitive and that is now the expectation.
    You back up my point, bandwagoners dropping off.

    A membership is more than a ticket to a game.
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    Re: 2019 Western Bulldogs Membership Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by bornadog View Post
    You back up my point, bandwagoners dropping off.

    A membership is more than a ticket to a game.
    Sorry, the problem is deeper than that and the selection committee is making a serious mistake by not recognising it.

    (Many) Members are angry. When they don’t believe the selected team is the best possible, and they are stunned by the dramatic decline over the last 30 games, the bond is weakened.

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    Re: 2019 Western Bulldogs Membership Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by Danjul View Post
    Sorry, the problem is deeper than that and the selection committee is making a serious mistake by not recognising it.

    (Many) Members are angry. When they don’t believe the selected team is the best possible, and they are stunned by the dramatic decline over the last 30 games, the bond is weakened.
    You stick to your club through thick and thin.
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    Re: 2019 Western Bulldogs Membership Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by bornadog View Post
    You stick to your club through thick and thin.
    In the modern era the club is selling a product - success.

    The members no longer live around the corner from the ground. They have to get a reward for their commitment and it is not happening.

    Personally, I am still angry after the Carlton fiasco. I expected the result from the moment I saw the team structure. Even worse, others are angry too.

    The membership growth depends on continuing success, they go to see wins not experimentation or team development taking years.

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