Bulldogs, Destination Club: What have we done ????

[Jeanette54]

I remember last year there was discussion on what constitutes a destination club (for those senior players wishing to swap clubs), and why we are not one of them. It was a sort of consensus that we were not one, and that it effected our ability to draw quality recruits from other AFL teams.

Sorry, I can't remember the thread, to extend the original theme.

Given we are now in the back end of the season I would be interested to know whether our Woofers think we have addressed this problem, and how ?

Or, are we still just seen as the poor, battlers from the West, 2016 notwithstanding ?

[bornadog]

One of the issues of not being a destination club is not playing in blockbuster games as well as not playing at the G with an average crowd in excess of 50,000.

How do we bridge this?

* On field success
* Improved facilities, including training, rooms, staffing, good coaches and a great place to be.

[merantau]

I think on-field success is first, second and everywhere in between. Payers want to play in a premiership team. Full stop.

[Jeanette54]

I think on-field success is first, second and everywhere in between. Payers want to play in a premiership team. Full stop.

If that was truly the case we should have had a queue of applicants a mile long at Whitten Oval after 2016.

[Hotdog60]

I think BAD has hit the spot. We are small fry in a big pond and until the AFL pull their head out of their arse and make an equal competition it will be the same.
If we win a couple of premierships along the way it may sway the odd one but players are drawn to the big clubs and the big crowds.
We would have to play finals 5 years in a row and win half before we get taken seriously.
The AFL is run by the dollar and media rights is a big part of that dollar and they will always back the clubs with the larger viewing audience.
It would take the AFL to start its own tv channel to maybe back to a proper draw and not a fixture and take away the blockbusters for individuals clubs and share to whoever gets picked out of the hat.
Also while on a rant fixed player payments so no one player is payed over just to entice them to a club.

Then we may see a stabilized competition.

[hujsh]

Give us Anzac Day

[1eyedog]

50k members would help. We've addressed the destination club for this trade period I believe. The AFL is coming more and more corporate and we have a full war chest. We'll be paying overs due to other deficiencies but I fully expect to spend big this trade period and get a genuinely good player. If you've got the cash and are prepared to pay a bit over value the destination club discussion becomes less relevant.

[Testekill]

It doesn't help when the AFL is committed to keeping the big clubs big by constantly giving them preferential treatment in regards to them getting marquee games every year along with not being shackled by Marvel Stadium for the most part. There really isn't the room to grow for us because we aren't a traditionally strong team and get nothing from the AFL to help make us more attractive.


Shit look at Melbourne, a big club who are only big due to momentum and being old; Larger potential crowds, get the Queen's Birthday game which is a guaranteed sell-out because it's a public holiday game vs Collingwood and had the AFL personally setting up coaches so that they could maybe stop being shit.

Or even Essendon; they got busted for being drug cheats but didn't lose either of their marquee games and in fact got a third one.

[BornInDroopSt'54]

I met Paul Dimattina who said he was jealous of his brother because he had played for Collingwood in front of big crowds.

[bornadog]

I met Paul Dimattina who said he was jealous of his brother because he had played for Collingwood in front of big crowds.

We need our supporters to get out there and watch us play. We need to fill Marvel and create a great atmosphere.

[Nuggety Back Pocket]

We need our supporters to get out there and watch us play. We need to fill Marvel and create a great atmosphere.

It is interesting to note that home based Clubs at Marvel, Saints North, Carlton, Essendon and WB, haven't been flushed with success. Collingwood Richmond and Hawthorn all boast big memberships playing at the MCG.

[hujsh]

It is interesting to note that home based Clubs at Marvel, Saints North, Carlton, Essendon and WB, haven't been flushed with success. Collingwood Richmond and Hawthorn all boast big memberships playing at the MCG.

A few have come close but aside from Essendon in 2000 when it opened we’re the only team to win a premiership playing there.

[Eastdog]

It is interesting to note that home based Clubs at Marvel, Saints North, Carlton, Essendon and WB, haven't been flushed with success. Collingwood Richmond and Hawthorn all boast big memberships playing at the MCG.

Do you think why we don’t play often at the MCG is that we have a low number of Bulldog MCC members. I know Bevo has said he really enjoys playing there but we don’t get much opportunity.

[Eastdog]

We need our supporters to get out there and watch us play. We need to fill Marvel and create a great atmosphere.

Yep for sure. Need our members/supporters to get to the games when they can.

[ledge]

It is interesting to note that home based Clubs at Marvel, Saints North, Carlton, Essendon and WB, haven't been flushed with success. Collingwood Richmond and Hawthorn all boast big memberships playing at the MCG.

Big memberships is a furphy in some cases, Hawks apparently huge but they don’t go to games, how many are pet and baby memberships or 3 game memberships ?
You can do shiftys to up your membership numbers, Essendon gave out a few thousand free after the drug scandal.
Should look at revenue from membership and average crowd to home games to get a better idea.