It's no surprise that the club doesn't do these sorts of activities to engage a bit more with the fans. There's no harm in doing it...brings people to the club, creates another source of revenue, keeps the supporters and the members happy, which in turn attracts more people. If Carlton made a Grand Final they'd have no other option but to put on a function of the like - failure to do so would be very poor to say the least.
I've no problem from a personal point of view with the club not putting on these events when the team plays interstate as I have Foxtel or can go to the pub and watch it. But what about families? What about the ones who don't have Foxtel or can't take the family down to the pub for whatever reason? Nonetheless, it would still be nice to have the club open to watch the game as an option.
Although, they cannot even hire someone with people skills or basic manners to serve behind the counter in the shop... was in there the other day and the s**t behind the cash register spoke with the utmost contempt for the customers, an attitude and overall lack of respect. She was a disgrace.
The club have a lot of work to do before they can be level-pegging with opposition clubs in engaging with the fans (for instance, they can start with getting the aforementioned scrag sakced), and it's this that sets us apart from Collingwood. Say what you like about them as a club, we all despise them, however, they are a very well run organisation who are inclusive of the fans at every opportunity.
There may be things higher on the agenda, but I see no problem with making the club a more inclusive place for the supporters and members on matchday. To them we're but a cash-cow who coughs up the hard-earned at the start of every season, but even so, running events like this could surely attract more members, and hence, more "cash-cows"...
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.....Hard to know how many unbelievably bad, rude self indulgent sales girls they can have in one shop. seriously, I'm talking 2 years ago for my experience...spoke to the manager after..(called cos I was still pissed off when I got home)and she was lovely.i asked then why the staff weren't properly trained in customer service, and how they can continue to work there without meeting basic standards of courtesy, if not helpfulness.