Come on SB, we won 8 premierships in 27 years (1968 - 1995), where are our members????

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"Hence you will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks"?

Winston Churchill

A graceful exit is that he took on the job for the interim, it has been long enough, he has gone as far as he can go and it is time for someone else so he is stepping down at the next election. All this after there has done some discrete sniffing around to determine there is someone like H. Mitchell willing to step in.

Sounds like something Ratts could say as well (except maybe sooner).

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"Get ready, Teddy - you're on": Ron Barassi half time 1970 Grand Final

They went missing after the club and supporters decided to eat one and other in 2002
They are there they just are not convinced yet that we are the right stuff

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If you allow the Government to change the Laws in an emergency
They will create an Emergency to change the Laws

Correct me if I'm wrong but going from memory I believe our membership actually fell after the 1995 Grand Final and actually increased in the season after 2002.

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"Hence you will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks"?

Winston Churchill

No one actually gave a shit what a clubs membership figure was until about 2000 though - I certainly can't remember worrying about it

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"The ability to speak doesn't make you intelligent." Qui-Gon Jinn 15-05-2005

"there’s more chance of me becoming the full forward for the [Western Bulldogs] than there is of any change in the Labor Party." Julia Gillard 18-05-2010

Probably cos we were under the illusion it didnt matter.....

Seems to be repeating itself

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No idea why anyone's still responding to Denim Scarponi.

Clearly a wind up.

There's plenty of room for debate in this place and it's the reason most of us return time and time again but what's going on in here is obfuscation and has [REDACTED] up what was a good initial post by Doc Sherrin and turned it into a farce.

This place should and has been better than that but there are some here who don't seem to agree.

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“When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace turns into a circus.”
Turkish Proverb

No one is saying we should aspire to be Collingwood, Club. But that doesnt mean we cant learn some lessons from them.
Firstly, they work hard to engage their supporters. Do we work hard to engage our supporters? I dont believe we do.
We remove their voting rights. Did that disenfranchise some supporters? Possibly. Stiff shit, nothing changed.
The Spirit of Carlton debacle. Did that disenfranchise some supporters? Yes and rightly so.
Ratten telling security guards to throw supporters out of training sessions that aren't advertised as closed. Does that disenfranchise supporters? Absolutely.
Do we get on the phone and follow up lapsed supporters? No. too much like hard work.

So next time we want to bag Collingwood, perhaps we should pull our noses out of the air and realise they are not hoping for membership records or waiting for success to achieve it, they're making it happen.
I remember having this debate earlier in the year. Certain posters were telling me we'd hit 50k no worries. When I asked what we were doing to make it happen, I was told it would take care of itself. well, its played out as it should.
Those same posters were saying 'dont worry about the disenfranchised supporters, we'll get new ones to replace them"

Well hows this for a radical idea, lets try and engage new supporters AND retain all of our existing supporters. Perhaps we could ask our current members what is important to them and try delivering it.
Just like Collingwood have. But lets not copy them hey, they're bogans and fools. Top of the ladder bogans with record membership, excellent player development results and a recent premiership.

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Looking forward to seeing our potential realised.

Well Collingwood is Australia's elite football club.

were better cos we are average....... 7th in memberships 7th in turnover..... and struggling to make the 8
our ecord for a decade is 3 wooden spoons and 1 elimination final win.



Lets get serious!!!

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What do you mean when you say 'the club', do you mean the board, or the coach, or the president?

If you were a true supporter you would not care who was on the board or was coaching as long as the club was successful.

From reading your posts it sounds like the only thing you support is the board.

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If I want your opinion, I'll give it to you!

Doesn't Sticks have to stand down this year or next anyway?

I know Mitchell was asked to take over as president a couple of years ago and said "Never"

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"The ability to speak doesn't make you intelligent." Qui-Gon Jinn 15-05-2005

"there’s more chance of me becoming the full forward for the [Western Bulldogs] than there is of any change in the Labor Party." Julia Gillard 18-05-2010

Neil Mitchell?
egads!!!

Not too many people want to be president of a football club.