Donstuie wrote:
I attended all three games at the G on the weekend, and another thing that stuck out to me was the lack of 'stuff' going on out on the ground before the bounce for our home game compared to the other home teams (Hawthorn/Geelong). By this I mean engagement of supporters/members at the ground through different pre-game activities. With the exception of the poor guy kicking a football for the first time in front of 50,000+ people, there didn't seem to be anything else happening that targeted supporters at the ground. Even down to using James Sherry as MC, who also does Richmond's games there.
It was supposed to be a celebration of 150 years of the CFC, but except for some highlights of past exploits on the big screen, what else was there?? Where was the motorcade of Carlton legends (every Richmond home game includes a past legend coming out with their family to "kick the first goal")? Where were the 16 Cups? Hell, Collingwood's banner was still twice the size of ours and they were the freaking away team. Can you imagine what Eddie would've conjured if the occasion was there's?
It's all these little things that continue to paint CFC as a bland, vanilla organisation, that either don't know what they're doing, or don't care.
Mark, these are the sorts of things you need to fix, and Heaven help you.
I've been saying this for a while.
the club has not recovered since leaving Princess Park. We gave up more than our home games when we left Princess Park to play at Etihad ... we gave up our club, the passion, it history ... and we are yet to re-create something that gets ven close to that. There needs to be permanent room or something where it is a sign that goes up and goes down depending on how plays that day .. Any negotiations that are happening with the MCG should involve a real social club .... no the corporate chat area we currently have ...
thinking about it, this club really has fallen away in a massive way, and I wish the prez all the best. He has more to do than he realised.
and I give you a tip, don't create something that relies on the fans, who pay a truck load to watch the blues, to then have to dip further into their pockets .... I pay close to $800 a year to watch the blues, and really, im struggling to think for a reason why I am ...