Swans 22,208 Members / Storm Just 8,683 Members

[Xman]

Xman you present an interesting array of mediating factors which strengthen my argument. The comparison Beaussie put up is rubbish. Could you or perhaps beaussie now care to inform me on numbers of canberran members of GWS and melbournian members of the swans?

I'll help out here E

nearly 50% Canberran for GWS ... ( meaning only about .. 2K Sydneysiders have actually signed up for them for 2012 so far )
nearly 33% Melb for the Swans

Proof?

3 hours and counting, or retract

[Raiderdave]

Xman you present an interesting array of mediating factors which strengthen my argument. The comparison Beaussie put up is rubbish. Could you or perhaps beaussie now care to inform me on numbers of canberran members of GWS and melbournian members of the swans?

I'll help out here E

nearly 50% Canberran for GWS ... ( meaning only about .. 2K Sydneysiders have actually signed up for them for 2012 so far )
nearly 33% Melb for the Swans

Proof?

3 hours and counting, or retract

parra already posted the breakdown for the midgits
it actually said only 25% of GWS's members come from western sydney

thats ...1K ..

& with the Swans
its higher then even I thought

10K out of 25K
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Swans

Supporter baseAs the only AFL club in Sydney, the Swans have a large population base to draw on. In 2006, following the first premiership in 72 years, the club achieved a record membership and the biggest since 1999. There is still a healthy Melbourne following for the Swans, particularly a revival in the late 1990s. Almost 10,000 Swans members are (South) Melbourne based and the club experiences good support when the team plays in Melbourne and many also make the long trip to Sydney for home games as well. The club recently celebrated in 2007 their 25th anniversary since relocating from South Melbourne, with parties hosted both in Sydney and their former home.

choke on that .. you dipshit

[King-Eliagh]

Xman you present an interesting array of mediating factors which strengthen my argument. The comparison Beaussie put up is rubbish. Could you or perhaps beaussie now care to inform me on numbers of canberran members of GWS and melbournian members of the swans?

I'll help out here E

nearly 50% Canberran for GWS ... ( meaning only about .. 2K Sydneysiders have actually signed up for them for 2012 so far )
nearly 33% Melb for the Swans

Proof?

3 hours and counting, or retract

Xman? Since when has this 3 hour proof bullshite been mandated by the members or agreed with by Beaussie? You are kidding me arent you?

In any case Raider's provided the goods and its worse than the AFL mob would have hoped. Beaussie's comparison blown outta the water. Rubbish as we leaguies suspected and illustrated. There'll be nothing more to see here folks, apart from a few desperado aussie rules fans trying to save face. Its gunna be ugly, get out while you can

[NSWAFL]

parra already posted the breakdown for the midgits
it actually said only 25% of GWS's members come from western sydney

thats ...1K ..

& with the Swans
its higher then even I thought

10K out of 25K
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Swans

Supporter baseAs the only AFL club in Sydney, the Swans have a large population base to draw on. In 2006, following the first premiership in 72 years, the club achieved a record membership and the biggest since 1999. There is still a healthy Melbourne following for the Swans, particularly a revival in the late 1990s. Almost 10,000 Swans members are (South) Melbourne based and the club experiences good support when the team plays in Melbourne and many also make the long trip to Sydney for home games as well. The club recently celebrated in 2007 their 25th anniversary since relocating from South Melbourne, with parties hosted both in Sydney and their former home.

choke on that .. you dipshit

I've slapped a "Citation needed" on that statement on the Wikipedia article because it needs proof!

[Xman]

I'll help out here E

nearly 50% Canberran for GWS ... ( meaning only about .. 2K Sydneysiders have actually signed up for them for 2012 so far )
nearly 33% Melb for the Swans

Proof?

3 hours and counting, or retract

Xman? Since when has this 3 hour proof bullshite been mandated by the members or agreed with by Beaussie? You are kidding me arent you?

In any case Raider's provided the goods and its worse than the AFL mob would have hoped. Beaussie's comparison blown outta the water. Rubbish as we leaguies suspected and illustrated. There'll be nothing more to see here folks, apart from a few desperado aussie rules fans trying to save face. Its gunna be ugly, get out while you can

Im experimentng. So shoot me!

We need to find a way to make posters accountable. Raider is a classic for making thesemclaimsmthen conveniently dissapearing and hoping it'll go away.

[NSWAFL]

Parra's the same, Xman.

[cos789]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Swans

So you rl guys are accepting wiki now as a reference ?

OK.

Then you need to look at the {} where they say.

citation needed

[NSWAFL]

I just put that there a few minutes ago, Cos.

[cos789]

I just put that there a few minutes ago, Cos.

gotcha, with all bs it's easy to miss stuff.

Did some research and the AFL uses the catch phrase "access members" which is a minimum of 5 games.

Haven't found reference to away game memberships as yet.

[ParraEelsNRL]

Storm had 12K last year .. they'll have that many again .. probably more in 2012

I thought it was closer to 10k but what's a few k here or there eh?

In any case, perhaps you could explain why such a successful team on the field struggles so badly for relevance in a sports mad city like Melbourne?

$11 million handouts from the NRL/News Ltd each and every year. My god, how sustainable is that? Imagine a few bad years on the field and how much those $11 million annual handout would blow out to. Scary thought isn't it.

11 million now?

OMFG

Do you want the link where they made a profit in 2009?

[Raiderdave]

parra already posted the breakdown for the midgits
it actually said only 25% of GWS's members come from western sydney

thats ...1K ..

& with the Swans
its higher then even I thought

10K out of 25K
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Swans

Supporter baseAs the only AFL club in Sydney, the Swans have a large population base to draw on. In 2006, following the first premiership in 72 years, the club achieved a record membership and the biggest since 1999. There is still a healthy Melbourne following for the Swans, particularly a revival in the late 1990s. Almost 10,000 Swans members are (South) Melbourne based and the club experiences good support when the team plays in Melbourne and many also make the long trip to Sydney for home games as well. The club recently celebrated in 2007 their 25th anniversary since relocating from South Melbourne, with parties hosted both in Sydney and their former home.

choke on that .. you dipshit

I've slapped a "Citation needed" on that statement on the Wikipedia article because it needs proof!

oh you've slapped a citation on them have you ?

their reaction

[Raiderdave]

Proof?

3 hours and counting, or retract

Xman? Since when has this 3 hour proof bullshite been mandated by the members or agreed with by Beaussie? You are kidding me arent you?

In any case Raider's provided the goods and its worse than the AFL mob would have hoped. Beaussie's comparison blown outta the water. Rubbish as we leaguies suspected and illustrated. There'll be nothing more to see here folks, apart from a few desperado aussie rules fans trying to save face. Its gunna be ugly, get out while you can

Im experimentng. So shoot me!

We need to find a way to make posters accountable. Raider is a classic for making thesemclaimsmthen conveniently dissapearing and hoping it'll go away.

and Beaussie
his claim the NRL fudges its membership figures STILL hasn't been proved
yet no requests for proof from you ?

gee

inconsistent much

[NSWAFL]

They HAVE been proved, imbecile! We're still waiting for the proof of identical behaviour by AFL clubs!

[Raiderdave]

They HAVE been proved, imbecile! We're still waiting for the proof of identical behaviour by AFL clubs!

haven't proved anything c.ockhead

proof

or it goes

[NSWAFL]

parra already posted the breakdown for the midgits
it actually said only 25% of GWS's members come from western sydney

thats ...1K ..

& with the Swans
its higher then even I thought

10K out of 25K
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Swans

Supporter baseAs the only AFL club in Sydney, the Swans have a large population base to draw on. In 2006, following the first premiership in 72 years, the club achieved a record membership and the biggest since 1999. There is still a healthy Melbourne following for the Swans, particularly a revival in the late 1990s. Almost 10,000 Swans members are (South) Melbourne based and the club experiences good support when the team plays in Melbourne and many also make the long trip to Sydney for home games as well. The club recently celebrated in 2007 their 25th anniversary since relocating from South Melbourne, with parties hosted both in Sydney and their former home.

choke on that .. you dipshit

I've slapped a "Citation needed" on that statement on the Wikipedia article because it needs proof!

oh you've slapped a citation on them have you ?

their reaction

Well I'll give them a month or two, and if it's not cited I'll remove it completely and add in the edit summary that it's a remark that has no proof.