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17,000 would be a wonderful achievement making them the club with the biggest membership base of any sporting club in western Sydney. Good luck Giants.

GWS Giants seeking 17,000 members
Neil Cordy
The Daily Telegraph
January 18, 201210:26PM


THE GWS Giants have issued a challenge to their NRL rivals with a bold bid to sign up 17,000 members for their first AFL season.

Giants boss David Matthews told The Daily Telegraph: "It's ambitious but it's achievable and we think it represents good value for money."

The Giants preliminary figures stack up well against rugby league teams in their area. In 2011 the Parramatta Eels had 11,339 members, Wests Tigers 9286 and the Penrith Panthers 6421.

The AFL has a longer tradition of club membership than the NRL who have only recently started to expand their numbers.

The average AFL membership is more than 38,000 with Collingwood the highest at 71,000.

The Giants have just passed the 4000 mark with just over 1000 signing up since Christmas.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 6247801378

Beaussie wrote:

17,000 would be a wonderful achievement making them the club with the biggest membership base of any sporting club in western Sydney. Good luck Giants.

GWS Giants seeking 17,000 members
Neil Cordy
The Daily Telegraph
January 18, 201210:26PM


THE GWS Giants have issued a challenge to their NRL rivals with a bold bid to sign up 17,000 members for their first AFL season.

Giants boss David Matthews told The Daily Telegraph: "It's ambitious but it's achievable and we think it represents good value for money."

The Giants preliminary figures stack up well against rugby league teams in their area. In 2011 the Parramatta Eels had 11,339 members, Wests Tigers 9286 and the Penrith Panthers 6421.

The AFL has a longer tradition of club membership than the NRL who have only recently started to expand their numbers.

The average AFL membership is more than 38,000 with Collingwood the highest at 71,000.

The Giants have just passed the 4000 mark with just over 1000 signing up since Christmas.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 6247801378

its only a month til they kick their first ball in anger
& what do we have ..... what do .. we have

4,156 on Jan 20th

more then 2,000 of these ... not even from Sydney
they'll be lucky to get ahead of Penrith at the rate they're going ...

& be half of Parramatta's ... barely more then a third of the Bulldogs

17,000 ..... f'ing hilarious

Raiderdave wrote:

Beaussie wrote:

17,000 would be a wonderful achievement making them the club with the biggest membership base of any sporting club in western Sydney. Good luck Giants.

GWS Giants seeking 17,000 members
Neil Cordy
The Daily Telegraph
January 18, 201210:26PM


THE GWS Giants have issued a challenge to their NRL rivals with a bold bid to sign up 17,000 members for their first AFL season.

Giants boss David Matthews told The Daily Telegraph: "It's ambitious but it's achievable and we think it represents good value for money."

The Giants preliminary figures stack up well against rugby league teams in their area. In 2011 the Parramatta Eels had 11,339 members, Wests Tigers 9286 and the Penrith Panthers 6421.

The AFL has a longer tradition of club membership than the NRL who have only recently started to expand their numbers.

The average AFL membership is more than 38,000 with Collingwood the highest at 71,000.

The Giants have just passed the 4000 mark with just over 1000 signing up since Christmas.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 6247801378

its only a month til they kick their first ball in anger
& what do we have ..... what do .. we have

4,156 on Jan 20th

more then 2,000 of these ... not even from Sydney
they'll be lucky to get ahead of Penrith at the rate they're going ...

& be half of Parramatta's ... barely more then a third of the Bulldogs

17,000 ..... f'ing hilarious

No, it's understandable for a new team in a foreign market. What's hilarious is the panthers only had 6k last year, and this IS their heartland!

Xman wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

Beaussie wrote:

17,000 would be a wonderful achievement making them the club with the biggest membership base of any sporting club in western Sydney. Good luck Giants.

its only a month til they kick their first ball in anger
& what do we have ..... what do .. we have

4,156 on Jan 20th

more then 2,000 of these ... not even from Sydney
they'll be lucky to get ahead of Penrith at the rate they're going ...

& be half of Parramatta's ... barely more then a third of the Bulldogs

17,000 ..... f'ing hilarious

No, it's understandable for a new team in a foreign market. What's hilarious is the panthers only had 6k last year, and this IS their heartland!

a 50% increase on 2010 for the Panthers ... & they're looking for a similar increase again this year
you seem to forget everytime memberships are discussed ... it is STILL a new concept in our game ... & it is now taking off & growing quite impressively

fact is ... Penrith in 2011 still had ova 3 times the members GWS do ATM ... GWS only having 2K Sydney members

GWS's pathetic tally may be understandable to a certain degree ( Leaguies have been saying this is what was going to happen )
but what isn't ... is another .. arrogant .. boastful ... Tsunami type headline from them ..
are they stupid ?
do they not see their present tally & the snail paced progress its making
where do the seriously think the 17K will come from if they can't fire up enough interest at this stage of their existence & only having 25% of that

2013 is going to be worse
when they finish last .. with no wins ... & several beltings that will challenge the record books
how do they think they can attract more then the 4K they have .. then ?


17K .... they need to let go of their c.ocks & stop being w@nkers

Raiderdave wrote:

Xman wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

its only a month til they kick their first ball in anger
& what do we have ..... what do .. we have

4,156 on Jan 20th

more then 2,000 of these ... not even from Sydney
they'll be lucky to get ahead of Penrith at the rate they're going ...

& be half of Parramatta's ... barely more then a third of the Bulldogs

17,000 ..... f'ing hilarious

No, it's understandable for a new team in a foreign market. What's hilarious is the panthers only had 6k last year, and this IS their heartland!

a 50% increase on 2010 for the Panthers ... & they're looking for a similar increase again this year
you seem to forget everytime memberships are discussed ... it is STILL a new concept in our game ... & it is now taking off & growing quite impressively

fact is ... Penrith in 2011 still had ova 3 times the members GWS do ATM ... GWS only having 2K Sydney members

GWS's pathetic tally may be understandable to a certain degree ( Leaguies have been saying this is what was going to happen )
but what isn't ... is another .. arrogant .. boastful ... Tsunami type headline from them ..
are they stupid ?
do they not see their present tally & the snail paced progress its making
where do the seriously think the 17K will come from if they can't fire up enough interest at this stage of their existence & only having 25% of that

2013 is going to be worse
when they finish last .. with no wins ... & several beltings that will challenge the record books
how do they think they can attract more then the 4K they have .. then ?


17K .... they need to let go of their c.ocks & stop being w@nkers

6k was a 50% increase? this is supposed to be the heart of RL FFS!! The Giants fair comparably and are an expansion team.

13k members for the giants in 2011, despite not playing a game in the big league. I wonder what increase 13k is from zero??

Xman wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

Xman wrote:

No, it's understandable for a new team in a foreign market. What's hilarious is the panthers only had 6k last year, and this IS their heartland!

a 50% increase on 2010 for the Panthers ... & they're looking for a similar increase again this year
you seem to forget everytime memberships are discussed ... it is STILL a new concept in our game ... & it is now taking off & growing quite impressively

fact is ... Penrith in 2011 still had ova 3 times the members GWS do ATM ... GWS only having 2K Sydney members

GWS's pathetic tally may be understandable to a certain degree ( Leaguies have been saying this is what was going to happen )
but what isn't ... is another .. arrogant .. boastful ... Tsunami type headline from them ..
are they stupid ?
do they not see their present tally & the snail paced progress its making
where do the seriously think the 17K will come from if they can't fire up enough interest at this stage of their existence & only having 25% of that

2013 is going to be worse
when they finish last .. with no wins ... & several beltings that will challenge the record books
how do they think they can attract more then the 4K they have .. then ?


17K .... they need to let go of their c.ocks & stop being w@nkers

6k was a 50% increase? this is supposed to be the heart of RL FFS!! The Giants fair comparably and are an expansion team.

13k members for the giants in 2011, despite not playing a game in the big league. I wonder what increase 13k is from zero??

Sydneys west had 42K members in 2011 ... up to 50K in 2012
AFL has 2K so far in 2012
we're doing just fine

it was 12K make believe members the midgits had last year .... & ... where are they then ?
& I wonder whats 12K back to ... 4K .. thats whats occured ... a sharp decline .. not increase
they'll be lucky to get half of these back next year


tsunami
a gentle breeze more like it ...

Raiderdave wrote:

Xman wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

a 50% increase on 2010 for the Panthers ... & they're looking for a similar increase again this year
you seem to forget everytime memberships are discussed ... it is STILL a new concept in our game ... & it is now taking off & growing quite impressively

fact is ... Penrith in 2011 still had ova 3 times the members GWS do ATM ... GWS only having 2K Sydney members

GWS's pathetic tally may be understandable to a certain degree ( Leaguies have been saying this is what was going to happen )
but what isn't ... is another .. arrogant .. boastful ... Tsunami type headline from them ..
are they stupid ?
do they not see their present tally & the snail paced progress its making
where do the seriously think the 17K will come from if they can't fire up enough interest at this stage of their existence & only having 25% of that

2013 is going to be worse
when they finish last .. with no wins ... & several beltings that will challenge the record books
how do they think they can attract more then the 4K they have .. then ?


17K .... they need to let go of their c.ocks & stop being w@nkers

6k was a 50% increase? this is supposed to be the heart of RL FFS!! The Giants fair comparably and are an expansion team.

13k members for the giants in 2011, despite not playing a game in the big league. I wonder what increase 13k is from zero??

Sydneys west had 42K members in 2011 ... up to 50K in 2012
AFL has 2K so far in 2012
we're doing just fine

it was 12K make believe members the midgits had last year .... & ... where are they then ?
& I wonder whats 12K back to ... 4K .. thats whats occured ... a sharp decline .. not increase
they'll be lucky to get half of these back next year


tsunami
a gentle breeze more like it ...

So now you're comparing GWS, a team that hasn't played a game, to multiple RL teams in western Sydney?

How about comparing the storm to central Melbourne teams like Carlton, collingwood, Richmond, nth Melbourne?

And Melbourne, Xman!

Xman wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

Xman wrote:

6k was a 50% increase? this is supposed to be the heart of RL FFS!! The Giants fair comparably and are an expansion team.

13k members for the giants in 2011, despite not playing a game in the big league. I wonder what increase 13k is from zero??

Sydneys west had 42K members in 2011 ... up to 50K in 2012
AFL has 2K so far in 2012
we're doing just fine

it was 12K make believe members the midgits had last year .... & ... where are they then ?
& I wonder whats 12K back to ... 4K .. thats whats occured ... a sharp decline .. not increase
they'll be lucky to get half of these back next year


tsunami
a gentle breeze more like it ...

So now you're comparing GWS, a team that hasn't played a game, to multiple RL teams in western Sydney?

How about comparing the storm to central Melbourne teams like Carlton, collingwood, Richmond, nth Melbourne?

you were the one who used the term RL heartland mockingly claiming GWS's membership numbers were impressive
Sydney's western NRL teams will have 20 times the members GWS will ... yep , thats heartland
again ... lets have some perspective

the Storm don't go around saying they're gunna do this .. or that
they aren't arrogant f.ucksticks like GWS & the AFL

what is it with your sport ... they just can't shut the F up

20 TIMES?????

That's another one for the BS file! PROVE IT!!

....talking of someone who can't "shut the F up"!

NSWAFL wrote:

20 TIMES?????

That's another one for the BS file! PROVE IT!!

....talking of someone who can't "shut the F up"!

NRL Teams in western Sydney had ova 40K members in 2011
GWS have less then 2K in that same area ATM

gee.. thats .. 20 times I think

yes .. yes it is

flogball maths ... strikes again

Raiderdave wrote:

NSWAFL wrote:

20 TIMES?????

That's another one for the BS file! PROVE IT!!

....talking of someone who can't "shut the F up"!

NRL Teams in western Sydney had ova 40K members in 2011
GWS have less then 2K in that same area ATM

gee.. thats .. 20 times I think

yes .. yes it is

flogball maths ... strikes again

LOL, youre comparing GWS now to all RL teams in WS for the completion of 2011.

Xman wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

NSWAFL wrote:

20 TIMES?????

That's another one for the BS file! PROVE IT!!

....talking of someone who can't "shut the F up"!

NRL Teams in western Sydney had ova 40K members in 2011
GWS have less then 2K in that same area ATM

gee.. thats .. 20 times I think

yes .. yes it is

flogball maths ... strikes again

LOL, youre comparing GWS now to all RL teams in WS for the completion of 2011.

you said heartland
I was merely showing how fare ahead we are in the heartland........ 20 times apparently

Raiderdave wrote:

Xman wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

NRL Teams in western Sydney had ova 40K members in 2011
GWS have less then 2K in that same area ATM

gee.. thats .. 20 times I think

yes .. yes it is

flogball maths ... strikes again

LOL, youre comparing GWS now to all RL teams in WS for the completion of 2011.

you said heartland
I was merely showing how fare ahead we are in the heartland........ 20 times apparently

OMG! are they 20 times now? You cant compare the memberships for one side at the completion of the season vs another before the season starts!

Xman wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

Xman wrote:

LOL, youre comparing GWS now to all RL teams in WS for the completion of 2011.

you said heartland
I was merely showing how fare ahead we are in the heartland........ 20 times apparently

OMG! are they 20 times now? You cant compare the memberships for one side at the completion of the season vs another before the season starts!

you SERIOUSLY don't think the NRL's western Clubs won't have 20 times the number of Sydney based members of GWS by the end of 2012 ?
is that what your saying ?

they don't have 2K now
what do you think they'll end up having
really
I mean
geezus ... what a c.ockhead