Ive been on here for a number of years now and am amazed and touched at some of the stories I hear. Men and women following this club for various reasons and lengths of time. Hardbaby, leaving the club money in his will. Wow.
I don't care whether you buy memberships or not, to me, if you have the V in your heart you're a Dragon.
But as has been said, it doesnt feel like the club is doing enough to show us we mean something to them, and not just statistics and dollar signs. The attitude of the club whenever I personally had a problem, was in the sense of "well we always have someone else that will replace you."
A few people have asked whether those who run the club feel the anguish the fans do, and I think its an interesting question. I think they do. But I also believe it's because they see pathetic performances and it doesn't register for them because they (being Doust and the board, Craig Young etc) seem to be untouchable in their ivory tower predicting a hit to profits. I like the way the club is run in a business sense, we seem to be a stable, reliable license (I f**king refuse to say brand) with decent sponsors and few off field atrocities.
I dont want the club to be like the Tigers, where all our dirty laundry gets aired in public. I dont want us to be like Parra, where they change coaches and boards every 18 months and seem to be chasing their own tails.
What I would like, and would restore my faith that this club is about profits and margins and KPI's etc but also about people, is discounted memberships for next season.
People who love the team, struggle at the best of times to get to games because of cost of living reasons, have to drag their sorry arses out to the SCG instead of Kogarah and have to see that shit? Guys that go interstate, get time off work, usually abandoning extra pay just to see the boys play, what about them? What do we get? "Execution was poor" "Happy with the effort" "We had a really good week at training" (lets have a f**king bad week for once shall we?) "In a moving forward sense" "Both our key demographics" "Red V members, corporate partners and fans" "Red V is a part of me"
All the above, is words, just words. Feed the masses something. Tripe. Actions speak louder than words, always have.
Show us we mean something. I would love for a statement to come from anyone with authority and say "Dear member, to thank you for your support during a difficult time for all associated with this proud club over the last two years, we will be offering a (.....%) discount off your membership should you choose to renew. Times are tough and no one at the Dragons is shying away from the hard work that must be done to achieve results. We need our fans to stick with us. No one can ever deny the passion of a Dragons fan, and its this passion that will help fuel our revival. We are doing what we can, and encourage you to be there to witness the rise of the V."
