So in other words your fans want to wait and find out wether or not your going to have a decent season before they buy a membership.

That's the very definition of a bandwagon

That's right - full membership sales tend to peak after the first couple of home games are done whereas lite memberships tend to sell reasonably well throughout the season given Roar has a huge stadium so availability is not an issue. Last season we'd sold 10,000 at the season start and over 12,500 by January so there was an uplift between game 1 and Christmas of 20-25%

It was discussed in the fan forum and you can go have a look. only full membership is currently up. I think we will see a spike pending the WSW, think the new signings will help bring some more fans in along with last night discussion.

Quoted for Posterity

Quoted for Posterity

when lite memberships go on sale next week - they should sell 4,700-ish

What a shit effort Brisbane fans. New manager, new foreign players and all. Get out and tell your friends to buy memberships.

NOW
CCM 4,076
Roar 3,873

Brisbane Roar coach John Aloisi says club can challenge for A-League despite off-field issues

A candid John Aloisi has opened up on Brisbane Roar's nightmare A-League off-season, revealing he was kicked out of the club's former training base Ballymore on his first day as coach.

But the Socceroos legend says he has placed his trust in embattled owners the Bakrie Group and believes the Roar can contend for the A-League title this season despite all their off-field issues.

Speaking in front of more than 100 supporters at an intimate fan forum held in the team's Lang Park changerooms on Tuesday night, Aloisi admitted his short tenure as Brisbane coach has been fraught with difficulties.

"Has it been a hard preseason? Yes, I won't lie," Aloisi told the crowd.

"It's not easy when players are owed money or haven't been paid on time. People I brought in haven't been paid on time.

"But all I could say and I re-emphasise with the players is there will always be a Brisbane Roar, no matter what happens in terms of ownership.

"Having worked for Fox Sports, I know - Brisbane Roar have to stay.

"Who would get rid of the most successful club in the A-League? It's not going to fold, no matter what.

But all I could say and I re-emphasise with the players is there will always be a Brisbane Roar, no matter what happens in terms of ownership.

Aloisi got an early taste of Brisbane's financial issues on his first day in the job, when he was evicted from Ballymore due to the club's legal battle with the Queensland Rugby Union over unpaid rent.

That left Brisbane with no training venue on the eve of pre-season and very little money in the bank.

"So what did we do? The next day, we didn't cry - I went out with (interim chief executive) David Pourre and said to him, 'drive me around every pitch possible in Brisbane,'" Aloisi said.

But Aloisi moved to assure fans that the picture at the Roar has changed significantly since the arrival of Bakrie Group representatives Rahim Soekasah and Demis Djamaoeddin, who have guaranteed on behalf of the Indonesian conglomerate to clear all of the club's debts by January.

"There was a period there where we didn't know what was happening," Aloisi said.

"But now that Rahim and Demis have arrived in the last couple of weeks, it's settled the club and settled the players a lot more.

"The players have kept their focus the whole time on football.

"Sometimes away from training it's hard for us ... players have family and friends as well and people are talking about it, and making some not-so-nice comments to people on the street, like 'are you going to get paid this week?'.

"But we've got trust in the owners now and we've got to make sure that we concentrate on our football."

The Roar will travel to Sydney on Wednesday ahead of their A-League season opener against the Western Sydney Wanderers on Thursday night.

AAP

Sorry no, mentioned at this weeks forum.

First I've heard of ATO garnishing, got a source ?

In addition to the fans smashing the ffa for not acting on this situation they also lashed the FFA for being a contributing factor. And they were, but perhaps in their defence, how were they to know incompetent managers would be steering the ship? So along with the ffa effectively garnishing money before it arrived the ATO were also garnishing the same money as soon as it arrived in the bank accounts - poor sods never stood a chance, hence the sudden downfall in May. It must have been like a financial sinkhole opening up!

Good stuff, but you cant really compare because Roar are only selling full season memberships nothing else. Really is strange why the other 3 game, 7 game and global memberships are not on sale yet.

FFA have been garnishing TV money to pay off the License Fee ?

No wonder they didn't strip the license when there wasn't enough to pay players

THE “new” Brisbane Roar is coming.
That was the promise from club owners, Indonesian conglomerate, the Bakrie Group at a fiery members’ forum on Wednesday night at Milton.

Angry members and fans who have refused to renew memberships due to the Bakries’ retention of the club’s licence vented their fury at a panel that included A-League boss Damien de Bohun, interim Roar CEO David Pourre, Fox Sports expert Mark Bosnich and Bakrie Group representatives Rahim Soekasah and Demis Djamaoeddin.

Soekasah and Djamaoeddin reiterated the Bakrie’s intention to retain hold of the club, clear the Roar’s debts and restore the three-time A-League champions to their former glory on and off the field.

“A clear instruction from the owner (Nirwan Bakrie) – he is fully committed to bring the new Brisbane Roar,” Djamaoeddin said.

“We found there was a problem with the club … I do believe that Brisbane Roar can do better in the future.”

De Bohun promised that the Bakries will have made all their outstanding payments, which added up to millions of dollars, by January.

“We have set out very clear expectations. They have met major obligations in the last few weeks,” de Bohun said.

“If obligations are not met, we will move (to strip the Bakries of their licence).

“They have put millions and millions of dollars into this club ... they have demonstrated they will meet their obligations.

“Everything will be cleaned up by January.”

However, the lack of trust fans have in the owners and Football Federation Australia was clearly evident on more than one occasion.

There were also complaints about the club’s lack of presence in the community.

Bosnich was adamant Roar players needed to change that situation.

“They’ve got to get out there with them (the fans),” Bosnich said.

Soekasah and Djamaoeddin addressed the Roar squad yesterday and also met with Brisbane coach John Aloisi.

“They (the players) do have some certainty around what the plan is for the first time,” de Bohun said.

Pourre promised a fan day before Christmas as well as another forum with coach John Aloisi – who was absent last night for family reasons – as early as next week.

“John will articulate what he wants to do and how he wants to do it,” Pourre said.

I think it's time to cut Queensland loose altogether and never speak their disastrous franchises again.

Tbf wed have the leagues highest attendance figures if it was only half empty.

For real, every team needs a stadium with a 30k maximum cap. WSW have shown how an atmosphere can be created in a smaller stadium. It's so much better to have a smaller, full stadium than a bigger, half empty one.

Sorry to heap coals on the fire by CCM now stating their membership at 4552

Sad stuff really I didn't manage to see last nights meeting. Someone did post it up. Who came down to represent the bakries? Was it the owner themselves or someone representing the owner?

I am just struggling to see how blind so many people are as to the root of the problems at roar (those at ffa I mean)

All I hope is that now the ffa experienced how piss off we are, with people directly saying last night will not buy membership. They should now know that one more bad decision they have lost the brisbane market and most of qld.

After that inspiring meeting last night their memberships will start decreasing.