The Monday Soapbox - R21

[bornadog]

That's a good crowd for mine.

We only have about 20k that go to games.

And therein lies the problem

[EasternWest]

There is always an excuse

Actually it's a reason. Like, until the quality of the product improves I'm not going.

That's not an excuse, I don't have anything to excuse. That's a reason.

[bornadog]

Actually it's a reason. Like, until the quality of the product improves I'm not going.

That's not an excuse, I don't have anything to excuse. That's a reason.

7:15 pm was an excuse - not a reason, but your concern is a reason.

If people really want to go, they will.

[Grantysghost]

And therein lies the problem

30k at dons yesterday

[bornadog]

30k at dons yesterday

When you are losing, people don't show up, only the hard core. Watch them fill Marvel next week.

[Axe Man]

How the AFL still haven't announced the final round fixture is ridiculous, it's less than 3 weeks away and the pre finals bye means it really doesn't matter about breaks for finals teams.

[Pleather Sole]

Reckon the 1915 start time had something to do with it.

Agreed, I was in the middle of booking tickets when I realised the starting time was earlier and we just wouldn't make it. Due to our age and mobility we just can't rush. If we'd twigged a few weeks earlier we would've been prepared but there was no notification. Shame as we were looking forward to the first game back at Docklands in a few weeks and Adam's big milestone against our GF nemesis.

I don't see how a game in Perth should bring a game forward here. If you're watching on telly or online it doesn't matter much where you are. You can't watch two at once. I assume some people or an entity benefit, not sure how. Fans on seats is always better for the game, in my book anyway.

[Pleather Sole]

How the AFL still haven't announced the final round fixture is ridiculous, it's less than 3 weeks away and the pre finals bye means it really doesn't matter about breaks for finals teams.

Booking checkins for hotels in Ballarat, trying to plan the whole day/night/weekend for everyone coming from all over without a match start time is a nightmare.

[bornadog]

How the AFL still haven't announced the final round fixture is ridiculous, it's less than 3 weeks away and the pre finals bye means it really doesn't matter about breaks for finals teams.

I heard it will be announced Wednesday

[GVGjr]

7:15 pm was an excuse - not a reason, but your concern is a reason.

If people really want to go, they will.

The start time isn't the reason for the crowd being a bit smaller than ideal but the lack of communication meant that a high portion of people weren't in the ground or near their seats at the first bounce.

[angelopetraglia]

Crowd history versus Melbourne at Docklands.

Take out the post Premiership year and it was our biggest Crowd versus Melbourne in 21 games at the venue. Take out the zero COVID game. Average crowd is 26,168. So the crowd was +27% higher than the average between the teams with Melbourne on a very ordinary run of games.

Crowd Date
33,000 Fri 02-Aug-2024 7:15 PM
26,501 Sat 23-Jul-2022 7:25 PM
Zero Fri 28-May-2021 7:50 PM
26,781 Sun 14-Jul-2019 3:20 PM
28,485 Sat 02-Jun-2018 1:45 PM
33,667 Sun 18-Jun-2017 3:20 PM
27,805 Sun 16-Aug-2015 3:20 PM
24,953 Sun 29-Jun-2014 1:10 PM
22,176 Sun 01-Sep-2013 4:40 PM
29,516 Fri 01-Jul-2011 7:40 PM
27,446 Sun 13-Jul-2008 2:10 PM
18,946 Sat 11-Aug-2007 7:10 PM
24,584 Sun 13-May-2007 2:10 PM
28,478 Sat 08-Apr-2006 2:10 PM
26,307 Sat 02-Apr-2005 2:10 PM
25,107 Sun 18-Jul-2004 2:10 PM
20,714 Fri 01-Aug-2003 7:40 PM
20,790 Sun 13-Apr-2003 2:10 PM
30,789 Fri 26-Apr-2002 7:45 PM
21,146 Sun 02-Sep-2001 2:10 PM
26,180 Sun 28-May-2000 2:10 PM

[Happy Days]

I was gonna make fun of the 28 May 2021 crowd but then I remembered that’s actually accurate.

[angelopetraglia]

I was gonna make fun of the 28 May 2021 crowd but then I remembered that’s actually accurate.

It was a great win. Pity no one was there to witness it. "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?"

[The Underdog]

Sorry to bang on about the same thing, but 33,000 to our game Friday is still poor. I know Demons supporters don't come out but surely if we have 60,000 members we can get more to a game. Especially since we are flying at the moment.

Don?t equate 60,000 members with 60,000 people. Getting 33,000 people out on a winter night in Melbourne isn?t that disastrous. I?ve attended 4 games this year (including Friday night) and honestly I?ve missed a lot of those for the simple reason that I couldn?t be arsed. A lot of people have better reasons than that.

[GVGjr]

Don?t equate 60,000 members with 60,000 people. Getting 33,000 people out on a winter night in Melbourne isn?t that disastrous. I?ve attended 4 games this year (including Friday night) and honestly I?ve missed a lot of those for the simple reason that I couldn?t be arsed. A lot of people have better reasons than that.

I'd prefer us to be playing in front of good crowds most weeks and this would help us both keep and attract players to the club but I totally get where you are coming from. I've also come to the realization in recent weeks that the 60K membership number we have achieved isn't genuinely reflective of having 60K members and especially trying to attract fans to games. It's the reason why we play 2 home games at Mars stadium this year. All that will change if we knock over a couple of teams in the next 3 weeks and we will have a huge number of people by our standards looking to secure finals tickets.