Poor Attendance

Ice Wolf · Post: # 579267Post **Ice Wolf** » Mon 02 Jun 2008 1:15pm

27,854 attendance for the Melbourne match.

Clearly this is not good enough, yes i know it was looking like a bad day in the morning but I think we should see 30,000 as a minimum. What does everybody else think?

rymax · Post: # 579269Post **rymax** » Mon 02 Jun 2008 1:18pm

It was like we were playing an interstate side almost.

PLUGGER14 · Post: # 579270Post **PLUGGER14** » Mon 02 Jun 2008 1:19pm

I heard there was snow in the mountains

rymax · Post: # 579273Post **rymax** » Mon 02 Jun 2008 1:21pm

I reckon I saw more people wearing the colours of other teams (like Richmond for some reason) than I did wearing Melbourne gear.

GrumpyOne · Post: # 579382Post **GrumpyOne** » Mon 02 Jun 2008 4:00pm

rymax wrote:I reckon I saw more people wearing the colours of other teams (like Richmond for some reason) than I did wearing Melbourne gear.

Included in that number were all of the Melbourne team.

bigcarl · Post: # 579394Post **bigcarl** » Mon 02 Jun 2008 4:15pm

PLUGGER14 wrote:I heard there was snow in the mountains

yes. while we have drawn a line in the sand. melbourne has drawn one in the snow.

Otiman · Post: # 579399Post **Otiman** » Mon 02 Jun 2008 4:23pm

GrumpyOne wrote:
rymax wrote:I reckon I saw more people wearing the colours of other teams (like Richmond for some reason) than I did wearing Melbourne gear.
Included in that number were all of the Melbourne team.

I wouldn't include that horrible clash strip as "Melbourne gear".

clarky449 · Post: # 579401Post **clarky449** » Mon 02 Jun 2008 4:25pm

I could not get their i had my footy to play and im sure alot of others did to

GrumpyOne · Post: # 579402Post **GrumpyOne** » Mon 02 Jun 2008 4:25pm

Otiman wrote:
GrumpyOne wrote:
rymax wrote:I reckon I saw more people wearing the colours of other teams (like Richmond for some reason) than I did wearing Melbourne gear.
Included in that number were all of the Melbourne team.
I wouldn't include that horrible clash strip as "Melbourne gear".

Melbourne's is possibly the worst clash strip I have ever seen.

saintspremiers · Mon 02 Jun 2008 4:28pm

back on topic numb nuts, pre game I predicted 28K, so was pretty close to the mark.

Gotta remember a lot of Dees "supporters" are MCC members and they have to pay normal GA to get into TD, and hate the place.

Also, our crap effort against Brisbane prob. dropped the number by 2K.

Add to that Sunday arvo, which often is not a good drawing day, and that gives you an expected shyte crowd figure.

Our bandwagon has GORRRNE!!!

Winmarvellous · Mon 02 Jun 2008 4:49pm

Also, supporters of other clubs don't go to watch boring, lockdown, chip-lotto footy when they go watch other footy played with a bit of flair. Could become quite an issue with our crowd figures and scheduled "blockbusters".

Saints43 · Post: # 579427Post **Saints43** » Mon 02 Jun 2008 4:59pm

There is definitely a problem. I sit on Level 2 in the Saints reserve and there has been a steady thinning out of people sitting in these seats since last year. On Sunday I reckon one in four seats were empty.

These seats are pre-paid so people are deciding to do something else rather than go to entertainment they have already paid for.

I know someone is going to write something along the lines of "Well f'em if they're not real supporters" but I think they pay something like $440 a year for membership & seats. This would be a pretty big income stream for the club.

saintsrus · Post: # 579444Post **saintsrus** » Mon 02 Jun 2008 5:24pm

Saints43 wrote:There is definitely a problem. I sit on Level 2 in the Saints reserve and there has been a steady thinning out of people sitting in these seats since last year. On Sunday I reckon one in four seats were empty.

The increase in prices havent helped in the last couple of years

ace · Post: # 579445Post **ace** » Mon 02 Jun 2008 5:25pm

[quote="saintspremiers"]
Gotta remember a lot of Dees "supporters" are MCC members and they have to pay normal GA to get into TD, and hate the place.

In fact the Melbourne Cricket Club has a reciprocal arrangement with Telstra Dome's Access One.
MCC members can book online with Ticketmaster and get Level 2 Access One seats at $29.50

They don't need to sit in "outer space" seating on level 3.

The amount of seating available to Access One seems to vary depending on home teams Level 2 reserved seating and Telstra Dome preferring to sell some Level 2 seats at a higher price to the general public until late in the week.

Against Collingwood all Access One seating had gone before online bookings were accepted but this should not have been a problem with the Melbourne game.

m_m · Post: # 579460Post **m_m** » Mon 02 Jun 2008 5:39pm

27,754 of those were probs sainters

esaint66 · Post: # 579567Post **esaint66** » Mon 02 Jun 2008 7:05pm

There wernt many melbourne supporters there because they actually had to pay to get in rather than there special MCC seats.

plugger66 · Post: # 579570Post **plugger66** » Mon 02 Jun 2008 7:07pm

saint edward wrote:There wernt many melbourne supporters there because they actually had to pay to get in rather than there special MCC seats.

Yes those ones that they dont pay over $500 for.

esaint66 · Post: # 579574Post **esaint66** » Mon 02 Jun 2008 7:10pm

plugger66 wrote:
saint edward wrote:There wernt many melbourne supporters there because they actually had to pay to get in rather than there special MCC seats.
Yes those ones that they dont pay over $500 for.

Yeah but theyd ahve to line up like regular folk to get in

Spinner · Post: # 579581Post **Spinner** » Mon 02 Jun 2008 7:20pm

plugger66 wrote:
saint edward wrote:There wernt many melbourne supporters there because they actually had to pay to get in rather than there special MCC seats.
Yes those ones that they dont pay over $500 for.

Nice!

Sam23 · Post: # 579621Post **Sam23** » Mon 02 Jun 2008 8:22pm

I reckon there was about 3k melbourne fans there in all seriousness.

johnpeterbudgefanclub · Mon 02 Jun 2008 8:25pm

bigcarl wrote:
PLUGGER14 wrote:I heard there was snow in the mountains
yes. while we have drawn a line in the sand. melbourne has drawn one in the snow.

Just hope u have softened them up for us next week. Good old dreamons. Quite partial to a drop of the old Lan Choo Tea and Brie Cheese on a tartan rug in the middle of winter.

Saints43 · Post: # 579637Post **Saints43** » Mon 02 Jun 2008 8:53pm

saintsrus wrote:
Saints43 wrote:There is definitely a problem. I sit on Level 2 in the Saints reserve and there has been a steady thinning out of people sitting in these seats since last year. On Sunday I reckon one in four seats were empty.

The increase in prices havent helped in the last couple of years

There are empty seats at every game this year. They have already been paid for. $40 each.

Do you think these people are renewing next year?

perfectionist · Mon 02 Jun 2008 9:00pm

You could hear the players talk - and fart - I blame Blakie for that (well he's been blamed for everything esle!)

Bernard Shakey · Mon 02 Jun 2008 9:16pm

Most junior comps play on Sunday.

I know at least 10 regular Sainters who could not go because their kids were playing.

saint66au · Post: # 579684Post **saint66au** » Mon 02 Jun 2008 9:56pm

perfectionist wrote:You could hear the players talk - and fart - I blame Blakie for that (well he's been blamed for everything esle!)

From Row F on Level 3 I heard Banger scream at a Dees player trying to put him off as he marked on the boundary below us. Also heard players calling for the ball a couple of times

Not sure if Ive ever heard that from L3 before