GWS versus Geelong - rnd 18 Spotless Stadium, Saturday 7:40pm

[Jaffa Fan]

Massive crowd, GWS really building a footy culture in western Sydney and expanding the game.

West Coast average attendance in their 3rd year 15,436. GWS average attendance 16,336. Let's give it some time.

 

[Donakebab]

Why do you assume his frustration is directed at the umpires? I was getting pretty irritated myself, with a couple of our veteran defenders deciding to go 'bruise-free' well before the game had been sealed.

Because 9/10 it's after a free kick and he has a look of utter astonishment.

 

[stellation]

Massive crowd, GWS really building a footy culture in western Sydney and expanding the game.

The late starts don't really work in Sydney, the Swans might be able to draw but they're an established name with an established fanbase- but they were probably down in numbers compared to what they'd get for an afternoon game for the recent game against the Blues that was a Saturday night late start (still a great crowd turned up!). The impact is generally that families with little ones might not make the trek out, given GWS are specifically targeting families with little ones in an attempt at generational change then I think it's understandable their numbers are down.

The AFL needs to help GWS out a little more with scheduling next year, which is probably more of a general discussion than a game specific discussion I guess. If they want to build crowds they probably need to target just 2 windows for their home games and stick to them, and specifically not go with windows that don't work for GWS' target market. You obviously don't want to go too far out of your way to over accomodate, but most clubs have had something similar at some point (as a Swans fan you used to generally plan for a bunch of Sundays at 1:10) to help build their fanbase. It's only 8 fixtures, so it's both not conceding too much whilst also imperative that they get it right.

 

[Ichabod Noodle]

I am sick to f****n death of every f*****n game day thread talking about the f*****n crowd.

How many f*****n times do you f******n morons need to be f******n told that the crowd sits on the same side of the ground as the cameras.

I also don't recall who said it was 10degrees last night but it sure as s**t felt a hell of a lot colder than that.

You also don't get much crowd noise when everyone is clapping while wearing gloves.

Free tickets to school kids? Bugger all children there compared to usual games - given the game didn't finish until well after 10 and most people wouldn't have gotten home until well after 11 and Auskick was on at 8.30 this morning, the number of kids was way down.

Our club has one of (if not the) highest proportion of junior members - junior members bring mum and dad to the game. No kids and the adult turnout will be down as well.

It was a pretty good crowd who enjoyed the game. Can't ask for much more than that while building a club from scratch.

 

[JUBJUB]

I am sick to f****n death of every f*****n game day thread talking about the f*****n crowd.

How many f*****n times do you f******n morons need to be f******n told that the crowd sits on the same side of the ground as the cameras.

Are you by chance a truckie ?
That's a lot of f'ns in one post

 

[Colonial]

Are you by chance a truckie ?
That's a lot of f'ns in one post

Dont need to be a truckie. Us westies are taught at an early age words dont hurt.

plus he is just showing his frustration at the constant bs that we receive being a Giants fan from the bf traditionalists. Understandable

 

[cinderella man]

Yes, I'm just randomly lashing out.

Oh wait...

Sydney fan in this thread:



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Etc etc etc

Seems like an odd number of flogs from one team.

Is this Chris Scott ? Geelong are Ordinary at Best.

 

[Colonial]

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Lucky there's only enough Giants fans to count on one hand, otherwise we'd have to set up a counselling hotline.

im sorry. In your clubs 1st few years what was the crowd avg in a traditional heartland?

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

Because 9/10 it's after a free kick and he has a look of utter astonishment.

The one that I was quoting wasn't. It was after a GWS mark that was paid as such.

 

[Donakebab]

The one that I was quoting wasn't. It was after a GWS mark that was paid as such.

1/10.

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

1/10.

Ah, so you have no point, just an axe to grind. Carry on.