- Dec 7, 2001
- 24,214
- 9,878
- AFL Club
- Brisbane Lions
All game should be rotational. Anzac Day and Queens Birthday.
No 2 teams should own these games IMO.
No 2 teams should own these games IMO.
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Demons could lose blockbuster
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Re: Dees may lose blockbuster
We played them at the MCG as well this year. Attendance 45,000. Melbourne's effort 19,000. And that was beyond your expectations
We played them at the MCG as well this year. Attendance 45,000. Melbourne's effort 19,000. And that was beyond your expectations
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Re: Dees may lose blockbuster
Give me this what day was the WCE match on and what day was the Freo match on?
thats coz its freo, granted you guys did well, you are not on the bottom of the ladder and getting consistent hidings are you. Give me the figures when collingwood was last on the ladder, would love them. IT IS A DIFFERENT SITUATION, granted yours would most likely be more but not such the discrepancy.
Give me this what day was the WCE match on and what day was the Freo match on?
Re: Dees may lose blockbuster
Really? Please enlighten me. I thought they were both from WA and both at the foot of the ladder (with you holding it up).
You are not even in the same hemisphere as us.
Really? Please enlighten me. I thought they were both from WA and both at the foot of the ladder (with you holding it up).
You are not even in the same hemisphere as us.
how many?
- May 16, 2008
- 21,298
- 33,993
- AFL Club
- Collingwood
So when the Dees supporters get out there to stick it up the Pies, and Collingwood brings 50K of their own supporters to the party... now Vlad can take all the credit for motivating fans to attend
Someone needs to give the AFL a call... the people want their ____ing game back
Someone needs to give the AFL a call... the people want their ____ing game back
The Queen's birthday game on Monday will draw 70,000. 50,000 Collingwood fans to 20,000 Melbourne fans. if Melbourne were winning 80,000 would be at the game for sure! So at least for the next couple of years the Queens Birthday game will be between Melbourne and Collingwood! below are the Crowd figures since 2001 for the Queens Birthday match between Melbourne and Collingwood;
2001 62,761
2002 65,860
2003 60.010 (MCG capacity 70,000 due to redevelopment)
2004 56,988 (MCG capacity 70,000 due to redevelopment)
2005 65,347 (MCG capacity 70,000 due to redevelopment)
2006 78,773 (Both team were 3rd and 4th on the ladder at this stage)
2007 70,660
Ave:- 65,771
2001 62,761
2002 65,860
2003 60.010 (MCG capacity 70,000 due to redevelopment)
2004 56,988 (MCG capacity 70,000 due to redevelopment)
2005 65,347 (MCG capacity 70,000 due to redevelopment)
2006 78,773 (Both team were 3rd and 4th on the ladder at this stage)
2007 70,660
Ave:- 65,771
Those figures are pretty poor really. Might be time to change the team(s) involved.
DeeHughMan
Team Captain
Melbourne fans will turn up because they can see some light at the end of the tunnel. they are terrible at the moment they were even poorer at the start of the year. but there are signs of improvement.
Young Solid midfield. They are not great but they could be with further improvement from Jones and Mclean.
Crap forward line. But they have the rest of the year to experiment with it. Bate is class, Miller has a chance of being number 1 at times he looks good. At 24 he is still not at his peak. Dunn should be a forward not a tagger. he has footy smart let him use them. Green could still go back and play as a forward.
Defence all of a sudden has some options. Garland, Warnock and Frawley all look OK at times.
Melbourne will be a better side however they perform at the end of the year
Young Solid midfield. They are not great but they could be with further improvement from Jones and Mclean.
Crap forward line. But they have the rest of the year to experiment with it. Bate is class, Miller has a chance of being number 1 at times he looks good. At 24 he is still not at his peak. Dunn should be a forward not a tagger. he has footy smart let him use them. Green could still go back and play as a forward.
Defence all of a sudden has some options. Garland, Warnock and Frawley all look OK at times.
Melbourne will be a better side however they perform at the end of the year
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Ho-Hum considering the games Collingwood have played this season that haven't been 'blockbuster' status games - Richmond, Carlton, Hawthorn, Geelong for starters.
Given its a standalone game with massive exposure, these games really should be drawin 75-80,000 consistantly. If they don't, they should be rotated around so other clubs get the chance to play in public holiday game. Like ANZAC Day, because its a standalone game, these games attract/should attract significantly more neutral interest compared to normal home and away games.
Collingwood vs. Geelong/Hawthorn probably would draw 85000+ on the QB (hypothetical given both clubs are in the top 2 ATM)
Re: Dees may lose blockbuster
That would be almost worth doing just to watch the other 14 clubs go apeshit.
Almost.
That would be almost worth doing just to watch the other 14 clubs go apeshit.
Almost.
Re: Dees may lose blockbuster
Our 1999 game against Freo but that was round eight and we had not won a game for the season at the point and we got 27,000. That would probably be a good comparison for your purposes but the fact is that your football club has fickle supporters who do not sufficiently support your team in the good times let alone in the bad.
You can make all the excuses that you like but the Melbourne Football Club will not survive if it continues the way it is going. Collingwood is one club that is helping you by letting you have the home Queen's Birthday match every year, So maybe your efforts should be directed at getting more people attending your games rather than making excuses for the situation you find yourselves in.
Our 1999 game against Freo but that was round eight and we had not won a game for the season at the point and we got 27,000. That would probably be a good comparison for your purposes but the fact is that your football club has fickle supporters who do not sufficiently support your team in the good times let alone in the bad.
You can make all the excuses that you like but the Melbourne Football Club will not survive if it continues the way it is going. Collingwood is one club that is helping you by letting you have the home Queen's Birthday match every year, So maybe your efforts should be directed at getting more people attending your games rather than making excuses for the situation you find yourselves in.
DeeHughMan
Team Captain
Re: Dees may lose blockbuster
The Melbourne bashing is a bit overboard. They still have higher average home game attendances than both the bulldogs and kangaroos and they have one 1 game for the season.
The Melbourne bashing is a bit overboard. They still have higher average home game attendances than both the bulldogs and kangaroos and they have one 1 game for the season.
Re: Dees may lose blockbuster
Only 27,000? Thats a drop off of about 25000 when your winning, and you call us fickle? Ever think we just dont have the same amount of supporters as you guys?
Re: Dees may lose blockbuster
Well You Guy's Don't.
Melbourne's Supporter Base Australia Wide Is 191,000 While Collingwoods Is 722,000!
Well You Guy's Don't.
Melbourne's Supporter Base Australia Wide Is 191,000 While Collingwoods Is 722,000!
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sorry you are Wrong walhawk! The biggest queens birthday crowd was in 1958 between Melbourne and Collingwood when 99,346 peolple turned out and too this day is still the biggest home and away crowd of all time!
Melbourne and Collingwood get's my Vote!
For christ sake Melbourne supporters bloody turn up and get the crowd figure to be over 80,000! you guy's should atleast get 27,000 of your member's to turn up considering it is your home game!Collingwood will be doing it's part in getting 50,000 to the game, so it's all upto melbourne!
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sorry you are Wrong walhawk! The biggest queens birthday crowd was in 1958 between Melbourne and Collingwood when 99,346 peolple turned out and too this day is still the biggest home and away crowd of all time!
Melbourne and Collingwood get's my Vote!
Collingwood will be doing it's part in getting 50,000 to the game, so it's all upto melbourne!
AFL Football Round 11 - Melbourne v Collingwood
http://www.mcg.org.au/Events/Upcomi...aspx?eid=6c0c58c1-550c-4e95-8e4a-e6d94c052ea6
That would be the 2nd lowest crowd Collingwood would have played in front of at the MCG vs. a Melbourne based club this season - the only game drawing less then 70,000 was the round 5 game against North Melbourne which drew 52,000.
Will eventually be dumped anyway, with Australia becoming a republic and all! (God save the Queen) Shame that Aussie day is not during the footy season. So, around the corner-
Republic day (better be during the footy season)- Collingwood V Carlton or Collingwood V previous year's premier- 90,000 at the gate a shoe in.
Republic day (better be during the footy season)- Collingwood V Carlton or Collingwood V previous year's premier- 90,000 at the gate a shoe in.
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Will eventually be dumped anyway, with Australia becoming a republic and all! (God save the Queen) Shame that Aussie day is not during the footy season. So, around the corner-
Republic day (better be during the footy season)- Collingwood V Carlton or Collingwood V previous year's premier- 90,000 at the gate a shoe in.
Ah, Republic Day. Makes me think forward to 50 years' time ...
The centrepiece of this year's 200 Birthday celebrations of the Collingwood Football League will be the blockbuster clash between Collingwood and Collingwood. Watch the Maggies play the Pies as they do battle in what looms as an important encounter to see if Collingwood can take up all spots in the top eight, to qualify for the ultimate prize ... the Eddie McGuire Premiership Cup.
The only question that remains is - will Collingwood maintain their 20-year winning streak???
Re: Dees may lose blockbuster
the fact is your club has almost 4 times the amount of supporters ours does, yet your crowds draw on average over half of what yours do... this tells me our supporters are half as fickle as yours are, just that collingwood has a lot more of these fickle supporters...
still doesn't mean we don't have a problem, and need to increase our crowds... just that our supporters get bashed all over the place for being fickle, yet on average we turn up more than supporters of other clubs do...
the fact is your club has almost 4 times the amount of supporters ours does, yet your crowds draw on average over half of what yours do... this tells me our supporters are half as fickle as yours are, just that collingwood has a lot more of these fickle supporters...
still doesn't mean we don't have a problem, and need to increase our crowds... just that our supporters get bashed all over the place for being fickle, yet on average we turn up more than supporters of other clubs do...