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#34
I'm really not sure about all this hysteria about the 19k crowd figure and how it is being contributed to the doom and gloom of another Sydney based team, considering this is the sole time it has happened.

1. The weather was atrocious along with the game being shown live contributed.

2. $75 a ticket combined with the economics issue.

3. Marketing and advertising for the game was atrocious irony is the promo ad was still running on Sunday morning...

4. Vlad predicted prior to the game it would be lucky to attract 20k he was right.

5. It's North... 1.5-2k? from what i saw lucky if there was 200 there, we got ~35k in round 13 against the Pies.

So i ask whats everyone surprised about?
I know what you are saying but I think you might have missed the point. Yes, there were mitigating factors of course. But could this (a crowd for a one-off home finals match equating to about 60% of a club's membership) have happened in Melbourne, Adelaide or Perth? NEVER - regardless of weather, location or promotion.

There has been an evening-off in support for the Swans that has been noticeable for the past 3 years at least - at the very time we were having one of our most successful periods in history. This trend is across the board, including falling corporate support. Given the Swans are the only team we have, you don't have to be a research/marketing genius to equate this with a plateauing in support for the game itself.

If you believe Colless (and I accept it is his role to politicize the issue), he has been telling this to the AFL and they won't listen. One match attendance is not to be-all and end-all of course, but it sends up a huge red flag to those banking on a growth of the game in Sydney. An organisation that wouldn't even bother to get off their arses to promote a single football match - are promoting a whole new club in a whole new area in a city that is not a huge supporter of the game anyway where the market may have already reached its saturatiion point (albeit a low one!). It's a reality check, at the very least, a (very public) shot across their bows.
 

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#38
Swans membership numbers and crowd levels are down (H&A) due to lack of seating available at the SCG. This directly effects ANZ Stadium numbers too.

Once the SCG is finally at full capacity, we can start building again. It was a very inconvenient time for them to start work on it!!
 

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#40
the thing i am finding hard to understand is why demitriou is so keen of dumping a new team in blacktown when the swans can only attract 19000 people to a final, regardless of the weather.
 

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I'll decide if it's a shit call ya' wanka. Don't you dare tell me what to right on your site ya' soft c**k...
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#43
Better than watching Richmond play "give it to the other team".

How was 9th, again?
Tambling keeps them coming back, he was such a good pick in comparison to Roughead or Franklin

Richmond, their orange coach with nutbrown hair, are the biggest jokes in the AFL.
 
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#45
Tambling keeps them coming back, he was such a good pick in comparison to Roughead or Franklin

Richmond, their orange coach with nutbrown hair, are the biggest jokes in the AFL.

At least when Tambling gets the ball something exciting will happen (whether he gets run down or falls over or whatever). The only exciting thing about the Sydney Swans is when Barry Halls loses the plot and flattens someone. Lucky for you guys you still have the bum sniffing.
 

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At least when Tambling gets the ball something exciting will happen (whether he gets run down or falls over or whatever). The only exciting thing about the Sydney Swans is when Barry Halls loses the plot and flattens someone. Lucky for you guys you still have the bum sniffing.
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#48
As do I cos of my dear old father. He'd be ashamed of you, digging into a team purely because you find it fun, rather than because we actually deserve it.
 
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