They need to bring back the Home Made Steamed Dim Sims trolley on Level 3, Harbourside.
Etihad: Free entry on Sundays for u15s, $3 pies, free water fountains, kicktokick, outside food etc
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There may or may not be too much footy in Melbourne, but that is not my point.
I don't like seeing passionate supporters getting dragged further and further up the top of level 4 for matches that draw sub 50,000 fans.
My personal preference is that the AFL focus on keeping cheap seats cheap and let the market decide the price of food providing punters have the option to BYO if they feel they are being ripped off.
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Bring back the peanuts man [okay that might be impossible considering he's been dead for years]
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Nah, I'm still around !!
Last years Sunday games at Ethihad.
rd 2 WB v North 28,512
rd 3 North v Port 19,111
rd 4 St K v Crows 22,923
rd 5 WB v Blues 27,986
rd 6 WB v Crows 17,404
rd 7 North v GC 19,819
rd 9 St K v GC 14,625
rd 11 WB v Freo 14,913
rd 12 North v Rich 32,977
rd 13 Pies v WB 28,339
rd 14 St K v WC 17,317
rd 15 WB v Dees 24,953
rd 16 Blues v St K 29,997
rd 17 Rich v Port 21,483
rd 18 WB v Ess 34,476 (highest)
rd 19 Dees v Lions 18,079
rd 20 St K v WB 30,095
rd 21 North v WB 27,164
rd 22 WB v Swans 22,430
rd 23 WB v GWS 14,725
With a capacity of 53,000 I think they'll be alright.
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Yep, certainly not many blockbusters in that list !!
Call me sceptical, but considering you have the reigning wooden spooner playing in about 7 of 22 Sunday games and Essendon in about 4-5 of them, sounds like it's a bit of the AFL and Etihad doing some forward thinking.. if StKilda look like heading towards the bottom again their fans will drop off.. and if Essendon get ASADA'd don't know how many will want to see a temporary Essendon team play. Carlton also have 2 Sunday games there this year too, which hopefully might entice some of today's youth to jump back on the bandwagon...
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Also some very interesting stats in there. I note that even a powerhouse like Collingwood struggled to draw a large crowd against WB, as did Carlton against St Kilda. 30k on a Sunday appears a decent figure for Melbourne teams and 20k about par for established non Victorian ones. North's crowd against GC is a good result. (Well aware that there is a lot of variance between the various Sunday timeslots, Easter Sunday / Mother's Day etc can create outliers as can a long weekend with the Sunday game inside it.
Still those who complain about equalisation need to take a decent look at these figures.
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A lot of the initiatives are aimed at kids (and therefore, by extension, families), which is a very smart thing when you have a family with 3 or more kids, you can get them in and feed them for next to nothing, and then have a kick on the ground after.
As a single person, though, it won't affect me at all, and I already get onto the ground at the VFL (where the surface of most grounds don't smell like plastic and chemicals) if I want, so I'll still go along as much as I used to. But if it improves our crowds (we have a lot of Sunday games) even 5%, it's worth it.
As a single person, though, it won't affect me at all, and I already get onto the ground at the VFL (where the surface of most grounds don't smell like plastic and chemicals) if I want, so I'll still go along as much as I used to. But if it improves our crowds (we have a lot of Sunday games) even 5%, it's worth it.
Why do clubs that benefit from the fixturing not fund the equalisation is my whinge.
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Have at for mine. I've said for a long time that likely the only way to force change will be the non Vic clubs standing with the smaller Vic clubs.
Equalisation as it would be defined currently is basically a Melbourne problem, whats in it for the established footy States (SA & WA) where travel is the most unequal issue, and its a different again for the development States (player retention is probably the biggest issue here).
In the current food pricing scenario its about the Melbourne crowds, dressed up as for the fans & you only have to read this thread to see how well the AFL have sold it to an unquestioning footy public.
The footy clubs that benefit from the Melbourne fixturing need to pay for the benefit gained not the AFL, & until then nothing will happen, JB needs to man up, Gordon is part of the problem, he's a welfare is fine merchant, who is running the Saints now, Melbourne are in denial, Australias oldest club deserves to be treated as establishment
? Get together as a block boys, Eddie will dismiss you out of hand, a fair go is not easily gained from an establishment used to getting their own way,
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11 Sunday afternoon games at Etihad is ridiculous, I feel sorry for Dogs fans
you underrate the fan experience Gibbsy
The Pies were disgusting at Etihad last Saturday night. The Hot Dogs on the other hand
That's some welcome news. I might attend more games this season if that is the case.
If it was not in their interest, they wouldn't do it. This doesn't mean they didn't have to be pushed in to it, plenty of organisations/people need to be nudged into acting in their own interests.
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