The Crowd Thread

[stellation]

Re: 21K at the MCG today??

Sydney would get about 3K.

I mean, they can't even crack 20K at a home final when there are clouds in the sky.

Sydney had nearly 30k at the game today on a fairly miserable day when it was expected to rain (and it did).

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

Re: 21K at the MCG today??

Hawthorn don't convert many members into regular game attendees because you can't bring pets, dead people and single cell ameba's into the MCG.

 

[Mappa]

Re: 21K at the MCG today??

Hawthorn don't convert many members into regular game attendees because you can't bring pets, dead people and single cell ameba's into the MCG.

Yep. Good point, well made How much DOES a glass house sell for these days ?

 

[chardonnay]

Re: 21K at the MCG today??

Hawthorn don't convert many members into regular game attendees because you can't bring pets, dead people and single cell ameba's into the MCG.

North ???????

Why dont people bother going?

Play a couple of games in Perth where you will draw a crowd .. JB is a weak el presidente.

 

[jacko57]

Re: 21K at the MCG today??

So many people are missing the point of this thread..

some aren't very bright..........

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

Re: 21K at the MCG today??

Yep. Good point, well made How much DOES a glass house sell for these days ?

A patron is different from a member, knobhead.

Get it right.

 

[walhawk]

Re: 21K at the MCG today??

Gee, North fans are so clever.
Can you please explain the irony to the rest of us?

 

[robaba]

Re: 21K at the MCG today??

50000 - 19500 - 5000 Tassies = 25500.

Where the bl..dy hell are you?

 

[rdhopkins2]

Re: 21K at the MCG today??

This.

Sure, it was a shit crowd - nobody is denying that. But we have a recent premiership, 50,000 members and a Top 8 spot. We'll take that (and a win) over one week of poor crowds.

Fair call. But we still need to average good crowds if we want the prime time tv slots and make the Hawthorn brand more attractive.

 

[windyhill]

Re: 21K at the MCG today??

Abortion of a crowd today.

Anybody that attempts to justify that many people missing today is talking out of their arse. It didn't rain a single drop all day, and if rain is enough to keep you away then you're the literal definition of a fair-weather supporter.

I like HawkMongrel.

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

Re: 21K at the MCG today??

Crowd was poor today, should have at least 28k there, I can only assume the weather played a factor this round, every Melbourne game this weekend was well down on what it should have drawn.

Saints (Should have had 40k at least)
Carlton (Would think they could have pushed 55-60k with good weather)
Roos (Lions have alot of fans in Melbourne, both clubs travelling pretty well, 25k)
Hawks (I know we have been ordinary this year, but still should have gotten 30k, even with the weather)
Dogs (Dogs/Pies almost always get 50k at the dome, 40k tonight was very poor)

 

[Durham Hawks]

Re: 21K at the MCG today??

still almost double what showed up to a sunday arvo hawks-port fixture at the MCG 6 years ago

still the 4th best MCG hawks-port crowd EVER and only 129 off the third best

if anything it's justification for the tassie deal. why not make a mint from a game north melbourne would have to write a cheque to stage? ingenuity is obviously a curse in the AFL.

 

[clarkoscluster]

Re: 21K at the MCG today??

Absolutely pathetic turnout. Was our lowest home crowd at the MCG since we drew 17,159 against the Lions in 2004 in non-stop sleeting rain. The weather would have put some off, but there's so many undercover seats at the G, it shouldn't have been an excuse. Hopefully, we get the bandwagoners back on board for the Bombers game in a fortnight.

Very much down on the 33k that saw the two sides play at the same venue last season.

 

[Royal Flush]

Re: 21K at the MCG today??

oh dear. Tassie needs a new team. Ship them there full time.

 

[clarkoscluster]

Re: 21K at the MCG today??

still almost double what showed up to a sunday arvo hawks-port fixture at the MCG 6 years ago

still the 4th best MCG hawks-port crowd EVER and only 129 off the third best

if anything it's justification for the tassie deal. why not make a mint from a game north melbourne would have to write a cheque to stage? ingenuity is obviously a curse in the AFL.

lol, 4th best from 6 games

 

[Durham Hawks]

Re: 21K at the MCG today??

Absolutely pathetic turnout. Was our lowest home crowd at the MCG since we drew 17,159 against the Lions in 2004 in non-stop sleeting rain. The weather would have put some off, but there's so many undercover seats at the G, it shouldn't have been an excuse. Hopefully, we get the bandwagoners back on board for the Bombers game in a fortnight.

Very much down on the 33k that saw the two sides play at the same venue last season.

fourth sunday game in a row can't be underestimated as a factor either. i don't know which TV executive's daughter buddy rooted but i have no idea why we've been shafted to the melbourne demons' traditional gameday.

 

[byronstjames]

Re: 21K at the MCG today??

Gee, North fans are so clever.
Can you please explain the irony to the rest of us?

That's what I was thinking.

Oh wait....I get it. *taps nose*

Yeah....I really do. Oh....the irony. You guys are so clever. I can't believe nobody else can see the irony. Haha....the irony....yeah...the irony.

 

[Mappa]

Re: 21K at the MCG today??

A patron is different from a member, knobhead.

Get it right.

Yeah you are right. I guess it was the dogtag with the words "Pet Patron Member" that threw me !

 

[MarkT2]

Re: 21K at the MCG today??

If it simply came down to crowds then Port doesn't have a place in the AFL. They get average home crowds at best and no one cares to watch them as an opponent. It doesn't simply come down to crowds though. There isn't a viable option for a second SA team and there has to be one.

 

[dave10]

Re: 21K at the MCG today??

Sydney had nearly 30k at the game today on a fairly miserable day when it was expected to rain (and it did).

Helped along by a large number of Essendon supporters that made the trip north.

 

[RoyalBlue]

Re: 21K at the MCG today??

We should get about 20k at MCG, there are 100k MCC members and a fair few AFL members who have access to MCG games. That usually pumps the crowd up by at least a few thousand even for really bad games.

22,144 against Port in that Round 22 game in 2008.

Let's not mention it again.

Also, The Zebs has surely bagged out here.

 

[Inspector Malceski]

Re: 21K at the MCG today??

Sydney had nearly 30k at the game today on a fairly miserable day when it was expected to rain (and it did).

if that was north in melbourne v an interstate team they would get 12k max!!

 

[Chaz Pendlebury]

Re: 21K at the MCG today??

Game at the MCG where

1. its june / july
2. its on a sunday
3. its cold and threatening to rain
4. its against port adelaide

will always draw very low, as all the MCG tenants know

 

[Philth]

Re: 21K at the MCG today??

Game at the MCG where

1. its june / july
2. its on a sunday
3. its cold and threatening to rain
4. its against port adelaide

will always draw very low, as all the MCG tenants know

Holy crap mate, are you for real??

1. its june / july - wintertime, footy's a winter sport.
2. its on a sunday - yep, everyone's got the day off.
3. its cold and threatening to rain - hello.....it's MELBOURNE IN WINTER
4. its against port adelaide - whom Hawks should have beaten, and did. No chance of a flogging from Port.

Just a shit crowd. Seems most Hawk fans on here as perplexed by it as the rest of us.

 

[71011]

Re: 21K at the MCG today??

Gee, North fans are so clever.
Can you please explain the irony to the rest of us?

You guys really don't get it do you?