How's Porter's poo pooing our crowd in the Age? "Significantly, the 38,633-stong crowd was down 11,451 on Port's average home crowd attendances at Adelaide Oval. The fans had their say their say about Fremantle's team changes."
Not only are his figures wildly off, it just shows a lack of true understanding of the context of this game and what a really good crowd it actually was.
15,434 attended the Brisbane vs Western Bulldogs match. Expected, but still poor.
25,424 attended the Sydney vs Gold Coast match. Top four side, a week before they travel, but nothing is said.
26,128 attended the Geelong vs Adelaide match. Three Geelong legends retiring, but nothing is said.
33,182 attended the Hawthorn vs Carlton match. Competition powerhouse versus a 'big four' club, but nothing is said.
36,165 attended the West Coast vs St Kilda match. Top two team, but still average.
40,461 attended the North Melbourne vs Richmond match, on a Friday night. Two finalists, including a 'big four' club, but nothing is said.
Melbourne vs Greater Western Sydney will be lucky to attract 25,000. Nothing will be said.
Collingwood vs Essendon - two 'big four' clubs - will be lucky to attract 35,000 between them. Aside from Eddie McGuire requesting AFL assistance 'for the good of the game', nothing will be said.
38,633 (mostly Port Adelaide supporters) attended the Port Adelaide vs Fremantle Reserves match? Dust off those tarps, bandwagoners!