2010 Crowd Watch

[Bluebags1908]

14,171... better then I thought! good turnout IMO

Sorry to spoil the mood, but I am going against the grain here. I think that is a terrible crowd.

A city of 3 million people whose team has played in the last 4 grand finals and are currently flying near the top of the ladder (vs a team with a rivalry which they played 2 recent grand finals against) and with no opposition code playing on the night and they only get 14,000?

Sorry. Terrible crowd. Should have got 18,000-20,000.

And I'm not just picking on the Storm - I think the Roosters crowd was a disgrace too. All other crowds this round have been great.

 

[bazza]

Sorry to spoil the mood, but I am going against the grain here. I think that is a terrible crowd.

A city of 3 million people whose team has played in the last 4 grand finals and are currently flying near the top of the ladder (vs a team with a rivalry which they played 2 recent grand finals against) and with no opposition code playing on the night and they only get 14,000?

Sorry. Terrible crowd. Should have got 18,000-20,000.

And I'm not just picking on the Storm - I think the Roosters crowd was a disgrace too. All other crowds this round have been great.

These are the crowds Melbourne v Manly in the past few years
2009: 12,601
2008: 13,632

This is the Melbourne crowd average in the past few years:
2009: 11,979
2008: 12,474

So a 14k crowd on Monday night is above expectations for Melbourne

 

[broncos2011]

A city of 3 million people

2,999,999 people don't give a sh*t about Rugby League.

 

[flamin]

Just thought I'd point out that the Parramatta crowd was their largest home crowd since 1986.

 

[WaznTheGreat]

That Storm crowd is acceptable,not brilliant,not horrendous.

 

[ByRd]

Just thought I'd point out that the Parramatta crowd was their largest home crowd since 1986.

Hopefully it will get beaten in a couple of wks when they have a "home" game at ANZ stadium against us.

 

[Brutus]

Just thought I'd point out that the Parramatta crowd was their largest home crowd since 1986.

Oh how they've grown...

24 years and zippo growth.

 

[Pazza]

Hopefully it will get beaten in a couple of wks when they have a "home" game at ANZ stadium against us.

if both the bulldogs and the eels win this week, there is no reason why we shouldnt get 30k

 

[Pazza]

Oh how they've grown...

24 years and zippo growth.

we got a 18535 average home attendance this year, i think thats quite good

 

[Count Tackle]

Sorry to spoil the mood, but I am going against the grain here. I think that is a terrible crowd. A city of

3 million people whose team has played in the last 4 grand finals and are currently flying near the top of the ladder (vs a team with a rivalry which they played 2 recent grand finals against) and with no opposition code playing on the night and they only get 14,000?

Sorry. Terrible crowd. Should have got 18,000-20,000.

And I'm not just picking on the Storm - I think the Roosters crowd was a disgrace too. All other crowds this round have been great.

For what it's worth (more in the interest of accuracy, not a comment for or against the crowd as such), Melbourne's population is now above 4 million people (passed 4 mil in July 2009).

 

[Bluebags1908]

These are the crowds Melbourne v Manly in the past few years
2009: 12,601
2008: 13,632

This is the Melbourne crowd average in the past few years:
2009: 11,979
2008: 12,474

So a 14k crowd on Monday night is above expectations for Melbourne

Granted, I agree that playing the match at a better venue (Etihad) helped in getting a couple of thousand more that what they would have got at Olympic Park. And I do think their new Recuangular Stadium will boost the Storm's crowds significantly.

The Storm's crowd vs Drangons was a good one (25,000) and the crowd against the Warriros on ANZAC Day makes the game an 'event' of sorts and should see a heap of Kiwis turning up for the game so they should get a pretty good crowd for that too.

So I am not bagging their crowds overall. I just think the crowd last night for the Manly game when looked at in isolation was a poor one.

 

[elbusto]

Granted, I agree that playing the match at a better venue (Etihad) helped in getting a couple of thousand more that what they would have got at Olympic Park. And I do think their new Recuangular Stadium will boost the Storm's crowds significantly.

The Storm's crowd vs Drangons was a good one (25,000) and the crowd against the Warriros on ANZAC Day makes the game an 'event' of sorts and should see a heap of Kiwis turning up for the game so they should get a pretty good crowd for that too.

So I am not bagging their crowds overall. I just think the crowd last night for the Manly game when looked at in isolation was a poor one.

I agree with you - should have been closer to 20k

 

[shewi6]

My Predictions:

CBY v BRI @ANZ= 20 000
NQ v EELS @DFS= 16 000
CRO v NEW @TOY= 11 000
PEN v WST @CUA= 18 000
STG v SYD @SFS= 38 000
CAN v SOU @CS= 14 000
MEL v NZL @ES= 25 000
MAN v GCO @BO= 13 000

Total= 155 000
Average= 19 375

 

[ByRd]

Dont really know what to expect for the Dogs game this week, with the win last week more fans will come out and i hope we can push the 20k mark or get real close to it, anything over 17k is a solid result.

 

[Chook Norris]

predictions

CBY v BRI @ANZ= 14,000
NQ v EELS @DFS= 14,000
CRO v NEW @TOY= 9,000 <- 2nd <10k crowd coming up.. just can't see any more turning up
PEN v WST @CUA= 18,000
STG v SYD @SFS= 32,000
CAN v SOU @CS= 14,000
MEL v NZL @ES= 22,500
MAN v GCO @BO= 14,000

 

[bender]

I agree with you - should have been closer to 20k

In their entire history (including semi finals) how many home games have melbourne got a crowd of 20,000 to? It was a big game, but not that big. 20,000 would have been phenomenal but unrealistic to expect.

 

[Marshall_magic]

Dogs vs Broncos 18k
Cowboys vs Eels 15k
Sharks vs Knights 10k
Panthers vs Tigers 15k
Dragons vs Roosters 30k
Raiders vs Rabbitohs 13k
Storm vs Warriors 20k
Sea Eagles vs Titans 15k

Average 17k

 

[dragondad]

CBY v BRI @ANZ= 21 000
NQ v EELS @DFS= 15 000
CRO v NEW @TOY= 10 000
PEN v WST @CUA= 16 000
STG v SYD @SFS= 34 000
CAN v SOU @CS= 15 000
MEL v NZL @ES= 19 000
MAN v GCO @BO= 15 000

Total=146 000

Average=18 250

 

[bazza]

In their entire history (including semi finals) how many home games have melbourne got a crowd of 20,000 to? It was a big game, but not that big. 20,000 would have been phenomenal but unrealistic to expect.

4 times (not including semis). The Manly crowd was their 20th best ever

http://stats.rleague.com/rl/crowds/melbourne.html

 

[Goddo]

ANZAC Club match was 27k last year, and that was the biggest yet for Chooks v Dragons. Not sure how much of an improvement on that we will get this year. I will be very happy if it cracks 30k.

Bulldogs v Broncos @ ANZ - 18k
Cowboys v Eels @ Dairy Farmers - 17k
Sharks v Knights @ Toyota Park - +10k (I hope)
Panthers v Tigers @ CUA - 17k
Dragons v Roosters @ SFS - 30k
Raiders v Rabbitohs @ Canberra - 13k
Storm v Warriors @ Etihad - 22k
Sea Eagles v Titans @ Brookvale - 15k

Total = 142 000
Average = 17 750