Crowd Watch 2011 Mk II

[Billythekid]

Looks like both crowds are going to be well below expectations. Dragons vs tigers playing in this sort of form, in this sort of weather building up to the finals should draw a much bigger crowd.

 

[user_nat]

I just counted. 39 people at ANZ.

Bulldogs average has tanked lately. Which is disappointing because it started really good.

 

[***MH***]

8654 announced at ANZ

 

[Teddyboy]

8654 announced at ANZ

That is just horrible.

 

[Chook Norris]

27683~ at SFS

not bad.. but certainly below what it should be

and terrible crowd at ANZ

 

[BunniesMan]

So was our sub 10k game against the Sharks.

Some shit estimates here./\

Tigers v Dragons - 27k
Dogs v Cows - 14k
Storm v Panthers - 11k
Broncos v Warriors 35k
Sharks v Titans 8k
Knights v Raiders 21k
Eagles v Roosters 14k
Rabbits v Eels 23k
Total: 153k, Avg: 19.1k

BunniesMan called it. BunniesMan is a genius.

That is just horrible.

Noone in Sydney wants to watch the Cowboys. Especially with a blockbuster down the road.

People keep laughing about it but Sydney derbys are crucial for the strength of our crowds. Noone cares about a game against a team in another corner of the country.

 

[hutch]

Shows what a joke it is to have 2 my matches in Sydney on a Friday night and how we need to take control of our scheduling!

 

[Billythekid]

27683~ at SFS

not bad.. but certainly below what it should be

and terrible crowd at ANZ

Not bad is an understatement. There is no way that this game should be getting anywhere near that low.

 

[ceagle]

8654 announced at ANZ

f**ken joke

 

[Raiders_Premiers]

8654 announced at ANZ

Wow.

 

[DC_fan]

Tonight we had one poor crowd (SFS) and one dreadfull crowd (ANZ).

A game between the Dragons and Tigers should have drew at least 35,000. Especially when you take in to account all the publicity the game has recieved all week.

I know the Bulldogs were playing an out of Sydney team and this would not have helped, but they should have got a bigger crowd.

 

[M2D2]

A game between the Dragons and Tigers should have drew at least 35,000

:lol:
yeah. okay. :lol:

 

[cleary89]

Lol @ people saying it should draw 35k.

Just like every game should draw 20k ay guys?

 

[Billythekid]

Lol @ people saying it should draw 35k.

Just like every game should draw 20k ay guys?

Why shouldn't it?

 

[Brutus]

Not enough Dragons fans there tonight.

Disappointing it didn't crack 30k.

 

[Marshall_magic]

Only around 5 regular season games in Sydney have cracked 35k since 2000. Whilst this was a big game (and got a big crowd because of it), there is no way it was one of the 5 biggest since 2000. The Tigers/Eels game 2 years ago got around 35k, with both sides on long winning streaks and Marshall and Hayne both in dazzling form. Here you had one team on a 4 game winning streak sitting 8th against one on a 2 game losing streak sitting 5th. The 27k is still a great crowd and anybody saying different has ridiculous expectations.

 

[Brutus]

We can do better

 

[azza29]

Just looking at http://stats.rleague.com/rl/crowds/2011.html#hi, interesting to note that of the lowest 20 crowds this year, 8 were home games for current top 4 teams, and 12 (including tonight's game) featured current top 4 teams.

Does form no longer attract crowds?

 

[Timmah]

Form is definitely a crowd-attractor... had the Dragons been winning I have no doubt the crowd would've been much bigger. Same goes for Canterbury.

That said, tonight's game is a perfect argument for us holding 3 or 4 home games (against lesser sides) at Belmore when it's ready.

 

[Chook Norris]

Form is definitely a crowd-attractor... had the Dragons been winning I have no doubt the crowd would've been much bigger. Same goes for Canterbury.

That said, tonight's game is a perfect argument for us holding 3 or 4 home games (against lesser sides) at Belmore when it's ready.

agreed.