Crowd Watch 2011

Evenflow · Apr 3, 2011

Billythekid said:
Personally i think that would be a fantastic crowd considering.

Considering what? Was there 86 drops of rain that fell on the entire Sydney suburbs? Usually that's a good excuse for some of the crowds we see up there.

It only ended getting just over 11k which is pretty sh*tful IMO, the ironic thing is if the Storm got that against the Cows down here it'd be classed as shocking but up there it'll be classed as a decent crowd.

I can hear the usual bullsh*t now though, but but but we have 6 teams in Sydney competing in the games rugby league heartland, but but but we also have 9 teams to compete against down here but what makes it much worse and harder is we're in AFL heartland where the game is a religion and is watched live at the ground more than twice as much as ours is so we've got a sh*tload more to contend with than you up there.

All things considered and comparing our crowds here to crowds in Sydney, it's very clear to anyone with any semblance of a brain that we draw pretty bloody decent crowds given our opposition is much greater than your up there. Lets not forget (which conveniently often is) we play against 15 away crowds that draw minimal fans for the most part while Sydney team have the luxury of drawing away fans on top of their home fans every time they play there.

cleary89 · Apr 3, 2011

Raiders_Premiers said:
save that image, for a good 50 odd years (1 premiership/12 years = lol)

not much you'll achieve without old man Benny

perhaps give Jack Gibson a call? see if he's available

zzzzzzzzzap

Whos choke was worse? Jarrod Chokers, Orfords or Mr Origin?

Raiders_Premiers · Apr 3, 2011

this was probably the worst

MsStorm · Apr 3, 2011

Evenflow said:
Considering what? Was there 86 drops of rain that fell on the entire Sydney suburbs? Usually that's a good excuse for some of the crowds we see up there.

It only ended getting just over 11k which is pretty sh*tful IMO, the ironic thing is if the Storm got that against the Cows down here it'd be classed as shocking but up there it'll be classed as a decent crowd.

I can hear the usual bullsh*t now though, but but but we have 6 teams in Sydney competing in the games rugby league heartland, but but but we also have 9 teams to compete against down here but what makes it much worse and harder is we're in AFL heartland where the game is a religion and is watched live at the ground more than twice as much as ours is so we've got a sh*tload more to contend with than you up there.

All things considered and comparing our crowds here to crowds in Sydney, it's very clear to anyone with any semblance of a brain that we draw pretty bloody decent crowds given our opposition is much greater than your up there. Lets not forget (which conveniently often is) we play against 15 away crowds that draw minimal fans for the most part while Sydney team have the luxury of drawing away fans on top of their home fans every time they play there.

Excellent points and you can add that we are always live against the gate with Foxsports.

Perth Red · Apr 3, 2011

Reality is majority of clubs have between 10-15k paying fans at the moment.

Desert Qlder · Apr 3, 2011

Perth Red said:
Reality is majority of clubs have between 10-15k paying fans at the moment.

That's a very broad generalisation that doesn't bear close scrutiny.

Perth Red · Apr 3, 2011

really? Take away the away fans of Sydney crowds and what would you avg home fans? Melbourne, Canberra, Warriors, would all fit into this category. Out of 16 clubs probably 11-12 would have an avg of 10k-15k home fans generally.

Desert Qlder · Apr 3, 2011

Little bit drunk, majority is a fair call. But I don't always buy the 'away fans in Sydney' argument - Canterbury will draw 25000 no problem some games.

Raiderdave · Apr 3, 2011

user_nat said:
Is that a record vs GC?

yes , haven't hit a five figured crowd V the Titans before last night
having nearly 10K members is certainly helping things

adamkungl · Apr 3, 2011

Perth Red said:
Reality is majority of clubs have between 10-15k paying fans at the moment.

Not quite...other than season ticket holders, it doesn't seem to be the same people attending every week.

Billythekid · Apr 3, 2011

Evenflow said:
Considering what? Was there 86 drops of rain that fell on the entire Sydney suburbs? Usually that's a good excuse for some of the crowds we see up there.

It only ended getting just over 11k which is pretty sh*tful IMO, the ironic thing is if the Storm got that against the Cows down here it'd be classed as shocking but up there it'll be classed as a decent crowd.

I can hear the usual bullsh*t now though, but but but we have 6 teams in Sydney competing in the games rugby league heartland, but but but we also have 9 teams to compete against down here but what makes it much worse and harder is we're in AFL heartland where the game is a religion and is watched live at the ground more than twice as much as ours is so we've got a sh*tload more to contend with than you up there.

All things considered and comparing our crowds here to crowds in Sydney, it's very clear to anyone with any semblance of a brain that we draw pretty bloody decent crowds given our opposition is much greater than your up there. Lets not forget (which conveniently often is) we play against 15 away crowds that draw minimal fans for the most part while Sydney team have the luxury of drawing away fans on top of their home fans every time they play there.

I was expecting a crowd more like 7-8K. I'll take a 5 digit crowd instead. I realise its not a great crowd but its higher than what i was expecting.

adamkungl · Apr 3, 2011

Billythekid said:
I was expecting a crowd more like 7-8K. I'll take a 5 digit crowd instead. I realise its not a great crowd but its higher than what i was expecting.

No, you should be disappointed - nay, APPAULED. Yet another week has gone by where our crowds have not magically jumped by 10,000.

In-goal · Apr 3, 2011

Will their be 25K at the Roosters v Wests game this afternoon?

I think not, however I'll be there, will it be the standard 17K?

The problem in Sydney is the fact that, Sydney siders are poor sports fans (General), but that is only in comparison with Perth, Melbourne and to a lesser degree Adelaide. If you take a global view on the Sydney crowds, its around the stock standard for sports teams compared to population.

Melbourne is out on it's own with regards to crowds. Melbourne also has a raft of proffesional sporting Clubs/Franchises that also draw well outside it's traditional sport.

Melbourne Victory
Cricket in general
Melbourne Storm
Melbourne Tigers (Although they used to be 4 X bigger)
Melbourne Rebels
Melbourne Vixens

This along with 9 AFL clubs is a lot to support for a City of less than 4 Million people.

adamkungl · Apr 3, 2011

Sunny day, should hopefully be around 25k this afternoon.

cleary89 · Apr 3, 2011

Just went down to woolies in my jersey, copping it off all the newcastle bogans. should be a big crowd.

danmiles73 · Apr 3, 2011

On ABC radio they said that the crowd was 14,600 or thereabouts in Taupo.

DC_fan · Apr 3, 2011

danmiles73 said:
On ABC radio they said that the crowd was 14,600 or thereabouts in Taupo.

As much as I could tell from the TV coverage their was no where near that many.

Russell Crowe's Band · Apr 3, 2011

its a big ground. and they are pretty spaced out.

looked alright

hopefully we made a profit out of it given we f**kn lost

hineyrulz · Apr 3, 2011

DC_fan said:
As much as I could tell from the TV coverage their was no where near that many.

Thats what i thought until i saw that the stands were pretty full. It's a big ground.

Cumberland Throw · Apr 3, 2011

Looks 23 24 at newwie

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