Crowd Watch 2012 Mk II

[dogslife]

It wouldn't have been a Bulldogs home game at the SFS

 

[Marshall_magic]

Tigers vs Dragons last year was 45631, by way of comparison.

That was a record for a Sydney finals week 1 game, the previous record was 33315 set at the Tigers/Roosters semi in 2010, putting tonight's crowd 2nd.

 

[Raiderdave]

anything under 40,000 should be considered ... unacceptable

so the crowd was .. unacceptable

25,000 plus Dogs Fans there .. they held up their end
if it had been Parramatta ..the Tigers or the Dragons, they'd been playing instead of Manly
the crowd would have been 50,000

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Yes, western an inner western teams playing in a western stadium would have bumped up the crowd, nothing gets by raiderdave lol

Why is just the two fan bases (in this case 1) that get blamed, where the f**k are the neutrals who love the sport?

 

[azza29]

Crowd: 36,420

For a final between the top two Sydney teams in the comp this is pretty poor.

Almost 50k less than at a cold, wet, windy MCG...

 

[Earl]

It was really windy in Sydney today. Kept the crowd down by at least 20%

Classic Ray Warren. Senile old merkin

 

[lockyno1]

Why is just the two fan bases (in this case 1) that get blamed, where the f**k are the neutrals who love the sport?

I hate ANZ, so there is my excuse. Play it at the SFS and I might go, I hate the stadium, everything about it is awful, and I would only go there for a GF and ONLY if Brisbane are playing

 

[Timmah]

Given the teams, great crowd. Highest ever for the two sides outside the 1995 Grand Final.

As I mentioned in another thread, 25k Dogs 11k Manly in all fairness, Dogs fans clearly dominant.


I don't blame Manly fans so much as I blame the club for poor marketing and membership promotion. Surely a reigning premiership team can do better?

 

[1 Eyed TEZZA]

Who f**king cares about the AFL anyway?

Side note, Manly v Cowboys/Broncos at SFS on Friday night wont be great.

 

[cleary89]

Its an even more embarrassing crowd when you flick the channel to see a nearly full MCG in a windy wet Melbourne.

Why'd you do that you spastic?

 

[DIOGENES]

Speaking of AFL crowds (why would you bother)
Main season 2012:
NRL - record
AFL - lowest average since 1996

 

[Brutus]

Who f**king cares about the AFL anyway?

Side note, Manly v Cowboys/Broncos at SFS on Friday night wont be great.

I'm pretty sure a Manly v Cowboys semi got around 28k at the SFS a few years back. That was for a prelim final though.

 

[fanatique]

Whilst it didn't reach 40k, i think that's an okay crowd. Not sure what others realistically expected

Totally valid point with the emphasis on "realistic". My own prediction was in the 32 to 34K range. I was pleased with eh 36K.

Getting 40,000 plus in first week in finals in Sydney depends of having two of the Dragons, Tigers, Dogs, Souths or Eels in opposition.

 

[DIOGENES]

I think it also depends on the possibility that one of the teams will be eliminated.

 

[skeepe]

All I hear are excuses.

Are you telling me there are not at least 50,000 people in Sydney who want to go to a final? Surely there are more than 36k combined Manly fans, Dogs fans and neutrals who want to see the only final played there this week?

 

[doggzfan4lyf]

I really can not see any other Sydney team that would have gotten that crowd on a friday night against manly. If parra was a decent team maybe they could have..
That game on a saturday night would have hit 50

 

[cleary89]

All I hear are excuses.

Are you telling me there are not at least 50,000 people in Sydney who want to go to a final? Surely there are more than 36k combined Manly fans, Dogs fans and neutrals who want to see the only final played there this week?

So we can expect Canberra to beat it Sunday?

 

[Raiderdave]

So we can expect Canberra to beat it Sunday?

lets see
our stadium ony holds 25000 so it'd be difficult :sarcasm:

FMD :roll:

 

[Raiderdave]

bleak is the outlook for the Manly final next week at the SFS

V the Cowboys ...... jesus who knows:sarcasm:
V the Broncos ....... well it might be a bit better

but all we can be certain of is that Manly fans will set a whole new standard of average attendance wise next week ;-)

 

[Raiderdave]

Yes, western an inner western teams playing in a western stadium would have bumped up the crowd, nothing gets by raiderdave lol

?

the Dragons are an inner western side now are they ?:?

FMD :sarcasm: