Crowd Watch Thread 2009

[ByRd]

Well either they have been ridiculously over-inflating for a long time, or it looks like far far less in person.

Also a massive :thumbd: for the ridiculous security staff confiscating a bongo on the way in.

dont worry we have had everything we try to bring in confiscated, they say no musical instruments but sometimes they are ridiculous, security is crap at homebush

 

[t-ba]

Promising start, but the plethora of Drongos marque home games is skewing it a bit. 1st goal has to be crack the 3 mil again, then maybe get a 16k+ average. I think it's a bit fanciful to think we can crack the 16.5k average though.

 

[fanatique]

Promising start, but the plethora of Drongos marque home games is skewing it a bit. 1st goal has to be crack the 3 mil again, then maybe get a 16k+ average. I think it's a bit fanciful to think we can crack the 16.5k average though.

Fair point. The 3 lang homers for the Broncos do skew things. However with the Dogs and Souths going OK it seems Sydney might have two of its top drawing teams doing better than last year which balances it a bit.

Frankly if we match last year we will have played a good par round in a recession.

 

[LRC]

15,000 is generous even for a Roosters-Broncos game. I'd be amazed if it hit 13K let alone 15.

This game has always traditionally drawn around the 15 -20k mark...sometimes more.
Why would you assume less than 13K?

 

[Timmah]

Because Roosters crowds are an unknown quantity?

 

[ByRd]

They came off a home win last week so the fans will show, i expect at least 15-17k

 

[lockyno1]

This game has always traditionally drawn around the 15 -20k mark...sometimes more.
Why would you assume less than 13K?

Good Friday- very Christian day for starters, and the fact is the Roosters have been on and off all season. I'd be happy if they get 15K, I doubt it will happen

 

[Red Bear]

Decent start to the year, altho as you can see last years crowds tailed off a fair bit so we have to keep the crowds up. Still only one sub-10k crowd(and mondya nights arent the best example anyway).
For this weekend

Roosters v Broncos @ SFS - 17.5K
Eels v Dragons @ Parramatta Stadium - 15k (10k of them dragons fans)
Sharks v Raiders @ Toyota Stadium - 9k
Storm v Panthers @ Olympic Park - 10k
Cowboys v Titans @ Dairy Farmers - 18k
Knights v Warriors @ EnergyAustralia - 18k
Sea Eagles v Tigers @ Brookvale Oval - 15k
Bulldogs v Rabbitohs @ ANZ Stadium - 32k

 

[yakstorm]

Just on the comparing of crowds between 08 v 09, one of the strong points to note, is the number of blockbusters/strong drawing games that 09 still has that had been played in the first 4 rounds in 2008.

Eels v Bulldogs
Titans v Cowboys
Wests Tigers v Dragons
Melbourne v NZ
Souths v Bulldogs
Roosters v Broncos
Canberra v Dragons
Bulldogs v Wests Tigers
Melbourne v Brisbane
Bulldogs v Roosters
Manly v Souths

Those games all traditionally draw strong crowds (relative to their markets) and were all played in the first 4 rounds, yet despite that there is less than 10K difference between the two years.

I honestly think we're in quite a strong position for 09.

 

[Timmah]

... especially given the *insert cliche about the state of the world economy here*

We're doing well IMO.

 

[bobmar28]

... especially given the *insert cliche about the state of the world economy here*

We're doing well IMO.

As a previous poster said "On par in a recession". That is a good start.

 

[ByRd]

Just saw an Ad on tv promoting this weeks game. For the Bulldogs/Rabbits clash kids under 12 get in for free as do Rabbits season ticket holders. Also family passes can be bought for $30, hopefully people take advantage of this and a big crowd turns up.

 

[ouwet]

Just saw an Ad on tv promoting this weeks game. For the Bulldogs/Rabbits clash kids under 12 get in for free as do Rabbits season ticket holders. Also family passes can be bought for $30, hopefully people take advantage of this and a big crowd turns up.

Foxtel? Weather isn't looking to good for monday, might keep the crowd down

 

[ByRd]

yeh saw it on fox

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

Because Roosters crowds are an unknown quantity?

Hard to argue here. I was hoping we'd get 15k for two Sydney teams last week. Not making excuses but you could've chucked a blanket over the Parra fans but we're just not pulling at the moment. Maybe the off field issues aren't helping or the team's performance (lack-of) has something to do with it. It's disappointing.

We traditionally make a great game of it on Good Friday, plus the game's not live, so here's hoping.

 

[ByRd]

Still dont understand why the NRL moved the Bulldogs/Rabbits from Good Friday when it started to become a good tradition which drew big crowds

 

[TheDalek079]

who do we blame for bad crowds? The fans, NRL or poor marketing?

 

[Didgi]

A bit off toppic, but:

Souffs and the Dogs have been having a little tiff over who gets the right to use the home team rooms at ANZ, apparently Souffs put a lot of money into developing the home rooms over the offseason, and as such have requested the right to use the rooms, but it is officially scheduled as a Buldogs home game.

IMO Souffs needs to piss off, it's called a home ground advantage for a reason.

 

[Evenflow]

who do we blame for bad crowds? The fans, NRL or poor marketing?

Personally i blame the fans, especially the ones without a legitimate excuse/reason for going and are just too lazy to get their fat arses off the couch. Hell, the AFL can get massive crowds with f**k all advertising so there's no reason we shouldn't be able to as well.

If you have a good product which we do, then it should go a long way to selling itself and bring the people in. It's not like fans don't know when their team is playing and that should be enough incentive to get them through the gates. Unfortunately for many of them it's not though.

 

[Rockin Ronny]

who do we blame for bad crowds? The fans, NRL or poor marketing?

Let's be honest:

The NRL is News Limited. What's their priority? They don't want you at the game - they want you at home watching 5 games in a row on their product, PayTV.

If it's going to cost you $100+ to take your family on sh*t transport to a sterile stadium, why wouldnt you stay home and watch it on TV.

We have to stop pretending News Limited are fans of rugby league and devoted to the welfare of the game. They syphon milions out of the game and the TV rights deals, which are rorts, cost the game tens of millions of dollars.

Why do we sit around and pretend on these threads that the game is what it was 12 years ago. It's NOT. It's a commodity owned by News Limited to make money - just like the Macquarie Bank turds do with Sydney Airport where you pay $4 for a 20 second trolley assuming a bikie doesn't kill your family before you're finished with it.

David Gallop isn't a gun CEO who loves the game. He's a News Limited lawyer who was given the gig to protect News Limited's interests.

Time to stop asking dumb questions hoping for a deluded "feelgood" answer.