Saturday afternoon games.

[tonesy87]

keep it! awesome feeling, worked until 2pm got home had a shower and by the time i laid on the couch pre game was on, relaxed all arvo/night on the couch

 

[Valheru]

I think Saturday is worth sticking with. Perhaps share it with the Sunday 6:30 slot, so the first and last quarter of the season go with Sunday night and the middle half where it is coldest go Sat arvo.

 

[Iafeta]

The game started at 5:30 over there anyway

The games are usually 7.30 on a Saturday or 2pm on a Sunday. Its one thing that we should consider IMO, whether it works for Auckland, if Auckland are to go through the Saturday new timeslot. The only reason I say that is the crowd to me was quite low.

 

[Matt23]

3pm works for me

 

[eozsmiles]

If they keep saturday arvo then they cut out a group of fans, in the same way they cut out fans by showing games at 930pm friday night.

Doesn't worry me which way they go because at various times of the year I'm going to miss a game whenever they play it.

It's probably a good idea to try and get some daylight games in the dead of winter, not so many at the start of the season obviously.

 

[Diesel]

It works for me too, Sat arvos are gifted to AFL as it is. Play the Saturday 3pm from May to August while its cooler and to attract younger fans and families.

 

[newman]

I missed most of the game because the surf was pumping.

The 10 minutes I caught of it in the pub, it seemed very popular. Standing room only at the heathcote inn.

 

[20teamarl]

Move one of the Friday night games there every week and show it live I reckon.

 

[Nugget10]

I wouldn't worry about the Crowd in NZ. The Super Rugby Final was on that night and I suspect the Kiwis would've stayed home to watch it

 

[Rhino_NQ]

happy for it to stay, was the 20's game shown before the 3pm game yesterday? If so 8 hours of league before heading out on sat night is not a bad day

 

[DC_fan]

The Canberra/Canterbury game drew 11,847 fans, which is not too bad. From television perspective it failed big time with just 122,000 viewers.

 

[Card Shark]

The Canberra/Canterbury game drew 11,847 fans, which is not too bad. From television perspective it failed big time with just 122,000 viewers.

Was never gunna work for TV, unfortunately

 

[DC_fan]

Was never gunna work for TV, unfortunately

You are not wrong. The 5.30pm game on Saturday and the 2pm game on Sunday don't pull big TV numbers either. That explains why we have so many night games, they draw better TV figures. If we want big TV money then we need to show games at a time when people will watch and sadly that's not during the day.

Next Saturday afternoon game is the Dragons against the Tigers at the SCG. The way both of those teams are playing I doubt the crowd will top 10,000. As for TV viewing numbers, well that may struggle to reach 100,000.

I have great doubts about the success of Saturday afternoon football. Because of the time slot it will only ever involve teams closer to the bottom of the competition then the top.

 

[bileduct]

Yes please, on the ABC with Warren Boland.

And Debbie Spillane.

 

[nrlnrl]

Yes please, on the ABC with Warren Boland.

And Debbie Spillane.

you can probably buy those games on VHS or BETA

 

[CC_Roosters]

You are not wrong. The 5.30pm game on Saturday and the 2pm game on Sunday don't pull big TV numbers either. That explains why we have so many night games, they draw better TV figures. If we want big TV money then we need to show games at a time when people will watch and sadly that's not during the day.

Next Saturday afternoon game is the Dragons against the Tigers at the SCG. The way both of those teams are playing I doubt the crowd will top 10,000. As for TV viewing numbers, well that may struggle to reach 100,000.

I have great doubts about the success of Saturday afternoon football. Because of the time slot it will only ever involve teams closer to the bottom of the competition then the top.

Its almost been setup for failure with the games that will feature. But I feel strongly that it should stay. As is the case across the world 3pm Saturday is prime attending timeslot for young male adults who we should be striving to make the cornerstone of every club's fanbase. Me being one of those.

 

[The_Team_Won]

Keep 'em

 

[bileduct]

you can probably buy those games on VHS or BETA

I already have heaps of them.

 

[Timmah]

Happy with them, but still 3 weeks to assess.

 

[hillbillyjazzer1954]

yep Any day matches are fine for me, I work every Saturday driving from job to job....but listening to the 3pm match on the radio bought back memories of listening to matches on my transistor when I was a kid