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Not a bad crowd, given all the crowds this round have been down for some reason, but given the weather I was hoping for closer to 40,000. Another game in Melbourne on the same day doesn't help, nor does the F1. Hopefully it'll push towards 50,000 or even beyond next week against Hawthorn.

MCC quite full and noisy again. It's a great place to watch Melbourne play.

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not a bad crowd.....

i did hear a sydney fan behind me say that even though we have less fans then collingwood and the other strong membership sides we are close to the loudest

hope its true

It's the Stynes Factor.....

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Despite the swans connection to South Melbourne they are an interstate team and over 30k against an interstater is a good result. Will be more against Hawthorn despite the slot as they have so many members as do we...

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40k for the Hawks game, not that it matters because it is their home game and they get the gate receipt. I just hope we can ink a few more members next week.

The Members was as full as I can remember.

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ARticle in The Age about how all the crowds are well down, something about "where are the crowds" so I think we did quite well. ie collwd only got 7,000 more than us despite their huge following. first up 40,000 for saints geelong i thing was extremely poor.

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ARticle in The Age about how all the crowds are well down, something about "where are the crowds" so I think we did quite well. ie collwd only got 7,000 more than us despite their huge following. first up 40,000 for saints geelong i thing was extremely poor.

maybe the cost of living is hurting the average families. Food prices at the MCG for a family of 3-4 kids would kill my wallet.

Beers were $5 a pot...it all adds up.

Concerning.

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ARticle in The Age about how all the crowds are well down, something about "where are the crowds" so I think we did quite well. ie collwd only got 7,000 more than us despite their huge following. first up 40,000 for saints geelong i thing was extremely poor.

I'm sure I saw a figure of ~35K for the Coll v Port game reported in one of the papers.

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I thought it was quite a poor crowd actually. If it was a mid-season game, then it would be half decent, but given it was round 1, i thought more would have turned up. I reckon Melbourne had at least 25-27,000 of the 34,000 crowd. Which is not too bad. I thought there would have been a few more Swans/South supporters that would have turned up. If it were a Melbourne v North game, then i reckon mid 40,000 would have been at the game, which would have been very good for a Sunday game.

What i did like, was the roar from the crowd after the national anthem, too bad our players could only match our enthusiasm for 1.5 quarters.

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I had a lot of friends that were at the Grand Prix, who would have been at the game otherwise.

Well... when I say a lot, I mean 3.

But it did have a tangible impact on crowd numbers.

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Was in the AFL Members. Can't remember the MCC and Punt Road goal end being so jam packed before. The fans in those areas were loud and red. Was great to watch when we kicked a goal. The excitement levels just aren't the same in AFL Members.

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After so amy years watching rubbish (not alot to cheer about) , the last couple years the supporters have been pumped and ready to explode when watching the side develop . A late injection of a fired up Ricky Bobby lifted the anticipation and there's nothing that raises the decibels more than a burst of goals and hard charge for the lead late in the game . If only they could've kicked straight , the roof woulda come off . :rolleyes:

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the roars for the Jamar mark and the Green goal were just awesome

love sitting in the olympic / northern for this very reason, the atmosphere is incredible at times

when we're not playing one of the big-drawing teams (collingwood etc) we average about 35k, so yesterday's crowd seemed about right, although i agree it felt like there were a few more there

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maybe the cost of living is hurting the average families. Food prices at the MCG for a family of 3-4 kids would kill my wallet.

Beers were $5 a pot...it all adds up.

Concerning.

I think e25 is close to the mark the whole round was less than expected.

GP had an effect, my daughter and son in law went along with two of my friends.

There has been a lot on in the last 6 weeks and the $ only goes so far.

I went to the GP on saturday Cans were $6.50, you run out of money long before you get drunk

even at my tender age!

I think our attendance was as good as anyone all things considered.

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After so amy years watching rubbish (not alot to cheer about) , the last couple years the supporters have been pumped and ready to explode when watching the side develop . A late injection of a fired up Ricky Bobby lifted the anticipation and there's nothing that raises the decibels more than a burst of goals and hard charge for the lead late in the game . If only they could've kicked straight , the roof woulda come off . :rolleyes:

And even I would have been happy!

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