Disappointing Crowds 2011

[Guest hangon007]

Overall average crowds 2011: Very disappointing especially bare we mind finish the year where we still have to play 3 interstate side.

Collingwood 60,948

Essendon 52,355

Carlton 50,302

Richmond 42,095

Hawthorn 41,543

Geelong 38,508

St Kilda 34,862

West Coast 34,519

Melbourne 34,461

Fremantle 31,398

Adelaide 31,209

W.Bulldogs 28,780

North Melb. 28,583

Sydney 26,482

Brisbane 24,922

Gold Coast 22,381

Port Adelaide 22,335

Edited August 6, 2011 by hangon007

[jnrmac 19,412]

Overall average crowds 2011: Very disappointing especially bare we mind finish the year where we still have to play 3 interstate side.

Collingwood 60,948

Essendon 52,355

Carlton 50,302

Richmond 42,095

Hawthorn 41,543

Geelong 38,508

St Kilda 34,862

West Coast 34,519

Melbourne 34,461

Fremantle 31,398

Adelaide 31,209

W.Bulldogs 28,780

North Melb. 28,583

Sydney 26,482

Brisbane 24,922

Gold Coast 22,381

Port Adelaide 22,335

That would be because we have 11 Sunday games this year. Err and the fact we get beaten by EVERY Victorian side bar Ess and Rich. And our losing margin is in excess of 50 points. Plenty of reasons if you care to look and analyse.

[H_T 2,941]

Our first 3 home games at the G were against interstate sides too. Our first home game against a Victorian team was Round 10 against Carlton.

Too often these variances in the fixture get overlooked.

[Guest hangon007]

That would be because we have 11 Sunday games this year. Err and the fact we get beaten by EVERY Victorian side bar Ess and Rich. And our losing margin is in excess of 50 points. Plenty of reasons if you care to look and analyse.

Geez why dont you add it was raining one or two days. Those excuses are pitiful ... absolutely disgusting. Those excuses are an embarrassment to our great football club.

[Sir Why You Little 35,223]

The Big losses are the main reason...Demon supporters were ready for a big year and it did not happen

Those big losses rip your heart out. 5 games to go to achieve some redemption IMO.

[Guest hangon007]

The Big losses are the main reason...Demon supporters were ready for a big year and it did not happen

Those big losses rip your heart out. 5 games to go to achieve some redemption IMO.

With all due respect Demons supporters are SOFT. However, hope its not only the footy team the redeems itself.

Its very easy to come here and scream about the teams lack of application & aggression ... yet we are worse.

Edited August 6, 2011 by hangon007

[Sir Why You Little 35,223]

With all due respect Demons supporters are SOFT. However, hope its not only the footy team the redeems itself.

Its very easy to come here and scream about the teams lack of application & aggression ... yet we are worse.

No on the contrary...After 47 years of not delivering..i think Melbourne supporters are pretty dam STRONG. But those big looses do rip your heart out.

I will be there today.

[ucanchoose 1,806]

With all due respect Demons supporters are SOFT. However, hope its not only the footy team the redeems itself.

Its very easy to come here and scream about the teams lack of application & aggression ... yet we are worse.

You seem like 20-25 year old supporter with rose tinted glasses on. You've been on this since the Hawthorn game. Our front office said the draw was always going to be difficult from a crowd point of view

Sydney crowd was good

Hawthorn crowd first up was good.

Brisbane crowd was good considering the timeslot

Gold Coast crowd was what was expected because of the fact it was at the Gabba

West Coast crowd was a friday night. Expected

Adelaide on a Sunday was about right too considering the thumping the week before

North Melbourne at Etihad? What do you expect?

St Kilda at Etihad another what do you expect?

Carlton was good

Essendon was good

Collingwood was FANTASTIC

Freo on an early sunday, after collingwood what do you expect?

Richmond was FANTASTIC

Bulldogs was at Etihad

Port was in DARWIN

Hawthorn was not a nice day and we got what we thought we would get

Geelong was at Skilled

To me, considering our schizophrenic nature this year the crowds have actually been average to good.

We are not a good football team. What do you want? 50,000 each game? Very frustrating thread.

Edited August 6, 2011 by ucanchoose

[Retrospective 104]

Perhaps when we play tish footy even opposition supporters can't be bothered to come to watch us get pumped.

[Guest hangon007]

You seem like 20-25 year old supporter with rose tinted glasses on. You've been on this since the Hawthorn game. Our front office said the draw was always going to be difficult from a crowd point of view

Sydney crowd was good

Hawthorn crowd first up was good.

Brisbane crowd was good considering the timeslot

Gold Coast crowd was what was expected because of the fact it was at the Gabba

West Coast crowd was a friday night. Expected

Adelaide on a Sunday was about right too considering the thumping the week before

North Melbourne at Etihad? What do you expect?

St Kilda at Etihad another what do you expect?

Carlton was good

Essendon was good

Collingwood was FANTASTIC

Freo on an early sunday, after collingwood what do you expect?

Richmond was FANTASTIC

Bulldogs was at Etihad

Port was in DARWIN

Hawthorn was not a nice day and we got what we thought we would get

Geelong was at Skilled

To me, considering our schizophrenic nature this year the crowds have actually been average to good.

We are not a good football team. What do you want? 50,000 each game? Very frustrating thread.

You have to consider the opposition in your "fantastic games" ... its them not us drawing the crowds. Plus some of "your" excuses equally pathetic and embarrassing to our great club.

Anyway I'm off to donate some money to the Blues, not for the first time mind you & not as if the really need it.

Go Dees

Edited August 6, 2011 by hangon007

[praha 10,453]

We are easily a 50,000+ home game team when we are flying.

I can't wait until this team starts playing well.

[Redleg 38,195]

You seem like 20-25 year old supporter with rose tinted glasses on. You've been on this since the Hawthorn game. Our front office said the draw was always going to be difficult from a crowd point of view

Sydney crowd was good

Hawthorn crowd first up was good.

Brisbane crowd was good considering the timeslot

Gold Coast crowd was what was expected because of the fact it was at the Gabba

West Coast crowd was a friday night. Expected

Adelaide on a Sunday was about right too considering the thumping the week before

North Melbourne at Etihad? What do you expect?

St Kilda at Etihad another what do you expect?

Carlton was good

Essendon was good

Collingwood was FANTASTIC

Freo on an early sunday, after collingwood what do you expect?

Richmond was FANTASTIC

Bulldogs was at Etihad

Port was in DARWIN

Hawthorn was not a nice day and we got what we thought we would get

Geelong was at Skilled

To me, considering our schizophrenic nature this year the crowds have actually been average to good.

We are not a good football team. What do you want? 50,000 each game? Very frustrating thread.

Some grounds are very restricted and that will affect numbers as well. Darwin will only hold about 12000 and skilled is about 28000 so that has to drop averages. We have had some unlucky weather for our games as well as inconsistent form. Look at Saints though with a bigger membership they are only 400 ahead. If we played Port game at G we would be ahead of them.

[DemonWorshipper 298]

The crowds have a direct correlation with how we have performed this year. The major disappointments have been the Demon members not showing up in big numbers against the Blues & Hawthorn in our home games against them. Yes the weather was shizen for both games but the didn't stop the opposition showing up (On field & Off-Field)!

When the consistency comes on field, crowds will increase. It may seem a bit soft to show up only when we are winning, But it's reality.

Edited August 6, 2011 by DemonWorshipper

[pantaloons 2,019]

A couple of games have been attended poorly, most notably the disgraceful attendance for our home game against Hawthorn at which both lots of club members gained free entry. The reality is, that every club has a roughly similar proportion of bandwagon supporters who will jump on when things are going well. It's not restricted to Melbourne.

Gear up for some more crowd disappointment today I reckon. Grey skies and raining in the inner city.

[Trisul 649]

OK, I'll bite:

our great football club.

our great club.

"We are not a great club"

Thoughts?

[Guest hangon007]

OK, I'll bite:

"We are not a great club"

Thoughts?

1 thing is holding us back. It has been holding us back for the last 20 years. You can change the board, you can change the CEO, you can change the coach, you can change the players ... but there is one constant holding us back. We are a great club or should be ... we have a weakness that wont go away, we leave too much too do too so few. They blame who ever you want, as they do every week inside this forum.

The rest are passengers & down hill skiers.

I can now 100% see why establish players dont want to come to us & many of our own want to look around prior to committing.

Heard KB & Swartz on the radio tonight, they reckon we will be 3-4 years away for the next 20 years.

Edited August 6, 2011 by hangon007

[Trisul 649]

I can now 100% see why establish players dont want to come to us & many of our own want to look around prior to committing.

Heard KB & Swartz on the radio tonight, they reckon we will be 3-4 years away for the next 20 years.

I can now 100% see why crowds would/should be up.

[Happeninghunts 7]

Didn't look like there were too many Melbourne supporters there yesterday either.

[Guest hangon007]

Didn't look like there were too many Melbourne supporters there yesterday either.

Yip you are right, our support seems reflective of the negative attitudes many many supporters appear to have.

Psychologically they seem spent feel burnt and have lost faith in the system. They want to make the same changes we have for the last 45 years ie sack, coaches, sack players, sack CEO... that has achieved nothing. Yet the very thing they can change ... they wont.

[Happeninghunts 7]

Yip you are right, our support seems reflective of the negative attitudes many many supporters appear to have.

Psychologically they seem spent feel burnt and have lost faith in the system. They want to make the same changes we have for the last 45 years ie sack, coaches, sack players, sack CEO... that has achieved nothing. Yet the very thing they can change ... they wont.

Its also pretty poor when Jimmy Stynes can make a gutsy effort to leave the hospital and come down and watch.

[Tigers Dayz 2]

Yip you are right, our support seems reflective of the negative attitudes many many supporters appear to have.

Psychologically they seem spent feel burnt and have lost faith in the system. They want to make the same changes we have for the last 45 years ie sack, coaches, sack players, sack CEO... that has achieved nothing. Yet the very thing they can change ... they wont.

Which is?

[Adzman 2,085]

I go to as many games as I can, but reality is very few supporters can go to every game. We were supposed to be a sleeper team this year, but after some horrific losses it is easy to understand why your casual Melbourne Demons fan had given the footy a miss.

Most of the people I go to the footy with are there more weeks than not, which is great.

Previous years were worse, can recall getting fined about every second week for low attendance. Hoping for a bigger and brighter 2012 for support and members.

[Guest hangon007]

Its also pretty poor when Jimmy Stynes can make a gutsy effort to leave the hospital and come down and watch.

Yip now thats passion & the penny will just not drop for many. They prefer to focus on the weather, the time, the ground, the opposition & if THEY think we are going to win ... or some other lame excuse.

Yet Jimmy cares about none of those ... its an embarrassment to many Melbourne supporters. Its un-defensible.

[Guest hangon007]

Which is?

There attitudes ... THEMSELVES.

[Tigers Dayz 2]

Yip you are right, our support seems reflective of the negative attitudes many many supporters appear to have.

Psychologically they seem spent feel burnt and have lost faith in the system. They want to make the same changes we have for the last 45 years ie sack, coaches, sack players, sack CEO... that has achieved nothing. Yet the very thing they can change ... they wont.

Which is?

There attitudes ... THEMSELVES.

I see..... B)