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1 minute ago, stevethemanjordan said:

I don't think anyone expects as to have more there than Essendon on Saturday but I don't see why we couldn't get good numbers to the game.

Three reasons:

It's at the G.

We're on a roll and we'll be going into the game as obvious favourites after a solid round 1 win.

It's not Easter weekend.

10k might be a bit conservative, but honestly how are people predicting there will be 30k MFC supporters there? Ridiculous.

 

Posted
1 hour ago, whers_jacka_now said:

Bull [censored]. 10,000 Melb people.. Make it 30K.

Melbourne Demons, the drug free are you, the supporters sing and are proud of you!

similar to 

 

You have GOT to be kidding me...

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Posted
14 minutes ago, stuie said:

10k might be a bit conservative, but honestly how are people predicting there will be 30k MFC supporters there? Ridiculous.

 

Well there were 27k there on saturday

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Posted
Just now, biggestred said:

Yes

28k total

1k gws supporters

Are you saying there weren't 28k people there?

There was more than 1k GWS supporters there.

 

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Posted
5 minutes ago, biggestred said:

Feel free to inject a better pun into the conversation

That is dad joke material right there. Well played.

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Posted
18 minutes ago, stuie said:

10k might be a bit conservative, but honestly how are people predicting there will be 30k MFC supporters there? Ridiculous.

 

Melbourne supporters are fickle and given our more recent history, it makes even more sense that we'd see a great turn-out after a really exciting start to a year that has a sense of real unpredictability because of the talent we now have.

So I don't really think it's ridiculous for someone to think that 30,000 Melbourne supporters would turn up to 'our' home ground on a traditional Saturday 2.10 pm game against a side who have bullied us for years. I'll say it again, but Easter weekend is always going to mean there will be less supporters at games. 

25,000 + Melbourne supporters will be there on Saturday. That's a minimum.

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Posted
3 minutes ago, stevethemanjordan said:

Melbourne supporters are fickle and given our more recent history, it makes even more sense that we'd see a great turn-out after a really exciting start to a year that has a sense of real unpredictability because of the talent we now have.

So I don't really think it's ridiculous for someone to think that 30,000 Melbourne supporters would turn up to 'our' home ground on a traditional Saturday 2.10 pm game against a side who have bullied us for years. I'll say it again, but Easter weekend is always going to mean there will be less supporters at games. 

25,000 + Melbourne supporters will be there on Saturday. That's a minimum.

Definitely think 20 000 is a realistic (if not slightly conservative) and achievable figure. That would mean at least half of members, not to mention other supporters, attending.

Posted
4 minutes ago, stevethemanjordan said:

Melbourne supporters are fickle and given our more recent history, it makes even more sense that we'd see a great turn-out after a really exciting start to a year that has a sense of real unpredictability because of the talent we now have.

So I don't really think it's ridiculous for someone to think that 30,000 Melbourne supporters would turn up to 'our' home ground on a traditional Saturday 2.10 pm game against a side who have bullied us for years. I'll say it again, but Easter weekend is always going to mean there will be less supporters at games. 

25,000 + Melbourne supporters will be there on Saturday. That's a minimum.

An away game against a "team" of fill ins.... 25k Dees fans? Don't think so.

We averaged 25k total for home games last year. Total.

 

Posted
2 minutes ago, stuie said:

An away game against a "team" of fill ins.... 25k Dees fans? Don't think so.

We averaged 25k total for home games last year. Total.

 

Stuie, that was last year. People are a heck of a lot more optimistic this year. You keep talking about 'fill-ins' (I believe you called them scabs in an earlier post?), but what you seem to not acknowledge is that is what is feeding the belief (rightly or wrongly) that the Dees will unleash a world of pain and hurt on Essendon. In addition to the other factors mentioned in this thread, that is why people want to go. They want to see another team on the receiving end of what we suffered for so many years.

 

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Posted
1 minute ago, Maple Demon said:

Stuie, that was last year. People are a heck of a lot more optimistic this year. You keep talking about 'fill-ins' (I believe you called them scabs in an earlier post?), but what you seem to not acknowledge is that is what is feeding the belief (rightly or wrongly) that the Dees will unleash a world of pain and hurt on Essendon. In addition to the other factors mentioned in this thread, that is why people want to go. They want to see another team on the receiving end of what we suffered for so many years.

 

Especially when they play for a club that should have been banned for 2 years.

Boooooooooooooo

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Posted

They had 200k more people attend their games last year, nearly twice as many as us.

Plus, if you want to talk supporter numbers note that recent figures have the Bombers at 692k and us at 191k, which is nearly 4x the amount.

Link here

Posted

Go on, Nasher.

Do it.

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Posted
2 minutes ago, McQueen said:

Go on, Nasher.

Do it.

I've already removed about 25 posts, but each time I refresh the page, new ones appear.  People obviously want the thread to be closed.

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Posted
6 minutes ago, stuie said:

They had 200k more people attend their games last year, nearly twice as many as us.

Plus, if you want to talk supporter numbers note that recent figures have the Bombers at 692k and us at 191k, which is nearly 4x the amount.

Link here

a) nice attempt to blatently lie, but in 2015 the bombers crowds ave 41k vs our ave 30k. Factoring in our horrific shceduling, that's pretty much a wash. It certainly isn't double as you say, double being half of 4x, which is your argument.
b) memberships ess 61k vs mel 36k. Have you got your calculator out? Here's a hint, 4 times 36 is 144.
c) that chart might be the dumbest thing i've seen this year. SYDNEY is by far the most supported club eh? They have 6 times the supporters as us but only 49k members. Right. You've shown us a chart of who has the most fickle, non-attending, non-paying mebers, and guess what they won't be at the MCG this weekend.

 

how about we just wait for the game and afterwards we'll run a poll asking if people thought we were outnumbered 4:1 as you predict


Posted (edited)
6 minutes ago, Curry & Beer said:

a) nice attempt to blatently lie, but in 2015 the bombers crowds ave 41k vs our ave 30k. Factoring in our horrific shceduling, that's pretty much a wash. It certainly isn't double as you say, double being half of 4x, which is your argument.
b) memberships ess 61k vs mel 36k. Have you got your calculator out? Here's a hint, 4 times 36 is 144.
c) that chart might be the dumbest thing i've seen this year. SYDNEY is by far the most supported club eh? They have 6 times the supporters as us but only 49k members. Right. You've shown us a chart of who has the most fickle, non-attending, non-paying mebers, and guess what they won't be at the MCG this weekend.

 

how about we just wait for the game and afterwards we'll run a poll asking if people thought we were outnumbered 4:1 as you predict

Ok, I'll explain slowly and provide the sources AGAIN...

TOTAL CROWDS (note - NOT averages) in 2015 - Ess: 467,552   Mel: 276,802

Source

SUPPORTER NUMBERS  (note - NOT members) - Ess: 692,000   Mel: 191,000 (That's 3.6 times as many)

Source

Please actually read posts before replying.

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Posted

Melbourne not guilty of tanking

Essendon guilty of danking.

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Posted

or how about

Whatever it takes Dees

Just to remind them 

 

Posted
2 minutes ago, stuie said:

Ok, I'll explain slowly and provide the sources AGAIN...

TOTAL CROWDS (note - NOT averages) in 2015 - Ess: 467,552   Mel: 276,802

Source

SUPPORTER MEMBERS  (note - NOT members) - Ess: 692,000   Mel: 191,000 (That's 3.6 times as many)

Source

Please actually read posts before replying.

youve restricted it to home games which doesn't make sense and you are still miles off 4 times

your supporter source is just plain silly.

how about we just wait for the game and afterwards we'll run a poll asking if people thought we were outnumbered 4:1 as you predict

Posted (edited)
2 minutes ago, Curry & Beer said:

youve restricted it to home games which doesn't make sense and you are still miles off 4 times

your supporter source is just plain silly.

how about we just wait for the game and afterwards we'll run a poll asking if people thought we were outnumbered 4:1 as you predict

Ok, if you want to make it home and away games then the difference is even bigger...

Source

Lol cos a Demonland poll is SO much more accurate than official AFL numbers...

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Posted
1 minute ago, stuie said:

Ok, if you want to make it home and away games then the difference is even bigger...

Source

Lol cos a Demonland poll is SO much more accurate than official AFL numbers...

it's an average of 41 vs 30, as I already said, that is not 400% higher is it? It is nowhere near that. Are you actually helping me prove you wrong or what

i tell you what the poll will prove, that you stand alone against dozens of others, and I look forward to it

 

Posted (edited)

Totals Curry, totals. I said that from the start. I can't even tell if you're playing dumb to suit your argument anymore....

I'm out.

 

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