Missed Opportunity - ANZAC Eve Crowd

[Grapeviney 8,977]

PJ would have been filthy with the weekend's thrashing. Had we won against the Hawks, and won well, we could have drawn 90,000 on Tuesday night and been hyped up as the biggest clash of the year to date.

Now the narrative is about our response to the shellacking, rather than a block-buster clash between two teams near the top of the ladder, which would have drawn thousands more neutral supporters through the gates.

The MCC is predicting 82,000, but I suspect it'll be closer to 75,000. 

For comparison's sake, the MCC expect 90,000 for the Collingwood-Essendon match. 

A real missed opportunity, both for additional revenue and the chance to play in the biggest game of the season outside finals. 

[hemingway 7,601]

And the vast majority will be Tiger fans.

They are becoming unbearable.

[Older demon 2,186]

Lots of prepurchased tickets and reserved seats sold so the money is already in the bank. In adition I expect Richmond supporters to come in their droves as well as the theatre goers going to the spectacle. I still expect a big crowd

[binman 39,083]

9 minutes ago, Grapeviney said:

PJ would have been filthy with the weekend's thrashing. Had we won against the Hawks, and won well, we could have drawn 90,000 on Tuesday night and been hyped up as the biggest clash of the year to date.

Now the narrative is about our response to the shellacking, rather than a block-buster clash between two teams near the top of the ladder, which would have drawn thousands more neutral supporters through the gates.

The MCC is predicting 82,000, but I suspect it'll be closer to 75,000. 

For comparison's sake, the MCC expect 90,000 for the Collingwood-Essendon match. 

A real missed opportunity, both for additional revenue and the chance to play in the biggest game of the season outside finals. 

Yep, i was thinking the same thing. i am still filthy about the loss. Well to be accurate filthy about the manner of the loss.

I went with a good mate who has a young fella and so hard to get to games and time is an issue. He was filthy. In the heat of the moment, straight after the game, he said is going to come again this year. don't blame him and doubt he was the only dees fan one at the ground saying the same thing.

It was so dispiriting. The funny thing was with all the talk about our strategy of bombing it long we should have done done precisely that when it started raining - not into our forward line to the stupid outnumber but from the backline and centre. Basic wet weather football  rather than all those little handballs 

[Jibroni 4,239]

Were heading next week from Adelaide as must concede im not quite as excited as i was previously. Im expecting 75k and a few Dees players careers possibly decided. Yes i agree GV.

[chookrat 3,794]

Not sure we will lose numbers, we might sign up some of the 10,000 lost members who perhaps used to be members because they felt it was ironic to barrack for Melbourne. 

[old dee 22,982]

There will still be a big crowd the 10k MFC supporters that don't go will easily be made up from the Tigers ranks. Remember this is a Melb home match so there will be no money lost if members stay home and all the Tigers salivating over a big win will have to pay. Lose or draw it will be a good financial result for the Dees.

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,534]

43 minutes ago, hemingway said:

And the vast majority will be Tiger fans.

They are becoming unbearable.

Disagree. They have always been unbearable.

As to the crowd, I'd like to think there will be an expectation of an improved performance leading to a much more competitive game. It's so typically Melbourne...we might expect the players to react in such a way that we could actually win. Which will lead us to ask...why can't they always play like this? 

[old dee 22,982]

1 minute ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Disagree. They have always been unbearable.

As to the crowd, I'd like to think there will be an expectation of an improved performance leading to a much more competitive game. It's so typically Melbourne...we might expect the players to react in such a way that we could actually win. Which will lead us to ask...why can't they always play like this? 

There is one hell of a big assumption there LDC.

[praha 10,361]

75-80K. 

AFL Members was sold out a week or so ago, GA will be packed, as will MCC. 

Last week's result has little bearing. It would have been 75-80 regardless.

I'm predicting around 25k Melbourne 40-45k Richmond and the rest neutrals and corporates.

[Mach5 4,490]

Meh. 

[Sir Why You Little 34,927]

Still be a huge crowd. 

If we lose badly QB will be the game we lose on

Over to you Goody, this is why you get well paid

[Mazer Rackham 14,970]

Life is but a series of missed opportunities.

 

(For "life", read "barracking for the MFC")

[Diamond_Jim 12,017]

2 hours ago, praha said:

75-80K. 

AFL Members was sold out a week or so ago, GA will be packed, as will MCC. 

Last week's result has little bearing. It would have been 75-80 regardless.

I'm predicting around 25k Melbourne 40-45k Richmond and the rest neutrals and corporates.

And of course our biggest TV audience of the year by a factor of at least two

[brendan 3,418]

I planned on going to this game at start of the season but after that performance on the weekend I can’t bring myself to travel the 3 hour round trip to go to this game anymore, I’m sure I’m not the only 1 

[Neitz the Great 525]

3 minutes ago, brendan said:

I planned on going to this game at start of the season but after that performance on the weekend I can’t bring myself to travel the 3 hour round trip to go to this game anymore, I’m sure I’m not the only 1 

Do it mate. At the end of the day it's the club you love and we know they're going to come out firing, we're the best supporters us dees fans, we have never had it easy so why should our faith stop now?

[brendan 3,418]

31 minutes ago, Neitz the Great said:

Do it mate. At the end of the day it's the club you love and we know they're going to come out firing, we're the best supporters us dees fans, we have never had it easy so why should our faith stop now?

Too late now I made the mistake of telling the wife I’m not going so she is working now so I have the kids, I shall watch it on tv with a couple of beers and throw the remote through the screen at some point lol 

[old dee 22,982]

47 minutes ago, brendan said:

Too late now I made the mistake of telling the wife I’m not going so she is working now so I have the kids, I shall watch it on tv with a couple of beers and throw the remote through the screen at some point lol 

It is also possible to turn it off, that is a bit harder at the G with 70 000 screaming Tiger fans.

[Coq au vin 754]

3 hours ago, Mach5 said:

Meh. 

Great commentary, hero.

[Goffer 256]

Not at all, reckon lots of extra Tigers fans will turn out salivating at the prospect of a 10-15 goal win, not unreasonably after last Sunday’s performance.

[Adzman 2,085]

The ferals will show up because they smell blood in the water. 

I think last week did cost us though. 

[binman 39,083]

26 minutes ago, President Dee Trump said:

Great commentary, hero.

1117 posts. And i don't recognise your name. So i am assuming you have changed your name. What was it previously?

[Queanbeyan Demon 6,116]

2 hours ago, brendan said:

I planned on going to this game at start of the season but after that performance on the weekend I can’t bring myself to travel the 3 hour round trip to go to this game anymore, I’m sure I’m not the only 1 

i'm doing the 14 hour round trip Brendon. 

[Ethan Tremblay 28,535]

41 minutes ago, binman said:

1117 posts. And i don't recognise your name. So i am assuming you have changed your name. What was it previously?

Click the circular arrow symbol in the posters profile to bring up their username history. 

Edited April 18, 2018 by Ethan Tremblay

[YesitwasaWin4theAges 6,009]

7 hours ago, Jibroni said:

Were heading next week from Adelaide as must concede im not quite as excited as i was previously. Im expecting 75k and a few Dees players careers possibly decided. Yes i agree GV.

Careers definitely on the line on Tuesday night.