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On 12/18/2020 at 4:20 PM, Half forward flank said:

The Club needs to make the facility enticing for supporters so they  spend several hours at when make the trip to Casey. A cafe or coffee cart, some memorabilia for kids, sausage sizzle and so on. It requires a different think as we likely wont get the supporters who just check training out for half an hour.. It needs to be an experience.

Other than the drive to Casey there's nothing wrong with it per se.

It beats Punt Road from a spectator viewpoint where you sit in the stand or nowhere. Lacks the aeshetics of the old grounds such as Port Melbourne. Went to Frankston once on a clear winters day....Fantastic fun

The outer wing at Casey is very sterile and usually devoid of spectators. Up until end of 2019 the surface drainage was very bad. I assume that was fixed in 2020.

Most VFL games attract small crowds. Have been to Casey on a nice day to watch us play the Collingwood VFL team which was probably the biggest VFL crowd I have seen. Maybe 5-7k. Usual crowd I suspect is between 1and 2k.

It's just a lovely day of no stress high class football.

Could it be improved.. sure

Coburg has craft beer. Frankston has a delightful sausage sizzle.

Perhaps because the crowds are small there could be a half time address by a team official to those interested in team tactics/development etc.

TBH I have for a while been of the view that they are not interested in increasing VFL attendances. Most of the crowd get in for free and if there were bigger crowds they would need more toilets, car parks, attendants  security etc. In fact I can't ever recall seeing security at a VFL match which is a good thing.

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    3 hours ago, Kick_It_To_Pickett said:

    I guess it’s like how people say the MFC have no fans. When you start looking at the stats, you realise the reality. Anyway, this isn’t about City, but rather Soccer vs AFL. That’s the argument. 
     

    I’ll let you chew the EPL attendance stats overs 

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    What in the hell have Manchester City, Barcelona got in common with the redevelopment of Casey Fields.???  

    Rather an opportunity to bignote with a set of statistice that are irrelevant.  Probably good that the table can hardly be read anyway!

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    1 hour ago, 58er said:

    What in the hell have Manchester City, Barcelona got in common with the redevelopment of Casey Fields.???  

    Rather an opportunity to bignote with a set of statistice that are irrelevant.  Probably good that the table can hardly be read anyway!

    Melbourne City is owned by Man City and I didn’t mention Barcelona. The point was made by another poster that Man City “have no fans” and therefore pose no threat to the MFC in the Casey area.

     

    I am simply making the point that others have made here - with the big money from City Football Group, we are gonna have a hard time competing for youth support in the south east. To think otherwise is simply ignorant. 
     

    Immigrants that populate these areas are soccer fans. It’ll be a much easier connection than we offer. 
     

    Anyway, the argument is going nowhere. Casey is a dump and we should get out of there ASAP. Players hate it. Majority of fans dislike it. We aren’t growing fans out there. Move on

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    12 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    Other than the drive to Casey there's nothing wrong with it per se.

    It beats Punt Road from a spectator viewpoint where you sit in the stand or nowhere. Lacks the aeshetics of the old grounds such as Port Melbourne. Went to Frankston once on a clear winters day....Fantastic fun

    The outer wing at Casey is very sterile and usually devoid of spectators. Up until end of 2019 the surface drainage was very bad. I assume that was fixed in 2020.

    Most VFL games attract small crowds. Have been to Casey on a nice day to watch us play the Collingwood VFL team which was probably the biggest VFL crowd I have seen. Maybe 5-7k. Usual crowd I suspect is between 1and 2k.

    It's just a lovely day of no stress high class football.

    Could it be improved.. sure

    Coburg has craft beer. Frankston has a delightful sausage sizzle.

    Perhaps because the crowds are small there could be a half time address by a team official to those interested in team tactics/development etc.

    TBH I have for a while been of the view that they are not interested in increasing VFL attendances. Most of the crowd get in for free and if there were bigger crowds they would need more toilets, car parks, attendants  security etc. In fact I can't ever recall seeing security at a VFL match which is a good thing.

    Interesting stuff DJ. And again shows for some keen fans it could be a very relaxing place to watch a training session or practice match with a few more touches of asthetics and community involvement. Suasage sizzle is pretty simple to either run or get someone like Rotary involved. Operators wouuld be lining up to  do a coffee cart at even low numbers like one to two thousand. 

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    17 hours ago, Kick_It_To_Pickett said:

    Casey is a dump and we should get out of there ASAP

    We agree on one thing at least ?

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    On 12/19/2020 at 7:09 PM, Kick_It_To_Pickett said:

    I guess it’s like how people say the MFC have no fans. When you start looking at the stats, you realise the reality. Anyway, this isn’t about City, but rather Soccer vs AFL. That’s the argument. 
     

    I’ll let you chew the EPL attendance stats overs 

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    It’s so depressing, what has happened to the Mighty Gunners!!!???

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