I've been led to believe about the possibility of getting into today's game with my membership (red seat reserve seat). I know the prices and will pay to watch Melbourne today, but have no idea of the benefit of my membership in relation to pre-season cup games. I really should know already, but there you go. Does anyone know? Thankyou very much in advance!

Looked like no. Melbourne members don't get that privilege, the ticket lady told me. I didn't see anything on the MFC website to indicate anything of the sort either. I'm sure once upon a time that was the case, but I haven't been attending pre-season games for years. I thought they were meaningless, but after actually attending one after so many years, I was actually as disappointed with losing a match in the NAB cup as I am when we lose in the league.

Looked like no.

Sad. We had to pay for that!

Sad. We had to pay for that!

$15 for full price. I would not be happy if I had to pay that much for what is essentially a game next to no-one is interested in (15,000 attendance). I paid $9 concession to be frustrated at the poor level of umpiring. They're like a whole other team trying to play against you. Nine umpires, and they still only had two on the boundary. Umpires could pay on the full regardless, but not that it matters. There was a mark before the line in the first quarter (by Robertson I think) and it was paid on the full, even though he was right in front of it. Whatever. Someone's laughing all the way to the bank.