I think Christian's comments are an indication that he is open to the wider debate (beyond MFC). He is responding to the notion that overall crowd figures are down. He is giving the broad player perspective that big crowds fire up the players. He wants bigger crowds.

4 hours ago, rpfc said:

I apologise. I don’t think that you are the problem, but the excuses that you mention don’t hold water.

 

 

 

I am not making excuses. I am stating Facts. 
It is a dog’s breakfast trying to get home after a night match at the G

Daytime isn’t much better 

4 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Even our own players are giving us a clip..

 

 

4 minutes ago, waynewussell said:

I think Christian's comments are an indication that he is open to the wider debate (beyond MFC). He is responding to the notion that overall crowd figures are down. He is giving the broad player perspective that big crowds fire up the players. He wants bigger crowds.

Listen to the clip - he is clearly talking specifically about Melbourne supporters.

The Sydney crowd number and noise were a disappointment.

The Freo however was not. In a 4:35 time slot we broke our home attendance record against them. Our best ever crowd at the G against them in a graveyard time slot is a fantastic result.

2 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

 

Listen to the clip - he is clearly talking specifically about Melbourne supporters.

I'll listen to the clip when you read and respond to my articles

Do people think that there is likely to be a sudden surge at the turnstiles on the back of what Christian has said?

Crowd was eerily quiet in the first quarter even when up by 4 goals.

Was quite bizarre. Almost like the crowd is holding their breath waiting for something to go wrong

I've been to every game at the G this year and despite winning most of them, I don't think there have been many "enjoyable" games to be perfectly honest. We tend to win by having one really good quarter and three very dour quarters. I often leave feeling that we should have won by much more or that we weren't playing at our best. It sounds so entitled to say when we're sitting 10-2 on top of the ladder but it's true. We've only managed three scores over 100 this year and two were against North and West Coast. When you combine that with the poor weather, horrible ticketing practices, having to always wait half an hour for the train, yeah I get it.

Is it possible that I (an MFC member who attends) am being scolded for poor attendance by someone who was not at the game?

On another note, can’t have a go at supporters not being there every week as if they don’t have lives outside of attending live football. The poll in this thread is petulant whinging. I’m not special, but none of those reasons are why I don’t attend every game. We’ve got 12 games at the G throughout the season and I’ll probably get to 9. That number will decrease over the next few years due to very young children. Family and sometimes other commitments are simply more important than attending a live football game.

I consider myself a diehard supporter and I’ve sat through probably minimum 8 live Dees games every year since about 1990. Most of those games have been losses and last decade was excruciating. If someone wants to have a go at me not attending every week and say I’m not a true supporter then they’re welcome to… right before I knock their lights out. 

Edited June 7, 20223 yr by Lord Travis

5 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

On another note, can’t have a go at supporters not being there every week as if they don’t have lives outside of attending live football. The poll in this thread is petulant whinging. I’m not special, but none of those reasons are why I don’t attend every game. We’ve got 12 games at the G throughout the season and I’ll probably get to 9. That number will decrease over the next few years due to very young children. Family and sometimes other commitments are simply more important than attending a live football game.

I consider myself a diehard supporter and I’ve sat through probably minimum 8 live Dees games every year since about 1990. Most of those games have been losses and last decade was excruciating. If someone wants to have a go at me not attending every week and say I’m not a true supporter then they’re welcome to… right before I knock their lights out. 

I can agree with most of that LT.

freo was 10k more than i expected, and 10k more than the average

sydney was at least 10k less than i expected, but on our average vs them

we simply do not have a large supporter base - our conversion of supporters to members is excellent, and at the top of the league from memory

Edited June 7, 20223 yr by whatwhat say what

40 minutes ago, waynewussell said:

Is it possible that I (an MFC member who attends) am being scolded for poor attendance by someone who was not at the game?

I was at the game. I've been to every game in Melbourne this year (including the North game at Docklands which some Melbourne supporters seem to think is played in China).

I'm not scolding you. I'm scolding the supporters who weren't there.

1 hour ago, waynewussell said:

I think Christian's comments are an indication that he is open to the wider debate (beyond MFC). He is responding to the notion that overall crowd figures are down. He is giving the broad player perspective that big crowds fire up the players. He wants bigger crowds.

Why on earth would Tracc give a sh*it about opposition players being fired up by large crowds? He is clearly referring to Melbourne fans. 

49 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

On another note, can’t have a go at supporters not being there every week as if they don’t have lives outside of attending live football.

It doesn’t have to be either/or. You can have both. You can have a life outside of attending live football AS WELL AS attending live football. I do. 🙂

Collingwood v Hawthorn 43932.  Two clubs with a membership combined of 160,000.  So only 1/4 of them turned up.

Let's see the turnout for Collingwood v Melbourne this week, before people claim we are not turning up to games.

1 hour ago, The Rebuild said:

I've been to every game at the G this year and despite winning most of them, I don't think there have been many "enjoyable" games to be perfectly honest. We tend to win by having one really good quarter and three very dour quarters. I often leave feeling that we should have won by much more or that we weren't playing at our best. It sounds so entitled to say when we're sitting 10-2 on top of the ladder but it's true. We've only managed three scores over 100 this year and two were against North and West Coast. When you combine that with the poor weather, horrible ticketing practices, having to always wait half an hour for the train, yeah I get it.

This is a terrible reason IMO. 

We spent decades playing non-competitive football, but now after one magical year, we all set the bar at 2021 form and won’t accept anything less?

Meanwhile yes only three scores above 100 but another four in the 90s. That’s 7 of 12 games where we’ve scored 90+ (and an 8th game where we scored 87).

This is not good enough. We are winning, we are top of the ladder, and we are a legitimate flag contender this year. Those three things will not always be the case. We have generational talent who won’t be there forever. FFS, on Saturday night our captain, who may possibly end his career as the greatest ruckman of all time, played  stunning football the likes of which maost other talls cannot reproduce.

This reason for not attending is bullsh*t. 

Couldn’t this simply be a case of many Melbourne supporters are waiting for September while supporters from most other clubs are playing for September?

Perhaps this will prove to be misguided arrogance, but let’s see how many tickets aren’t sold in September. 

Petracca needs to be pulled from all media commitments to concentrate on his footy. 

What a rubbish thing to say. Even if there is some truth to it, it's a brain-dead thing for a senior player to say (or any player) on radio. 

 

 

4 minutes ago, Spaghetti said:

Petracca needs to be pulled from all media commitments to concentrate on his footy. 

What a rubbish thing to say. Even if there is some truth to it, it's a brain-dead thing for a senior player to say (or any player) on radio. 

 

 

So much to unpack, so little time (and patience). Aaaand log off. 

8 hours ago, waynewussell said:

I think Christian's comments are an indication that he is open to the wider debate (beyond MFC). He is responding to the notion that overall crowd figures are down. He is giving the broad player perspective that big crowds fire up the players. He wants bigger crowds.

He's talking about Melbourne supporters mate..

13 hours ago, The Rebuild said:

I've been to every game at the G this year and despite winning most of them, I don't think there have been many "enjoyable" games to be perfectly honest. We tend to win by having one really good quarter and three very dour quarters. I often leave feeling that we should have won by much more or that we weren't playing at our best. It sounds so entitled to say when we're sitting 10-2 on top of the ladder but it's true. We've only managed three scores over 100 this year and two were against North and West Coast. When you combine that with the poor weather, horrible ticketing practices, having to always wait half an hour for the train, yeah I get it.

This post genuinely makes me sick, and is a great reflection of the issues we have with our “supporter base” 

really sorry it hasn’t been enjoyable enough for you. The coaches/playing group need to be scolded for the 10-2 start, on the back of a premiership:- due to not focusing enough on optimising your enjoyment levels. 

can we do a mid season draft, and ship off 20-30k of our pretend supporters for die heart Rich/coll/ess supporters?? 
 

Edited June 7, 20223 yr by 1964_2

19 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

I was at the game. I've been to every game in Melbourne this year (including the North game at Docklands which some Melbourne supporters seem to think is played in China).

I'm not scolding you. I'm scolding the supporters who weren't there.

It's not in China? 

19 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

This is a terrible reason IMO. 

We spent decades playing non-competitive football, but now after one magical year, we all set the bar at 2021 form and won’t accept anything less?

Meanwhile yes only three scores above 100 but another four in the 90s. That’s 7 of 12 games where we’ve scored 90+ (and an 8th game where we scored 87).

This is not good enough. We are winning, we are top of the ladder, and we are a legitimate flag contender this year. Those three things will not always be the case. We have generational talent who won’t be there forever. FFS, on Saturday night our captain, who may possibly end his career as the greatest ruckman of all time, played  stunning football the likes of which maost other talls cannot reproduce.

This reason for not attending is bullsh*t. 

Wow you are fired up TU. I have spent 50 years going to games to watch one or two players but now I am in the older member group and going ain't as easy as it once was. So I pick my games, sad but true. 

21 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

I am not making excuses. I am stating Facts. 
It is a dog’s breakfast trying to get home after a night match at the G

Daytime isn’t much better 

Very true - and a reason to avoid going in the first place. I found that the GA seating area allocated by the Club/Ticketek to Members is frustratingly poor as a spectator area, and thus I won't be going to the 'G any more this year.