4 hours ago, YearOfTheDees said:

Melbourne long range weather forecast

June 12th top 14 degrees and wet. Not what we want to see. 

Long range weather forecasts are about as reliable as Michael Bloody Christian!!

5 hours ago, Demonland said:

It largely depends on whether people who already have reserved seats turn up. My reserved seats sections is never anywhere near full and I don't believe there are any spare seats available for sale.

I will put my hand up as potentially one of those members who has a reserved seat near you and doesn’t use it. I am also a MCC/ MFC member and prefer sitting there, although I may sit in my reserved seat on Kings Birthday to try and avoid Collingwood supporters as much as possible and hopefully give another Melbourne supporter a chance to get in. 

23 minutes ago, 58er said:

That's not the actual situation. Access to any part or section is "subject to availability" no matter if you have Members tickets.  Yes there are some small loopholes maybe but if you don't act with some haste fully well knowing that Anzac Eve or Kings Birthday are likely challenges to the norm. 

Gawndy the Great in his heartfelt post about MFC members possibly missing out is nice empathy but some members are very complacent and assume it is the same as a 25,000 entry.
I love the fact that Melb are now getting benefits that they only dreamed of a decade ago but it has been a well earned ride. The bottom line is 85,000/90,000 plus many of who have doubled dipped with our Membership and reserved seats contributing. Pies fans also contribute and non members with the GA pay at the gate and some have reserved seats and a minimum not. 
But the bottom line is that we will pocket $1.5/2million and that is what we have earned the right to because of our status over the last 3 of 6 seasons plus 2018 also included. 
Gawndy rabbited on about Cwood getting all the silver service from the AFL and this galling and unfair at times. But don't get down about our lot in life no one wants to pay attention to a jealous loser who can't celebrate the good in their Club. 

I don't want to ever return to the depths of despair from 2007-2014 where again was as precious as a flag.  And life is changing for us snd it's all good just go with the flow  or you will be left behind to sit in a corner and sulk. 

Here's hoping we go to KB Monday (after 2 more wins and are 9-3) and provide the upset of the year. 

We are not that far off but need to lift as the whips  start cracking as we turn for home and September as our main course for the year. Up and at em Go Dees. 

good post. I am one of the complacent ones. I really haven't been in this position much, and its great! 10 years ago I had a bay to myself on ground level and it sucked

Agree with your sentiments, why complain about what the Pies have? Think about a year ago and now consider we have Anzac eve, BF monday, many night games and lots of TV exposure.  If you are correct and we could make 2M from this game it is bloody fantastic!

Now over the Gawn, Vines and the boys to make us proud

2 hours ago, Kozzie4PM said:

Awesome that it's sold out. Will be a special event. So grateful to be a big team now that plays in these games.

Here here Kozzie. Never want to go back to 2007/14. Never again. Let's get those 1 or 2 more flags. 

3 minutes ago, DubDee said:

good post. I am one of the complacent ones. I really haven't been in this position much, and its great! 10 years ago I had a bay to myself on ground level and it sucked

Agree with your sentiments, why complain about what the Pies have? Think about a year ago and now consider we have Anzac eve, BF monday, many night games and lots of TV exposure.  If you are correct and we could make 2M from this game it is bloody fantastic!

Now over the Gawn, Vines and the boys to make us proud

Yes results are expected as well Letsstart Saturday and flick out the Freo flames. Won't be easy it's  a 50/50 game I suspect. ScoMo if our B graders and role players will need to contribute. 

If anyone has missed out I am happy to help out, have access to 10 more guest passes in the MCC and about 30 in the AFL reserve (still standing room available), just let me know before everything is sold out

1 hour ago, chookrat said:

What BS, back in the Neeld era you could rock up on the day and be guaranteed entry.

And you’d also be guaranteed a soul crushing loss and probable depression. 
What a time to be alive. 

Just bought a couple MCC guest passes for @DubDee, the PAX number on the tickets are 83,000 which means 83,000 tickets have been sold (including our reserved seat members) with MCC walk ups (around 8k) to be added on the day. 90k a real possibility

7 minutes ago, FearTheBeard said:

Just bought a couple MCC guest passes for @DubDee, the PAX number on the tickets are 83,000 which means 83,000 tickets have been sold (including our reserved seat members) with MCC walk ups (around 8k) to be added on the day. 90k a real possibility

Shout out to my man FTB!  lovely chap who went out of his way to make sure me and my mate can attend. And attend in style in the MCC, I'll have to fish a collared shirt out of the wardrobe!  lol

Mid-season grand final vibes.

13 hours ago, Kozzie4PM said:

Awesome that it's sold out. Will be a special event. So grateful to be a big team now that plays in these games.

That's it, embrace the big crowds. Get there early so there's no issues getting your seats etc. I've got mates who complain that it was easier to just rock up in the old days 5 minutes before and get your seat. Well with success comes more responsibility for us fans too. 

When we're cellar dwellers again then they can go back to cramming in as many beers as they can before bounce. 

11 hours ago, DubDee said:

good post. I am one of the complacent ones. I really haven't been in this position much, and its great! 10 years ago I had a bay to myself on ground level and it sucked

Agree with your sentiments, why complain about what the Pies have? Think about a year ago and now consider we have Anzac eve, BF monday, many night games and lots of TV exposure.  If you are correct and we could make 2M from this game it is bloody fantastic!

Now over the Gawn, Vines and the boys to make us proud

Hopefully it has a snowball effect too - in future more people will reserve seats earlier so they don't miss out meaning it will become a fully ticketed event in perpetuity. That's the hope anyway (for this and Anzac Eve).

6 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Hopefully it has a snowball effect too - in future more people will reserve seats earlier so they don't miss out meaning it will become a fully ticketed event in perpetuity. That's the hope anyway (for this and Anzac Eve).

The problem with that is people could still miss out. Sell outs are good financially but people can still miss out.

10 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Hopefully it has a snowball effect too - in future more people will reserve seats earlier so they don't miss out meaning it will become a fully ticketed event in perpetuity. That's the hope anyway (for this and Anzac Eve).

i see what you did there...

It was mentioned earlier here or on the ticketing thread, but I just wanted to stress the point that tickets are still available for GA members. On Ticketek select 'Club Members & Public Reserve', enter your membership barcode/s, hit unlock tickets then a pop-up appears and select 'Melbourne Supporter Allocation'.  Still a handful of seats available in the bays highlighted in the image below. Mostly single seats, but some pairs of seats still available together. It's only a sellout for the general public.

Edited May 24, 20231 yr by Ben

Any premium members know if guest passes are available?? Thanks in advance 

13 hours ago, 58er said:

The bottom line is 85,000/90,000 plus many of who have doubled dipped with our Membership and reserved seats contributing. Pies fans also contribute and non members with the GA pay at the gate and some have reserved seats and a minimum not. 

Some like me have MFC Memberships but sit in the MCC area. There's quite a lot like that who simply want to support the club financially and directly.

To think I've been pondering if I should travel down to this game.

Well that's that decision made for me.

Rats.

 

1 hour ago, Ben said:

It was mentioned earlier here or on the ticketing thread, but I just wanted to stress the point that tickets are still available for GA members. On Ticketek select 'Club Members & Public Reserve', enter your membership barcode/s, hit unlock tickets then a pop-up appears and select 'Melbourne Supporter Allocation'.  Still a handful of seats available in the bays highlighted in the image below. Mostly single seats, but some pairs of seats still available together. It's only a sellout for the general public.

They put these on sale last night at 10pm, was nonsense that they don’t let members know 

5 minutes ago, FearTheBeard said:

They put these on sale last night at 10pm, was nonsense that they don’t let members know 

Yeah for sure. All the publicity has been about how the match is a sellout so many won't even look, or worse some GA members might have missed the communication and turn up on game day thinking they'll be able to enter the ground. Where did these seats come from anyway? Reserved seat members?

Edited May 25, 20231 yr by Ben

3 hours ago, ManDee said:

The problem with that is people could still miss out. Sell outs are good financially but people can still miss out.

I reckon they should remove some seats on lvl 1 and make large standing areas at the back right around the ground. This would increase the capacity significantly.

1 hour ago, Ben said:

Yeah for sure. All the publicity has been about how the match is a sellout so many won't even look, or worse some GA members might have missed the communication and turn up on game day thinking they'll be able to enter the ground. Where did these seats come from anyway? Reserved seat members?

Ye they are the unsold reserved seats. Collingwood are doing the same thing in the ponsford.

can imagine there’s going to be more than one person that rocks up on the day and tries to scan in with an error message 

21 hours ago, kev martin said:

I think it does mean you cannot go.

Received an email from the club, indicating that I needed to get a seat.

 

21 hours ago, DubDee said:

Thanks.

guess I've not been on the ball. 

No way im missing the game though. 

I wonder what I'll have to do to get a ticket?   nothing is off the table

 

18 hours ago, drysdale demon said:

As a redleg member without a reserved seat { my choice } I wouldn't expect to miss out on a seat.

People public tickets are sold.

If you have a MFC GA membership you need to purchase a seat, which you still can. there will be no walk ups on the day. No reserved seat no entry.

16 hours ago, monoccular said:

Long range weather forecasts are about as reliable as Michael Bloody Christian!!

I would say Christian is very predictable:

Christian: what club do you play with?

Player: Melbourne Football Club Mr. Christian.

Christian: two weeks then!

4 minutes ago, BangBnagBang said:

18 hours ago, drysdale demon said:

As a redleg member without a reserved seat { my choice } I wouldn't expect to miss out on a seat.

People public tickets are sold.

If you have a MFC GA membership you need to purchase a seat, which you still can. there will be no walk ups on the day. No reserved seat no entry.

Redlegs members aren't general admission