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Haven't noticed before but it looks like the Tridents areas is surrounded by corporate bays. So I suppose these are for club sponsors who can do whatever they like with their tickets. Problem then is when the MCC people don't check people are sitting in their allocated seats. 

Only once on Tuesday night did I see any Richmond supporters moved on. And that was well before the pre match ceremony began. 

Part of the problem arises from the number of empty seats in the Tridents bays, there were more people sitting around me at the Geelong match than on Tuesday. Do people not turn up? Are they dining or with larger groups in the MCC? Embarrassing to think thisatch was being touted as a sell out. 

According to the t&c of premium memberships, we must sit in our allocated seats and cards are not transferable. Time for the club to put some feet on the ground in this area and sort it out. 

1 hour ago, DubDee said:

City-wise the Duke of Wellington on flinders is alright and i think affiliated with the Dees. 5% off your drinks if you are brave enough to show your membership

Nice pub but we're now with The Sporting Globe in Richmond.

11 hours ago, praha said:

What was with so many finals being played at Waverley in the 80s? Was the ground being primed to replace the MCG?

Pretty much. The VFL had decided to hold the 1984 GF at VFL Park and had plans to increase capacity to 104,000. Premier Cain cracked the shits, wouldn't approve it or upgrade transport to the stadium. Don't forget VFL Park had its own membership base which didn't have any facilities or reciprocal rights  at the MCG, so finals were like gold to them. Wasn't until the old Southern Stand was found to be falling apart that the VFL got on board with redevelopment of the MCG. From 1992 the pendulum swung towards the MCG for big games and finals. 

I complained last night and got a lengthy reply this morning. 

In short, 10 clubs had these booklets produced by the AFL. They were finalised on the 14th August. The AFL bore the cost of them. The club is surprised they have only begun to arrive this week.

3 hours ago, RalphiusMaximus said:

I got sent a little booklet explaining how to buy finals tickets. Talk about rubbing it in.

Can only hope that any players who've done the right thing and signed themselves up felt like we did when we opened the letter box tonight.

Did he duck out early to do a bit of business for the old man?

Great turnout and to think I was scoffed at when I suggested this really should be a 60k plus match. 

17 minutes ago, --coach-- said:

Source?

Round 1 that year we had 64,934 and round 12 15,093 according to:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_VFL_season

 

Typo, QB 1965. http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1965/111519650614.html

Match report, let's just say it all went downhill from then.https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MDQ-9Oe3GGUC&dat=19650615&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

56 minutes ago, --coach-- said:

No way we will get 60k, saints largest ever home and away crowd is 72k against collingwood in a season where collingwood were near the top of the ladder (3rd) and saints were competitive (6th).

If we got 50k that would be massive, but I reckon it will be more like 42k

72,114 is our highest home crowd against them in '65. Imperative we turn up and support the team. 

10 minutes ago, Deemented Are Go! said:

Also, can I just say, I would hope for a BIG turnout by our members/supporters next week. 

All well and good for us to sit here put it all on the players whilst wallowing in crapulence ; we ought to get down there and make some bloody noise. We still have a shot at this and I'd be so disappointed if a half-arsed crowd showed up. I read a comment earlier re; the club's poor image - well at the very least we can do our bit to make it hard as possible for the Anits!

I'll be there with bells on my balls, knuckle dusters on and a lungful of barracking for one last roll of the dice! 

Second this. Chance of a big crowd given the Saints have a sniff. This is not a game to give up on or suddenly have something better to do. When we turn up we're loud and worth another goal or two I reckon. With decent weather 60,000 would be a pass mark. We must surpass their level of support at the G on the day.

Why not share the gate? Doesn't give them the chance to say they're being charitable. 

10 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:

I actually didn't think it was all that cold at the game

Depends where you were. I was cosy on level 2, I hear ground and top deck the wind was freezing.
 

I reckon few neutrals rock up to watch vic based teams v interstates. MCC looked thinner than usual. Oddly, saw some members whom I've not seen all season using their seats, not sure what to make of that. 

Might elbow the security guy in the face when he wands me on Friday night. He won't mind will he?

Was it 98 we got over 50,000 on a Monday night with Plugger kicking a ton and we made it 4 wins on the trot?

I usually go GA, level 3 on the wing. Can usually sit no problems about a third of the way up. As Demon 17 says, behind the goals you can get even closer. 

Spotted Martin amongst the Demons' faithful in the Tridents on the final siren yesterday. Shook his hand and wished him all the best and that I'll be keeping an eye out for where he pops up next as I made my way out. He offered the most humble thank you in return. True gentleman. 

Usually ABC if they're doing the game, second would be AW, but they can go off on tangents at the best of times. I'm one of the weirdos who listens whilst I'm at the game. 

1 hour ago, dees189227 said:

Is it true Sam Lane has left as well.

Yep, according to her twitter.

Gee, I'm already down to just the weekend papers and now this. My weekend is complete if i have read Messrs Flanagan, Wright and Silvester. I'll buy any publication Flanagan may write for, he can't be done yet. 

13 hours ago, Bobby McKenzie said:

I was so pleased to see Umpire number 15 officiating at the Sydney game tonight. No bald headed buzzard to kill us on Monday! Yay! Is his name Nichols?

Did you know that with four umpires per match this round, some are doing two games? 

Luckily for us, Nicholls is doing his second game on Sunday. 

http://aflua.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Round-12-2017.pdf 

5 minutes ago, demoniac said:

I got a Telstra Thanks Reserved Seat for $22 yesterday arvo. Front row of Level 3. If you are with Telstra/know someone who is its good value.

Ditched them a while back, will ask around. Thanks for the tip.

When did we last play the Bomers at Etihad? From memory all their games were reserved seats only, is that still the case or is there walk up seating available?

Ok, so putting this to bed, here's the ratings from last night on 7mate and last minute on 70. As I suspected a bit below what par would have been if on 7 and 70 in Melbourne. 

 480k (Syd 20k Mel 280k Bri 33k Ade 83k Per 64k)

Courtesy of Mediaweek.

2 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

MCC was packed though and predominantly Demons. Richmond had most of the rest of level 1 due to reserved members areas. The southern stand seemed predominantly Richmond but as I was on level 1 AFL members was hard to see what the top of the southern looked like. 

According to twitter, the MCC reserve was 1,000 over capacity last night, spilling into GA in the Ponsford Stand. I was near the Punt Rd end scoreboard on level 4, there was a very noticeable red and blue tinge across all levels (and big gaps from the 28 minute mark in the last). Around me seemed about 30% MFC support and quite a few theatre going RFC supportes who haven't been for a few seasons/ 

3 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

if they scheduled mkr to a different day

Which is what they did last year and programmed Highway Patrol outside of Adelaide and Melbourne.