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3 minutes ago, FearTheBeard said:

It just seems to, I don't know whether its because people like to go out on Saturday nights or because late night footy isn't for most people.

I think if the Friday night game against the Pies was a day game it would have hit 80.

Our Saturday night games this year have been really poor as well.

I had this one penciled in for our largest home crowd of the season but that just seems unlikely.

I am also fed up with the excuses our supporters come up with to not show up to games. Where are the 45K who were at Round 1 and where are the 60K who turned up to the elimination final in 2018?

I spose you lose a lot of kids, oldies and country people with the night games. 

It's also amazing how much the weather seems to impact people going to the footy. 

And then there's covid - I had two mates that would've come on Sat but had covid. 

I actually reckon there might've been more than 60k dees at that elimination final. Which begs the question how many come out of the woodwork for finals. 

5 minutes ago, FearTheBeard said:

I predicted 67-72 for the Pies game so am very happy with my work aha.

I think Saturday night also tends to be a terrible crowd drawing slot.

If this were a dry Saturday 2pm we would get 70K.

Based on ticket sales, I think this will be lucky to get above 55K and weather isn't looking great this weekend.

I am looking forward to another weekend sitting on 2A in the AFL reserve surrounded by clueless people from the other team.

 

Well ftb you were right last week so I trust your judgement. Why does Sat night draw so poorly?

Let's give howey and his mates what they deserve in September.

9 hours ago, praha said:

As much as I'd love to beat them in a final, playing them first round is the [censored] worst for our supporter base. We miss finals and a flag last year due to lockdowns and our first final back will have us scrambling for tickets like rats to crumbs. AFL Members is going to be a brothel. And not a good one.

If you wouldn't relish the opportunity to knock those bastards over in a final I don't know what to do with ya 😂

4 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

These are the games we live for as supporters. 2nd v 3rd. Prime time home game. Against an arch enemy.

Let's pack the G in red and blue. If you don't you'll be sorry you missed it I guarantee.

For so many years we could we only dream of playing in big games, let alone winning them. Now we've got half a dozen in a row. These are the days. 

1 hour ago, deejammin' said:

If we get 75k+ for both the Carlton and Collingwood games we will get our highest average home attendance ever, despite Anzac eve and QB big freeze both being away games.
The narrative that Melbourne fans haven’t turned up this year is a myth, we haven’t had the huge upturn in crowds many have hoped for, partly due to COVID, but it has still been one of our best years ever. Even if we only get 40-50k for the next two games, it will still be in our top 4 best attendances ever! Hardly a disaster.

https://afltables.com/afl/crowds/melbourne.html

oh and I’ll be there, always am.

Great stat. Hope we get there. Stick it right up em. 

15 minutes ago, FearTheBeard said:

Just going bases on where ticket sales are at. Level 4 up to row O in the Olympic stand and a few bays up to row K in the southern stand.

for QB, Olympic stand was completely sold out and southern stand only had 6 bays of GA.

On Friday, MCC on track to just about sell out all reserved seating and AFL reserve about 75% sold out

76K on QB so would take an enormous amount of GA supporters to get it to that number for this one.

Ok that sounds pretty comprehensive. There are three days to go though- is that factored into your calculations?

44 minutes ago, FearTheBeard said:

We just don't have that many supporters. Ticket sales indicated 70K.

When you say ticket sales indicated 70k, what do you mean?

I reckon in the 80s. There will be hoardes of the maggots. Got mates asking for tickets that literally haven't been since 2019. Got a real feeling in me waters about this one.

20 minutes ago, Nicko said:

Biggest home and away crowd in recent history (not including the 50’s n 60’s) was 83.5k (2018)….would be an impressive feat to beat this!!

cmon Dees faithful let’s get there 

There was 85k for ANZAC eve in 2017. Something like that would be awesome!

52 minutes ago, old dee said:

Yep so plan for level 4 at the top or get there 2 hours early. Here's an idea play a seconds game to keep everyone amused. 

My routine is a few froffs then just roll out into the bottom lvl standing 5 mins before the opening bounce. 

Dees have been away from the G for 5 weeks. And there will be legions of filth having won 10 in a row. I reckon there will be a monstrous crowd.

Also Ralph said on Fri night McDonald might be right to play VFL by the pre-finals break. That'd give him 3 games of footy before potentially being available for a prelim.

17 minutes ago, Accepting Mediocrity said:

Our 2 key talls (BB & TMac) combined for 9 out of 53 goals we scored during last years finals series. Replace TMac with Weideman and we still win the flag. Granted, they both impacted in other areas of the ground (particularly BB), but we absolutely have enough firepower to win it without major contributions from our tall forwards.

McDonald kicked only 3 goals in the finals last year. Two of them were in the last 5 mins of the GF. He battled away manfully and did the little things well but was not in his ripping early season form after getting injured late in the year. We can definitely still win the flag without a firing second tall.

59 minutes ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

The Rose Hotel in Fitzroy if you're after a nuffie free experience. 

Depends how you define nuffy 😂

1 minute ago, binman said:

Feels like a real old school game day for me, which works for retro round.

On the train to West footscray to see the dees against Footscray at whitten oval.

2.05pm Saturday arvo.

Drizzly old school Melbourne weather.

Go redlegs.

 

I loved going to the western oval!

We own this mob. Dees are gonna win 9 in a row and win the flag.

If we can rediscover our top form, it doesn't matter where we finish and none of these permutations are relevant. I reckon there's been glimpses in the last few weeks and we were leggy for the cats game. I think we're about to see a magical couple of months.

Can't wait to read this. Can't wait to read the zoning analysis.

On 7/12/2022 at 10:43 PM, deanox said:

This year's indigenous jumper isn't my favourite of all the art works/designs we've adopted, but I do like certain aspects of the design that I hope we will retain: Mindi the devil snake in particular!

From a design perspective, the white and black Bunjil (wedge tailed eagle) is what I think throws the balance off a bit. And I think that if that image was in red and blue people would get around it much more.

Here is all of the designs we've had if anyone is interested:

http://www.footyjumpers.com/melbourneindig.htm

 

We've stated in our RAP that "our vision for reconciliation is to unite Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with non-Indigenous people through the game of AFL". This doesn't just mean once a year.

If wearing an indigenous art designed jumper 4 times is a method of helping bring those groups of people together, then that's a good thing.

If non-indigenous people think "it's too much" or "I just want our old jumper back" then perhaps they are the people who the club are patiently leading, by taking them on the journey they have identified with the indigenous community in development of the RAP. It's also possible they'll never be convinced, but the representation and visibility matters, and it will have a positive impact on the next generation coming along regardless of some people holding out.

 

So, everyone is free to dislike the particular artistic design (although as something we have commissioned and chosen and has meaning this is lightyears away from the forced clash jumpers of the past). But the concept and frequency? In a week where NSW announced it was taking it's flag off the harbour bridge, and a year where the VicGov is progressing a treaty and the federal government is making strides too, this isn't going anywhere.

 

Thanks for posting this. I've read a few pages of our RAP but haven't read it all (which I should). I think this quote you posted sums up what most people think the club is and should be doing with regards to reconciliation: "our vision for reconciliation is to unite Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with non-Indigenous people through the game of AFL". I think this is a worthy goal and I'm glad our club, and the AFL in general pursues this - as they have done for about 3 decades now. From your perspective, how many times a season is the optimal number to wear the Indigenous jumper to achieve that goal I've stated above? 

8 hours ago, cookieboc said:

either it unravels from here, or we win the flag. there is no in-between

Said every nuffy about every game ever 😂

3 hours ago, Supermercado said:

Good to get back to superstition and mysticism 16 games after a flag.

It's so weird posters keep claiming people are linking performance to the jumper. By my count only one comment has done this over two pages. 

5 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

This week is likely the last time we'll wear it, there will be a different design next year.

Don't see the point in complaining about it now other than everyone being extra snippy because we lost last week.

 

Because we'll likely wear it 4 times again next year, which many feel is too many.

We are in the second best position we've been in my lifetime at this stage of the year. I'm genuinely excited about the next 2-3 months.

34 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:

Those who blame the jumper are just being ridiculous and superstitious. Wouldn’t have mattered what jumper we wore last week, we still would have lost.

Sure, but only one poster has linked performance with the jumper. That's not the complaint most are making.