FearTheBeard

Richmond actually put out a tracker for their home crowds this season before round 1 and initially had 58,000 for this game. I suspect that will be quite accurate, the big MCG crowds rely on large GA turnouts (Hawks Carlton and Saints Essendon showed that). So it is very hard to gauge the crowd from ticket sales. Reckon anywhere between 50K and 70K is a possibility but doubt it will get to 70K especially now that the kids go free has ended.

For those purchasing tickets this week, remember it is our away game and the Demon Army will be in M33 in the Ponsford. M34-M36 95% sold out but they will but M29-M32 on sale today at some point. Alternatively, if you hate your life, you can buy seats in the back of M3 and M4 and sit directly behind the Richmond cheersquad.

Round 1 2014 we played the worst St Kilda side I've ever seen (half their side was out injured on their way to the Spoon) and Melbourne kicked 6.15 to lose by 4 goals. It was one of the lowest quality matches of all time. I think that game will end up looking a masterpiece compared to what I'm expecting on Saturday night.

Dont get me wrong, Melbourne's best football is the best in the competition, we just don't produce it for more than 15 minutes.. But injuries are not an excuse when you look at what the Pies have delt with over the last 12 weeks and they keep winning.

Thats great but unless your eyes deceive you, we have been bang average for 30 weeks now. Our record since round 11 last year is 15-13. This is not 2021 where we had a Darren Burgess lead fitness program that drove the mid-season drop off. We are either currently in a 28 week drop or just aren't a very good team and I'm just realistic about it.

stop clinging to 2021, this isnt that team.

This is rubbish though for us. Our attack in the last 6 weeks has been ranked 15th in the comp. The numbers are skewed by our first 9 weeks where we were putting up big scores against poor teams and kicking straight.

Not sure Joeboy watched the game this week. Gawn - Drinking Bath Water Petracca - Kicking beyond abysmal Neal Bullen - Get out my [censored] club (might have gone over the word limit with this one) Goodwin - Plan A forever

Kardinia Park does funny things to oppositions, toss of a coin game especially if its going to be 7 degrees and rain hammering down

ye A10 and A11 are the Melbourne bays. Did you maybe buy concession tickets because I don't think there are any restricted view seats in that bay. Well, they are restricted view in that there is no elevation and we need binoculars to see the other side of the ground.

Melbourne were awful that night and I thought it showed the quality of the team to be within 6 points midway through the 4th. If only Pickett hadn't hit the post. There best players that night were Duncan, Danger, Guthrie and Atkins. Duncan a shadow of that player, Danger surely doesnt play, neither does Guthrie and Atkins no longer at that level. All things considered, its our best chance to beat them down there that I can ever remember. 2021 was a toss of the coin and 2015 was the biggest shock win we had under Roos. Yet, its still Kardinia Park bowling alley and champion teams get up for games like this.

The Ibis being more expensive than the Sofitel did make me chuckle considering they are both a part of Accor. Still my usual Adelaide trip is $220-$245 at the Hilton, might be FIFO on the day of the game if we play on saturday or sunday

AFL announces gather round dates and the hotels decide to [censored] over anyone who wants to come. $600 night for an Ibis what a joke. $500 for the Hilton which is normally $220 per night. Can't get a brand name hotel for under $450 a night unless you want to stay in Port Adelaide for the night. What is the point of the ACCC if hotels can rob 30,000 people who want to go across for the weekend.

Ye flights are well over 2K to the Alice and it just doesnt work with my job because id have to fly home on the Monday.

Yes me and I got hopeful, Alice Springs the only game i'm missing this year coz of the costs involved in getting there.

They will want it against Collingwood, like they requested for this year. Suspect it will be Essendon/Richmond so they are only outnumbered 3:1 at the G rather than 4:1 against the Pies

Standing room was sold out

They sold GA on ticketek and in theory said all GA tickets were sold but when they said everyone needs a ticket there would have been people who then reserved a seat.

Haven't said anything but reasons are: Collingwood reserved seating in the Ponsford had about 1,000 empty seats MCC level 4 was 70% full thanks to people double dipping by reserving seats but then walking up to level 1 3 Bays didn't go on sale and wasn't rectified (900 seats) Top of GA in the Olympic was not full Thats about 5K all up and is the difference between 88.5K which is what I would have expected and what it actually got.

Alright, tickets for Geelong: https://www.ticketmaster.com.au/event/25005E7892462759?did=awaymember Code is awaymember23

Ye that was me, I am waiting for them to send me the link and will post again when I get it

no, those tickets that were identified by ticketek went on sale two weeks ago and could only be accessed with a Melbourne member barcode (essentially to allow GA members who missed out to buy a reserved seat amongst our reserved seat members. In theory there will be no Collingwood in the tridents/Redlegs/demon seats plus areas unless a Melbourne member brings a Collingwood guest.

put your barcode in ticketek in general public and click melbourne allocation. Youll be able to get 4 single seats near each other

P1-P4 level 2A

Idk OCD probably. Those seats are now gone though :)