FearTheBeard

The sad thing for me is that when we had 35,000 members we get 20-25,000 dees fans to our games. When we had 45,000 members we got 20-25000 dees fans to our games. When we had 55,000 members we got 20-25000 dees fans to our games. Reckon you get my drift. We get all these extra members but how many of them actually turn up to games? They just get a membership that either gets them a GFG (our reserved areas were never close to full last year) or 3 game memberships where they may or may not turn up to three games across the year. The only times we ever seem to get more than 30,000 of our own to our home games is when we give free tickets away (Saints 2017, GWS 2018) Queens Birthday sometimes or when we unfurl a flag (there were 50k of us for that). Even Anzac Eve home games we get majorly outnumbered by the Tiges - last year was the most Melbourne fans I've seen to an Anzac Eve game and we were the away team. All these great members numbers of 65,000 or 75,000 is great for some revenue but these people aren't turning up to the games. That is where we have to improve and it will be interesting to see our crowds this year when we have home games against all the big Victorian Clubs except Essendon in primetime slots.

As Melbourne fans, we must never forget that Eddie allowed us to have Queens Birthday as our home game for 15 years. As for the Ponsford agreement, its BS if you're richmond because they have reserved seat areas level 2 Ponsford. For us, its really irrelevant, we might have 500 people that sit in the Ponsford so it is just about whether they should be paying to get in. And the whole thing with changerooms is pretty irrelevant too, pretty sure we are happy to run out the mcc race as an away team.

Considering Richmond are constantly trying to beat Collingwood for highest attendance I would have thought they would be happy with an extra 10,000 people attending the game, not like they are losing money on those poeple. Imagine Hawthorn were happy for it to be against them because they will be worries about how low their crowds might be this year. Our game against them last year had the fewest amount of poo and gold at a game I've ever been to against them.

Mate you should be sorry for picking on me. 1. I am an afl member that goes week in week out regardless of the time or weather. So you excuses comment is irrelevant. 2. My point is about us playing against two teams who are going to bring the best part of 60,000 of their own at that time of the season and it would be nice to have some Melbourne support at the game. 3. The Melbourne fans who sign up as members and choose not to go (half the reserved seat holders evidently) don’t care what you say because if they did they would be at the games with us. 4. It has nothing to do with getting a free game. Members pay for 11 home games and we only get 10. It is not complaining about a free game, it is complaining about getting a game we pay for and wanting it to be against the best teams. Especially when 4 of our last 5 games are away games. think you have missed the mark mate.

Really, really disappointing that it is not one of the Richmond/Carlton games later in the season. Would have been nice to have a decent Melbourne turnout for those games.

All of Level 2 Wing, Level 2 Goal and Level 2A Wing/Goal in the Olympic and Shane Warne stand are reserved seats for Trident/Redlegs Members. They may release part of bay N14 closer to the time if the corporate allocation of that bay is usually not fully taken. The only level 2 area that will be available from now is behind the goal in the Ponsford stand. It won't be full there against Sydney but the people that are there, will predominantly be sydney supporters there. You may think it is a non-marquee game but it is two top four teams playing and for whatever reason our an base shows up to day games and not night games, so there will still be at least 40K there.

Home games against Richmond, Collingwood, hawthorn, Carlton plus round 1 is better than we normally get. Home games against Sydney, north and Adelaide are better than the usual gws and Gold Coast

It’s an awesome fixture for us financially and who we play. ignore geelong in geelong which was always gonna happen. 13 games at the g is one more than it’s been for the past few years. Double ups against north and hawthorn are a huge win. Double ups against Richmond Carlton will give us greater crowd averages big run of games at the g at the end of the year is great too.

I am sorry, that is just a really bad name. It isn't inspiring, its cringeworthy and sounds so bad off the tongue. Surely someone in the AFL thought twice about this one?

Yup was a zoo in the Afl both games. But a good part of our profit is because 50000 Collingwood paid for tickets at our home game. Also think they just as likely to be a poor team next season so playing them twice won't be too bad. Can already see our double ups coming against low drawing Vic teams and interstate teams. Some [censored] like Freo, Port, WB, geelong, Brisbane and Sydney

Dont be too cynical, they might come up with more groundbreaking news like Collingwood might play Essendon on Anzac Day :)

Does the article say that we will play them again in the last few rounds?

Yep was meant to be. So far three games were reported by channel 9 apparently. Adelaide v Carlton on Thursday Port v Dogs Sat Night Brisbane v North regional game

Take your condescension away thanks. Playing a team in round 1 who we just played in a GF and with the AFL trying to build rivalries leads to a fair chance that we will play them twice. Take it to the bank that we will have the cats in Geelong and west coast in Perth as your morsels clever man.

Melbourne V Ducking Dogs Rd1 MCG Sat 7:25pm. Looks like we gonna be playing them twice a year like we did with the Saints 2015-2019. Not 100% but pretty sure it will be the case.

Never said I'm happy to go there. I just know we will be there. So my hopes/expectations have to take that into account. Praying we get them in magic round and its their "home game"

Think it is more than likely that we will be playing on the Sunday given Anzac Eve is the following Monday. Make it slightly easier to book flights. Im going up on the Friday morning and back Monday at 6am so am home for work lol. Can't see us having an 11 day break and playing the Thursday night.

It's almost guaranteed that we play them there. We will most likely play them twice and they won't have a home game against us at the G because we are a small club. It will also be the usually late in the season game against them because their pub ground is unavailable until round 10. Only chance of us not going there is if the AFL sends one of essendon or Hawthorn down there.

Our home crowds are equally inflated by the North game which was before the mens QF. Afl claimed that 17.8k were there watching the women's.

I like robbo, he's passionate about the game and clearly loves football. But twice a year he releases his top 50 and reminds us that he's a dumb [censored]

So the usual complains that we pray to not have are Geelong at their pub ground and west coast in Perth. However, it is almost guaranteed we are gonna get the Cats twice and they wont both be at the G. Even if we have a home game against West Coast it will probably end up being in Alice so it will be 9 years where we don't get them at the G. My hopes are: 2 games at Adelaide Oval - we play that ground better than any other and its one of, if not, the best interstate trip Sydney at the SCG - Only played them there twice since 2013 and we need to learn how to beat them up there in case we get a final at the SCG (also last proper ground I haven't seen Melbourne play at) 15 MCG/Marvel + plus 1 in Geelong rather than the 14, 1 and 7 interstate trips we normally have. Breakdown on that being 3 MCG away games (13 in total) and 2 at Marvel. More Saturday 2:10 games - did not have a single Saturday red ball game at the G this year (only Sunday 1:10 against the Saints). QB/KB and Anzac Eve are our home games so hoping for double ups agianst the Pies and Tigers on Friday nights for exposure. Not [censored] North in Hobart with a ten goal breeze but that is also wishful thinking. Round 1 home game on a Saturday arvo against Essendon/Carlton/Hawthorn.

Finals series tickets are bays Q8-Q1 normally no? doesn’t make sense for 9 bays to be unsold. who cares tho every demon should be there and make some [censored] noise

Phenomenal? don’t think I could name a single crowd that was phenomenal. our crowds are hugely inflated by having home games against Melbourne teams at the mcg.

Turns out someone forgot to put row HH on sale in bays M7-M15, so that's now all gone on sale.

Highly doubt 70k tickets sold. would suggest 55k tickets sold plus mcc walk ups and a few afl walk ups. Less no shows