2021 AFL season - Round 1, tips & banter

[Brodlach]

Melbourne is very much hurting and apart from the MCG blockbusters I dont expect there to be huge crowds anywhere for a while.

Compared to Hawks/Essendon who only drew 25k it compares very well.

That was the capacity, wasn't it? That's why Essendon tried getting it moved to the G yeah?

Don’t point out facts.

[Wedgie]

I was surprised not even 30k were at Adelaide Oval.
Capacity of 40k wasn't it?

All Geelong members tickets in the nosebleed sections were sold too.

I'm suspecting some glitches in ticketing/planning/logistics.

[Jim05]

Melbourne is very much hurting and apart from the MCG blockbusters I dont expect there to be huge crowds anywhere for a while.

Compared to Hawks/Essendon who only drew 25k it compares very well.

Essendon v Hawks was sold out inside 2 days. 50% capacity at Marvel so a full house.
I’d suspect our crowds might not be great this year though. Membership down 10k on this time last year and going to be a verrrrry long year on field.

[Dutchy]

2 Melbourne teams draw 25k (average 12.5k per team, 4k under capacity) on a Saturday night

One Melbourne team v interstate team draws 13k Sunday Lunch time

[Brodlach]

I was surprised not even 30k were at Adelaide Oval.
Capacity of 40k wasn't it?

All Geelong members tickets in the nosebleed sections were sold too.

I'm suspecting some glitches in ticketing/planning/logistics.

Didn’t they double allocate seats so people had to leave?

[Dutchy]

Melbourne is very much hurting and apart from the MCG blockbusters I dont expect there to be huge crowds anywhere for a while.

Compared to Hawks/Essendon who only drew 25k it compares very well.

Essendon v Hawks was sold out inside 2 days. 50% capacity at Marvel so a full house.
I’d suspect our crowds might not be great this year though. Membership down 10k on this time last year and going to be a verrrrry long year on field.

Capacity was nearly 29k so 4k who has tickets didn't turn up

[Jim05]

Melbourne is very much hurting and apart from the MCG blockbusters I dont expect there to be huge crowds anywhere for a while.

Compared to Hawks/Essendon who only drew 25k it compares very well.

Essendon v Hawks was sold out inside 2 days. 50% capacity at Marvel so a full house.
I’d suspect our crowds might not be great this year though. Membership down 10k on this time last year and going to be a verrrrry long year on field.

Capacity was nearly 29k so 4k who has tickets didn't turn up

Still haven’t released the full breakdown but I believe the AFL/MCC members and corporate had about 2800 tickets not sold which stupidly weren’t released to public. Rest would be no shows for various reasons. Ticket allocations sold out within 2 days but I know some fans who didn’t attend because they were given poor seats. Ticketmaster has been copping heaps for it

[Booney]

2 Melbourne teams draw 25k (average 12.5k per team, 4k under capacity) on a Saturday night

One Melbourne team v interstate team draws 13k Sunday Lunch time

Melbourne is very much hurting and apart from the MCG blockbusters I dont expect there to be huge crowds anywhere for a while.

Compared to Hawks/Essendon who only drew 25k it compares very well.

Essendon v Hawks was sold out inside 2 days. 50% capacity at Marvel so a full house.
I’d suspect our crowds might not be great this year though. Membership down 10k on this time last year and going to be a verrrrry long year on field.

Capacity was nearly 29k so 4k who has tickets didn't turn up

So only 12.k turned up because that's all that could?

[Brodlach]

So 17k who had tickets didn’t show up

[Dutchy]

Simple maths, I think Caro has hacked Boon's account!

[Booney]

Simple maths, I think Caro has hacked Boon's account!

Hang on.

You said "Only 12.5k of each side ( Essendon v Hawthorn ) showed up", that's all that could, correct? Granted around 4k with tickets chose not to go but there wasn't any more seats to sell as opposed to the North game where there were some 16k seats just not used.

[Dutchy]

Simple maths, I think Caro has hacked Boon's account!

Hang on.

You said "Only 12.5k of each side ( Essendon v Hawthorn ) showed up", that's all that could, correct? Granted around 4k with tickets chose not to go but there wasn't any more seats to sell as opposed to the North game where there were some 16k seats just not used.

Correct, for only one Melbourne team it was more than adequate crowd, how many did you expect?

[stan]

I don't think the crowds are a massive worry at the moment. North have showed that they are ok financially with small crowds and also they aren't in for a good season, finished last season poorly so you wouldn't expect massive crowds at the moment.

Melbournians are definitely hurting as well. At the moment people are just trying to recover and perhaps attending the football on a Sunday lunchtime doesn't make it into the "New Normal" budget.

[Booney]

Simple maths, I think Caro has hacked Boon's account!

Hang on.

You said "Only 12.5k of each side ( Essendon v Hawthorn ) showed up", that's all that could, correct? Granted around 4k with tickets chose not to go but there wasn't any more seats to sell as opposed to the North game where there were some 16k seats just not used.

Correct, for only one Melbourne team it was more than adequate crowd, how many did you expect?

After 18 months of no footy, a new coach, new players, renewed optimism, more than 12,000.

This is why North get brought up in relocation talks all the time.

[DOC]

Veteran AFL journalist Caroline Wilson has responded over accusations of “clickbait” in her latest column over Tasmania’s AFL team.

Last week, Wilson wrote in The Age that the Tasmanian taskforce was expecting it was more likely an AFL team would be made to relocate rather than a 19th team be established, with North Melbourne linked as the club.

It was a move labelled as “clickbait” by Herald Sun AFL reporter Jon Ralph on Fox Footy on Friday night.

“The clickbait always comes from Caroline Wilson and she‘s written multiple stories about that. This is a club with 10 consecutive profits, this is a club that has built itself up with elite facilities,” he said.

“To me it’s extremely frustrating but it’s not about me, it’s about a shinboner and a premiership player (Kingy).”

But it was a label that Wilson thought was laughable.

“I mean seriously. If you think I was going for clickbait and I don’t mean to be rude, I wouldn’t be writing about a team that can only attract 13,000 people to their first home game in front of a crowd for 18 months,” she said on Channel 9’s Footy Classified.

“I don’t look at that stuff (website numbers). I had two emails, it’s not like I was monstered by a response. North Melbourne have got passionate and wonderful supporters.

“But I think the Herald Sun are being a bit mischievous if they think I’m writing the North story for clickbait.”

As for David King’s involvement in the segment, Wilson said “he’s not independent. He’s a North fanatic. He’s Glenn Archer’s mouthpiece and he’s doing a wonderful job supporting his football club.”

The Kangaroos managed to get a crowd of 13,050 for Sunday’s clash with premiership contenders Port Adelaide, with 1000 people cheering for the interstate club according to Marvel Stadium.

“18 months of absence and just 12,000 fans, I’d suggest they’ve got a problem on their hands,” host Craig Hutchison said.

“We know they’ve botched the last two years. But I thought that a new coach that has showed promise would be given a chance,” Wilson added.

[Dutchy]

she judges feedback via emails she receives

[Spargo]

Caro shit-canning North suggesting they relocate, how original, it must be a day ending in the letter Y.
I would think the AFL would be more concerned with clubs who are in major debt & surviving only through a lifeline of AFL hand outs - Gold Coast, GWS, Port, St.Kilda...

[Lightning McQueen]

Simple maths, I think Caro has hacked Boon's account!

Hang on.

You said "Only 12.5k of each side ( Essendon v Hawthorn ) showed up", that's all that could, correct? Granted around 4k with tickets chose not to go but there wasn't any more seats to sell as opposed to the North game where there were some 16k seats just not used.

Correct, for only one Melbourne team it was more than adequate crowd, how many did you expect?

@UK fan

[tigerpie]

And Caro's gone from shit canning north to Buckley not coaching next year.
Same shit, different day!

[Lightning McQueen]

And Caro's gone from shit canning north to Buckley not coaching next year.
Same shit, different day!

And you guys are talking about her, her work is done. Personally, I don't know whether listen to her talk or watching her talk cringes me the most.