LOL @ Just 14,845 Fans for NRL Final in Melbourne

Post by **Beaussie** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 9:14 pm

Hahaha, how pathetic. Just 14,845 for the top of the table Melbourne Storm in their first home final. Nice rounded figure too (fudged obviously as the stadium looked half empty). Abysmal.

King-Eliagh · Post by **King-Eliagh** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 9:41 pm

Hahaha you might have something there Beaussie. Gus Gould even suggested that he felt the figure was probably fudged.

Good to see that high profile League officials such as Gould are open to airing the codes dirty laundry. Its kindof leagues ethos to have transparency, unlike the AFL in a lot of things cough cough drugs policy.

Post by **Beaussie** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 11:47 pm

LOL, there is no doubt the crowd was fudged. The NRL has form on the Gold Coast, Sydney and Melbourne. What a joke of a competition when you need to fudge the finals crowds of your competition.

kaskill · Post by **kaskill** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 8:28 am

The best thing was when that nobhead NRL boss was presenting the minor premiership to storm and the 14g + crowd boo'd the absolute shiet out of him

Raiderdave · Post by **Raiderdave** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 8:30 am

number of empty seats at AAMI yesterday
about 15,000

number of empty seats at ANZ Stadium in 2008 when the Swans played a final there

64,000.....

:_<>

& the AFL counted legs that day too
but I spose you couldn't blame them

announcing a finals crowd under 10K .. for their only side .. in Australias biggest city
would have been a bit embarrasing

kaskill · Post by **kaskill** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:18 am

Doesnt the title of this thread say "in melbourne"???

Raiderdave · Post by **Raiderdave** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:49 am

kaskill wrote:
Doesnt the title of this thread say "in melbourne"???

does it
who cares ?

Boggerball drew a finals crowd far more embarrasing in Sydney a few years back

K?

Raiderdave · Post by **Raiderdave** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 11:06 am

Beaussie wrote:
Hahaha, how pathetic. Just 14,845 for the top of the table Melbourne Storm in their first home final. Nice rounded figure too (fudged obviously as the stadium looked half empty). Abysmal.

ah... just picked this up

so you think the crowd was fudged because the Stadium looked half empty

AAMI Capacity is 30,000
whats half of 30,000 Beaussie ?

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kaskill · Post by **kaskill** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 2:05 pm

Total attendance for the weekend NRL-123,391 compared to AFL-270,145
My my that is quite a difference

Raiderdave · Post by **Raiderdave** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 2:28 pm

kaskill wrote:
Total attendance for the weekend NRL-123,391 compared to AFL-270,145
My my that is quite a difference

well that is the biggest week 1 Finals aggregate & average in AFL History
so since 1990
that was a rare perfect storm of match ups for the AFL that doesn't happen every year
some week 1 finals totals for the AFL over the last 20 years have been as a low as 150,000

& considering 2 of the 4 NRL finals attracted crowds that would be classed as very poor indeed
the NRL would be reasonably pleased with their total from the weekend

kaskill · Post by **kaskill** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 3:35 pm

As low as 150,000 for the last 20 years is still higher than 123,000 :P

Raiderdave · Post by **Raiderdave** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 3:38 pm

kaskill wrote:
As low as 150,000 for the last 20 years is still higher than 123,000 :P

you were trying to make out
that 270K is normal for the AFL for 4 finals

it is not
K ?

kaskill · Post by **kaskill** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:52 pm

That actually wasn't at all what i was trying to make out. I was mearly pointing out the fact that aussie rules had a whooping 150,000 more supporters show up to watch the matches over the weekend.

kaskill · Post by **kaskill** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:13 pm

And if you're dating back to 08 I couldn't help but notice week 1 finals crowds of 15,193 18,252 18,343 and 19,227 in the NRL compared to AFL 71,653 76,703 37,685 and the swans match you refer to 19,127 which ia only 100 short of the highest NRL attendance for week one of the 08 finals. DOH!

Raiderdave · Post by **Raiderdave** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 7:32 am

kaskill wrote:
That actually wasn't at all what i was trying to make out. I was mearly pointing out the fact that aussie rules had a whooping 150,000 more supporters show up to watch the matches over the weekend.

yes a " rare" occurance

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