Official List of Excuses for Low RL Crowds

[Raiderdave]

Exactly =D>

exactly .. not quite

Swans 13 years in Syd( 1995 ).. average crowd 15,976
Storm 13 years in Melb(2011) .. average crowd 14,288


pretty close I'd of thought

LOL

Storms first 13 years produced 10 finals appearances, 5 GFs and 3 premierships.

Swans first 13 years in Sydney produced 2 finals appearances, no GFs and no premierships.
The swans then made the finals in the next 2 years and their crowd average went up to 36k!! Note, also like the storm, they had barely any FTA coverage. Unlike the storm they had NO payTV coverage. :D

I wonder if the storm will get even above even 20k average next year?? I doubt it. Their average barely increased at all despite them making the GF almost every second year!

Storm played in a delapadated hole for 12 of their 14 years
the Swans.... in a wonderful facility for all of their 30

nuff said

[Raiderdave]

And most of the time the Storm cheats have been around, they were playing at a crap ground, and when they did move into the new one, they got busted for being cheating lying merkins who ripped my team off in a GF and 3 Prelim finals. Before they were busted in 2010, they had played 3 home games at the dome and were averaging 23,000+, then the **** hit the fan.

They'll get back there, but it's going to take a couple more seasons to people to forget, or, maybe they'll get better support when News LMD don't own their sorry arse.

amost word for word what I was gunna say parra

AAMI is a great little venue .. but ******** have been slow to fall in love with it
its not just the storm
the Melb Victory play to up to 40K at Etihad
about only 15K at AAMI except when they're playing the other melb side

it seems melbournians don't seem to like to go to grounds that are rectangle in shape ... they lose their bearings if people on the other side of the ground aren't 150m away .. instead of just 80

weirdos of the highest order

[Topper]

And two more.

[ParraEelsNRL]

The tards have nothing, they can say what they like, but the fact remains that before the cap rorters got done in 2010, they were averaging over 23k and one of the games they had played was on a Monday night against Manly.

Too bad for the storm then, they'll just have to work harder. But the potential is there.

[cos789]

And two more.

What was I saying about the premenstral Tourettes set

[Topper]

You said it and you were right!

[ParraEelsNRL]

[Xman]

And most of the time the Storm cheats have been around, they were playing at a crap ground, and when they did move into the new one, they got busted for being cheating lying merkins who ripped my team off in a GF and 3 Prelim finals. Before they were busted in 2010, they had played 3 home games at the dome and were averaging 23,000+, then the **** hit the fan.

They'll get back there, but it's going to take a couple more seasons to people to forget, or, maybe they'll get better support when News LMD don't own their sorry arse.

amost word for word what I was gunna say parra

AAMI is a great little venue .. but ******** have been slow to fall in love with it
its not just the storm
the Melb Victory play to up to 40K at Etihad
about only 15K at AAMI except when they're playing the other melb side

it seems melbournians don't seem to like to go to grounds that are rectangle in shape ... they lose their bearings if people on the other side of the ground aren't 150m away .. instead of just 80

weirdos of the highest order

They're real tough these RL fans! They won't go to an older stadiumand they won't go to a rectangle stadium! They won't go when it rains and they won't go when it's fine because theres other things to do.

Essentially they don't go because RL just ain't interesting enough when any minor detraction or distraction is involved.

LMFAO!

[Topper]

Etihad has a roof. AAMI Park does not. A very strong difference. Note also that it is impossible for the Storm to get access to Etihad due to it's lack of availability as the AFL takes precedence. If State of Origin wasn't on a Wednesday even that would have trouble getting access to Etihad.

[ParraEelsNRL]

Did anyone say anything like that xwoman?

No.

The fact is, the capacity of op with the big screen in was around 15k and the storm regularly had crowds around that.

[cos789]

the storm regularly had crowds around that.

No they didn't.

[Xman]

Did anyone say anything like that xwoman?

No.

The fact is, the capacity of op with the big screen in was around 15k and the storm regularly had crowds around that.

They also had regular crowds of 5k!

15k! Imagine if the swans only drew 15k. You'd be cheering their imminent demise! No wait, imagine 5k!

[cos789]

Melbourne Attendances

Home Totals
Year GM Total Ave.
2011 12 170952 14246
2010 12 176034 14670
2009 12 143742 11978
2008 12 149686 12474
2007 12 140527 11711
2006 12 130239 10853
2005 12 106770 8898
2004 12 106633 8886
2003 12 115509 9626
2002 12 109057 9088
2001 13 155601 11969
2000 13 190092 14622
1999 12 154827 12902
1998 12 152598 12716

parafeel

[Xman]

Melbourne Attendances

Home Totals
Year GM Total Ave.
2011 12 170952 14246
2010 12 176034 14670
2009 12 143742 11978
2008 12 149686 12474
2007 12 140527 11711
2006 12 130239 10853
2005 12 106770 8898
2004 12 106633 8886
2003 12 115509 9626
2002 12 109057 9088
2001 13 155601 11969
2000 13 190092 14622
1999 12 154827 12902
1998 12 152598 12716

parafeel

For a team that has featured in the grand final 5 times in 14 years those crowds are a disgrace!

[enarelle]

Not a good reflection on Melbourne but what can you do.