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Ti Em wrote:

westaussieguy wrote: Don't mean to get orf topic. Apparently the SANFL had an attendance of 40,000 at their Grand Final this afternoon which is fantastic. One would have hoped for about 30,000 at our Grand Final so at least the ground could be half full.

40K+ crowd is very impressive in SA - and by the sounds of it a great game too.

Only way will see a crowd like that again is if Swans are in it v Perth, West Perth or a standalone East Perth

Bazza wrote: Glad I didn't waste my long weekend going along to that rubbish. Went for a tour of the mid west instead.

Yeah, well your mob weren't there today, so say no more.

Just been talking on the phone and apparently our Grand Final attendance being 25,064 persons.
On one hand that is a good figure when compared to Wafl Grand Final crowds in the previous 10 years or so. Some of the GF crowd figures of previous years have been really, really disappointing stuff!
Then again it's disappointing a bit low being the first Wafl match to be played there.
Apparently 60,000 is the seating capacity. Which means the new ground today was 41.7% full. Which is not even half filled.
However having said that, today's attendance figure was a huge improvement.

I tipped 20k , 25 k is a good turnout , novelty factor no doubt played a part being first ever at stadium , sanfl got 40k but their dynamics are totally different

Swandog wrote:

Ti Em wrote:

westaussieguy wrote: Don't mean to get orf topic. Apparently the SANFL had an attendance of 40,000 at their Grand Final this afternoon which is fantastic. One would have hoped for about 30,000 at our Grand Final so at least the ground could be half full.

40K+ crowd is very impressive in SA - and by the sounds of it a great game too.

Only way will see a crowd like that again is if Swans are in it v Perth, West Perth or a standalone East Perth

Yep reckon your right there.

In saying that I thought the crowd looked good on tv it didn’t have that half empty feel about it and what I like about it is it’s a neutral venue hope it stays there.
Personally I hope we don’t take footy to the waca,I hated it when it was Perth’s home ground in the late eighties.
Also reckon the wafl players would get a huge buzz playing at the states number one stadium.

Swandog wrote:

Ti Em wrote:

westaussieguy wrote: Don't mean to get orf topic. Apparently the SANFL had an attendance of 40,000 at their Grand Final this afternoon which is fantastic. One would have hoped for about 30,000 at our Grand Final so at least the ground could be half full.

40K+ crowd is very impressive in SA - and by the sounds of it a great game too.

Only way will see a crowd like that again is if Swans are in it v Perth, West Perth or a standalone East Perth

But why would a Munchers V Ferals GF not see a crowd like that again or Perth playing either of those teams in a GF? Why is it that they must be playing the Swans? It does not make sense. Also some of the largest post Eagles WAFL GF crowds were derby GFs.

Commisserations to the Falcons. They did so well to even get to the big dance given all the other stuff that was going on at the club. The reality was that noone was ever going to beat the Lions in 2018 and overall you guys had a very good season.

Ti Em wrote:

Swandog wrote:

Ti Em wrote:

westaussieguy wrote: Don't mean to get orf topic. Apparently the SANFL had an attendance of 40,000 at their Grand Final this afternoon which is fantastic. One would have hoped for about 30,000 at our Grand Final so at least the ground could be half full.

40K+ crowd is very impressive in SA - and by the sounds of it a great game too.

Only way will see a crowd like that again is if Swans are in it v Perth, West Perth or a standalone East Perth

But why would a Munchers V Ferals GF not see a crowd like that again or Perth playing either of those teams in a GF? Why is it that they must be playing the Swans? It does not make sense. Also some of the largest post Eagles WAFL GF crowds were derby GFs.

Its hogwash.

There will never be another 40,000 crowd at a WAFL GF , crowds had already fallen below that prior to the entry of the Eagles. The last time we got close was 1989 when 38,500 turned up for SF v Claremont.

Those days are gone, the best we can hope for is 30K, as for Swans all there GF in the post eagles era have had mediorce attendances to say the least, as you say the only decent attendances have been traditional derbies perth or freo , althought the last WP v EP game didnt even crack 20,000, as far as Perth goes, well by their standards this season was a cracker, they sat in finals contention for a while, yet their attendances barely raised a heartbeat at Latho anyway waiting for them to make a GF would be like waiting for the fairy god mother.

30plusyeardrought wrote:

Swandog wrote:

Ti Em wrote:

westaussieguy wrote: Don't mean to get orf topic. Apparently the SANFL had an attendance of 40,000 at their Grand Final this afternoon which is fantastic. One would have hoped for about 30,000 at our Grand Final so at least the ground could be half full.

40K+ crowd is very impressive in SA - and by the sounds of it a great game too.

Only way will see a crowd like that again is if Swans are in it v Perth, West Perth or a standalone East Perth

Yep reckon your right there.

In saying that I thought the crowd looked good on tv it didn’t have that half empty feel about it and what I like about it is it’s a neutral venue hope it stays there.
Personally I hope we don’t take footy to the waca,I hated it when it was Perth’s home ground in the late eighties.
Also reckon the wafl players would get a huge buzz playing at the states number one stadium.

It wasnt even half full , it was only 45% full, the entire top deck was closed to access and empty which is why it appeared semi full below, even then there were vast empty sections from what I saw on the news highlights,
the sooner the WAFL gets its own multi use boutique ground the better, I remember going to the WACA in the 80s for WAFL games and it was great, fantastic lights and had some good double headers there.

jackspratt wrote:

Bazza wrote: Glad I didn't waste my long weekend going along to that rubbish. Went for a tour of the mid west instead.

Yeah, well your mob weren't there today, so say no more.

Neither were WP...lol