What do we have to do to keep Good Friday Footy?

[bulldogtragic]

Re: What do we have to do to keep Good Friday Footy?

I thought the first half was awful, but credit to the teams because the 2nd half was a fantastic spectacle. I think both teams deserve another crack at it.

The optimist somewhere in my cynical dark subconscious thinks that perhaps Gil was using the 'stick' and not the 'carrot' to make it clear to our fans to turn up and we can keep it, or don't turn up and shut up about not getting opportunities. If that's the case, mid 40's and a close game might be enough with TV ratings to give us both another go. But then I'd expect the same thing said each year.

[Sedat]

Re: What do we have to do to keep Good Friday Footy?

As if every ANZAC Day game has been a an absolute barn burner. The calls along the lines of "if it is a good game & gets a good crowd, they should keep it" are ridiculous, just another way of trying to shit on us. There are no conditions on Queens Birthday fixture and that has been a horror show for years.

This is a fair point but you don't want a 9 goal to 6 snorefest for the first ever Good Friday fixture, which is where the game was headed at half time.

[kruder]

Re: What do we have to do to keep Good Friday Footy?

St Kilda would have been a more logical opponent.

[Twodogs]

Re: What do we have to do to keep Good Friday Footy?

St Kilda would have been a more logical opponent.

I don't mind North. That is I really hate North so I don't mind having them as our opponent in this fixture.

[chef]

Re: What do we have to do to keep Good Friday Footy?

St Kilda would have been a more logical opponent.

TBH North-Carlton would have been more logical.

Its Norths baby so hopefully they still want us involved.

[Ozza]

Re: What do we have to do to keep Good Friday Footy?

I think 42K (nearly 43K) is an exceptional crowd for Etihad.

If they are committed to playing the good Friday game at Etihad - then that is the best crowd you are ever going to get. Reasons being that;
A) you don't get neutrals going to Etihad because for a reasonable price you'd have to sit on level 3 - which is ordinary unless you get there super early. If you wanted good seats (ie. level 2) - it was $78 per adult. That is absurd.
B) The attendance numbers depend quite heavily on Medallion Club attendance, and given that many of those seats are used by businesses - you are never going to be taking clients to a game on Good Friday.

[Twodogs]

Re: What do we have to do to keep Good Friday Footy?

It's difficult to say what a pass crowd is for Good Friday because there's nothing comparable to it as a public holiday except for chrismtmas day. So 42.5k might be excellent, really good, just good or poor.

Were there more of us or them-what do you think?

[jeemak]

Re: What do we have to do to keep Good Friday Footy?

The AFL being the commercial pragmatists that they are, would have put Good Friday on the table earlier if they thought it was a MCG worthy fixture in its infancy.

Therein lies our issue. Now that we've proved two of Melbourne's smaller clubs can get mid forties at Docklands, what's to say two of Melbourne's bigger clubs couldn't get 65-75K at the G.

My guess is the AFL already knows that 40-60K is all you're likely to be able to get to the game on Good Friday, irrespective of which Melbourne team plays, otherwise they'd have beefed it up.

[ledge]

Re: What do we have to do to keep Good Friday Footy?

After today it will stay with these two teams, 42000 a great crowd considering it's good Friday ., the religious won't go and a lot of people go away for Easter.
Hard to believe just two years ago both sides struggled to get 15000 at some games.
We have pulled in 152000 in three games not sure what we got against freo but surely it's near on 200,000 in 4 games.

[Happy Days]

Re: What do we have to do to keep Good Friday Footy?

If we lose the Good Friday game then Carlton and Richmond should surely lose their opening fixture.

[hujsh]

Re: What do we have to do to keep Good Friday Footy?

If we lose the Good Friday game then Carlton and Richmond should surely lose their opening fixture.

But it's tradition Happy Days. You can't mess with these traditional fixtures.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: What do we have to do to keep Good Friday Footy?

On channel see the game peaked at over 1m and averaged 677,000.
On Foxtel the game peaked at 323,000 and averaged 255,000

I take it an average of 932,000 first up is pretty good for AFEL House.

[Twodogs]

Re: What do we have to do to keep Good Friday Footy?

The FTA figures are pretty good. How do the Foxtel figures shape up? Is a 255 000 average going to keep them sweet? Are there figures for other games we can compare it to?

[Sedat]

Re: What do we have to do to keep Good Friday Footy?

Anyone catch Eddie Maguire give some subtle cheap shots about the standard of the Good Friday match at half time on Fox Footy? No doubt sowing the seeds of doubt about the two teams given the fixture. I wonder how happy he was with the standard of tripe his team and St Kilda served up today. At least Good Friday was a belter for half the match - and they only got 36k to their match today, which was the only game in Melbourne.

I normally don't mind Ed, but he can suck it up.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: What do we have to do to keep Good Friday Footy?

Anyone catch Eddie Maguire give some subtle cheap shots about the standard of the Good Friday match at half time on Fox Footy? No doubt sowing the seeds of doubt about the two teams given the fixture. I wonder how happy he was with the standard of tripe his team and St Kilda served up today. At least Good Friday was a belter for half the match - and they only got 36k to their match today, which was the only game in Melbourne.

I normally don't mind Ed, but he can suck it up.

I feel sorry for him. He helped burn down his own club, and year after year of finishing lower, poor list management and poor organisational decisions he will have to sack his love child and may face serious for the first time from members. Poor bloke.