Please let us not lose this week

[Piobaireachd]

Originally posted by Izzy Mandelbaum
Guzz, you're right, I shouldn't have bothered you all, but I just thought this statement: "Their supporters are a bunch of come out of the woodwork, bandwagon, spitting, tear up your membership losers who annoy me no end." was very much like the pot calling the kettle black and couldn't help but say something about it.

I didn't mean to be a troll so I won't mention it again.

No it wasn't pot/kettle/black. We don't spit! Or at least we aren't feral or stupid enough to be caught doing it on camera

[Piobaireachd]

Originally posted by Casey36
God, I Know I Hate Richmond!
It Kills Me That The Swans Keep Losing Against Them, Especially When We Are Capable Of Smashing Them!
If only Matthew Richardson could go away or get injured or something..Lol!

Doesn't your little pinky get sore?

[Piobaireachd]

Originally posted by Luffs Fumbles
Richmonds home games attendance since 94

Year Agg Average

1994 333,918 37,102
1995 546,500 49,682
1996 482,638 48,264
1997 381,301 38,130
1998 487,377 44,307
1999 541,009 41,616
2000 480,193 53,355
2001 521,390 52,139
2002 389,878 38,988
2003 307,952 38,494
2004 244,698 34,957
2005 281,021 40,146
2006 113,254 56,627

as we can see from the above Richmonds attendance has been extremely good & consistent considering there have only been TWO finals appearances in that time.............Hmmmmmm thats debunked some theories now hasnt it.

as for the consistent finals aspirants the Swannies -

Year Agg Average

1994 107,947 9,813
1995 175,442 15,949
1996 274,956 24,996
1997 402,735 36,612
1998 347,034 31,549
1999 336,447 30,586
2000 303,697 25,308
2001 330,674 27,556
2002 328,504 25,270
2003 386,931 32,244
2004 371,571 30,964
2005 378,186 31,516
2006 99,750 33,250


The attendances are somewhat lesseven with their increased success.....It looks like Luffy's fumbles another one.

Hey dufus.... How many Victorian club supporters do you think regularly take a day off to fly to Sydney to watch the Swan's play? I know I very rarely go to the SCG to watch the swans play their home games because, hey, I live in WA. You sir, are a prat that likes warp statistics to suit your pathetic arguments.

[Thunder Shaker]

Originally posted by Luffs Fumbles
(comparison of attendances deleted for the sake of brevity)
The attendances are somewhat lesseven with their increased success.....It looks like Luffy's fumbles another one.

Capacity of MCG - 95,000
Capacity of SCG - 44,000

Hmm, seems the Swans' home ground holds somewhat less than the Tigers' home ground. Could that have something to do with the lower average attendances at Swans' games?

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by Izzy Mandelbaum
Not really. Most Melbourne teams will play around 5 games a year at home against interstate sides. Also, the Bulldogs, Kangaroos, Melbourne and to a lesser extent Geelong (when they play in Melbourne) draw significantly less than Collingwood, Essendon and Richmond. I'd say with all that taken into account the yearly average for the more popular teams would be at least 70/30.

I don't agree with your 70/30, but even if you apply that formula to the above see what the figures say,

BTW the 10% visitors at the SCG was probably being a bit generous, 5% is probably closer to the mark.

[Izzy Mandelbaum]

Originally posted by Thunder Shaker
Capacity of MCG - 95,000
Capacity of SCG - 44,000

Hmm, seems the Swans' home ground holds somewhat less than the Tigers' home ground. Could that have something to do with the lower average attendances at Swans' games?

What difference would that make if the grounds aren't full? How many people miss out on seeing the Swans because of sell outs each year?

[Roscoe]

The games I most remember Swans V Tigers from yesteryear

1995 SCG - Richo does his knee - boundaries brought in closer
after that bad accident

1996 Waverly- Swans win by 1 point after a tigers goal is disallowed after a brilliant "stage" for in the back by Dunks in the dying seconds. -who was that free against - Richo ??

2005 MCG _ Tigers win by 1 after we beat the Collingwood
filth by 1 point the previous week

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by Izzy Mandelbaum
What difference would that make if the grounds aren't full? How many people miss out on seeing the Swans because of sell outs each year?

Dumb argument as no-one misses out on seeing the tigers due to a sell out.

[Izzy Mandelbaum]

Originally posted by Roscoe

1996 Waverly- Swans win by 1 point after a tigers goal is disallowed after a brilliant "stage" for in the back by Dunks in the dying seconds. -who was that free against - Richo ??

Yep.

Richo's BOG at the SCG in 2004 (?) was one of the best games he's played IMO.

[Go Swannies]

Originally posted by Izzy Mandelbaum
Yep.

Richo's BOG at the SCG in 2004 (?) was one of the best games he's played IMO.

Yes - miserable wet day. The last time I saw the Swans players let their heads drop during a game until the start of this season. Richo actually looked like he deserved his place in the team that day.

[NMWBloods]

Richo was awesome that day - beat us by himself - kicked 7 goals.

[anniswan]

Originally posted by Roscoe
The games I most remember Swans V Tigers from yesteryear

1985 or 86, we got beaten by Richmond by 1 point at the SCG on a Friday night, it was horrible.

[NMWBloods]

Was that the game Capper kicked ten goals?

[anniswan]

NMW, that's stretching the memory somewhat, I just remember walking out of the Paddo end of the ground, saying "1 point, only 1 point" I had only been following the Swans for a year and I think it was the first defeat I saw.

[NMWBloods]

There was a game back then when Capper kicked 10 (or 12) goals and we lost to Richmond by 1 point or so.