Why didn't you go on Saturday?

[Triple B]

I think a few here saying that 'Don't use $75 as an excuse, you could go for $45' are missing the point.

Of the 19K who were there on Saturday night, I reckon 18K of them would have been there if every seat in the house was $100. It's our religion, our passion, our love, our reason for living over the winter months and we just had to be there, regardless of price. We'd have screamed blue bloody murder, but we'd have still been there.

BUT, the prices made it very difficult, no, impossible, to interest friends and work colleagues who often tag along once or twice a year. Also the general populace who would go and have a squiz because it was a final and an event were not prepared to fork out the money. The weather certainly didn't help.

I remember vividly discussing the same issue with Doctor J in 2006 at the Freo final. We had 61K there and I said the AFL should just have sold the bleachers at bargain basement prices to fill them.

There is little doubt that AFL fails to come up that great on TV. Almost every person to a man has said they picked up things when they went to their first game that were not evident on TV and all agree it is a much superior product live.

With that in mind, I cannot believe the AFL did not take the opportunity to just about give tickets away for this match to setup the coming second Sydney side. To get the people there, especially to see a game in a finals atmosphere would be 1000 x better than all the TV ads in the world to convince people to get on board.

Mind you, the weather may have thwarted the AFL if they did go with the idea, but they didn't even try. In fact they went the other way and made it damn near impossible to entice people to come and 'have a look'.

Idiots.

[AussieAnge]

I think a few here saying that 'Don't use $75 as an excuse, you could go for $45' are missing the point.

Of the 19K who were there on Saturday night, I reckon 18K of them would have been there if every seat in the house was $100. It's our religion, our passion, our love, our reason for living over the winter months and we just had to be there, regardless of price. We'd have screamed blue bloody murder, but we'd have still been there.

BUT, the prices made it very difficult, no, impossible, to interest friends and work colleagues who often tag along once or twice a year. Also the general populace who would go and have a squiz because it was a final and an event were not prepared to fork out the money. The weather certainly didn't help.

I remember vividly discussing the same issue with Doctor J in 2006 at the Freo final. We had 61K there and I said the AFL should just have sold the bleachers at bargain basement prices to fill them.

There is little doubt that AFL fails to come up that great on TV. Almost every person to a man has said they picked up things when they went to their first game that were not evident on TV and all agree it is a much superior product live.

With that in mind, I cannot believe the AFL did not take the opportunity to just about give tickets away for this match to setup the coming second Sydney side. To get the people there, especially to see a game in a finals atmosphere would be 1000 x better than all the TV ads in the world to convince people to get on board.

Mind you, the weather may have thwarted the AFL if they did go with the idea, but they didn't even try. In fact they went the other way and made it damn near impossible to entice people to come and 'have a look'.

Idiots.

Also Triple it doesn't help when you can only get 8 tickets at a time. If all our group wanted to come and also bring partners/friends etc we couldn't have guaranteed we'd be sitting near each other. Obviously you want to sit with your usual group but if you bring friends it is advisable for them to sit with you so you can educate them.

[royboy42]

And Aussie, members booking could only get FOUR tickets at a time.I was next to a lady whose husband and kids were 20 rows away cos of that piece of stupidity!

[cruiser]

all others committed months prior to other activites.

I dont really get this and I've read many other posts from people saying they had made other commitments. I WON'T COMMIT TO ANYTHING in September until I know for a fact that it wont clash with a Swans final. My friends know and accept that too.

[Bindo]

I went - wouldn't have missed it for the world. Get sick and tired of everyone (not necessarily on here) whinging about ANZ being so far away - far away from where? The eastern suburbs mob start sneezing everytime they have to cross Anzac Parade, so no wonder they whine. And as for the food, why not try to food stalls outside - we get our hit of gozleme every game at ANZ - fantastic.

We were surrounded by like-minded die hard fans and it was the best game I had been to all year in terms of atmosphere.

I think, apart from pricing, weather and the inner city whingers, the other main reason it was poorly attended was that no-one thought we would get a home final and therefore promotion was severely lacking. They gave the figure of the low corporate box sales on OTC last night, but it takes longer than a week to get guests organised for that.

[Captain]

I dont really get this and I've read many other posts from people saying they had made other commitments. I WON'T COMMIT TO ANYTHING in September until I know for a fact that it wont clash with a Swans final. My friends know and accept that too.

Spot on. Me too.

[Triple B]

I dont really get this and I've read many other posts from people saying they had made other commitments. I WON'T COMMIT TO ANYTHING in September until I know for a fact that it wont clash with a Swans final. My friends know and accept that too.

Spot on. Me too.

Me three.

And the wife knows not to commit to anything as well.

[Damien]

I'm pretty lucky in that sense, growing up in a football state, most of my mates are sports nuts, I don't actually know many people at all that plan anything for September, so that month is always clear.

One of my friends Dad got married on the Replay on the 77 Grand Final, so that family now has the September plus one rule, just in case!

[Darren Thomson]

Not going because you didnt want to pay $75 is an absurd reason when you could get perfectly good seats for $45.

Yes I hadn't thought that way, my experience of ANZ so far has been all bad, I have tried a few different spots but never seem to get the right one. Now I feel really guilty for not going, thanks a lot!

[ScottH]

I made plans for the September. It is the school holidays after all.
(However, it works out I'll be around for each weekend, just in case)

I'd be disappointed if I didn't get to a final, but it's not the end of the world.
I'll still see it on TV. So shoot me.

[cruiser]

I'd be disappointed if I didn't get to a final, but it's not the end of the world.
I'll still see it on TV. So shoot me.

Ready, aim .....

[ScottH]

[Wardy]

Ready, aim .....

this is why I'm scared of having beverages with you!!!

[connolly]

And Aussie, members booking could only get FOUR tickets at a time.I was next to a lady whose husband and kids were 20 rows away cos of that piece of stupidity!

But was he complaining?

[ScottH]

But was he complaining?

He had the kids, so probably yes.