Crowd prediction - preliminary - swans v north.

[Mel_C]

We were sitting in Bay 106 'under the eaves' of the level above us, and next to 105 which was full of Blue & White (which was obviously pretty sombre from half time onwards). We were making lots of noise but it was fairly hard to hear what the rest of the ground was doing - the acoustics were terrible. Every time the "Norf Mebbon" chant went up, we did a pretty effective job of shutting them down. It's not hard to imagine what 48,000 at the SCG would sound like!

I was also in bay 106 and the atmosphere was really good. Irene from Home and Away was a few rows in front and she was starting the chants!! Really enjoyed the night. I loved it when the Syyyyydneeeeyyy chant went around the ground.

One thing I don't get is the number of people that left early. I can understand during the season but not for a preliminary final.

Oh and there was a flog North supporter who called out when he was leaving "enjoy because you're not going to win next week". What a sore loser. It's not like he was heckled.

[mcs]

And sit down with She-Who-Makes-Rain and negotiate for dry weather for the week leading up to AFL matches!

That also made a huge difference to the surface quality compared with the Tigers game.

The rain certainly didn't help Meg, but the key fact was there was less than two days between the league game and the tigers game - short turn arounds like that are common during the main part of the season, and surely are the key contributing fact to many games having a poor surface. Its just so frustrating to see how bad it can be during the season, when we know how good it can be when given proper breaks between matches.

[mcs]

I was also in bay 106 and the atmosphere was really good. Irene from Home and Away was a few rows in front and she was starting the chants!! Really enjoyed the night. I loved it when the Syyyyydneeeeyyy chant went around the ground.

One thing I don't get is the number of people that left early. I can understand during the season but not for a preliminary final.

Oh and there was a flog North supporter who called out when he was leaving "enjoy because you're not going to win next week". What a sore loser. It's not like he was heckled.

Lots of people left in my area to go and watch the end of the NRL game on the telly's in the concourse.... then returned in late 3rd/early 4th to only then go and leave early as well.

As for the Norf fan - don't worry, he only represents about 2% of their total fanbase. The other 49 aren't nearly that bad

[mcsquirta]

I was also in bay 106 and the atmosphere was really good. Irene from Home and Away was a few rows in front and she was starting the chants!! Really enjoyed the night. I loved it when the Syyyyydneeeeyyy chant went around the ground.

It was great when the chant went "Goooodseeeey Goooodseeeey " when Adam went for his last shot at goal! (which he missed but had a big smile on his face anyway). Deborah Hutton was there too. You often see Irene in the Brewongle at the SCG games, she's a mad Swannies supporter too.

[DamY]

I was in Bay 119, the atmosphere was pretty good. Well what that means is that I was sitting with some loud and passionate Swans supporters. The Goodesy chants were pretty good!