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  • barry
    Veterans List
    • Jan 2003
    • 8499

    #46
    Originally posted by CJK
    ANZ Stadium Members getting that last glimpses of a proper AFL club.

    We've done our charity bit for them but it's time to go home.
    thats the attitude.

    Reminds me of what north used to say about sydney,.....canberra.... , gold coast..

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    • DamY
      Senior Player
      • Sep 2011
      • 1479

      #47
      Yaaaaawn

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      • dawson
        Senior Player
        • Mar 2003
        • 1007

        #48
        Just one more against Hawthorn which actually may be a plus. Thank goodness the Collingwood game is at the SCG!!!

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        • barry
          Veterans List
          • Jan 2003
          • 8499

          #49
          Massive opportunity for the giants here. youve got 10,000 people who have a strong enough interest in AFL to attend games (ANZ members), but feel like the swans have abandoned them with the CJK attitude. All potential long term AFL people, only just building a relationship to the swans but not locked in yet.....
          giants swoop in, offer reciprocal rights to spotless stadium. Bang.

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          • Xie Shan
            Senior Player
            • Jan 2003
            • 2929

            #50
            You have a point in theory, but why aren't those people also Swans members? Surely the club has to do the right thing by its members?

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            • mcs
              Travelling Swannie!!
              • Jul 2007
              • 8190

              #51
              Originally posted by barry
              he he. This thread is made for mcs.

              Level 4 was full, and level 6 opened which is rare for h&a afl games.
              If half full = full in your book barry, then it was full......
              Last edited by mcs; 17 May 2015, 09:39 PM.
              "You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."

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              • mcs
                Travelling Swannie!!
                • Jul 2007
                • 8190

                #52
                Originally posted by barry
                Massive opportunity for the giants here. youve got 10,000 people who have a strong enough interest in AFL to attend games (ANZ members), but feel like the swans have abandoned them with the CJK attitude. All potential long term AFL people, only just building a relationship to the swans but not locked in yet.....
                giants swoop in, offer reciprocal rights to spotless stadium. Bang.
                I look forward to it Barry - if you want a head start - here you go GWS Giants | BigFooty AFL Forum

                And on the point of 'just building a relationship to the swans' - how long have the Swans being playing at ANZ? Since what 2003 or 2004 - if people have 'built a relationship' by now with the club (i.e. for those passionate enough, actually become Swans members and attended games at other venues), they never will.
                Last edited by mcs; 17 May 2015, 09:45 PM.
                "You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."

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                • Mug Punter
                  On the Rookie List
                  • Nov 2009
                  • 3325

                  #53
                  Originally posted by mcs
                  If half full = full in your book barry, then it was full......

                  Can't wait till we stop playing at ANZ and we never have to listen to your ongoing load of dribble ever again. Its not like you'll ever go to another game live after that.....
                  Couldn't agree more.

                  Us moving our of ANZ served two purposes

                  One is it gets us out of ANZ which is just not fit for purpose and back to the SCG where the overwhelming majority of swans fans want us to play all our matches

                  Secondly it frees up Homebush for GWS. They got 14,000 last week and I reckon they'll get more next. They desperately need to stamp their footprint on Sydney and this frees it up

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                  • barry
                    Veterans List
                    • Jan 2003
                    • 8499

                    #54
                    Originally posted by Xie Shan
                    You have a point in theory, but why aren't those people also Swans members? Surely the club has to do the right thing by its members?
                    Scg location. These people were drawn to AFL because of the anz deal. They'd be ripe for a 3 match pass thing like we used to have.

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                    • mcs
                      Travelling Swannie!!
                      • Jul 2007
                      • 8190

                      #55
                      Originally posted by Mug Punter
                      Couldn't agree more.

                      Us moving our of ANZ served two purposes

                      One is it gets us out of ANZ which is just not fit for purpose and back to the SCG where the overwhelming majority of swans fans want us to play all our matches

                      Secondly it frees up Homebush for GWS. They got 14,000 last week and I reckon they'll get more next. They desperately need to stamp their footprint on Sydney and this frees it up
                      The thing with that 14K was that it was all they could draw against the Premiers, following a ticket deal that went for more than a fortnight before the game where you could get $6 adult tickets through a number of different avenues. I saw an ad the other day for $20 family tickets for the Crows game next week. It shows just how much needs to be done in the west before they get even close to a true foothold.
                      "You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."

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                      • barry
                        Veterans List
                        • Jan 2003
                        • 8499

                        #56
                        The giants success is guaranteed.
                        its disappointing the swans are fast tracking that to spite themselves.

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                        • Doctor
                          Bay 29
                          • Sep 2003
                          • 2757

                          #57
                          Originally posted by Xie Shan
                          Only 28,000 there tonight, compared with 37,000 to the corresponding game last year at the SCG which was on a Thursday night.

                          ANZ may have its good points, but the people just don't want it.
                          The people may not want it but not turning up just because it was at ANZ Stadium on a perfect night for footy like that is just pathetic IMO. Those with competing commitments or mobility issues excluded of course. We have three games there per year and this is the last year of it. We're one of the best teams in the AFL and the team play better when we're there to support them. Barry may be a grizzly old windbag with a one track mind but he's right about the fickle nature of SOME (not all) of our supporters.

                          Rant over.
                          Today's a draft of your epitaph

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                          • Xie Shan
                            Senior Player
                            • Jan 2003
                            • 2929

                            #58
                            Originally posted by Doctor
                            The people may not want it but not turning up just because it was at ANZ Stadium on a perfect night for footy like that is just pathetic IMO. Those with competing commitments or mobility issues excluded of course. We have three games there per year and this is the last year of it. We're one of the best teams in the AFL and the team play better when we're there to support them. Barry may be a grizzly old windbag with a one track mind but he's right about the fickle nature of SOME (not all) of our supporters.

                            Rant over.
                            Not arguing with that, I go to all home games at ANZ as well as the SCG, as far as I'm concerned if it's a home game I'll go. I was just commenting on the fact that SCG crowds have been bigger despite the capacity being smaller.

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                            • Doctor
                              Bay 29
                              • Sep 2003
                              • 2757

                              #59
                              Originally posted by Xie Shan
                              Not arguing with that, I go to all home games at ANZ as well as the SCG, as far as I'm concerned if it's a home game I'll go. I was just commenting on the fact that SCG crowds have been bigger despite the capacity being smaller.
                              Absolutely and I knew that. I was certainly not having a go at your post, you were just reporting fact, just using the numbers you quoted to have my rant.
                              Today's a draft of your epitaph

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                              • Xie Shan
                                Senior Player
                                • Jan 2003
                                • 2929

                                #60
                                Originally posted by Doctor
                                Absolutely and I knew that. I was certainly not having a go at your post, you were just reporting fact, just using the numbers you quoted to have my rant.
                                No worries, that's all good. I actually get a lot of barry's arguments, and ANZ does have a bit going for it. I even thought the atmosphere on Saturday night was decent. But for whatever reason, it hasn't really worked out for us based on the crowd figures.

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