Yep them too.

WU are looking to be a huge flop!

But got to give them a chance at least

They should be able to sustain crowds of 5k as long as they keep consistently getting points. Test will be once they start travelling..if the losses rack up could get ugly over the summer.

Some would say the smaller population enables a club to link with a distinct regional identity. This is some ways is easier. If people ask the  Jets what do they stand for, simple Newcastle and its people. Can’t say the same of City. 

I'm sure the forum can brainstorm and try to come up with the 3 reasons required for it to be a "not bad considering"

Listing the day and kick off time are the two gimmes. Pretty sure there was a cloud in Geelong last week

5,391
5,578
6,144
6,532
6,711
7,008

theyre the lowest NRL crowds from the season just completed. The sky does not fall just because some clubs pull in low crowds. 

The highest attendance aside from MV, SFC, WSW and BR is 9,903

By some clubs you mean 7 out of 11. The average for those clubs is just over 8k, and thats excluding this round where every game so far has been lower

LOL

And WU's second highest ever "non-derby" crowd ?

We are a code that sits behind AFL, NRL, BBL and Supercars in the nations sporting consciousness - we shouldn’t beat ourselves up over low crowds when other codes get them too. 

We are coming to the end of a FIVE year period where the FFA, led by Lowy and Gallop, has been at war with its stakeholders - it’s had major fights with supporters, broadcasters, players, club owners, State Federations, Players Union, Coaches Union, Coaches themselves especially NT coaches (did I miss anyone?)  .... the steady and relentless decline in crowds and viewership coincided with this period. 

And even when averages were much better at 13-15k we were still seeing low crowds of 4-6k, reading some of the comments about crowd size it looks like some people only started following the A League this season. 

Plenty needs to change and improve - but when it does, we’ll still see low crowds  of 4-6k ... because we always have. 

Sure, all the rusted on fans know the games are on this season, nothing to see here...

Right, so why:
. $400k concessions for WU to help them be competitive (and I wont accept the loyalty rule unless you can prove each club is at least $400k better off)
. 6 Melbourne derbies in 13 rounds
. An unbalanced draw with high rating fixtures getting precedence
. Turning down 14 bids because there are fish in a 3rd Melbourne market (and Sydney)

If we are behind all those other codes then you'd think we wouldnt be trying to build 12 clubs of the same size and paying for them out of a central TV deal. You can't blame Lowy and Gallop for the current mob carrying their decisions forward. This Australian way of doing something is ingrained in Australian Sports administrators. It doesnt matter who we get, you'll see the same outcome

It's easy to imagine that a proper competitive league would actually be performing better metrics wise than this trainwreck. Everything football has been put last to maximise attendance figures. To then simply accept them is insulting

Just posting for comparison sake

Melbourne Heart first 3 home game crowds in first season: 11,050 5,878 4,184
Western United first 3 home game crowds in first season: 6,888 7,042 4,558

What options to Brisbane actually have? Moving into a developed stadium already, or constructing a new one? And if so, where?

But offset by very strong TV ratings, which is where the money comes from, as we all know. 

Certainly goes against a view that atmosphere in a stadium brings in viewers though.

The most important factor to the success of the AFL and NRL is their engrained supporter base, which have been able to have generations to develop solid support.

Unfortunately, our game has lurched from one disaster to another in this country over its time (ie. FIFA suspensions, game dominated by politics and ethnicity debates etc.). 

Excellent post 

Not sure if I've ever seen Aami Park so empty for a MVFC a-league fixture? Still a decent crowd by the looks, just not at Victory's standard.

Agree with that. A bit of a shock but how’s to show how things fall away when results are t in some teams favour. 

15k for mv (and another conveniently "just over" figure at that), deary me what a disaster this season is looking like...

Adelaide v Brisbane - 8,428

They’ve had way less many times before. Stadium was half full so figure is about right, shows how much city fudge though.

So whats the Average attendants for this round 6k? 

Around 8.3k. Obviously inflated by the Victory home game.

terrible crowds no doubt. but some encouraging TV ratings. 

That’s a positive. 

Oh it sure is... if only S.Lowy was still here. 

Victory seem to get lower crowds at AAMI than Etihad, bizarre.

Why?....So here can re-introduce pet memberships for all franchises with fries?

if we want the club to listen to the fans and dump games at marvel, we need to do the opposite. 

No doubt several thousand still boycotting football following Lowy's dismissal #justiceforouroverlordsandprotectors

Haha definitely, it's a wonder the sport even still exists in the country with S.Lowy not at the helm. Who does this new indy HAL think they are?...  #biteLibelbite