@ mightroar

FFA are talking it up to 20-25k which is unlikely on a Friday night.

Ticket sales are trending towards 14k which seems more realistic. The Broich factor might encourage more people to attend or inspire a mini boycott but either way it'll only be +/- a couple of hundred.

Publicity for the game has need drowned out locally by the Broich story, you wouldn't know there's a game Friday night really

I honestly don't reckon they're gonna build a following unless it happens. The old story - no point of difference to Victory.

A good solid 4-5 years of marquees, time to build on a younger supporter base, build a solid squad and hopefully by that time there's a decent following.

Anything less then 20k would be dissapointing.

@ mightyroar

I tend to agree. But 20k on a Friday night, with a late kick off? and Roar draw a fair few people with a 90 minute travel time to/from matches so with the possibility of extra time/penalties pushing a finish time to as late as 11PM a lot will be motivated to watch at home. Personally I can't agrue with a Friday schedule but Saturday as 6 would be 20k, Friday less ..

People complained about the 650 kick offs not giving them enough time to get there from work. With a 750 game, there should be no excuses. All local league games have been cancelled. ET and a late finish shouldnt be a limiting factor. Its a final and broich's send off, 20k should be expected. 

Ticket sales at Roar are tracking towards a lot bigger than 14k. Most of the platinum section is sold out already.

@ mightyroar

Agree with you - no matter what time you pick people complain. 6PM Saturday seems the least whinging time slot lol

Heart>City

I wouldn't be going on Ticketek websites status. They block out large sections for stadium members who rarely show up on mass (the 4 big blocks opposite the TV cameras at the halfway line are mainly for stadium members and will be blocked out for sale, but will be largely empty on Friday night) and the Den is blocked out for this game unless you have ffa approval to buy a ticket there lol. Ticket sales late yesterday were 7k and they normally say double the total sales the night before a game to get your figure - so tracking over 14k which may get a lift from wanderers fans flying in and maybe stadium members. I'd hope for 17-18k but tracking below that at the moment.

Marco Monteverde in his story due tomorrow in the couriermail said a crowd of up to 25k expected, lets hope it's close to that figure.

He's just parrotting the FFA's figures. We're not going. Don't really want to give FFA any money. They have been atrocious - no sense, no vision, no decision making. Absolutely nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We'll be cheering Broich from the couch.

So you'll increase the TV ratings instead ;)

In the scheme of things, a couple of TV's on now isn't going to make much difference in 6 years time. But yes, you sum up the fans perennial problem. We love the game, so whatever we do we "support" the FFA in some way. Just not fussed with giving them cash up front!

I think it is more complex than that. Clubs will rarely start with a huge loyal supporter base. This is developed over years sometimes decades. Marquees give clubs a massive presence in the media.  The article in the Guardian explains this using Sydney as an example in the post-ADP years stating that crowds remained up. However, these crowds can be fragile in there earliest stages. Often suppressed by external aspects- other codes, weather... Ultimatly, Marquees along with community engagement, increased marketing will almost certainly improve your crowds gradually just depends on the landscape how this takes place.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/mar/13/sydney-fcs-underwhelming-crowds-should-be-cause-for-alarm

Latest pax from a mate was 18,032

Broad based clubs, brand reinforcement and Yoshi's working.

We're aiming for the HAL to be the only option that fans consider

Big crowd tonight. I imagine the bitters will not be happy.

17,530 per the FFA site. Not what they were expecting. 

Yeah the muppets on this forum will find something negative to say and blame it on Gallop.

The finals series aint going nowhere.
 Live with it! 

What do the MV people expect for the MV v BR semi next week? Full house?

It was just under 19k at the game, it was 18 and half k.

Geez. 

It's higher than the Roar's home average for the season so you have to count that as a win.

True, I actually think the later kick hurt the family's that normally come out, but in the end you will never please everyone with the time schedule. We left the ground around 11 pm, did not get home until 12 ish.

The FFA said they're were expecting "up to 25k" which is farcical - 20k was a stretch but they set themselves up for failure. Typical.

Always about the cash with the FFA, our quarter finals have never really hit that high if I remember correctly? I think even against Victory in the past we only hit just over 20k.

When do the Broncos play Friday night games? I know here Port/Crows start at 7.45 and families don't seem to mind. 

Don't get me wrong there were a lot of kids and families there but some do not want to travel that late at night and coming back on the train home there is always idiots to deal with.

Broncos kickoff same time 7:50pm. In saying that, forty minute halves and everybody is out of the stadium by 9:30 barring golden point. We went straight home from the game last night and got home at midnight.
In regards to that being the lowest finals attendance we have ever had, the time may have been a small factor but I saw a lot of resentment to the club during the week on social media given the Broich situation, I believe that took some numbers out. Also the pricing was the dearest for a quarter final we have seen. Also FFA blocking purchasing seats in the Den last night was farcical. We ended up having less numbers in the 3 den bays than a regular season game. I was hoping for 20k so wasn't a terrible crowd but not a great look for FFA.

@ gurudave

The Den was packed. Look st it back on tv. Agree with the other points.

Last night, Port played Carlton at 7:20 in what was apparently a shocking spectacle (and no doubt full of racist bogan families) but even that drew 43 000+, in a pissant town like Adelaide.

The "late start" or "geez it was a Friday night" excuses are just stupid. We get what we get cos that reflects the size of our fan base.

Roar fans have generally been pretty good. Def better than what happens in Sydneythehomeoffootball.

Broncos V Rabitos game was played at the same time in Sydney last night.  Crowd was only 11,000.  Looked bad on TV.

Roar/wanders outrated the AFl in Sydney and Brisbane too.

We are doing ok.