I was just trolling or mixing up Nix crowd v Glory.

Brisbane Roar 0-1 Melbourne Victory - 12,859

Newcastle Jets 1-2 Adelaide United - 8,899

Western Sydney 1-0 Sydney FC - 28,519

Wellington Pheonix 1-2 Perth Glory - 6,054

Western United 1-2 Melbourne City - 7,042

over 60k in attendances for the round

Let’s be honest real crowd no more than 4K in Geelong.

 Were you at the game or are you judging by what you saw on tv?

I never like judge from the TV screen, so many are sitting on the broadcast side,

Stop talking crap. Given that I was at the game, I actually got to see how May were there, not what you presumed with your biased wisdom to be the case.

Crowd was well and truly 7k+. A good mix of city and WU fans at the game and a very good atmosphere. 

Same here. 

thought the wu vs city crowd was actually bigger than 7k on TV. not the worst turnout for that time slot.. 

Must say I thought it was also a fair bit bigger than 7k, but the size of the stadium makes it hard to judge. 

hmmmm.....

https://twitter.com/ArtSapphire/status/1188355708795809793

I don't understand why they just don't move the pitch as close as possible to one side and jam everyone into one wing and the ends. Would make for much better optics. 

That picture doesn’t show the second tier which had quite a few spectators (it’s GA so most sit there)

Common sense is something you can't teach. You either have it or you don't.

Just by looking at that picture I'll say it'll be a miracle if Western United can continue to get crowds of over 6k in that depressing shit hole of a stadium. 

If they really insist on playing there, then as you say they should just move the field as close as possible to one side and make it as best as they can for those attending. 

I'm not sure if they still do it but at the MCG the pitch was moved away from the centre of the pitch to get better images for TV.  To get the best images they had to move the pitch away from the broadcast side.

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https://twitter.com/MTAGpodcast/status/1188353396891193344

https://twitter.com/tommie_sea/status/1188351809489760256

how does this compare to R3 last season? 

this week we have sydney,wsw,victory,MELB CITY, and perth playing at home.

the first three games should get over 10k hopefully city and perth do as well 

The stadium holds 36000 and it looked about 20% full, which would equate to 7200, so crowd figure sounds legit. Just looks terrible. 

It was up about 19k on last season but after 3 rounds the total is down by 13k.

I'm happy to accept that WU got 7k.
Realistically, apart from games against Victory, that might well be the ceiling for the rest of the season, which is probably where most of us expected it to land.

Most of us, but not the FFA, Foxsports, WU, ABC, advertisers, sponsors, investors, those who have to spend $180m on a venue, and those who missed out on the bid

And I cant imagine what will have changed when we negotiate the next TV deal unless the next Sydney team can really turn things around

WU have been nothing short of a disaster, and I dont doubt the lopsided fixtures, byes and other garbage have had some part to play in only 4/11 teams posting attendances higher than a benchmark set 15 years ago

You might be happy. I find the whole ordeal another stunt in this ongoing circus

I personally would like to know what they would be capable of pulling in Melbourne.

Western United should have played a few games in Melbourne's west at the Ted Whitten oval or Melbourne Knights stadium.

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Yep

Probably not the sort of thing you state publicly, but I doubt you are alone in wondering.

Your theory actually makes much more sense then Western United simply being the best bid lol. I say keep the post there.

FMD! Poeple are actually going to watch soccer in that stoopid stadium?

I reckon they are getting creative with the books.