Sounds like the new mob have "saved" the league once again...

The small detail thats FFA still controls the A League seems to have escaped you. 

would have expected at least 12.5k crowd

but but "anything is better than Lowy"...

I would argue that Lowy and Gallop and their mismanagement led us to where we are. It took them years of work to screw everything up to this extent and it will take years to repair the damage. 

It doesn't "take years" to put together a marketing campaign. This season was the most invisible marketing campaign the league has ever (not) seen.

And it doesn't "take years" to make a half decent fixture schedule. This season is the most screwed up in the league's history.

For a Friday night at a venue which is difficult to get to either by car or public transport is not bad, especially for a school night.

Precisely because the transition from FFA to standalone league is stuck in transition mode 

but but "anything is better than Lowy"...

Sounds and Looks great on TV. Surely Sydney stay here.

If you break a cup, and want to repair it, you don't do so by throwing it into the ground again

"Years" is the magical cure for everything in our game. At least 5 years for this and at least 10 years for that. Nothing will happen without a change in model

Also, the Lowy led FFA might have chosen the expansion teams but the new FFA had the power to knock it on the head

The season fixtures are negotiated 6-9 months before they’re announced with only limited horse trading in the latter stages

The Administration of this seasons draw was under Gallop/O’Rourke and not something the new FFA Board would have been involved in this season, not least because they only meet one day a month. 

We definitely need to see an improvement next season and as soon as possible get to an even 14 teams/26 round season. 

Sydney used to regularly get crowds of 6-8k during the "good old days". 10k on a Friday against the Jets at a temporary suburban home I'll take.

The fixtures were done on the new mob's watch. It's not hard. It's 100% on them. 

Last season?

Last season they got crowds of 10k

So as I said, sounds like the new mob have "saved" the league again...

Well, I dont really know what you are saying but 10.5k in the circumstances was about standard......and Sydney won 4-1, which is the main thing.

Clearly not...

Last season Sydney only got 2 attendances lower than last night, and 1 attendance lower at Leichhardt. Their last game against Newcastle was over 12k which is about the standard for Leichhardt

I dont mind those who like the A League being positive about it. As said, most games have been within a goal which is unusual in our game, and last week there was only a 9 point gap between top and bottom which shows how close things are

But this thread is about statistics and analysing the implications of those statistics. There is no amount of creative wording of sentences and "not bad considering"s that can deny the slide in attendance figures this season

Wow if true

Let's face it, seems the only thing at this stage that's going to keep attendances in the same ballpark as last season is bankwest. Which is nothing to do with this new mob of no-hopers...

What were Friday night attendances like last year? How many Newy fans made it down after work this time?

12053 Jubilee (CCM)
11217 Leichhardt (Adelaide)

I'm sure 700 odd Adelaide fans made it to the game after work though so its probably about even. If you also minus the 2k which is splitting hairs in terms of difference, then anything over 9,217 last night would have been considered a good turnout

Weird how so many on here have suddenly turned into apologists for this..

So which is it?
Bluebird= The FFA model is the problem
Libel= The FFA was going well, now the ILeague has killed it.

It's "anything is better than Lowy"...

We're not the same person

Its undeniable the attendances this season are worse than last season, which was a progressive pattern for 5 seasons

The reason for why can, and will, be debated

You might have to take that back by the end of this evening.  I think Wanderers v Brisbane and Victory v WU should draw more than  24,879 between them.

geez only just 14k at bankwest, that's poor..