How many (few) Saints fans were there last night???

saintspremiers · Tue 12 May 2009 9:12pm

Of the 46,880 fans, I reckon there were, tops, 15,000 Saints fans.

Thoughts??

saintbrat · Post: # 737924Post **saintbrat** » Tue 12 May 2009 9:17pm

I would say more than that
but die hards stayed to see the guys leave the ground

many would have gone early - when win assured or just before end to get home before midnight.

saint vince · Tue 12 May 2009 9:19pm

Top level were mostly saints near me in aisle 37.

saint66au · Post: # 737928Post **saint66au** » Tue 12 May 2009 9:19pm

More than that I reckon

I arrived at about 5.30..and the footbridge was swarming with Saints..granted the Pies reserved seat holders would arrive later

Watching the game back this morning I reckon we held our own well in crowd noise in the 1st half..and after that it progressively sounded more and more like a Saints home game

The Saintsational Man · Tue 12 May 2009 9:26pm

Did you notice how many fans were left after halftime?

It was only Saints supporters, all the flith supporters had begun making their way home over the bridge!!!

Eastern · Post: # 737932Post **Eastern** » Tue 12 May 2009 9:28pm

I know that I was surrounded by sainters

.........and some goose in a suit

HardSaint · Post: # 737933Post **HardSaint** » Tue 12 May 2009 9:29pm

The depleted stands during 4th quarter was pretty telling - I'd reckon about 26,000 remained, 18,000 of which were saints

clarky449 · Post: # 737935Post **clarky449** » Tue 12 May 2009 9:32pm

I was there. I could not believe all the empty seats in the 2nd half

QuestionOfAccuracy · Tue 12 May 2009 9:59pm

There seemed to be a fair few Saints supporters there, although obviously outnumbered by the Pies (no surprise). But what was dissapointing for me was the lack of noise we generated! We are on top of the ladder and are playing great footy, if there is any time to go nuts and cheer on your team its now!! The noise level did seem to lift in the last quarter...but that was junk time obviously.

saintsRrising · Tue 12 May 2009 10:05pm

Going on the empty seats in the last qurter...about 18 of the 46 were Saints....and 2 k were neutrals.

saint66au · Post: # 737955Post **saint66au** » Tue 12 May 2009 10:16pm

QuestionOfAccuracy wrote:There seemed to be a fair few Saints supporters there, although obviously outnumbered by the Pies (no surprise). But what was dissapointing for me was the lack of noise we generated! We are on top of the ladder and are playing great footy, if there is any time to go nuts and cheer on your team its now!! The noise level did seem to lift in the last quarter...but that was junk time obviously.

Actually I reckon noise-wise on TV we held our own OK. hard to tell from where I was sitting cos I was surrounded by Saints. The CS/MW bays behind the goals were loud...and I think everyone in those bays got their pic in the paper or their head on TV lol

SainterK · Post: # 737978Post **SainterK** » Tue 12 May 2009 10:40pm

You can only go by were you were sitting, and there was probably 1 saints fan to every 3 collingwood where I was sitting.

perfectionist · Tue 12 May 2009 10:41pm

Gut estimate, of the 46G I'd say 20G were Saints fans. Where the bloody hell were they? Geez, after 6 good wins, what more does it take?

Well, I know the answer to that. We still need a really good media spruiker. I know Ross has loosened up a bit but we need someone else. Our current Pres is more retiring than a platypus in winter and our current CEO - who is our current CEO? We need the Board to get (or hire) some Saints supporter who can do the job (not Russell Morris). It's not easy, but it needs to be done, otherwise we will be stuck on 30,000 members and 20,000 turn up.

Spinner · Post: # 737983Post **Spinner** » Tue 12 May 2009 10:43pm

For some reason our fans don't seem to come to away matches....

SainterK · Post: # 737984Post **SainterK** » Tue 12 May 2009 10:44pm

Personally I think many were opposing Monday night footy, which I found disappointing. Here are our boys on the main stage, breaking ratings records...

Thursday or Monday night footy is going to happen, I don't see how not going along is proving anything? I get that there are legitimate reasons that people cannot make it, no issue at all....but if you didn't go purely in opposition....well, I find that annoying....

There I said it

Bernard Shakey · Tue 12 May 2009 10:46pm

perfectionist wrote:Gut estimate, of the 46G I'd say 20G were Saints fans. Where the bloody hell were they? Geez, after 6 good wins, what more does it take?

Why go to a game you know we are going to win, on a ridiculous week night and put money into the Collingwood and Collo coffers?

If the numbers that left early are an accurate reflection, it may be that Monday night football is not successful at all.

jonesy · Post: # 737989Post **jonesy** » Tue 12 May 2009 10:47pm

It's always the same. The absolute max amount of supporters we ever get to an away game would be about 25k to the old MCG blockbusters. Otherwise it's usually about 10-15K. Can't remember us ever dominating the stands for a big crowd away match

perfectionist · Tue 12 May 2009 10:52pm

Spinner wrote:For some reason our fans don't seem to come to away matches....

But it's at the same ground as our home matches?

I appreciate the cost factor, if we are talking about home members. But, for those who aren't members (too many), where's the difference? I hope the Board is thinking about this and developing strategies for redress.

SainterK · Post: # 737997Post **SainterK** » Tue 12 May 2009 10:54pm

Bernard Shakey wrote:
perfectionist wrote:Gut estimate, of the 46G I'd say 20G were Saints fans. Where the bloody hell were they? Geez, after 6 good wins, what more does it take?
Why go to a game you know we are going to win, on a ridiculous week night and put money into the Collingwood and Collo coffers?

If the numbers that left early are an accurate reflection, it may be that Monday night football is not successful at all.

I must point out that the numbers that left early were mostly Collingwood supporters, funny about that....

saintspremiers · Tue 12 May 2009 10:54pm

jonesy wrote:It's always the same. The absolute max amount of supporters we ever get to an away game would be about 25k to the old MCG blockbusters. Otherwise it's usually about 10-15K. Can't remember us ever dominating the stands for a big crowd away match

Generally true, but I reckon we had more fans at the Dogs away match than the Pies one.

Of course, the Monday night vs Sunday Twilight could be a big issue, but I reckon many Saints fans may have also assumed they couldn't get in, given it was a Pies home game at Docklands, as opposed to the bigger MCG.

SaintDebi · Post: # 738012Post **SaintDebi** » Tue 12 May 2009 11:07pm

ohwhenthesaints! wrote:Personally I think many were opposing Monday night footy, which I found disappointing. Here are our boys on the main stage, breaking ratings records...

Thursday or Monday night footy is going to happen, I don't see how not going along is proving anything? I get that there are legitimate reasons that people cannot make it, no issue at all....but if you didn't go purely in opposition....well, I find that annoying....

There I said it

You're right. The AFL worked it in such a way that it would always be a "success", and it is more than likely something we will have to get used to.
I oppose the whole idea of monday night footy and I didn't go, but would I have if work / time etc had not made it so difficult? Yes I would have. Much as I'd like to say I'd make a stand purely on principal, the fact is I love watching the Saints play live. Thats why its so disappointing that the real supporters just don't matter to the AFL.

SainterK · Post: # 738018Post **SainterK** » Tue 12 May 2009 11:13pm

SaintDebi wrote:
ohwhenthesaints! wrote:Personally I think many were opposing Monday night footy, which I found disappointing. Here are our boys on the main stage, breaking ratings records...

Thursday or Monday night footy is going to happen, I don't see how not going along is proving anything? I get that there are legitimate reasons that people cannot make it, no issue at all....but if you didn't go purely in opposition....well, I find that annoying....

There I said it
You're right. The AFL worked it in such a way that it would always be a "success", and it is more than likely something we will have to get used to.
I oppose the whole idea of monday night footy and I didn't go, but would I have if work / time etc had not made it so difficult? Yes I would have. Much as I'd like to say I'd make a stand purely on principal, the fact is I love watching the Saints play live. Thats why its so disappointing that the real supporters just don't matter to the AFL.

I was just due to have my little rant and rave....

I was excited about going, and I guess reading all the posts leading up to the event dampened my enthusiasm a bit. I did end up having a great night, the atmosphere was good...and our boys put on a great show.

mightysainters · Tue 12 May 2009 11:23pm

Alot of saints near me... maybe 19 000 we had there.... still alot at the ground and most maggies had left near the end...

Cairnsman · Post: # 738027Post **Cairnsman** » Tue 12 May 2009 11:24pm

saint66au wrote:
QuestionOfAccuracy wrote:There seemed to be a fair few Saints supporters there, although obviously outnumbered by the Pies (no surprise). But what was dissapointing for me was the lack of noise we generated! We are on top of the ladder and are playing great footy, if there is any time to go nuts and cheer on your team its now!! The noise level did seem to lift in the last quarter...but that was junk time obviously.
Actually I reckon noise-wise on TV we held our own OK. hard to tell from where I was sitting cos I was surrounded by Saints. The CS/MW bays behind the goals were loud...and I think everyone in those bays got their pic in the paper or their head on TV lol

The amount of cheering/noise our fans make has been disapointing for years now. I bang on about it (especially on SS) whenever I get the chance in the hope that on mass the supporters collectively do something about it. I still reckon the club and the cheersquad have a role to play.

I still remember the 2005 prelim having all of the atmosphere of a ladies croquet match and that was even early on in the game when we were on top and then when it got close and then when the Swans hit the front. The Saints crowd just sat down and made very little noise. And most games I go to it is like that. So I'll say it again, what is wrong with our real support on match day. Geez I miss Moorabbin.

Enrico_Misso · Tue 12 May 2009 11:34pm

I was on the dockside wing L3.
Probably 40% StK fans up there.

My group of 12 made plenty of noise