Guess the Crowd: Saints vs Cats

[saintspremiers]

Hmmm, the biggie: will our fan/membership base turn up in droves as they would if we were playing at Etihad?

A home game at the G - maybe shown Live against the gate on Channel 7 perhaps???

Wet (or Cold) weather may be a factor for all those soft Saints fans who don't like going to the G.

To offset all this will be a swag of MCC members and plenty of neutrals that want to see the Top 2 sides of the comp square off!

Anyway, that being said, I'll go for:

72,500

[iwantmeseats]

whats with not turning up because the ground or seats or not to your exact liking? I dont get that.

[saintnick12]

Some people really don't like being out in the weather. It doesn't bother me too much, but my mum hates it (which was bad luck for her on GF day as we were right out in the open). She of course dealt with it for a GF, but if it rains next Friday night and we haven't got undercover seats she will stay home. She is in her 60's and its fair enough I reckon. If it rains we will go without her. We are SC members so will be getting tickets in the allocated bays on Saturday when they are released. The allocated bays are on the ground level so I will try to get seats at the back of that bay which are undercover.

BTW, crowd guess 75329

[SaintDebi]

I'm not thrilled with my seats but that won't stop me being there.
And I don't care how cold or wet it is as far as being out in it is concerned. Its amazing what a poncho and an upside down rubber backed picnic rug can do. If the players can handle the weather, so can I.
What might stop us being there if we cant get away early enough from work is the fact that if it rains they close much of the car park.
My husband can't walk too far or very fast, and last time they closed the carpark we ended up paying somewhere around $40 to park at the Epworth, then missed the 1st quarter while my husband hobbled to the ground in the rain.
(and then we lost to collingwood. NOT a good day)

[OneEyedSainter77]

I'm not thrilled with my seats but that won't stop me being there.
And I don't care how cold or wet it is as far as being out in it is concerned. Its amazing what a poncho and an upside down rubber backed picnic rug can do. If the players can handle the weather, so can I.
What might stop us being there if we cant get away early enough from work is the fact that if it rains they close much of the car park.
My husband can't walk too far or very fast, and last time they closed the carpark we ended up paying somewhere around $40 to park at the Epworth, then missed the 1st quarter while my husband hobbled to the ground in the rain.
(and then we lost to collingwood. NOT a good day)

I remmeber that day - I seem to bad luck when I watch us play n the rain - the game against Essendon in 2006 where we won by three points, Collignwood in round 14 2007 and the GF last year.... all rained heavily - lost all three...

[Milan Faletic]

82,300

[Moods]

I hope we get 75K. If we don't I hope no-one from the saints ever complains about the pies hogging the big stage against the big clubs again. Good weather, game NOT shown against the gate - 80K. Crap weather - 68k.

[saintspremiers]

82,300

WOW!

I hope you are right.

I'll buy you a pint if you're right.

Can't see us topping 80K - we don't have the supporter base of The Filth, Carlscum or Essendon to get it that high IMO.

[Eastern]

Being the start of school holidays will boost the numbers if the weather is OK.

71,449

Our Foriegn Correspondent estimates 71,450 !!

[Saint4Eva]

37

[Launcestonsaint]

Being the start of school holidays will boost the numbers if the weather is OK.

71,449

Our Foriegn Correspondent estimates 71,450 !!

My Northern Island Colleague, sorry but you have over estimated me. I'll go with 71,448 thanks.

[dals_da_bomb]

47589

[#1GILL]

80000

[jonesy]

Stkilda finally get a big home game at the G...therefore it will rain,and blow over 40 knots from the south delivering hail.
Modern day Stkilda supporters are fickle,and only the staple 22,000 that go every week will turn up.
49,427

If it's fine,
72,757

[bozza1980]

69,750

But am happy to be wrong on the conservative side.

[Sainternist]

I'm predicting low 70's.

Wow, the encounter against the Filth next month looks to be a mouthwatering affair. At this stage, I reckon 80 + for that game.

[SaintSimmo]

75,268

[dcstkfc]

I'm predicting low 70's.

Wow, the encounter against the Filth next month looks to be a mouthwatering affair. At this stage, I reckon 80 + for that game.

Shame it's a filth home game!

[St Fidelius]

It's a pity our only game against Geelong is to be played in the middle of winter, there should always be two games in the season fixture for the previous grand finalist sides IMO.

The first match should be the season opener with the winner of the GF having the home game at the G and the second game played in the second half of the fixture.

It would be an extra bonus, in gate takings, for the previous winning team of last years GF and the crowd in that round 1 match would have been huge.

I would have little doubt that we would have smashed them if we played in round 1 this year, as Geelong were fairly ordinary at the start of the season.

I am tipping a crowd of around 65,500, which would be disappointing, but in the middle of winter and a night game, I really don't think there would be much more.

I hope I am wrong.

[OneEyedSainter77]

26,340

The two crowds will barely fill Etihad IMO

[Milan Faletic]

82,300

WOW!

I hope you are right.

I'll buy you a pint if you're right.

Can't see us topping 80K - we don't have the supporter base of The Filth, Carlscum or Essendon to get it that high IMO.

-1

Me. Expletives deleted. I have a damn work function on Friday. Shattered. Totally forgot about the date. Have a pint for me if we get 80,000 SP, which I still think we will.

[Milan Faletic]

26,340

The two crowds will barely fill Etihad IMO

Hope you go to the G, otherwise you might be lonely.

[Eastern]

Being the start of school holidays will boost the numbers if the weather is OK.

71,449

Our Foriegn Correspondent estimates 71,450 !!

With Hawthorn v Essendon drawing 54,000, the Foriegn Correspondent and I might need to revise DOWN

Me 53,844. Him one either side of that !!

[Spinner]

62,000

[SaintPav]

62,000

71,056