SA Footy

therisingblues wrote:Did anyone see the messenger this week?
"sanfl clubs say the success of footy at Adelaide oval has led to a downturn in crowds at their games.
"Figures released exclusively to newscorp Australia show minor round attendances at sanfl matches was down by 13 percent in 2015 and clubs dispute the theory that supporter backlash against the entry of AFL reserves teams was the cause."
"Instead they say the runaway success of footy in the city meant fans who baulked at live afl at West lakes had returned, causing some to desert the sanfl.
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"' There's no doubt that success of Adelaide oval has had an effect on sanfl crowds,' WWT chief executive Peter Shwarz said.
"The league average attendance fell from 2819 in 2014 to 2453 this year.
"Crowds were down 6.3 % on 2013.
"SANFL general manager Adam Kelly said the cold winter had an impact and pointed to the fact league wide membership was up.
"' Crowds were) impacted significantly by the cold and wet conditions, ' said Kelly who added crowds were healthy in August. "

So apparently all of you who've quit local footy are sneaking off to Adelaide Oval without telling the rest of us!
Also, Spelly has somehow been accessing figures that were "exclusively released to newscorp Australia ".
And the rain that fell in August was responsible for crowds being down during July, yet somehow didn't affect crowds negatively during the month that it fell as they were "healthy " during that time!
They also seem not to have figures that show CROWDS ARE DOWN AT AFL GAMES AT ADELAIDE OVAL on last year. These figures which for the purposes of this article don't seem to exist would question why crowds have not, correspondingly, returned to the Sanfl.

LPH wrote:Eric is DEAD... Long Live Eric

daysofourlives wrote:

LPH wrote:Eric is DEAD... Long Live Eric

What happened?

Meanwhile, Peel Thunder expects to have up to 10 Fremantle players return to its side to take on East Perth in Sunday’s do-or-die first semi-final at Bendigo Bank Stadium.

The Thunder had just three AFL-listed players take to the field in the club’s historic first WAFL finals appearance against the Falcons last weekend.

Thunder coach Cam Shepherd said he expected to welcome back a number of Fremantle players who played in the Dockers loss to Port Adelaide last weekend, as well as captain Brendon Jones and defender Josh Bootsma.

“We had three from Freo last week, I would expect that to rise by 10 or so and we would have Bootsma and Jones back in the side,” Shepherd said.

“We were upbeat and keen for young blokes to have an opportunity.

“Now we are looking forward to playing a strong game against a formidable foe.”

Dogwatcher wrote:Passions are rising.

cennals05 wrote:

Dogwatcher wrote:Passions are rising.

His latest argument is that SANFL supporters had a go at Port over the tarps and the reason that Port supporters weren't going to games was because they were protesting how the club was being run. So SANFL supporters are hypocrites for protesting about the reserves and having a go at Port about the tarps.

He also said the Crows should be in on the same model as the Power and that the Power shouldn't lose their academy side because that's not fair to all the sons of Port greats that are in the team.

cennals05 wrote:

Dogwatcher wrote:Passions are rising.

His latest argument is that SANFL supporters had a go at Port over the tarps and the reason that Port supporters weren't going to games was because they were protesting how the club was being run. So SANFL supporters are hypocrites for protesting about the reserves and having a go at Port about the tarps.

He also said the Crows should be in on the same model as the Power and that the Power shouldn't lose their academy side because that's not fair to all the sons of Port greats that are in the team.

Booney wrote:

cennals05 wrote:

Dogwatcher wrote:Passions are rising.

His latest argument is that SANFL supporters had a go at Port over the tarps and the reason that Port supporters weren't going to games was because they were protesting how the club was being run. So SANFL supporters are hypocrites for protesting about the reserves and having a go at Port about the tarps.

He also said the Crows should be in on the same model as the Power and that the Power shouldn't lose their academy side because that's not fair to all the sons of Port greats that are in the team.

I would have liked this more than the current / future set up. Give Adelaide half of Port's (previous) zones and make them have a reserves team in the SANFL. Too late for that now.

cennals05 wrote:

Dogwatcher wrote:Passions are rising.

His latest argument is that SANFL supporters had a go at Port over the tarps and the reason that Port supporters weren't going to games was because they were protesting how the club was being run. So SANFL supporters are hypocrites for protesting about the reserves and having a go at Port about the tarps.

He also said the Crows should be in on the same model as the Power and that the Power shouldn't lose their academy side because that's not fair to all the sons of Port greats that are in the team.

Reddeer wrote:

Booney wrote:

cennals05 wrote:

Dogwatcher wrote:Passions are rising.

His latest argument is that SANFL supporters had a go at Port over the tarps and the reason that Port supporters weren't going to games was because they were protesting how the club was being run. So SANFL supporters are hypocrites for protesting about the reserves and having a go at Port about the tarps.

He also said the Crows should be in on the same model as the Power and that the Power shouldn't lose their academy side because that's not fair to all the sons of Port greats that are in the team.

I would have liked this more than the current / future set up. Give Adelaide half of Port's (previous) zones and make them have a reserves team in the SANFL. Too late for that now.

So you want a complete takeover. Typical port arrogace
Just go some where else. Sooner the better and for the SANFL sake it cant come quick enough

Dols wrote:So the apocalypse still hasn't happened!!! Why do you people keep blaming the AFL sides, I think you should clean up your own backyards first. How many of the other 8 teams have improved their membership base? Face the facts that the SANFL is just a breeding pond for the AFL. [emoji457]


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stan wrote:

Reddeer wrote:So you want a complete takeover. Typical port arrogace
Just go some where else. Sooner the better and for the SANFL sake it cant come quick enough

Well no he said the exisintt zone halved for Adelaide.

Booney maybe alot of things but he isnt an arrogant flog. Just a flog [emoji6]

Dols wrote:So the apocalypse still hasn't happened!!! Why do you people keep blaming the AFL sides, I think you should clean up your own backyards first. How many of the other 8 teams have improved their membership base? Face the facts that the SANFL is just a breeding pond for the AFL. [emoji457]


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Dols wrote:So the apocalypse still hasn't happened!!! Why do you people keep blaming the AFL sides, I think you should clean up your own backyards first. How many of the other 8 teams have improved their membership base? Face the facts that the SANFL is just a breeding pond for the AFL.

cennals05 wrote:

Dogwatcher wrote:Passions are rising.

His latest argument is that SANFL supporters had a go at Port over the tarps and the reason that Port supporters weren't going to games was because they were protesting how the club was being run. So SANFL supporters are hypocrites for protesting about the reserves and having a go at Port about the tarps.

He also said the Crows should be in on the same model as the Power and that the Power shouldn't lose their academy side because that's not fair to all the sons of Port greats that are in the team.