Official discussion thread!
I was hoping Werribee would make it through for the good of the competition, as they still appear to be a club in their own right, whereas Box Hill really aren't their own club anymore with the jumper change, song change and name change etc.
Still it might bring a bigger crowd along or it could work against the VFL, with general supporters less likely to attend a 'reserves' Grand Final.
From what I saw of todays game, it's difficult to see the Hawks really challenging Geelong. I wonder what impact Friday nights game between the two clubs will have on selection.
In reply to Here's some food for thought. by BrekkyDJ
Thats a bit of a shocker I would have thought the TV ratings would have gone up
We all know that Sat afternoon is a ratings graveyard so thats one of the reason plus the other is the ABCs reluctance to promote the VFL properly.
In Victoria tens of thousands are either at work or shopping and playing sport during the day on Saturday and nation wide it would be millions that cannot watch during that time.
The AFL GF also suffers from less viewers by being on Sat afternoon watch the ratings go up by about 1/3 when they switch to a night GF which is only a matter of when not if.
Brekky I thought that the Port grand final last year had 14.5 k which is 600 people less than yesterday. What are the tv ratings - last year it was around the 200 k mark - if its 100 k less then thats a 50 per cent drop.
WATCH OUT PEOPLE I KNOW MATH AND NOT AFRAID TO USE IT!!!!
Brekky I thought that the Port grand final last year had 14.5 k which is 600 people less than yesterday. What are the tv ratings - last year it was around the 200 k mark - if its 100 k less then thats a 50 per cent drop.
WATCH OUT PEOPLE I KNOW MATH AND NOT AFRAID TO USE IT!!!!
In reply to Brekky I thought that the by MegaA
The 14.5 k Crowd was the 2011 GF between Port and Willi. 2012's GF between Geelong and Port was 17k.
TV audience for the VFL GF last year was over 200,000 (closer to 250k I believe).
From vfl wikipedia
2012 Geelong 14.24 (108) Port Melbourne 11.9 (75) Etihad Stadium 14,536[6] George Horlin-Smith (Geelong)
2011 Port Melbourne 22.12 (144) Williamstown 13.10 (88) Etihad Stadium 11,879[7] Toby Pinwill (Port Melbourne)
Anyways....
The Norm Goss Medal voting looked like this...
Mark Erwin (VFL Radio)
3 Jonathan Simpkin (Box Hill Hawks)
2 Sam Iles (Box Hill Hawks)
1 Mitch Hallahan (Box Hill Hawks)
Peter Holden (3WBC)
3 Matt Spangher (Box Hill Hawks)
2 Xavier Murphy (Box Hill Hawks)
1 Josh Walker (Geelong)
James Hunter Smith (Herald Sun)
3 Jonathan Simpkin (Box Hill Hawks)
2 Mitch Hallahan (Box Hill Hawks)
1 Matt Spangher (Box Hill Hawks)
David Rhys Jones (ABC TV)
3 Kyle Cheney (Box Hill Hawks)
2 Xavier Murphy (Box Hill Hawks)
1 Matt Spangher (Box Hill Hawks)
Total:
6 Jonathan Simpkin (Box Hill Hawks)
5 Matt Spangher (Box Hill Hawks)
4 Xavier Murphy (Box Hill Hawks)
3 Kyle Cheney (Box Hill Hawks)
3 Mitch Hallahan (Box Hill Hawks)
2 Sam Iles (Box Hill Hawks)
1 Josh Walker (Geelong)
MATH? MATH? I thought MegaA was Greek, not American!!
MATH? MATH? I thought MegaA was Greek, not American!!
Johnny is isle 31 row k seat 21 should have voted.....
Grand Final boundary umpire:
http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/1795019/lougoon-marks-another…