The Tigers turned up, but where were the fans?

@Citizen Tiger said:
Another poster who can't attribute a quote to the correct person. I suggest you re-ceheck your figures for the period since the premiership in 05'. Apart from your rubbery figures, it's flawed to suggest that that crowds are directly comparable, when the **first is drawn from a supporter base that is iverwhelmingly local,** as opposed to one that is geographically fragmented. Here's a scoop, there's very few **Tigers supporters that live in Balmain, Rozelle, Glebe or Leichhardt any more**
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Really…what census did you get that from.......

Do you suggest only people from the McArthur support the Wests Tigers....

Always boosting the old girls numbers.......
 
@Citizen Tiger said:
@Geo. said:
How quicly it turns into an US V THEM Thread…. :laughing:

Some things will never change...

To much traffic, cold, Wet, Friday night, opposition, form......blah blah blah

Poor effort from ALL Wests Tigers Supporters....

Those that decided to stay away for what ever reason...I feel sorry for you...Not everyday Wests Tigers put 50 on a team...

Wonder what the ratings for the game on TV was.....

Look, to be frank, I think it goes way deeper than crowd comparisons. Having been to Campbelltown quite a few times now, it's no way shabby, in fact it's an excellent stadium with very good amenities. I have to say however, that I find it quite souless. If atmosphere were available commercially, the club would be buying truckloads of the stuff for Cambo. While I appreciate that it's not quite as intimate as Leichhardt, there just is not the same buzz, or excitement, or fervour at CS that you find at the old place, despite it's lack of parking, toilets and bacteria free food. Probably been the subject of countless threads before, I know, but there you have it
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Wow, and here I thought I could see Leichhardt Oval from my upstairs window…....gee, will have to reassess where I do my 'local' shopping, might have to make it MacArthur Square. Can anyone tell me where that is?
 
@citizen cub said:
To back my statement, I've just a little comparison

As a sample, I've picked out two games from last season where it has been p**s down rain and the tigers have just come back off a loss, so take a look:

Wests Tigers vs Brisbane Broncos 22 May 2009, 7:35pm Campbelltown Stadium Crowd: 9,675

Wests Tigers vs Melbourne Storm 20 April 2009, 7:00pm Leichhardt Oval Crowd: 12,646
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This is a big piece of evidence to suggest that the Leichhardt faithful turn up no matter what the situation, to cheer the tigers on. If you want any more just ask me.
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You're kidding aren't you?

Evidence…. LOL

The Cronula game at Leichhardt has already been mentioned, what happened to "the faithful who turn up no matter the situation" that night?
 
Same old garbage and everyone ignores the elephant in the corner of the room.

Leichardt Oval is a dilapidated hole that does not meet NRL criteria. In its current format, playing at the Leichardt is not sustainable as the amenities are a disgrace. Wests Tigers are only allowed to play there due to the merger.

Campbelltown Stadium is now equipped to take this club forward over the next 20 years. Fix Leichardt Oval and maybe we can start comparing crowds. Until then, the ground is an anchor on this club's long term development.
 
Unfortunately due to family and work obligations its hard for me to get to friday and monday night matches…..but yes the crowd was very dissapointing I even thought the Saintsv Parra crowd looked a bit average.....possibly an origin hangover
 
I can't believe you guys are putting this down to the cold/wet weather…

The reason was simple... There was no communication as to the fact the game was a Campbelltown...

Yesterday alone i spoke to 5 seperate people who would usually go to the game but did not know it was at Campbelltown... There was next to no advertisement compared to usual in the local area, and that goes for the local papers as well..

I even heard a radio station on Thursday evening referring to the game being at Leichardt..

All in all it was a poor attendance, but when the promotion of the game was probably about half as it usually would be then what do they expect???
 
It was really strange last night in regards to the crowd. I was there early enough for the U20s and when that game finished I was sort of expecting the place to fill at any moment. The game didn't start until about 7:45pm and I thought there must be stacks of people outside trying to get in as the teams had finished the warm ups and left the field a good while earlier. I was up the top of the Western Stand and could actually count the number of people sitting on the Northern Hill. There were 9 people sitting in one of the bays in the Eastern Stand.

The weather was great, it wasn't too cold - where was everyone? I can u nderstand people who work in the city thinking twice about going and those never ending road works on the M5 at Ingleburn are very disruptive. And sure people have other commitments but we seemed to be missing about 8000 people. I say that thinking that like others who were there, the real crowd might have been about 7000 - 8000.

I always thought that the future of the Wests Tigers might be at Campbelltown. Good stadium, big club next door, parking and public transport. Opportunities to play home semi-finals there in years to come, but after last night I might have to rethink that. As Tigers fans lets make sure that we pack the place out for the Titans game!
 
@Mad Tiger said:
The reason was simple… There was no communication as to the fact the game was a Campbelltown...

Yesterday alone i spoke to 5 seperate people who would usually go to the game but did not know it was at Campbelltown... There was next to no advertisement compared to usual in the local area, and that goes for the local papers as well..

I even heard a radio station on Thursday evening referring to the game being at Leichardt..

All in all it was a poor attendance, but when the promotion of the game was probably about half as it usually would be then what do they expect???
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Thanks Mad Tiger that was my take on it as well. There's usually a vibe around C'town the week of a game and that was missing this week.
 
I really think it had alot to do with the Souths loss.

That match really turned people off, i know it did me. Had it not been for my son i would have stayed home on the Nth Shore. It's a lot to ask when you think the team isn't putting in.

A couple more wins and all will be forgiven i suspect.
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@Icon said:
I really think it had alot to do with the Souths loss.

That match really turned people off, i know it did me. Had it not been for my son i would have stayed home on the Nth Shore. It's a lot to ask when you think the team isn't putting in.

A couple more wins and all will be forgiven i suspect.
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I never thought we had fair weather fans…... 4 years in the finals wilderness yet we ave right near the top of Sydney based crowd averages....

It's true though a winning football team will boost numbers for sure...

Beat the Scumdogs next Friday...

Leichhardt will be bursting at the seams come the Raiders game on a Sunday arvo....
 
After the no effort put in by the boys during the last 2 home games when they drew 20k at Cambo and 30k at The scg I"m surprised anybody turned up.Lets face it,those games were nonesence.

These players are on big bucks and must learn to put in every week because prices are expensive and people get peed off when they make a bigger effort to get to the game than the players during it.
 
@citizen tiger said:
subject of poor crowds at campbelltown comes up every year and it's the same litany of excuses viz. It's friday night, the traffic on the expressway is heavy, it's cold, it's wet, it's on tv, it's happy hour with the lingerie barmaids, there's no parking, the pies are always cold, aliens keep stealing my car keys….

Crikey people, buy a bottle of 'man up' pills. You have a great facility, it's a huge demographic and the price of entry is more than reasonable, so get out and support your team. I gotta say that the area is habitually poor when it comes to support, the numbers speak for themselves
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perhaps its the fact that mcarthur crowd travel to leicchardt but the leichhardt people are too lazy to travel to mcarthur.what about the 10,000 crowd between tigers and cronulla at leichhardt a few years agoon a perfectly dry friday night when cronulla were leading the comp.a lot closer from cronulla to leicchardt than new zealand to mcarthur wouldnt you say i think that should well and truly knock your argument for six.in addition please note that saints and parra last night only drew 15,000 for a clash between 1 and 2 favorites for the title this year and a host of origin stars.
 
It was a combination of MULTIPLE reasons. Firstly the game WAS NOT PROMOTED properly in any form of media. Secondly the recent weather and the prediction of further heavy rain & strong winds. Then there was the hang over from origin and the lingering recovery from the loss to Souths. Finally , as anyone in Campbelltown can attest , the greatest show on earth is in town , THE MOSCOW CIRCUS.

The combination of all the above , is OF COURSE going to put a dent in numbers. :unamused:
 
@Mad Tiger said:
I can't believe you guys are putting this down to the cold/wet weather…

The reason was simple... There was no communication as to the fact the game was a Campbelltown...

Yesterday alone i spoke to 5 seperate people who would usually go to the game but did not know it was at Campbelltown... There was next to no advertisement compared to usual in the local area, and that goes for the local papers as well..

I even heard a radio station on Thursday evening referring to the game being at Leichardt..

All in all it was a poor attendance, but when the promotion of the game was probably about half as it usually would be then what do they expect???
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I agree I live in Campbelltown and everyone I spoke to did not even know that we were playing at Campbelltown this week.

Hell I didn't even know that we were playing here until last weekend (Normally I know a few weeks in advance) and that was only because of this forum, if I wasn't on the forum I wouldn't of known either.

There wasn't an advertisement in the local paper, normally there is at 1/2 a page, if not a full page.

There was no vibe at all in the lead up.

Personally I think people are being a bit harsh, you add the figures of the 2 games together and that an average of about 15 000 at each game.
 
I also got to say, from where I am from in Campbelltown, not a lot of people supported Wests Tigers.

When I finished high school 2.5 years ago I had mates there who supported Newcastle, St George, Roosters, Bulldogs, Penrith, Parramatta, Souths and even the Cowboys.

I only knew one Tigers fan.

I'm not sure why thats the case, I'm not sure if its like that in other areas?
 
I don't buy into the Campbelltown v Leichhardt crap. I didn't realise my post would descend into a battle of venues. We generally turn up to both venues in good numbers - **actual** crowd figures are comparable at both grounds, despite people's preferences and biases.

We're all Wests Tigers fans and generally travel from far and wide to support the team. I get the train from the city to Campbelltown and I'm always surprised at how many get only not only at Central but at each stop down the east hills line.

I thought we would have got 14-15,000 there last night. Sounds like promotion of the venue change was not good, and I'm heartened to know that Saints could only draw 15,000 to Kogarah. Maybe a bit of origin hangover too.

Bad luck to those that didn't turn up. It was nice to be there and watch the Tigers put 50 on a team.
 
@Jazza said:
I also got to say, from where I am from in Campbelltown, not a lot of people supported Wests Tigers.

When I finished high school 2.5 years ago I had mates there who supported Newcastle, St George, Roosters, Bulldogs, Penrith, Parramatta, Souths and even the Cowboys.

I only knew one Tigers fan.

I'm not sure why thats the case, I'm not sure if its like that in other areas?
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That's changing Jazza. I see a lot more people wearing Tigers jerseys around C/town than I did a few years.
 
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