Media still tried to drive the narrative that we weren’t showing up
Aside from Dusty's 300th
TBBH
The crowds for our last 3-4 home games were disappointing
To have only 35k for our final home game to farewell our greatest player (IMHO) and a great of our Club was incredibly poor
So our last 3-4 games had poor crowds and we still had the 4th highest average
Yes,
Dreamtime, opening round v Carlton, ANZAC eve games to name 3 others = large crowds so increase average numbers
But look at some of our home games in the 2nd half of the season
Rd 24 - 35k
Bulldogs home game IIRC around 39k, during our premiership run that would be around 60k
Our home game against Carlton only 59k (average is around 70-75k)
Rd 18 against GWS under 20k, previously that would have been around 38-40k
Then you have our game against C'wood (away game) less than 60k. In the past it would 70k easily.
People can disagree but facts are our crowds dropped away markedly as the season got worse. Can only imagine what impact it will have on the bottom line, ditto the drop in members
We are going to get a crap draw in 2025. I wouldn't be at all surprised if we drop down the average crowd ladder further.