Other A-League games 2024/25

[Stuartmcateer]

Scheduling is always average. If it were good there wouldn't be any 4 or 5pm kick offs in summer.

Tbh you probably couldn't have paid me to watch jets vs roar or city vs WU even if it was the golden slot of the weekend. Its about as enticing as Exeter vs Oxford in the FA cup this weekend.

Monday night MacArthur looks to be a holidays thing as they have all 3 home games across December/January on Monday nights - us, Adelaide, Wellington.

When you aren't teachers pet it will always be other clubs getting favourable timeslots. I doubt RPs parting shots did anything to help. There's probably a bit of juggling for ACL weeks as well - not something we will have to worry about next year.

I'm not convinced that those 2 get any more people regardless of the time. They couldn't fill an all Melbourne grand final - the only lower GF attendances were the COVID impacted ones.

Or maybe they just needed to get the day release back to Tarneit before curfew 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

[FFC Mariner]

I recall Shaun saying he had to battle to get CCM the timeslots they wanted and he would often lose.
Broadcaster calls the shots and to be fair to them their job is to do what they can to maximise viewers. This happens everywhere.
It will never change we just need a fan focused back office fighting for the club which I fear we no longer have.

 

[turbo]

Cow town and the barrel boys were Monday. Maybe it's kids eat free at the stadium on Monday nights. Or cheaper hiring and don't have to pay Sunday rates.

Macarthur seem to do well with crowds on Monday nights. Admittedly it’s not a high base line but it seems to work for them

 

[Meerkat]

Jeez the Sydney Perf game looks horrible.

 

[ccf]

Anyone else finding the broadcast not very bright. Have gone in and out of paramount and no different.

 

[pjennings]

Anyone else finding the broadcast not very bright. Have gone in and out of paramount and no different.

Fine for me

 

[Archie]

Not sure who, but someone posted stats of our crowds from certain scheduling and it has basically been copied and pasted in this article by the roar. Worth a read

https://www.theroar.com.au/2025/01/08/could-emulating-radical-mls-move-improve-a-league-crowds-and-tv-ratings/

 

[pjennings]

Not sure who, but someone posted stats of our crowds from certain scheduling and it has basically been copied and pasted in this article by the roar. Worth a read

https://www.theroar.com.au/2025/01/08/could-emulating-radical-mls-move-improve-a-league-crowds-and-tv-ratings/

I posted the Stats. @midfielder wrote the article on the Roar. I hope he fact-checked me.

 

[capauau]

Mitch Langerak interviewed. Didn't realise how tall and old he actually is

 

[Stuartmcateer]

WU winning tonight against vuk adds to the need to win tomorrow. The pack starting to pull away.

 

[Wee-mac]

WU winning tonight against vuk adds to the need to win tomorrow. The pack starting to pull away.

How in the hell did WU even win that?

 

[Spacks]

How in the hell did WU even win that?

Perseverance

 

[Meerkat]

Perseverance

Something we no longer have.. Belief.

 

[Meerkat]

WU winning tonight against vuk adds to the need to win tomorrow. The pack starting to pull away.

We aren’t winning tomorrow. Not a snowballs chance in hell. I would bet on it but don’t think it would be paying much.

Games like tonight just demonstrate everything we aren’t. Or no longer are, anyway.

 

[turbo]

How in the hell did WU even win that?

WU have gone under the radar a bit this season (some worldies aside) and turned into a decent side with a bunch of promising young players. Going into this season I thought JA would be one of the first under pressure but he has them firing now

 

[FFC Mariner]

So. Ahead on 90 minutes but they lost?
Again?
That's mentality

 

[Tevor]

WU have gone under the radar a bit this season (some worldies aside) and turned into a decent side with a bunch of promising young players. Going into this season I thought JA would be one of the first under pressure but he has them firing now

I see WU and Adelaide as teams now reaping the benefits of young players now having had enough A League experience to start shining. Alagich for an example is having a very good season and it’s probably his third now. Just look at us, it took Faz, Niz and Max a few seasons of experience to start excelling. That’s why we need to look after Eames and Co for a few seasons before they take the comp by storm.