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Posted October 13, 2014 00:18 · last edited October 13, 2014 00:44

On a more sobering note here's a reminder of our record at Westpac for the last two seasons:

2012/13 - P 12, W 3, D 4, L 5, F 15, A 17

2013/14 - P 10, W 2, D 3, L 5, F 11, A 16

So including yesterday's result our combined record at Westpac going back to the start of 2012/13 is:

P 23, W 5, D 7, L 11, F 27, A 35

I know that there are lots of other theories about what might be behind our poor crowds but there's no doubt for me that only winning 5 of our last 23 games at Westpac is the major factor. That's simply not what most people go to a football game to see, especially the more casual fan.

It also has a major impact on the atmosphere, chanting etc because obviously there are not that many periods of time at home games when we are ahead. If I had time to work it out I would go back and calculate the actual number of minutes that we have been leading a game out of those 23 games (approx. 2070 mins in total). I'll bet it's not more than 25-30% of that total time at the most. Which isn't much fun.

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terminator_x edited October 13, 2014 00:44

On a more sobering note here's a reminder of our record at Westpac for the last two seasons:

2012/13 - P 12, W 3, D 4, L 5, F 15, A 17

2013/14 - P 10, W 2, D 3, L 5, F 11, A 16

So including yesterday's result our combined record at Westpac going back to the start of 2012/13 is:

P 23, W 5, D 7, L 11, F 27, A 35

I know that there are lots of other theories about what might be behind our poor crowds but there's no doubt for me that only winning 5 of our last 23 games at Westpac is the major factor. That's simply not what most people go to a football game to see, especially the more casual fan.

It also has a major impact on the atmosphere, chanting etc because obviously there are not that many period of time at home games when we are ahead. If I had time to work it out I would go back and calculate the actual number of minutes that we have been leading a game out of those 23 games (approx. 2070 mins in total). I'll bet it's not more than 25-30% of that total time at the most. Which isn't much fun.