R6 v Adelaide United | 7.30pm Friday 13th Nov | #SaveTheNix

I say its a good thing that he asked for 15K at the game.

If you have high expectations and fail by a little, you have still done pretty well.

Again, its up to the media, I say  jump on facebook and the twitter account of any sport Journo you know. They need

to know people are interested in this game.

Agree. But it is all about support for the club, players sure will enjoy 15K people chanting for them.

It's also about croud numbers, bums on seats. 

If we get 15k to the game then we need to win, everytime we've had big crouds before the team has failed to lift for them. It's going to be hard but at least its Adelaide. It could very well be a 0-0 draw with two teams that cannot score playing each other.

But as said it shouldn't be about the crouds, if you look at our stats we tend to do 8-9 k throughout our history and pretty consistantly. There has been the first year when we got more than 11k, and a couple of years when averaged 6k but most of the time its 8-9k which is pretty good for a city of our size even when you compare it to countries that Football is dominant in. I heard somewhere that the Phoenix are the fourth most supported team in the country, presumably after the Warriors and the top couple of super rugby franchises.

If they didn't want crouds of 8-9k then they shouldn't have setup in cities the size of Wellington, in fact they shouldn't have an A-League at all because only the Victory, the Roar, Adelaide and the two Sydney teams manage it consistently. All this talk about fishing where the fishes are doesn't work, just look at Heart/City without derbies their crouds are similar to ours.

We want 7!

True that; though for me, it's more to galvanise support. If we get 6k again I think you'll find that the support from other A-League fans will wane.

The croWd is all important, that is why there needs to be a push with the media via their social media webpages.  If Wellington

can get 15K people and the Phoenix can win, that will surly help the cause.

while that is true I think the croud push is about showing how many numbers are committed to attending, Welnix who are apparently now directly talking to SKY about the broadcast deal will have a much more solid argument if the game on Friday has a bumper croud and viewership numbers - I think that is why there has been the push and I don't think that's a bad thing at all.

This,  After all of the drama and media/FFA implying the croWds are the issue, A massive turn out will be a nice big finger to the FFA.  Cant blame the croWds if the croWds are good.

One piece of good news, Westpac Stadium has confirmed they will have craft beer on sale again for this game!! 

Agree that a big croud isn't going to make a difference to the FFA but it will show WelNix that there's a reason for them to keep fighting. Also, I think it's an opportunity to convert some people to start to build crouds long term. A big croud, a Friday night party atmosphere, and hopefully a win might get a few to return and help to build interest. I also think that croud numbers are related to media interest and TV ratings. Big crouds look and sound better on TV and make the games more exciting to watch. It might not affect interest much but any increase in TV ratings will help us. 

One funny thing is thata lot of people seem to think games are way more expensive than they are. I've been spamming workmates and I've got at least one to come and probably a few more, but they've all been surprised that adult tickets are only $25ish. They all seemed to think it was more like $40+. I dunno where that's come from but maybe a greater emphasis on ticket prices in our advertising might help.

What did ticket prices use to be? I do wonder if they have come down in price (I don't know as only done season tickets)

Well said Smithy loving the push for this week but what about the game after that and the one after that. What good is a bumper croud going to be if we can't sustain it. Shark wouldn't we love the answer to that one.LOL

Are people seriously complaining at the club doing all this extra stuff to get a big croud? 

No one is complaining about the club doing more to promote the game..

Never trust nufc.

Would be nice though to not be the lowest/worst performing club at any of the 'metrics' FFA have said we need to improve on.

Unless testicles are on the line.

Also there is a 20% discount for season ticket holders when buying extra tickets

So every so often the Nix chuck in a cheaper deal and maybe people are associating Nix prices with Rugby/Hurricane prices?

One good turnout does not a big finger make.

I love a big croud as much as the next man, don't get me wrong. I just think it's the wrong focus in terms of the license discussion.

100% correct Smithy, but a big croud this week IS part of the qualitative context which FFA seems to not understand - the emotional outpouring, the passions, the creativity of fans, the feeling that this is "our" team, buying memberships for volunteers, scarfing the city. These things are the DNA, the essence of The Phoenix. They ARE important too. We need this AND the long stakeholder game on the licence. Plus, it's fudgeing fun.

Yeah, if at the end of the season we can show average attendance, ratings and memberships are better than other clubs - that would be great (crouds and ratings I think we should get there, memberships possibly not). At least recent comments from the FFA and the club show that the metrics Gallop said initially is mostly bollocks.

I agree with that.  If a local game pulls consistently decent number of punters to the stadium, eventually a broadcast deal is built on these figures as it translates indirectly into potential ad viewers for sponsors, etc. which is what FFA business model seems to be driven by.

It also may indirectly help FFA into thinking "hmmm...if this is in Wellington... what would a new Auckland club in HAL attract?...hhmmmm... derbies, derbies...hmmm....".

During our first season, I paid for every home game and the prices were between $28 & $31 including the booking fee. I wasn't sure if I could attend every home game but then got my ST from the next season onwards.

I like big crouds at our games but I agree with an earlier comment. Domey should have said that they hoped for a 9k croud so that if we get more than that, the club  could have said it was a great success. But to say 15k is just setting yourself up for an epic fail at 7:15 on a Friday night against the cellar dwellers.

Still, I will be driving back from Hastings Friday lunch time just to attend this game. There's a hundy in petrol alone. Any Hawke's Bay fans want a lift, pm me as I am coming back to Hastings on Saturday.

Everyone knows this. So in the future when the FFA come out talking #metrics, we can easily turn around and call out the bullshark.

Calling for a "Black out" just because its Friday 13th. Wrong call. This game is all about showing your colours. #blacknyellow #stripey

Just saw the bottom line on the digital bus time tables saying "take public transport to the Phoenix this Friday "

Was hoping the word free would appear next....but it didn't.

C-R-O-W-D

ffs

Just so you know, croud is done on purpose in that the board will automatically change CROWD to croud. We aren't all bad spellers...

Never explain your gags feverites.

Walk away with your head high wearing a Stephen Fry smoking jacket (or something like that).

I have got me a curly one at it is fantastic.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2015/n...

(I wish I had curly hair too)