I'm a little disappointed too. Thought we would push up around 80,000 for this one but it doesn't look like it.cam wrote:A little disappointed with ticket sales for tonight's big match against Argentina. Although a Tuesday night and several stars missing doesn't help. 65,000 tickets have been pre-sold, the MCG is predicting 70,000, some were reporting in the press yesterday 80,000. I'd be happy with over 80k. Check out the MCG webcam to see the ground being prepared for tonight.
The weather is horrible in Melbourne today, so that might keep some people away that were contemplating going.
If we got 70-75k I'd be satisfied. The game really is at the wrong time, right in the middle of AFL finals which, for the first time in a while, is dominated by Victorian teams.
Melbourne in September has blinkers on (even moreso than normal), the AFL literally dominates everything especially when you have Geelong, Collingwood, Kangaroos and Hawthorn still involved in finals.
Still I'll go along and watch, hoping to see some good performances from one of our boys and hope we don't get smashed by too much.
But don't forget tonight is a celebration, it's Graham Arnold's last game in charge!!!
EDIT: Given the smaller than expected numbers and the weather, in hindsight this game would have been perfect for the Telstra Dome!! Although 10,000 tickets more than TD capacity have been sold!