Someone get Annesley on the phone... Perhaps he can explain the following.
Tigers were in 9th and Raiders were 10th position in 2018 leading into the finals (round 21 to 25)
Tigers average home game crowds were 17,291 and played Dragons in front of 18,387 and Sea Eagles 8,163
Raiders average home game crowds were 11,862 and played Tigers in front of 14,583,Roosters 10,594 and Rabbitohs 15,990
With the exception of the Sea Eagles game of 8,163 - all others were either in line or greater than their average home game crowd. So how is this crowd drop off?
Then consider this:
The lowest crowds (less than 9,000) were recorded as follows:
1 game in March, 2 games in April, 2 games in May, 6 games in June, 3 games in July and 5 games in August.
With the regular rounds coming to an end, the actual round crowds were as follows:
Round 21 - 96,118. Round 22 - 121,351. Round 23 - 112,823. Round 24 - 118,244. Round 25 - 175,882. This is not crowd drop off.
What idiots are running this comp?
That's right, the same clowns who thought that playing Titans V Sea Eagles at Marley Brown in front of 5,138 in April was a great idea. Hope this is not what you mean by expanding the game!