Essendon Home games at Marvel are the worst for any away fan.On the Essendon/Sydney game; it was Sydney's first Marvel game where Sydney members weren't allocated any Level 1 seats behind the goals or the wing (only the cheer squad). Couple this with no GA access, meant every Sydney member could only get Level 3 tickets they had to pay extra for. This turned quite a few away. Essendon were quite selfish with their away ticket allocation. And as a result, only got 33k.
They sell out pretty much the entire stadium except for L3 behind the goals to season ticket holders, makes it difficult to attend for the neutral/away fan (even an essendon fan who isn't a member). Also means that if they don't turn, there's a lot of empty seats that can't be easily filled.