Just what they have done with this GWS side. Turning out well. Well it is actually - becoming more competitive - crowds starting to rise - Swans have been in Sydney 30 years the AFL said this that it's a long term investment - why can't NRL types understand this concept - the AFL isn't like the NRL...

Listen, iirc the season was kicked off by Souths vs Easts on a Thurday night and it was a higher crowd than was at the WSW vs SFC game at Parra that weekend. You lose. I'll be honest: I couldn't give a fat rat's clacker about soccer. I'm here for nRL vs AFL. I put soccer in the same basket as the N...

lol, holy Hell, I just realised that GWS have a higher away average than every single team in the nRL. GWS 28 away games for an average of 21,632. Closest is St George Illawarra with 189 away games for an average of 19,553. Priceless. http://gifatron.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/joffrey-clapping-g...

It happens with Expansion into non-heartland markets. Short term pain for long term gain. Swans move to Sydney in 1982, crowds drop. Bears introducted in 1987, crowds drop. Swans now have the highest average attendance of all clubs in all codes in Sydney. Brisbane for a time were averaging higher th...

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Yeah but I think my post snuffed ya once again there drac. No bingo, I won our crowds bet and you lost ur despo attempt to salvage a bet outta nuttin

BINGO!!!

The Sydney derbies in the A-League and in the AFL are always the highest attended games for their respective weekend In saying that what are the chances of a GWS upset? More lies. There have been Sydney RL games already this year that have had higher crowds than what the afl, Union and soccer have ...

And how many watching on TV? [/b][/size] The So-called local derbies in the AFL and Soccer this year to date in NSW have had TV ratings not much higher than the crowds and you and ya dopey mates think these games are the biggest? why do their crowds barely beat their TV ratings it's very interestin...

well our Western Derby .. of sorts Parra V the Tigers got 50,668 earlier this year Hang on, I thought the raw crowd didn't matter? Isn't the % of stadium filled your measure of a crowd's worth? That crowd was only 60% of the stadium's capacity. That's 40% of the stadium empty. Not a sell out Dave. ...

wheres ol Bearsy with the word on the street ?? aka the voices in his head telling him it'll be a sellout a VFL sellout that is 8-[ ie the ground 33% empty :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ I knew I was forgetting some of the tropes. Crowds don't matter, it's the % of stadium filled! If it's not at 100% capacity it'...

So the Swans v Giants Sydney Derby is Saturday. It'd be pretty funny if it was the biggest crowd in Sydney this weekend. Which it will be. Throwballers, let me save you some time. Here are some of your standard deflections to cut and paste into your replies: And how many watching on TV? Will it outr...

18k for the Cats game, with just 12k across town for the Titans. Suns now firming right up to play finals, Titans set to miss out yet again. Here's an interesting stat for you: If the Suns win a final this year, they'll have as many finals wins as the Titans have had in their entire history. What an...

aaaaaanyway.......

Crowd comparison this week on the coast should prove amusing. Can you imagine if the Pirates started getting higher crowds than the Eagles or Dockers? Me either.

it took origin :?> oh really fucktard :cool: Easter Monday Parra V the Tigers .... 50,668 Easter Friday Souths V Bulldogs ...... 43,521 & theres about another 4 NRL games in Sydney still to take place that could all draw more then the Swines crowd last week which will be the Swines biggest for ...

I must say it was quite amusing to open news.com.au this morning and see that Soccer were the #1 and #2 stories ahead of SOO at #3 and #4.

83,421. Fantastic crowd at Origin last night.

Of course using Dave's logic it's a terrible crowd because it wasn't at absolute capacity (and down on Origin 3 last year).