The_Wookie wrote: Sat Jun 24, 2017 4:36 pm
AFLcrap1 wrote: Sat Jun 24, 2017 1:49 pm
Same shit as usual by the fumblers .
& now wookies joined the idiot fest .
The fumblers love to point out the affected crowds etc during SOO.
Crowds were shit before Origin. They are shit during Origin. And they'll be for shit after Origin.
Yet hypocritically discount any positives .
We accept the negatives associated with having a multitier sport with a rep scene .
We also celebrate the positives.
You dumb fucks can't have it both ways .
If you point out ordinary crowd figures or ratings then we can point out the good crowd figures & ratings .
What a sheltered little world they live in .
Actually, you DONT accept the negative, you distract from it. And thats the problem. Its about context. We get it - Origin ratings are good and the crowd was good. What we want to know is why your fucking league ratings are for shit and your crowds are for shit. But instead of discussing that all you do is point at Origin.
WE KNOW ABOUT FUCKING ORIGIN. It doesnt explain the rest of your fucking crowds and ratings. Rep games draw upon the support of an entire state, and the viewership of the entire country on a night when no other sport is being played - I cant fucking wait for it to be on a stand alone weekend against other sport. It is not comparable to club ratings by any stretch except in your own fucking minds.
You fuckers come in here and its like wow look at the ratings for origin in Melbourne and then try to pass it off like it fucking matters in the overall sense, when the reality is it means fuck all. You fuckers come in here with your 80,000 Origin crowd - never mind the fact that the AFL gets crowds bigger than Origin for regular season matches - but are somehow cool with constantly having sub 10,000 crowds all fucking season on a Friday night, when not even A-league folks would want that.
And WE live in a sheltered world??? Fuck off back to LU if you want sympathy. Im not your fucking dad. And ive had it with your "but look over there! its Origin" crap as an answer to everything.
its like comparing apples with a fucking watermelon.
Epic rant Wookie. Now for the facts:
NRL crowds are down 2%. Totally understandable when you factor in 7 weekends of torrential rain when games were played. As I have explained on numerous occasions on this site - RL crowds by world standards are very good. FB crowds, per head of population, are world leaders and have been for decades. Congratulations.
RL ratings are down 10% overall, mainly in Sydney. Explainable by 4 of the 5 best supported Sydney clubs being in the bottom 8 and the Wests Tigers being pathetic, coming last, but continually on FTA broadcasts. FB's ratings are slightly up, congratulations.
SOO is, year on year, in the top 5 ratings programs annually in Aus. and will be this as well. I'm sorry you don't like that, I'm sorry RL folk celebrate that, I'm sorry you and your fumbling mates have annual meltdowns during SOO. I'd say grow up.
Conclusion: By the end of the year RL will once again have ratings millions higher than FB. FB will have crowds twice the number of RL - congratulations. When crowds and ratings are added together it will reveal that more eyeballs were on RL live and TV than were on FB. Same as last year.
That's the facts. I now await exaggeration, obfuscation, lies, deception and emotional claptrap from you and your fumbling zealot mates.
Good luck and Gods speed.