Is Melbourne Starting To Fall In Love With Leagu

[King-Eliagh]

Hey now dont be so terse. LEts take out the canberrans and those from south of the riverina. In fact lets count numbers born and bred in sydney, as was done with the melbourne boy plaing RL. How many born and bred in sydney Xman? I'm sure there's more than 1 but it wouldnt be too many more. Compare that to the amount of time the swannies have beenm planted in sydney and i think we have some fair indications that melbournians are starting to fall in love with RL like sydney is starting to fall in love with marngrook.

It's happening Xman, just roll with it me boy.

so now youre making assumptions based on no data, just a feeling that there arent many AFL players from Sydney, and therefore that compares well to the Storms single Melbourne player.

What a loser!

I know the numbers are minimal dumbo. Keep trying though Xman.

[Xman]

Hey now dont be so terse. LEts take out the canberrans and those from south of the riverina. In fact lets count numbers born and bred in sydney, as was done with the melbourne boy plaing RL. How many born and bred in sydney Xman? I'm sure there's more than 1 but it wouldnt be too many more. Compare that to the amount of time the swannies have beenm planted in sydney and i think we have some fair indications that melbournians are starting to fall in love with RL like sydney is starting to fall in love with marngrook.

It's happening Xman, just roll with it me boy.

so now youre making assumptions based on no data, just a feeling that there arent many AFL players from Sydney, and therefore that compares well to the Storms single Melbourne player.

What a loser!

I know the numbers are minimal dumbo. Keep trying though Xman.

ahhh sorry, you made the claim. Provide them or shut up.

Because I know there are many!

[TLPG]

Melbourne is not falling in love with thugby. If they were, the VRL would not be stagnated on the same number, while Sydney based AFL has grown over the same period - which was the point of the figures I presented. You are ignoring statistical reality. Where is the growth? Nowhere in Melbourne. Everywhere in Sydney. State of Origin does NOT count because it is an event. The fact that they are playing thugby is nothing more than co-incidence.

The end.

[King-Eliagh]

It takes time to grow TLPG. ydney has only really grown in the last ten years. A whopping 30 years after the swannies were planted here. Melbourne storm were only planted 14 years ago...

But be sure the signs are loud and clear. Melbournians are falling in love with RL, the sport.

[Xman]

It takes time to grow TLPG. ydney has only really grown in the last ten years. A whopping 30 years after the swannies were planted here. Melbourne storm were only planted 14 years ago...

But be sure the signs are loud and clear. Melbournians are falling in love with RL, the sport.

The Swans moved to Sydney in 1982. 14 years later they hadnt made a single GF. In fact they made few final series in those 14 years. Yet in their 14th season in Sydney they averaged a crowd of 24,500 compared to their 1992 averag of 16k.

The Storm have appeared in 5 GFs in 14 years and are second this year. Yet their home ground crowd this year is 13k which is only 300 people more than their first years average of 12.7k.

Falling in love? Hardly. Once their current batch of aging superstars retire theyll bottom out and their crowds will dwindle to nothing.

[King-Eliagh]

Well their average will rise come finals. We all know that. And in any case the figures you highlight show that things arent so bad in comparison. Yes melbourne have had some success but seriously, they havent had nearly the coin thats been hurled at the swannies. They're doing fine, the storm. And thousands of melbourne locals have fallen in love with them, god bless their cotton purple and blue sox.

[Xman]

Well their average will rise come finals. We all know that. And in any case the figures you highlight show that things arent so bad in comparison. Yes melbourne have had some success but seriously, they havent had nearly the coin thats been hurled at the swannies. They're doing fine, the storm. And thousands of melbourne locals have fallen in love with them, god bless their cotton purple and blue sox.

300 extra people on average per game after 14 years of success and with the club now located at a state of the art facility.

Love?

Nope.

[King-Eliagh]

Add to that the 100's of thousands who tune in to Origin and other RL matches every year. Starting to Love? Yep.

[Xman]

Add to that the 100's of thousands who tune in to Origin and other RL matches every year. Starting to Love? Yep.

might as well add the millions watching badminton or canoe in the olympics too. Yet we all know they dont love these sports, they love the olympics. Same as Victorians clearly dont even like RL, they like SOO because of the contest between two fierce rivals.

Your lack of grey matter keeps you from comprehending this elementary truth.

[King-Eliagh]

Add to that the 100's of thousands who tune in to Origin and other RL matches every year. Starting to Love? Yep.

might as well add the millions watching badminton or canoe in the olympics too. Yet we all know they dont love these sports, they love the olympics. Same as Victorians clearly dont even like RL, they like SOO because of the contest between two fierce rivals.

Your lack of grey matter keeps you from comprehending this elementary truth.

I'd doubt millions of aussies watch the badminton or the canoe in the olympics. I'd doubt even 100s of thousands do. Its barely even covered on the coverage and when it is its covered for a few mins in between other events like the sprinting which aussies really love.
On the other hand Melbournians tune in for two hours in their hundreds of thousands to watch nothing else but RL during SOO time. That's right, they're watching nothing else but RL. :D

Xman can we call you chalk and cheese from now on? I'll say it again, the parallels you make look like this X

[Xman]

Add to that the 100's of thousands who tune in to Origin and other RL matches every year. Starting to Love? Yep.

might as well add the millions watching badminton or canoe in the olympics too. Yet we all know they dont love these sports, they love the olympics. Same as Victorians clearly dont even like RL, they like SOO because of the contest between two fierce rivals.

Your lack of grey matter keeps you from comprehending this elementary truth.

I'd doubt millions of aussies watch the badminton or the canoe in the olympics. I'd doubt even 100s of thousands do. Its barely even covered on the coverage and when it is its covered for a few mins in between other events like the sprinting which aussies really love.
On the other hand Melbournians tune in for two hours in their hundreds of thousands to watch nothing else but RL during SOO time. That's right, they're watching nothing else but RL. :D

Xman can we call you chalk and cheese from now on? I'll say it again, the parallels you make look like this X

they watch the contest that interests them. I gaurantee they watched Bolt win the 100 and 200 in record numbers. So do they love athletics? Other than the olympics no athletics rates in Australia. Its the event not the sport.

Oh and youre also forgetting the swans GF rated 900k in Sydney, some 2.5 times the SOO ratings in Melbourne, despite being shown out of prime time.

[King-Eliagh]

Yes they do love athletics, particularly the 100 and 200 metre sprint. What are you? Some kind of confused buffoon?

Athletics simply isnt highly professionalised or televised in australia. People love the sprints, its just that the comp for it is completely different to a football league. Again here we may call Xman chalk and cheese. His parallels look like this X

Oh and I never claimed sydney siders havent started falling in love with marngrook so your last point is mute and irrelevant to the topic.

Kickin ass! :D

[Xman]

Only 12,800 for the Storms last home crowd of the home and away season despite "bring mate for free offer". This brings their crowd average for home games down to 12,700 which is their lowest in 3 years and actually about the same as their first season 15yrs ago.

Imagine when they miss the finals for once!

Falling in love? No, id say roundly ignored.

[piesman2011]

I think 13K on a monday night is a good crowd. Is that above the league average for a monday night? It would have to be close.

[Xman]

I think 13K on a monday night is a good crowd. Is that above the league average for a monday night? It would have to be close.

Probably. But off set with free entry for freinds and the final game of the year.