Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 11:03 pm
Oh I don't know about that! The NRL seem to thrive on such low numbers.AFFP wrote:Penrith is the NRL version of Fitzroy. Tick tock tick tock.......
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Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 11:10 pm
GWS in the AFL will eventually see Penrith and Parramatta merge. Give it 5 years, trust me on this. Crowds of 5k are not sustainable in any league. Even the A-League gets bigger crowds. 
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 11:15 pm
NEVER!Beaussie wrote:GWS in the AFL will eventually see Penrith and Parramatta merge. Give it 5 years, trust me on this. Crowds of 5k are not sustainable in any league. Even the A-League gets bigger crowds.
You cant be serious. I'll hold you to this.
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 11:19 pm
GWS already have more paid up members than either Penrith or Parramatta. That's of course before a game has even been played too. Like I said, unsustainable.
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 11:30 pm
Well to be honest, Beau, West Sydney are playing in the NEAFL this year. But yes, paid up memberships count - and big time!
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 9:18 am
Penrith and Parra have never had a great number of members yet they seem to be quite sustainable clubs. Haven't seen anything suggesting otherwise for a long time.
Cant see your prediction coming true Beaussie
Cant see your prediction coming true Beaussie
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 2:19 pm
ReallyBeaussie wrote:GWS in the AFL will eventually see Penrith and Parramatta merge. Give it 5 years, trust me on this. Crowds of 5k are not sustainable in any league. Even the A-League gets bigger crowds.
the AFL will be over the moon if they get that many to GWS matches in a few years
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 3:05 pm
Wrong. They will pull the same numbers as the Suns will - unless the NRL raise the salary cap. If the NRL don't, Penrith and Parramatta WILL merge because they'll have lost their best players to West Sydney!! Folau will only be the first.
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 3:25 pm
yeah thats what I saidTLPG wrote:Wrong. They will pull the same numbers as the Suns will - unless the NRL raise the salary cap. If the NRL don't, Penrith and Parramatta WILL merge because they'll have lost their best players to West Sydney!! Folau will only be the first.
both drawing 5K in a few years
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 3:27 pm
The Suns have an average attendance ABOVE 20K and are yet to have a crowd below 10K. THOSE are the numbers I'm talking about.
Learn to read - if you can.
Learn to read - if you can.
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 3:43 pm
so did the Titans in their first yearTLPG wrote:The Suns have an average attendance ABOVE 20K and are yet to have a crowd below 10K. THOSE are the numbers I'm talking about.
Learn to read - if you can.
in fact they still haven't drawn a crowd below 10K
I think we'll see one for the suns this year
maybe even this weekend
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 3:47 pm
Again - look at the average attendance, and understand it this time.
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 4:11 pm
againTLPG wrote:Again - look at the average attendance, and understand it this time.
what the F are you talking about
how could anyone not ... understand that
the average attendance for the suns .. is the same as the TItans in 2007 their first year
do I need to draw you a picture
>Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 4:14 pm
You can't draw any pictures. Maybe I should withdraw my vote for Village Idiot. It was KE. It should be you. No idea. None.
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 4:15 pm
Oh IIRC didn't the Titans play finals in their first season? That would fudge the figures.