Talking Footy

Raiderdave wrote:

the Storm's membership numbers have increased 11K is their highest number to date up from 10K last year
& I don't give a hoot if 11K members is pathetic by Melb Standards .. they continue to rise ... & if the Storm win the comp this year.. they'll continue to rise ,as will their crowds

They've already won flags - and yet 11K is their best to date? Even the Swans have more members!

TLPG wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

the Storm's membership numbers have increased 11K is their highest number to date up from 10K last year
& I don't give a hoot if 11K members is pathetic by Melb Standards .. they continue to rise ... & if the Storm win the comp this year.. they'll continue to rise ,as will their crowds

They've already won flags - and yet 11K is their best to date? Even the Swans have more members!

yep ... I'd say the Storms number on the way up .. will meet the Swans number ... on the way down .. in a few years

This appeared in the Herald Sun earlier in the year. Is this newspaper on your censored list?

While the NRL is enjoying a surge in crowds, the AFL numbers have been a concern.

Also from the Herald Sun - RD 13 -

'sparsely-filled stands at many games this week end saw the AFL record its second-lowest attendance figure for a round since 2006....'

pussycat wrote:

This appeared in the Herald Sun earlier in the year. Is this newspaper on your censored list?

While the NRL is enjoying a surge in crowds, the AFL numbers have been a concern.

Also from the Herald Sun - RD 13 -

'sparsely-filled stands at many games this week end saw the AFL record its second-lowest attendance figure for a round since 2006....'

sssssshhhhhhh...... don't tell anyone

Care to comment on the embarrassingly low crowds in the NRL this weekend? Awful crowd numbers in Adelaide last night and Sydney today. Oh dear, what's going on?

Raiderdave wrote:

TLPG wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

the Storm's membership numbers have increased 11K is their highest number to date up from 10K last year
& I don't give a hoot if 11K members is pathetic by Melb Standards .. they continue to rise ... & if the Storm win the comp this year.. they'll continue to rise ,as will their crowds

They've already won flags - and yet 11K is their best to date? Even the Swans have more members!

yep ... I'd say the Storms number on the way up .. will meet the Swans number ... on the way down .. in a few years

Never.

pussycat wrote:

This appeared in the Herald Sun earlier in the year. Is this newspaper on your censored list?

While the NRL is enjoying a surge in crowds, the AFL numbers have been a concern.

Also from the Herald Sun - RD 13 -

'sparsely-filled stands at many games this week end saw the AFL record its second-lowest attendance figure for a round since 2006....'

Sparsely filled stands by AFL standards maybe. But look at where the games were played;
Att:19,363 Venue: Docklands (Bulldogs v Adelaide) Capacity - 53,359
Att:42,329 Venue: Docklands (Essendon v North) Capacity - 53,359
Att:16,377 Venue: York Park (Hawthorn V Gold Coast) Capacity - 20,000
Att:39,539 Venue: M.C.G. (St.Kilda v Geelong) Capacity - 100,018
Att:21,510 Venue: Gabba (Brisbane v Richmond) Capacity - 42,000
Att:19,092 Venue: M.C.G. (Melbourne v Fremantle) Capacity - 100,018
Att:42,788 Venue: Docklands (Carlton v Sydney) Capacity - 53,359
Att:35,059 Venue: Subiaco (West Coast v Port Adelaide) Capacity - 43,000

The Melbourne-Fremantle game is probably what caused the Herald Sun comment. And yet that's an attendance that most if not all NRL clubs would absolutely love.

Beaussie wrote:

Care to comment on the embarrassingly low crowds in the NRL this weekend? Awful crowd numbers in Adelaide last night and Sydney today. Oh dear, what's going on?

Port Adelaide
... a local side , have won a title , only AFL game on this weekend playing in supposed Heartland & everyone in Adelaide would have known they were playing
attendance , 16877

NRL ... no promotion ( on purpose by the scared little pro AFL merkins in the SA press) so no one would have barely known it was on

attendance ... 9,963

pretty respectable result comparing to the only AFL game in Adelaide this week eh ?

can you tell me .... whats going on ?

Port Adelaide v St.Kilda - neither side in the eight, home side lucky not to be on the bottom of the ladder.

Canterbury v Melbourne - Second biggest drawing team in the NRL v the top team.

That tells a rather more pertinent story don't you think?

PS - Port Adelaide are not supported by the whole of Adelaide. It is very much a case of if one isn't a Port supporter, one hates them.

TLPG wrote:

Port Adelaide v St.Kilda - neither side in the eight, home side lucky not to be on the bottom of the ladder.

Canterbury v Melbourne - Second biggest drawing team in the NRL v the top team.

That tells a rather more pertinent story don't you think?

PS - Port Adelaide are not supported by the whole of Adelaide. It is very much a case of if one isn't a Port supporter, one hates them.

isn't this heartland though
& the only game that was played .. in this heartland this weekend

gee

& lets take a look at the other Adelaide side if not everyone follows Port
the Crows ... the " Pride of South Australia " last home game attendance

23,063

oh dear
what is .......going on >

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In the pouring rain! A fine night and they would have broken 30K easily.

Give it up while you're behind, Raider.

TLPG wrote:

In the pouring rain! A fine night and they would have broken 30K easily.

Give it up while you're behind, Raider.

oh so now its the rain is it ?

cos it was raining on Saturday night for the NRL too

we'd of got 20k if it wasn't

No, NRL didn't promote so it wouldn't have made a difference.

TLPG wrote:

No, NRL didn't promote so it wouldn't have made a difference.

& neither would a sunny day & 20c of made any difference for the Crows
face it
your game is on the nose from one end of the country to the other
all except
Melbourne

a city so hopelessly out of touch with the rest of Australia
its a joke

Your view is completely out of touch with reality, Raider. The statistics speak for themselves. AFL is killing NRL on most levels, and you keep arguing for the losers as though they are winning when they aren't.

Get back to me when;
1. The average attendance of the Sydney NRL clubs combined is higher than that of the Swans.
2. The number of senior grass roots AFL clubs in NSW is outstripped by the number of senior grass roots RL clubs in Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia combined.
3. The TV ratings for the NRL in Adelaide and Perth actually gets to a decent level.

And that's off the top of my head.

Do me and every other AFL supporter in this great country of ours, and stop insulting our intelligence with your grandios crystal balling born more out of hope than reality huh?
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