Talking Footy

Beaussie wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

Beaussie wrote:

Soccer fans are as bad as Rugby League fans with their arrogance and way of thinking. The article in the OP had me laughing out loud though. Sucko Soccer.

BTW, massive crowd in Sydney for the A-League last night. Tad over 10k for the only Soccer team in Sydney and they think this city is ready for another team. Hilarious.

another example of vicky kicky fans & throwing stones in glass houses
GWS will be praying for crowds that big before too long

GWS surely couldn't do any worse than the less than 10k average that is the norm in the NRL, hence the need for fudged figures.

Storm CEO claims crowd figures inflated
Stathi Paxinos
June 1, 2011

MELBOURNE Storm chief executive Ron Gauci has declared reported crowd figures are commonly inflated to make clubs look better

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... z1O1LrDZw3

Getting desperate with a close to 5 year old story Swanny.
Storm had 29,000 plus at the end of last year against the Warriors . You can't lie about crowds with a close to full stadium. Been some good attendances this year too.