Jesus, this thread has been quickly injected with a strong dose of bitterness!
Wookie hurry up and put this in the sticky section will ya.
Thanks
no comment about the need for endless threads of soo!
i guess when you get 95k across a full round of nrlol H&A back to usual pathetic levels
you gotta keep living back to that one game
It’s state of origin season so Shut yer yapper banned boy. You’re lucky just to be in here at all given the number of lifetime bans you’ve copped.
Just respect and listen to your King.
Wookie, get this in the sticky section... pronto!
League Fan gets a bit shitty because they don't serve there metho chilled at the game. Go The Blues
Rugby League, the dominant force in Australian sport!
"I do like annoying the Victorians; they are so easy to get, At times I've looked at them and had a giggle." Peter V'Landys
no comment about the need for endless threads of soo!
i guess when you get 95k across a full round of nrlol H&A back to usual pathetic levels
you gotta keep living back to that one game
It’s state of origin season so Shut yer yapper banned boy. You’re lucky just to be in here at all given the number of lifetime bans you’ve copped.
Just respect and listen to your King.
Wookie, get this in the sticky section... pronto!
League Fan gets a bit shitty because they don't serve there metho chilled at the game. Go The Blues
Is that due to an out fry of special needs nurses concerns of their patient the league fan going out of control
TLPG liar extraordinaire
You should thank me for publishing your IP
and I never published any actual IP. That's it.
I was a mod at the time .
Xman wrote
I also gave them to TLPG believing he was still a mod.I admit I made a mistake.
The “one-off” game is on once again this Wednesday!
It’s gunna be fucking HUUUUUUGE!!!
Some would say it’s gunna be a gimmick which notaleaguefan and other fans take no notice of....yet its gunna be watched by many many more people than any AFL game .... EVER!!!
There is no doubting the popularity of SOO in the non Rugby League states, and the Perth attendance was fantastic and now holds, not by much, the Optus record.
I think there are several reasons for it, including some great promotional work by the NRL and they are marketed as events more than a game and we all should be aware that Melbourne audiences love an event.
It is a mute point but I don’t think the attendance or popularity would be maintained if the series was not shared between cities. Nor do I believe that SOO has led or will lead to an increased interest of the code in the non RL cities, I could be mistaken.
2015, 91,513 only the AFL grand final had a greater attendance
2018 , 87,122 8 Melbourne AFL games exceeded the SOO attendance
2006, 54,833 (Docklands) 18 AFL games had a higher attendance
Thanks quolls, a very clear inoffensive and seemingly intelligent presentation. However it appears you select your data very carefully and conveniently leave out tv ratings figures.
Why?
Do the tv ratings make you .... a little emotional?
Conveince has nothing to do with it, just the facts, and my posts in this forum are about crowds.
Appears to me there are enough comments and intense discussion on TV ratings without me contributing.
And there is much disagreement these days (and here) about what counts and what doesn’t and until device streaming is incorporated I am not sure any figures are accurate, either way.
I admit that The same could be said about attendances, I think that only paying customers should count, including members that attend and corporate boxes and their guests, no freebies, kids let in free, employees , officials, contractors and the like, just the ones who have paid or had someone pay for them to attend.
There are lies, damn lies and then there are ratings.
Rugby league, Australias most popular game in some of North Eastern Australia.
There is no doubting the popularity of SOO in the non Rugby League states, and the Perth attendance was fantastic and now holds, not by much, the Optus record.
I think there are several reasons for it, including some great promotional work by the NRL and they are marketed as events more than a game and we all should be aware that Melbourne audiences love an event.
It is a mute point but I don’t think the attendance or popularity would be maintained if the series was not shared between cities. Nor do I believe that SOO has led or will lead to an increased interest of the code in the non RL cities, I could be mistaken.
2015, 91,513 only the AFL grand final had a greater attendance
2018 , 87,122 8 Melbourne AFL games exceeded the SOO attendance
2006, 54,833 (Docklands) 18 AFL games had a higher attendance
87 thousand at the MCG in the nineties would suggest otherwise.
Rugby League, the dominant force in Australian sport!
"I do like annoying the Victorians; they are so easy to get, At times I've looked at them and had a giggle." Peter V'Landys
There is no doubting the popularity of SOO in the non Rugby League states, and the Perth attendance was fantastic and now holds, not by much, the Optus record.
I think there are several reasons for it, including some great promotional work by the NRL and they are marketed as events more than a game and we all should be aware that Melbourne audiences love an event.
It is a mute point but I don’t think the attendance or popularity would be maintained if the series was not shared between cities. Nor do I believe that SOO has led or will lead to an increased interest of the code in the non RL cities, I could be mistaken.
2015, 91,513 only the AFL grand final had a greater attendance
2018 , 87,122 8 Melbourne AFL games exceeded the SOO attendance
2006, 54,833 (Docklands) 18 AFL games had a higher attendance
Thanks quolls, a very clear inoffensive and seemingly intelligent presentation. However it appears you select your data very carefully and conveniently leave out tv ratings figures.
Why?
Do the tv ratings make you .... a little emotional?
Actually it does you looney league clan!
Like when a bunch of mentally challenged kids get to much sugar & parents have dead locked the basement door & all that is down there is a computer and the kid!
Who can blame you loons about soo as it’s like the only time league comes close to AFL in anything
TLPG liar extraordinaire
You should thank me for publishing your IP
and I never published any actual IP. That's it.
I was a mod at the time .
Xman wrote
I also gave them to TLPG believing he was still a mod.I admit I made a mistake.
It is a mute point but I don’t think the attendance or popularity would be maintained if the series was not shared between cities.
Almost 25 years on and interest seems to have been maintained in Melbourne. And 99% of these games have been played in just 2 venues/states. once again interest levels have been maintained. But who to say that showing it at more venues wont increase the popularity? with 3 to 4 million people watching why wouldn't they.
Just two more sleeps
Rugby League, the dominant force in Australian sport!
"I do like annoying the Victorians; they are so easy to get, At times I've looked at them and had a giggle." Peter V'Landys
As I said, mute point, if, and it won’t happen, all SOO games were played in Melbourne, or Perth for that matter, the attendances would fall. Pointless discussion, and statement (mine) for that matter because it won’t happen.
My intended point was that inspite of the phenomenal success of SOO it does not appear to have increased the popularity of League in general and based on last weeks attendance, perhaps the opposite in the home states.
Another mute point, I would like the AFL reintroduce origin, I use to enjoy it, but I doubt whether that will happen either.
There are lies, damn lies and then there are ratings.
Rugby league, Australias most popular game in some of North Eastern Australia.
liar extraordinaire 
