Talking Footy

I get quite annoyed when throwballers ridicule GWS' crowds. Here's a question for any rugby league follower that wants to answer honestly: The NSWRL equivalent of GWS is a 2nd Melbourne side. Do any of you honestly believe that a 2nd NSWRL side in Melbourne would come even close to the crowd average that GWS achieved in their first year?

Xman wrote:

thanks for that Dave! Sydneys crowds were well down because of stadium capacity issues. Cheers

stadium capacity issues .... ...

9000 empty seats on average .... EVERY GAME
thats was their only issue.... d head

Drac wrote:

I get quite annoyed when throwballers ridicule GWS' crowds. Here's a question for any rugby league follower that wants to answer honestly: The NSWRL equivalent of GWS is a 2nd Melbourne side. Do any of you honestly believe that a 2nd NSWRL side in Melbourne would come even close to the crowd average that GWS achieved in their first year?

wot ... 7500 ? ( the REAL midgits average)
of course they could f wit

we ridicule the VFL for not having the nutz to post the real attendances
& for d heads who follow yr sport who believe the attendances they do put up

VFL fans
taking dopey to new levels

Raiderdave wrote:

Xman wrote:

thanks for that Dave! Sydneys crowds were well down because of stadium capacity issues. Cheers

stadium capacity issues .... ...

9000 empty seats on average .... EVERY GAME
thats was their only issue.... d head

How many times has it been explained to you? Members areas took over general reserve which meant many games sold out to the public

Raiderdave wrote:

Drac wrote:

I get quite annoyed when throwballers ridicule GWS' crowds. Here's a question for any rugby league follower that wants to answer honestly: The NSWRL equivalent of GWS is a 2nd Melbourne side. Do any of you honestly believe that a 2nd NSWRL side in Melbourne would come even close to the crowd average that GWS achieved in their first year?

wot ... 7500 ? ( the REAL midgits average)
of course they could f wit

we ridicule the VFL for not having the nutz to post the real attendances
& for d heads who follow yr sport who believe the attendances they do put up

VFL fans
taking dopey to new levels

So the Storm average 12k but a second RL team in Melbourne would average 7400?

Anyway, the Giants average was 11k. Yes the local derbies contributed fans but it does for many games for the lowly Sydney RL teams also. What would their real attendance figures be if they struggle for 15k with regular local derbies?

A second nRL team in Melbourne would struggle to ever break the 4,000 barrier.

Stewie wrote:

A second nRL team in Melbourne would struggle to ever break the 4,000 barrier.

Why would the NSWRL waste money on a second nrl team in melbourne, the storm struggles to get 15k to turn up and they struggle to get 15k to also watch the game on gem

It's also funny how the NSWRL cant keep the titans afloat in a rugby dominated state imagine if they put another melbourne team in a AFL dominated state

Xman wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

Xman wrote:

thanks for that Dave! Sydneys crowds were well down because of stadium capacity issues. Cheers

stadium capacity issues .... ...

9000 empty seats on average .... EVERY GAME
thats was their only issue.... d head

How many times has it been explained to you? Members areas took over general reserve which meant many games sold out to the public

& how many times has it been explained to you
thats BS

they sold out one game .... end of

Stewie wrote:

A second nRL team in Melbourne would struggle to ever break the 4,000 barrier.

so .... they'd struggle to average what the greater western sthn highlands canberra broken hill geraldton midgits .. actual.. average will be next year

sounds about right

QueenslandISAFL wrote:

Stewie wrote:

A second nRL team in Melbourne would struggle to ever break the 4,000 barrier.

Why would the NSWRL waste money on a second nrl team in melbourne,
:

the way the VFL have in Sydney
damn good question

& any easy answer.. they wouldn't as they're not f.uckwits

Raiderdave wrote:

Drac wrote:

I get quite annoyed when throwballers ridicule GWS' crowds. Here's a question for any rugby league follower that wants to answer honestly: The NSWRL equivalent of GWS is a 2nd Melbourne side. Do any of you honestly believe that a 2nd NSWRL side in Melbourne would come even close to the crowd average that GWS achieved in their first year?

wot ... 7500 ? ( the REAL midgits average)
of course they could f wit

we ridicule the VFL for not having the nutz to post the real attendances
& for d heads who follow yr sport who believe the attendances they do put up

VFL fans
taking dopey to new levels

Even if you are correct about the 7,500 figure, can you honestly state that a 2nd League side in Melbourne would average 7,500 people, when the ultra-successful Storm, after 15 years, are averaging 12k?

A second team would hardly get anyone going to them.

Just look at what the Melbourne Heart are averaging in the A League compared to the Victory. Its not good & soccer is heaps more popular than Rugby League in Melbourne

Raiderdave wrote:

Xman wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

stadium capacity issues .... ...

9000 empty seats on average .... EVERY GAME
thats was their only issue.... d head

How many times has it been explained to you? Members areas took over general reserve which meant many games sold out to the public

& how many times has it been explained to you
thats BS

they sold out one game .... end of

And how many times has it Been explained to you that general reserve sold out, so non members were turned away.

Raiderdave wrote:

QueenslandISAFL wrote:

Stewie wrote:

A second nRL team in Melbourne would struggle to ever break the 4,000 barrier.

Why would the NSWRL waste money on a second nrl team in melbourne,
:

the way the VFL have in Sydney
damn good question

& any easy answer.. they wouldn't as they're not f.uckwits

gws will be a success story, look at the goldcoast suns, they started off the reason with lower then expected crowd numbers and by the end they were getting 15k to a game, titans couldn't even do that.

Xman wrote:

They climbed in 2010 fool

They were severely effected by renovations this year.

The storms have dropped despite consistent GF appearances.

Crowds for the Swans were also severely affected by the construction of the Victor Trumper Stand in 2008.

As for the Storm, as someone else pointed out, weren't crowds meant to increase once they moved into their new purpose built state of art stadium in Melbourne? Why wont the people of Melbourne embrace the Storm?