Talking Footy

Xman wrote:

Another massive Anzac day for the AFL with a huge crowd and massive ratings watching one of the best Anzac day games in recent years.

Only 1 point separating the teams. damn!

Raiderdave wrote:

Xman wrote:

Another massive Anzac day for the AFL with a huge crowd and massive ratings watching one of the best Anzac day games in recent years.

Only 1 point separating the teams. damn!

& hardly anyone north of the Murray giving a s.hit about it

Xman wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

Xman wrote:

Another massive Anzac day for the AFL with a huge crowd and massive ratings watching one of the best Anzac day games in recent years.

Only 1 point separating the teams. damn!

& hardly anyone north of the Murray giving a s.hit about it

Ah Dave, ratings for the AFL in Sydney and Brisbane this year are 5 to 10 times the nRL in Melbourne Adelaide and Perth.

What are the excuses? The nRL is on live in to each city now, and has been for a number of weeks in a row, so people know its on.

Raiderdave wrote:

Xman wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

& hardly anyone north of the Murray giving a s.hit about it

Ah Dave, ratings for the AFL in Sydney and Brisbane this year are 5 to 10 times the nRL in Melbourne Adelaide and Perth.

What are the excuses? The nRL is on live in to each city now, and has been for a number of weeks in a row, so people know its on.

really ?

5 to 10 times ?

17 VFL games shown in Sydney 600K veiwers .. average just 35K a game
17 VFL games shown in Brisbane 645K veiwers .. average.. just 38K a game

that is

well thats just pathetic ..... & furhter evidence of the withering nature of interest in VFL in NSW & QLD

NRL games in Melb 9
197K veiwers ... average 22K a game

its not 10 times ... its not 5 times ... its not even ... 2 times

vicky kicky has been shown in prime time in NSW & QLD for 30 years
League in the sthn states ... regularly ?.... for about a month

& we're already making in roads
over time
the audiences will grow .. they are already
NRL.. KING on the box

Xman wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

Xman wrote:

Ah Dave, ratings for the AFL in Sydney and Brisbane this year are 5 to 10 times the nRL in Melbourne Adelaide and Perth.

What are the excuses? The nRL is on live in to each city now, and has been for a number of weeks in a row, so people know its on.

really ?

5 to 10 times ?

17 VFL games shown in Sydney 600K veiwers .. average just 35K a game
17 VFL games shown in Brisbane 645K veiwers .. average.. just 38K a game

that is

well thats just pathetic ..... & furhter evidence of the withering nature of interest in VFL in NSW & QLD

NRL games in Melb 9
197K veiwers ... average 22K a game

its not 10 times ... its not 5 times ... its not even ... 2 times

vicky kicky has been shown in prime time in NSW & QLD for 30 years
League in the sthn states ... regularly ?.... for about a month

& we're already making in roads
over time
the audiences will grow .. they are already
NRL.. KING on the box

Ahhh Dave!

The average AFL BRIS + SYD ratings are 73k

The average NRL melb + Adel + Perth ratings are barely over Melbournes figures so maybe 30k

Ours are live on foxtel and ad free. Foxtel subscription rates in NSW and Qld are much larger than AFL states so a proportion of foxtel ratings woul be from Sydney and Brisbane. It only needs to be a combined 80k per game from both cities to be 150k, and 5 times NRL ratings in Mel Adel and Perth.

& hardly anyone north of the Murray giving a s.hit about it

The tragedy of the AFL's decision to move into new frontiers on the Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney already is being played out at the foot of the ladder.

While I am a strong supporter of expansion, introducing two teams almost concurrently and providing the enormous concessions to the Suns and Giants has had a harsh consequence which will affect several clubs for several years.

Put simply, those struggling at the bottom of the ladder - excluding the pair of expansion teams - now have a long road to hoe as their usual source of replenishment through the draft has been effectively sapped.

The way I see it, there will be pain for four or five years.

With two new clubs taking almost all of the best young players in the nation, there is a dearth of talent being spread through the lists and it was always going to weaken the competition overall.

Sides near the bottom of the ladder and relying on a replenishment of first and second-round picks simply haven't been able to get their slice.

The replenishment needed to have taken place before the last two drafts, and some clubs missed the boat.

That means the poorer teams from 2010, 2011 and even this year are experiencing the inevitable stagnation that many critics predicted, while the sides at the top will stay at the top if they have reasonably young lists.

Melbourne's recruiting has been ordinary in recent seasons, there's no question about that.

The Western Bulldogs, in many respects, have drafted the same type of player for too long and have been caught out with not enough variety.

Port Adelaide are bringing on a few kids, but there's no replenishment coming through.

eelofwest wrote:

Mick Malthouse tells it like it is. :D

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/ ... he-bottom/

The tragedy of the AFL's decision to move into new frontiers on the Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney already is being played out at the foot of the ladder.

While I am a strong supporter of expansion, introducing two teams almost concurrently and providing the enormous concessions to the Suns and Giants has had a harsh consequence which will affect several clubs for several years.

Put simply, those struggling at the bottom of the ladder - excluding the pair of expansion teams - now have a long road to hoe as their usual source of replenishment through the draft has been effectively sapped.

The way I see it, there will be pain for four or five years.

With two new clubs taking almost all of the best young players in the nation, there is a dearth of talent being spread through the lists and it was always going to weaken the competition overall.

Sides near the bottom of the ladder and relying on a replenishment of first and second-round picks simply haven't been able to get their slice.

The replenishment needed to have taken place before the last two drafts, and some clubs missed the boat.

That means the poorer teams from 2010, 2011 and even this year are experiencing the inevitable stagnation that many critics predicted, while the sides at the top will stay at the top if they have reasonably young lists.

Melbourne's recruiting has been ordinary in recent seasons, there's no question about that.

The Western Bulldogs, in many respects, have drafted the same type of player for too long and have been caught out with not enough variety.

Port Adelaide are bringing on a few kids, but there's no replenishment coming through.

eelofwest wrote:

Mick Malthouse tells it like it is. :D

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/ ... he-bottom/

The tragedy of the AFL's decision to move into new frontiers on the Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney already is being played out at the foot of the ladder.

While I am a strong supporter of expansion, introducing two teams almost concurrently and providing the enormous concessions to the Suns and Giants has had a harsh consequence which will affect several clubs for several years.

Put simply, those struggling at the bottom of the ladder - excluding the pair of expansion teams - now have a long road to hoe as their usual source of replenishment through the draft has been effectively sapped.

The way I see it, there will be pain for four or five years.

With two new clubs taking almost all of the best young players in the nation, there is a dearth of talent being spread through the lists and it was always going to weaken the competition overall.

Sides near the bottom of the ladder and relying on a replenishment of first and second-round picks simply haven't been able to get their slice.

The replenishment needed to have taken place before the last two drafts, and some clubs missed the boat.

That means the poorer teams from 2010, 2011 and even this year are experiencing the inevitable stagnation that many critics predicted, while the sides at the top will stay at the top if they have reasonably young lists.

Melbourne's recruiting has been ordinary in recent seasons, there's no question about that.

The Western Bulldogs, in many respects, have drafted the same type of player for too long and have been caught out with not enough variety.

Port Adelaide are bringing on a few kids, but there's no replenishment coming through.

King-Eliagh wrote:

There's more than 4 teams not competing at the bottom Xman.

Yes Mick MAlthouse hits the nail on the head here. Except i think it'll be more than 5 years of "pain". It'll be decades unless the AFL merge some of their melbourne teams or takes some other drasdtic measures.

A team in Darwin would have been much more sensible.

King-Eliagh wrote:

There's more than 4 teams not competing at the bottom Xman.

Yes Mick MAlthouse hits the nail on the head here. Except i think it'll be more than 5 years of "pain". It'll be decades unless the AFL merge some of their melbourne teams or takes some other drasdtic measures.

A team in Darwin would have been much more sensible.

eelofwest wrote:

King-Eliagh wrote:

There's more than 4 teams not competing at the bottom Xman.

Yes Mick MAlthouse hits the nail on the head here. Except i think it'll be more than 5 years of "pain". It'll be decades unless the AFL merge some of their melbourne teams or takes some other drasdtic measures.

A team in Darwin would have been much more sensible.

All a sudden mick is laying all the AFL skeletons on the table and he is now enemy number 1 lol

justanotherleaguefan wrote:

another close game in the AFL. geelong 47 lions 7 at ht.