Talking Footy

Raiderdave wrote:

Drac wrote:

King-Eliagh wrote:

Hilarious thread. And wow, the key topic of the thread, i.e the battle of the bridge, has turned into a repetitive neurotic AFL member led natter about crowd numbers!

hilarious. The BOB is as dave puts it. A woefully contrived lie. There's nothing surer. And anyone who believes otherwise is, in one word, dumb.

End of folks, that's all she wrote.

That woefully contrived lie pulled a bigger crowd than both the WS Derby between Penrith and Parra and the GF rematch between the Bulldogs and the Storm.

Woefully contrived AFL lie that attracts 21k >>>> genuine nRL rivalries than attract 9k and 16k

It must sting that this woefully contrived lie, this one-sided smashing, drew a bigger crowd than anything your sport could muster on the weekend.

sting ?
the only thing that would be stinging is Sydneysiders think bumbleball is shit

100% of this cities VFL sides attracted 21K at the ground .. & about 40K on TV
33% of the cities NRL sides attracted 25K at the ground ... & ... 600K on TV

& lets not even go near ... the sport v sport match up
Origin & its 84K spectators & 1.2 Million TV veiwers in Sydney ...say Hi

it aint a contest folks
it aint a contest

WTF? 100% of this cities?
33% of the cities?

Parra v Penrith 9k
Bulldogs v Storm 16k
Broncos v Sharks 25k

Where's 33% did See Eagles v Cowboys get 25k did they?

And didn't AFL get 28454 for round 16? With games in Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Cairns, Adelaide so out of 9 games they still averaged 28454 for the round with the highest attendance in melb being 54790 - isn't this thread about the battle of the bridge? A name not given to the derby by Swans or the AFL only Kevin Sheedy - were talking about club football NOT an exhibition match like SOO! So whats that got to do with this thread?

By the looks of it if Swans v GWS got 21k to their game and the nearest NRL attendance was 16 didn't AFL win? I would have thought the AFL won that one!

Not in Dave's world lol ... Swans could have got 80000 and he would still struggle to see that as them getting more. You know he's struggling when he pulls out percentages lol

Raiderdave wrote:

Phelpsy wrote:

Making things up yet again Dave . God I hope you haven't children !!

god you hope I haven't children ??

ahhhhhhhhh >


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English
try it some time

What's your issue with this sentence? In what way do you think it grammatically incorrect?

Phelpsy wrote:

Making things up yet again Dave . God I hope you haven't children !!

He's probably got 8 of them. This video explains it all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icmRCixQrx8

King-Eliagh wrote:

Drac wrote:

King-Eliagh wrote:

Hilarious thread. And wow, the key topic of the thread, i.e the battle of the bridge, has turned into a repetitive neurotic AFL member led natter about crowd numbers!

hilarious. The BOB is as dave puts it. A woefully contrived lie. There's nothing surer. And anyone who believes otherwise is, in one word, dumb.

End of folks, that's all she wrote.

That woefully contrived lie pulled a bigger crowd than both the WS Derby between Penrith and Parra and the GF rematch between the Bulldogs and the Storm.

Woefully contrived AFL lie that attracts 21k >>>> genuine nRL rivalries than attract 9k and 16k

It must sting that this woefully contrived lie, this one-sided smashing, drew a bigger crowd than anything your sport could muster on the weekend.

Imagine how embarrassing the crowd difference is going to be when the Swans v Giants games are actually worth seeing lol.

:_<> Did i say repetitive much?

How's about we talk about actual total interest in the game ie televised viewers added to crowd numbers?

Get back to the crowds thread drac :_<>

They're hardly apples and apples. Which is a stronger indicator of support?

A) Paying cash money to buy a ticket/membership, getting dressed up in club colours, travelling to the ground, actively cheering for a team, driving home. or;
B) Pressing button on TV remote.

If it's the latter, i'm apparently just as big a supporter of Le Tour for casually watching a stage on SBS over the weekend as my colleague who actually flew to France to follow it.

Phelpsy wrote:

Not in Dave's world lol ... Swans could have got 80000 and he would still struggle to see that as them getting more. You know he's struggling when he pulls out percentages lol

He failed basic maths but excelled in the complex stuff because he can shake it around to his "advantage".

He relies on TV ratings like their indisputable - the fact is 3000 homes in a population of 5,000,000 is hardly a good research number - depends where they place them etc etc. I don't think they should hold that much weight. Crowds, memberships and sponsorships THEN memberships are needed to assess whether a club is performing well - top of the tree is Collingwood IN ALL SPORTS without doubt.

Drac wrote:

King-Eliagh wrote:

Drac wrote:

King-Eliagh wrote:

Hilarious thread. And wow, the key topic of the thread, i.e the battle of the bridge, has turned into a repetitive neurotic AFL member led natter about crowd numbers!

hilarious. The BOB is as dave puts it. A woefully contrived lie. There's nothing surer. And anyone who believes otherwise is, in one word, dumb.

End of folks, that's all she wrote.

That woefully contrived lie pulled a bigger crowd than both the WS Derby between Penrith and Parra and the GF rematch between the Bulldogs and the Storm.

Woefully contrived AFL lie that attracts 21k >>>> genuine nRL rivalries than attract 9k and 16k

It must sting that this woefully contrived lie, this one-sided smashing, drew a bigger crowd than anything your sport could muster on the weekend.

Imagine how embarrassing the crowd difference is going to be when the Swans v Giants games are actually worth seeing lol.

:_<> Did i say repetitive much?

How's about we talk about actual total interest in the game ie televised viewers added to crowd numbers?

Get back to the crowds thread drac :_<>

They're hardly apples and apples. Which is a stronger indicator of support?

A) Paying cash money to buy a ticket/membership, getting dressed up in club colours, travelling to the ground, actively cheering for a team, driving home. or;
B) Pressing button on TV remote.

If it's the latter, i'm apparently just as big a supporter of Le Tour for casually watching a stage on SBS over the weekend as my colleague who actually flew to France to follow it.

Drac wrote:

King-Eliagh wrote:

Drac wrote:

King-Eliagh wrote:

Hilarious thread. And wow, the key topic of the thread, i.e the battle of the bridge, has turned into a repetitive neurotic AFL member led natter about crowd numbers!

hilarious. The BOB is as dave puts it. A woefully contrived lie. There's nothing surer. And anyone who believes otherwise is, in one word, dumb.

End of folks, that's all she wrote.

That woefully contrived lie pulled a bigger crowd than both the WS Derby between Penrith and Parra and the GF rematch between the Bulldogs and the Storm.

Woefully contrived AFL lie that attracts 21k >>>> genuine nRL rivalries than attract 9k and 16k

It must sting that this woefully contrived lie, this one-sided smashing, drew a bigger crowd than anything your sport could muster on the weekend.

Imagine how embarrassing the crowd difference is going to be when the Swans v Giants games are actually worth seeing lol.

:_<> Did i say repetitive much?

How's about we talk about actual total interest in the game ie televised viewers added to crowd numbers?

Get back to the crowds thread drac :_<>

They're hardly apples and apples. Which is a stronger indicator of support?

A) Paying cash money to buy a ticket/membership, getting dressed up in club colours, travelling to the ground, actively cheering for a team, driving home. or;
B) Pressing button on TV remote.

If it's the latter, i'm apparently just as big a supporter of Le Tour for casually watching a stage on SBS over the weekend as my colleague who actually flew to France to follow it.

There's a whole thread dedicated to de cwowds drac. Sure crowds are a good indicator of support however the quality of the televised coverage for rl is much greater than for marngrook. The ball moves across a massive oval quite randomly in marngrook when compared to the linear structure of rl, making marngrook coverage just not as good on the box. I can totally get how dave and millions of others across Australia and the globe see marngrook as "a bunch of short short and singlet wearing seagulss scrambling after the last chip.

So back to de cwowds thread drac. This thread is about the supposed 'battle of the bridge'' but I prefer to more accurately term it the killing of the kids, the torture of the teens, massacre of the mummies boys, whipping of the widdle wuns .. And the like.

King-Eliagh wrote:

There's a whole thread dedicated to de cwowds drac. Sure crowds are a good indicator of support however the quality of the televised coverage for rl is much greater than for marngrook. The ball moves across a massive oval quite randomly in marngrook when compared to the linear structure of rl, making marngrook coverage just not as good on the box. I can totally get how dave and millions of others across Australia and the globe see marngrook as "a bunch of short short and singlet wearing seagulss scrambling after the last chip.

So back to de cwowds thread drac. This thread is about the supposed 'battle of the bridge'' but I prefer to more accurately term it the killing of the kids, the torture of the teens, massacre of the mummies boys, whipping of the widdle wuns .. And the like.

I really have to take issue with this. Having been forced to watch the nRL SOO on Wednesday night, I will never ever complain about Brian Taylor or Basil Zempalis again. The quality of the coverage for your marquee game was absolutely atrocious. The commentators could barely string a sentence together. Phil Gould, their analyst, spent the entire match either whinging or providing inane comments that anyone in the room could have mentioned ("well all you can do is stand and applaud that.") The other analyst, whose name eludes me (bald, moustache) did NOTHING but moan and cheer whenever Qld did something. He was literally JUST making noises. Darren Lockyer cannot converse on a human level. I don't know what those sounds coming out of his mouth are, but they sure as sh1t aren't words. I understand he's a legend of the game, but the man is simply incapable of human speech. And what a wonderful addition to the coverage 'water boy mic' made. Fred Fittler chiming in with such insightful, on the battlefield comments as "they just need to start playing football" and "they're talking on the field." Andrew Johns at least offered genuine insight into what was happening tactically, but again lacked the ability to convey it adequately in English. The on-screen graphics looked like they were from a 1997 V8 Supercar template, onscreen ads were ridiculous and distracting, and the music used was the worst that bogan rock has to offer.

The only highlight was Yvonne, who was not unattractive and spoke well. But even she had that cringe worthy interview with Griggs where she was trying to get him to say SOO was as big as the FA Cup. They do this in the AFL too, it's a horrible trait in Australia where we constantly seek pathetic validation from other countries about how great we are. Yuk!

All these years i'd taken the 'we're a television product' line as meaning that it was a superior product on TV to AFL, but having now seen how horribly amateurish the coverage is, this is a laughable statement.

Drac wrote:

King-Eliagh wrote:

There's a whole thread dedicated to de cwowds drac. Sure crowds are a good indicator of support however the quality of the televised coverage for rl is much greater than for marngrook. The ball moves across a massive oval quite randomly in marngrook when compared to the linear structure of rl, making marngrook coverage just not as good on the box. I can totally get how dave and millions of others across Australia and the globe see marngrook as "a bunch of short short and singlet wearing seagulss scrambling after the last chip.

So back to de cwowds thread drac. This thread is about the supposed 'battle of the bridge'' but I prefer to more accurately term it the killing of the kids, the torture of the teens, massacre of the mummies boys, whipping of the widdle wuns .. And the like.

I really have to take issue with this. Having been forced to watch the nRL SOO on Wednesday night, I will never ever complain about Brian Taylor or Basil Zempalis again. The quality of the coverage for your marquee game was absolutely atrocious. The commentators could barely string a sentence together. Phil Gould, their analyst, spent the entire match either whinging or providing inane comments that anyone in the room could have mentioned ("well all you can do is stand and applaud that.") The other analyst, whose name eludes me (bald, moustache) did NOTHING but moan and cheer whenever Qld did something. He was literally JUST making noises. Darren Lockyer cannot converse on a human level. I don't know what those sounds coming out of his mouth are, but they sure as sh1t aren't words. I understand he's a legend of the game, but the man is simply incapable of human speech. And what a wonderful addition to the coverage 'water boy mic' made. Fred Fittler chiming in with such insightful, on the battlefield comments as "they just need to start playing football" and "they're talking on the field." Andrew Johns at least offered genuine insight into what was happening tactically, but again lacked the ability to convey it adequately in English. The on-screen graphics looked like they were from a 1997 V8 Supercar template, onscreen ads were ridiculous and distracting, and the music used was the worst that bogan rock has to offer.

The only highlight was Yvonne, who was not unattractive and spoke well. But even she had that cringe worthy interview with Griggs where she was trying to get him to say SOO was as big as the FA Cup. They do this in the AFL too, it's a horrible trait in Australia where we constantly seek pathetic validation from other countries about how great we are. Yuk!

All these years i'd taken the 'we're a television product' line as meaning that it was a superior product on TV to AFL, but having now seen how horribly amateurish the coverage is, this is a laughable statement.

=D> =D> =D>

Drac wrote:

King-Eliagh wrote:

There's a whole thread dedicated to de cwowds drac. Sure crowds are a good indicator of support however the quality of the televised coverage for rl is much greater than for marngrook. The ball moves across a massive oval quite randomly in marngrook when compared to the linear structure of rl, making marngrook coverage just not as good on the box. I can totally get how dave and millions of others across Australia and the globe see marngrook as "a bunch of short short and singlet wearing seagulss scrambling after the last chip.

So back to de cwowds thread drac. This thread is about the supposed 'battle of the bridge'' but I prefer to more accurately term it the killing of the kids, the torture of the teens, massacre of the mummies boys, whipping of the widdle wuns .. And the like.

it's a horrible trait in Australia where we constantly seek pathetic validation from other countries about how great we are.

.

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Man U weren't invited to Origin dickhead
when they saw their schedule matched up with it in Sydney .... the English lads in the side said told everyone else

you've gotta see this when we're in Sydney
its awesome

&


it was

now

do ya think any of them will be tuned into the fumbles & bumbles tonight ?

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I think not

I


think not :_<> :_<>

Raiderdave wrote:

Drac wrote:

King-Eliagh wrote:

There's a whole thread dedicated to de cwowds drac. Sure crowds are a good indicator of support however the quality of the televised coverage for rl is much greater than for marngrook. The ball moves across a massive oval quite randomly in marngrook when compared to the linear structure of rl, making marngrook coverage just not as good on the box. I can totally get how dave and millions of others across Australia and the globe see marngrook as "a bunch of short short and singlet wearing seagulss scrambling after the last chip.

So back to de cwowds thread drac. This thread is about the supposed 'battle of the bridge'' but I prefer to more accurately term it the killing of the kids, the torture of the teens, massacre of the mummies boys, whipping of the widdle wuns .. And the like.

it's a horrible trait in Australia where we constantly seek pathetic validation from other countries about how great we are.

.

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Man U weren't invited to Origin dickhead
when they saw their schedule matched up with it in Sydney .... the English lads in the side said told everyone else

you've gotta see this when we're in Sydney
its awesome

&


it was

now

do ya think any of them will be tuned into the fumbles & bumbles tonight ?

:_<> :_<>

I think not

I


think not :_<> :_<>

WTF are you talking about? I was talking about the interview with Ryan Giggs at half time.....

Drac wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

Drac wrote:

King-Eliagh wrote:

There's a whole thread dedicated to de cwowds drac. Sure crowds are a good indicator of support however the quality of the televised coverage for rl is much greater than for marngrook. The ball moves across a massive oval quite randomly in marngrook when compared to the linear structure of rl, making marngrook coverage just not as good on the box. I can totally get how dave and millions of others across Australia and the globe see marngrook as "a bunch of short short and singlet wearing seagulss scrambling after the last chip.

So back to de cwowds thread drac. This thread is about the supposed 'battle of the bridge'' but I prefer to more accurately term it the killing of the kids, the torture of the teens, massacre of the mummies boys, whipping of the widdle wuns .. And the like.

it's a horrible trait in Australia where we constantly seek pathetic validation from other countries about how great we are.

.

:_<> :_<>

Man U weren't invited to Origin dickhead
when they saw their schedule matched up with it in Sydney .... the English lads in the side said told everyone else

you've gotta see this when we're in Sydney
its awesome

&


it was

now

do ya think any of them will be tuned into the fumbles & bumbles tonight ?

:_<> :_<>

I think not

I


think not :_<> :_<>

WTF are you talking about? I was talking about the interview with Ryan Giggs at half time.....

it was Griggs who volunteered that SOO had an FA cup feel to it you halfwit
with no prompting from any interviewer
Griggs has genuine interest in RL , Ryan Griggs & several other players are huge League fans
for you see .. as hard as it is for fumblers to fathom , for our code resides in a world bigger then a few suburbs in one city
your silly code can't attain an ounce of interest away from these shores
& you are bitter about it
Your tiny code may seek validation from .. well .. someone .. anyone from outside of Australia
ours does not need to

the Man U players were at SOO of their own accord .... giving our game validation not sought

while your shitful game would need to drag foreigners to it :_<> :_<>

They attended an event. If they had a choice between a club NRL game and a club AFL game, they would have gone to the AFL.

If the AFL had the Swans or the Giants on, those Man U guys would have had to be dragged to Parramatta, Penrith or anywhere else there was a rugby league game! I think even a local AFL game would have been more appealing!! :D

Drac wrote:

King-Eliagh wrote:

There's a whole thread dedicated to de cwowds drac. Sure crowds are a good indicator of support however the quality of the televised coverage for rl is much greater than for marngrook. The ball moves across a massive oval quite randomly in marngrook when compared to the linear structure of rl, making marngrook coverage just not as good on the box. I can totally get how dave and millions of others across Australia and the globe see marngrook as "a bunch of short short and singlet wearing seagulss scrambling after the last chip.

So back to de cwowds thread drac. This thread is about the supposed 'battle of the bridge'' but I prefer to more accurately term it the killing of the kids, the torture of the teens, massacre of the mummies boys, whipping of the widdle wuns .. And the like.

I really have to take issue with this. Having been forced to watch the nRL SOO on Wednesday night, I will never ever complain about Brian Taylor or Basil Zempalis again. The quality of the coverage for your marquee game was absolutely atrocious. The commentators could barely string a sentence together. Phil Gould, their analyst, spent the entire match either whinging or providing inane comments that anyone in the room could have mentioned ("well all you can do is stand and applaud that.") The other analyst, whose name eludes me (bald, moustache) did NOTHING but moan and cheer whenever Qld did something. He was literally JUST making noises. Darren Lockyer cannot converse on a human level. I don't know what those sounds coming out of his mouth are, but they sure as sh1t aren't words. I understand he's a legend of the game, but the man is simply incapable of human speech. And what a wonderful addition to the coverage 'water boy mic' made. Fred Fittler chiming in with such insightful, on the battlefield comments as "they just need to start playing football" and "they're talking on the field." Andrew Johns at least offered genuine insight into what was happening tactically, but again lacked the ability to convey it adequately in English. The on-screen graphics looked like they were from a 1997 V8 Supercar template, onscreen ads were ridiculous and distracting, and the music used was the worst that bogan rock has to offer.

The only highlight was Yvonne, who was not unattractive and spoke well. But even she had that cringe worthy interview with Griggs where she was trying to get him to say SOO was as big as the FA Cup. They do this in the AFL too, it's a horrible trait in Australia where we constantly seek pathetic validation from other countries about how great we are. Yuk!

All these years i'd taken the 'we're a television product' line as meaning that it was a superior product on TV to AFL, but having now seen how horribly amateurish the coverage is, this is a laughable statement.

Very funny. I watched the second half and noticed the same thing.