Talking Footy

ParraEelsNRL wrote:

Drac wrote:

Striker wrote:

No. The following is much larger than the attendances show. Give us the right venue of the right size without gung ho league hating venue ownership and council, and we'll pack them in. The SOO this past season proves me right.

SOO proves nothing. It was a big event. People form QLD and NSW flooded into Melbourne, and many Victorians attended to see the big spectacle. Do you honestly believe that a one off event is a more accurate sample of support than 182 games over 15 years?

Your biggest crowd at Etihad was 25k, which would comfortably fit inside AAMI. But here's the rub; you're not getting into Etihad, so if you genuinely believe that your crowds can't grow without access to this stadium, the Storm are destined to remain a niche mediocrity.

Strange, I coulda swore the Storm played Parramatta at Etihad in front of 33,000.

Typical.

My source was the highest crowd list on this website:

http://stats.rleague.com/rl/crowds/melbourne.html

what's yours?

Drac wrote:

ParraEelsNRL wrote:

Drac wrote:

SOO proves nothing. It was a big event. People form QLD and NSW flooded into Melbourne, and many Victorians attended to see the big spectacle. Do you honestly believe that a one off event is a more accurate sample of support than 182 games over 15 years?

Your biggest crowd at Etihad was 25k, which would comfortably fit inside AAMI. But here's the rub; you're not getting into Etihad, so if you genuinely believe that your crowds can't grow without access to this stadium, the Storm are destined to remain a niche mediocrity.

Strange, I coulda swore the Storm played Parramatta at Etihad in front of 33,000.

Typical.

My source was the highest crowd list on this website:

http://stats.rleague.com/rl/crowds/melbourne.html

what's yours?

try harder then ... d head
who knows ... you'll post something thats correct for once .. or something thats worth reading one day

Raiderdave wrote:

Drac wrote:

ParraEelsNRL wrote:

Strange, I coulda swore the Storm played Parramatta at Etihad in front of 33,000.

Typical.

My source was the highest crowd list on this website:

http://stats.rleague.com/rl/crowds/melbourne.html

what's yours?

try harder then ... d head
who knows ... you'll post something thats correct for once .. or something thats worth reading one day

How foolish of me to visit a rugby league stats website to obtain rugby league stats .

I stand corrected. The 25k crowd was the SECOND highest crowd at Etihad in Storm history, behind a PRELIMINARY FINAL against Parramatta, which attracted 33k (3k more than AAMI Park's capacity). The general point still stands. When you can't fill a fantastic 30k seat stadium, the argument that a bigger stadium is required doesn't make a whole lot of sense. It's like saying that the reason that Lions crowds are down is because the Gabba is too small, and pointing to a sellout crowd from 5 years ago as proof...

AAMI Park is a fantastic stadium. Isn't it odd that the issues plaguing the Storm at the ground don't seem to be affecting the Rebels? Downright bizarre .

Drac wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

Drac wrote:

My source was the highest crowd list on this website:

http://stats.rleague.com/rl/crowds/melbourne.html

what's yours?

try harder then ... d head
who knows ... you'll post something thats correct for once .. or something thats worth reading one day

How foolish of me to visit a rugby league stats website to obtain rugby league stats .

I stand corrected. The 25k crowd was the SECOND highest crowd at Etihad in Storm history, behind a PRELIMINARY FINAL against Parramatta, which attracted 33k (3k more than AAMI Park's capacity). The general point still stands. When you can't fill a fantastic 30k seat stadium, the argument that a bigger stadium is required doesn't make a whole lot of sense. It's like saying that the reason that Lions crowds are down is because the Gabba is too small, and pointing to a sellout crowd from 5 years ago as proof...

AAMI Park is a fantastic stadium. Isn't it odd that the issues plaguing the Storm at the ground don't seem to be affecting the Rebels? Downright bizarre .

I'm sure its a conspiracy to drive RL out of Melbourne....the security staff can be so mean....and the weather is always horrible just above AAMI park for some reason!

Xman wrote:

Drac wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

try harder then ... d head
who knows ... you'll post something thats correct for once .. or something thats worth reading one day

How foolish of me to visit a rugby league stats website to obtain rugby league stats .

I stand corrected. The 25k crowd was the SECOND highest crowd at Etihad in Storm history, behind a PRELIMINARY FINAL against Parramatta, which attracted 33k (3k more than AAMI Park's capacity). The general point still stands. When you can't fill a fantastic 30k seat stadium, the argument that a bigger stadium is required doesn't make a whole lot of sense. It's like saying that the reason that Lions crowds are down is because the Gabba is too small, and pointing to a sellout crowd from 5 years ago as proof...

AAMI Park is a fantastic stadium. Isn't it odd that the issues plaguing the Storm at the ground don't seem to be affecting the Rebels? Downright bizarre .

I'm sure its a conspiracy to drive RL out of Melbourne....the security staff can be so mean....and the weather is always horrible just above AAMI park for some reason!

and not during Rebels games

Correct me if I am wrong but last year in Sydney alone did the Panthers and others have an overall lower crowd average then the Giants. Penrith average home crowds were 10,858 in 2012. While the Giants average 13400 in Sydney, despite only having one home game against a local team. This in fact puts the Giants in Sydney in front of the Roosters, the Sharks and the Panthers. Que raiderdave with his BS about AFL falsifying crowds.

piesman2011 wrote:

Correct me if I am wrong but last year in Sydney alone did the Panthers and others have an overall lower crowd average then the Giants. Penrith average home crowds were 10,858 in 2012. While the Giants average 13400 in Sydney, despite only having one home game against a local team. This in fact puts the Giants in Sydney in front of the Roosters, the Sharks and the Panthers. Que raiderdave with his BS about AFL falsifying crowds.

Take away their one off game in that third rate stadium in Blacktown and the average in Sydney is even higher again!

And you dopes believe the Midgets crowd average

ParraEelsNRL wrote:

And you dopes believe the Midgets crowd average

Why shouldn't we? There is a certain league that we shouldn't believe though when it comes to crowds however...

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

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

One game last year between Parramatta and the Warriors drew just 4401 fans but the attendance announced was 5102.

piesman2011 wrote:

Correct me if I am wrong but last year in Sydney alone did the Panthers and others have an overall lower crowd average then the Giants. Penrith average home crowds were 10,858 in 2012. While the Giants average 13400 in Sydney, despite only having one home game against a local team. This in fact puts the Giants in Sydney in front of the Roosters, the Sharks and the Panthers. Que raiderdave with his BS about AFL falsifying crowds.

yes in fairy land you'd be right .... & you & a few others in here spend a lot of time there

but in the real world ..... the title of this thread is gospel
like I said
my thread titles are pure unadulterated .. truisms

Stewie wrote:

ParraEelsNRL wrote:

And you dopes believe the Midgets crowd average

Why shouldn't we? There is a certain league that we shouldn't believe though when it comes to crowds however...

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

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

One game last year between Parramatta and the Warriors drew just 4401 fans but the attendance announced was 5102.

meanwhile .....
One game this year between GWS and the Bombers drew just 4401 fans but the attendance announced was 11,887

Raiderdave wrote:

piesman2011 wrote:

Correct me if I am wrong but last year in Sydney alone did the Panthers and others have an overall lower crowd average then the Giants. Penrith average home crowds were 10,858 in 2012. While the Giants average 13400 in Sydney, despite only having one home game against a local team. This in fact puts the Giants in Sydney in front of the Roosters, the Sharks and the Panthers. Que raiderdave with his BS about AFL falsifying crowds.

yes in fairy land you'd be right .... & you & a few others in here spend a lot of time there

but in the real world ..... the title of this thread is gospel
like I said
my thread titles are pure unadulterated .. truisms

Gospel......without proof or even any widespread speculation, other than jealous RL fans...

Raiderdave wrote:

Stewie wrote:

ParraEelsNRL wrote:

And you dopes believe the Midgets crowd average

Why shouldn't we? There is a certain league that we shouldn't believe though when it comes to crowds however...

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

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

One game last year between Parramatta and the Warriors drew just 4401 fans but the attendance announced was 5102.

meanwhile .....
One game this year between GWS and the Bombers drew just 4401 fans but the attendance announced was 11,887

There would have been 4k bomber fans there. Add 7k giants fans and its right on the money...unless you have evidence to the contrary..

Stewie wrote:

piesman2011 wrote:

Correct me if I am wrong but last year in Sydney alone did the Panthers and others have an overall lower crowd average then the Giants. Penrith average home crowds were 10,858 in 2012. While the Giants average 13400 in Sydney, despite only having one home game against a local team. This in fact puts the Giants in Sydney in front of the Roosters, the Sharks and the Panthers. Que raiderdave with his BS about AFL falsifying crowds.

Take away their one off game in that third rate stadium in Blacktown and the average in Sydney is even higher again!

take away all the freebies & make believe attendees

& the Sydney Kings have got em covered .... ...........

Xman wrote:

Raiderdave wrote:

Stewie wrote:

Why shouldn't we? There is a certain league that we shouldn't believe though when it comes to crowds however...

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

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

meanwhile .....
One game this year between GWS and the Bombers drew just 4401 fans but the attendance announced was 11,887

There would have been 4k bomber fans there. Add 7k giants fans and its right on the money...unless you have evidence to the contrary..

there would have been 4K bombers fans there I agree
&
401 midgets fans