Pete_09 wrote:Weill I think it is safe to say that they have made a mistake signing Falau as he can't play & does not seem to be enjoying it.
But if they did it for publicity then I guess they have done alright, although it has been mostly bad.
What annoys me about Sydney people is even before the signing of Falau they seemed to just hate AFL for no reason. Fair enough they don;t have to like it but why hate it so much.
In Melbourne, altough they are not that popular, people actually don't mind the storm. They certainly dont hate them like a lot of people do in Sydney.
For example late last year Sam Newman mentioned on the footy show how proud he was of the storm & how much he wanted them to win & everyone in the audience cheered for support of them. I doubt that would ever happen on the NRL show for the Swanns...
Interesting points pete. I particularly agree with the 'bad publicity' call. Folau seems to be fast turning into the laughing stock of the league and the folk residing in Western Sydney can smell a farce a mile away. If Israel fails miserably and returns to RL the effect will be a mass of publicity for league and against marngrook in western sydney...
As for your 'sydney people' stuff, I think you'll find there's some prime examples of victorian and melbourne folk in here who fall into a blind rage at the mere suggestion that RL has grown on the folk of melbourne. So i think it'd be more accurate if you insert the term 'bulbous headed loony clowns' in place of 'sydney people'. Dont you?
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