Talking Footy

Sydney in the AFL Grand Final :P

Suck it up leaguies. Got front page of the Daily Telegraph and Sydney Morning Herald again today.

Move aside NRL, Australia's Game rules.

the ratings in nsw will sky rocket in the grand final, i'm predicting around 1 million viewers in NSW alone, and after they see the great game Known as "AFL" they will realise how low budget and pathetic the NSWRL is

Yeah Beau and tomorrow it will be the NRL. That's the way we are here in Sydney. One thing for certain both will be used to wrap the rubbish in over the next few days. Nothing to get excited about old buddie.

QueenslandISAFL wrote:

the ratings in nsw will sky rocket in the grand final, i'm predicting around 1 million viewers in NSW alone, and after they see the great game Known as "AFL" they will realise how low budget and pathetic the NSWRL is

You can't seem to settle on a figure can you QldAFL? Didn't you write 1.5 mil in another post. Either way the sport that will get the higher ratings here in Sydney will be the NRL grand final not the AFL, relegating the AFL to where it belongs in the importance of sporting events in Sydney, behind the NRL.

MarkZZZ wrote:

QueenslandISAFL wrote:

the ratings in nsw will sky rocket in the grand final, i'm predicting around 1 million viewers in NSW alone, and after they see the great game Known as "AFL" they will realise how low budget and pathetic the NSWRL is

You can't seem to settle on a figure can you QldAFL? Didn't you write 1.5 mil in another post. Either way the sport that will get the higher ratings here in Sydney will be the NRL grand final not the AFL, relegating the AFL to where it belongs in the importance of sporting events in Sydney, behind the NRL.

Game should peak at 1.5m, but it depends on how good sydney are going, but i'm predicting around 1m

QueenslandISAFL wrote:

MarkZZZ wrote:

QueenslandISAFL wrote:

the ratings in nsw will sky rocket in the grand final, i'm predicting around 1 million viewers in NSW alone, and after they see the great game Known as "AFL" they will realise how low budget and pathetic the NSWRL is

You can't seem to settle on a figure can you QldAFL? Didn't you write 1.5 mil in another post. Either way the sport that will get the higher ratings here in Sydney will be the NRL grand final not the AFL, relegating the AFL to where it belongs in the importance of sporting events in Sydney, behind the NRL.

Game should peak at 1.5m, but it depends on how good sydney are going, but i'm predicting around 1m

That's a good boy, have a bet each way.

MarkZZZ wrote:

QueenslandISAFL wrote:

MarkZZZ wrote:

You can't seem to settle on a figure can you QldAFL? Didn't you write 1.5 mil in another post. Either way the sport that will get the higher ratings here in Sydney will be the NRL grand final not the AFL, relegating the AFL to where it belongs in the importance of sporting events in Sydney, behind the NRL.

Game should peak at 1.5m, but it depends on how good sydney are going, but i'm predicting around 1m

That's a good boy, have a bet each way.

I plan on doing that

Swans in the grand final and maybe even premiers surely the end of the NRL. Must be the first time ever a Sydney or Brisbane team has made the AFL GF because league would already be dead. Except I seem to recall it may have happened and still league battled on.

enarelle wrote:

Swans in the grand final and maybe even premiers surely the end of the NRL. Must be the first time ever a Sydney or Brisbane team has made the AFL GF because league would already be dead. Except I seem to recall it may have happened and still league battled on.

Going a little overboard arent you?

Fact is the Swans will steal some of the NRLs GF media in Sydney and the AFL GF will rate its socks off because for the first time in many years the game will involve teams from more than one city.

No just pointing out the reality that the Swans making/winning grand finals did not change the fortune of either code in Sydney. Actually on reflection it did - the Swans went backwards in crowds,TV ratings and even memberships. The Swans high point was some years ago.

enarelle wrote:

No just pointing out the reality that the Swans making/winning grand finals did not change the fortune of either code in Sydney. Actually on reflection it did - the Swans went backwards in crowds,TV ratings and even memberships. The Swans high point was some years ago.

You mean their high point was when they had on field success? Wow, there's a revelation!

Xman wrote:

enarelle wrote:

Swans in the grand final and maybe even premiers surely the end of the NRL. Must be the first time ever a Sydney or Brisbane team has made the AFL GF because league would already be dead. Except I seem to recall it may have happened and still league battled on.

Going a little overboard arent you?

Fact is the Swans will steal some of the NRLs GF media in Sydney and the AFL GF will rate its socks off because for the first time in many years the game will involve teams from more than one city.

So based upon your logic, Melbourne being in the NRL GF should steal away some of that AFL media, especially considering only 1 melbourne team is in the AFL GF. Good point XMAN, enjoy the NRL GF. Get those ratings up in Melbourne for us =D>

Dogs wrote:

Xman wrote:

enarelle wrote:

Swans in the grand final and maybe even premiers surely the end of the NRL. Must be the first time ever a Sydney or Brisbane team has made the AFL GF because league would already be dead. Except I seem to recall it may have happened and still league battled on.

Going a little overboard arent you?

Fact is the Swans will steal some of the NRLs GF media in Sydney and the AFL GF will rate its socks off because for the first time in many years the game will involve teams from more than one city.

So based upon your logic, Melbourne being in the NRL GF should steal away some of that AFL media, especially considering only 1 melbourne team is in the AFL GF. Good point XMAN, enjoy the NRL GF. Get those ratings up in Melbourne for us =D>

Ofcourse the storm will, but AFL does far better in nsw meaning whatever damange you guys do in victoria, we will do worse in NSW

Dogs wrote:

Xman wrote:

enarelle wrote:

Swans in the grand final and maybe even premiers surely the end of the NRL. Must be the first time ever a Sydney or Brisbane team has made the AFL GF because league would already be dead. Except I seem to recall it may have happened and still league battled on.

Going a little overboard arent you?

Fact is the Swans will steal some of the NRLs GF media in Sydney and the AFL GF will rate its socks off because for the first time in many years the game will involve teams from more than one city.

So based upon your logic, Melbourne being in the NRL GF should steal away some of that AFL media, especially considering only 1 melbourne team is in the AFL GF. Good point XMAN, enjoy the NRL GF. Get those ratings up in Melbourne for us =D>

Sure it will. Difference being we don't care in Melbourne. Most Melbournians are fine with the storm getting some media. The code wars is the obsession of the Sydney media, and the code jealousy is almost exclusively Sydney RLs hatred of Melbournes AFL. You don't see media here complaining about the NRL. Why would we? Their almost irrelevant.

The storm have had a number of GF appearances lately. It's nice to finally see the AFLs GF ratings peak again.

enarelle wrote:

Swans in the grand final and maybe even premiers surely the end of the NRL. Must be the first time ever a Sydney or Brisbane team has made the AFL GF because league would already be dead. Except I seem to recall it may have happened and still league battled on.

yes .... you'd think Sydneysiders had never seen a Swines side in a GF

lets be clear here
2005 1 Million Sydneysiders watched the Swines win the GF
2006 700K watched them again in the GF
300K Sydneysiders couldn't give a stuff the following year

& in 2012... we have a swines side not anywhere near as popular as they were back then

now about 300K watch the flogball GF in Sydney regardless of who's playing
I'd say doubling that would be a good effort & all that could be expected from a sport on the slide in our nations largest city