Channel 9 wants to kill of a sydney club

[Stallion]

Will the die-hard fans of very important clubs Manly and Cronulla bother showing up to an elimination final if they have to drive more than 15 mins from home this week?

Yes! Its a final . If it's at Bankwest , it will draw a big attendance .

 

[carcharias]

I’ve sat in a almost empty alliance when they’ve announced 15k

It was lucky to be 8k

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

It would do them a lot of good to justify their own existence/importance.

The Trust? Yeah sure but we don’t publish the crowd figures

 

[flippikat]

Will the die-hard fans of very important clubs Manly and Cronulla bother showing up to an elimination final if they have to drive more than 15 mins from home this week?

Good question.

A game with both clubs' seasons on the line.. you think it'd draw them in *regardless* of where it is in Sydney.

Even if they have to travel to Bankwest, they'd be travelling to a great facility.

It's a big chance for those fanbases to try and break the stereotypes.

 

[veggiepatch1959]

"A Sydney club wants to kill off Channel Nein".

Now that sounds better.

 

[adamkungl]

At least we don't flat out lie about our crowds.

You could usually count about 100 people in the crowd at Allianz and it would be recorded as 15k.

And don't deny it. You know it to be true if you ever go there yourself.

I’ve sat in a almost empty alliance when they’ve announced 15k

It was lucky to be 8k

Buzz and Bec here counted the crowd

 

[Headless Chook]

Buzz and Bec here counted the crowd

30 people at a party in a 2 bedroom flat always looks more crowded than 150 at the beach.

 

[carcharias]

Buzz and Bec here counted the crowd

I did
Not even close to the bullshit laughable figure they put on the screen.

Becs dead- day after sharks won the grand final I think it was.

 

[veggiepatch1959]

I did
Not even close to the bullshit laughable figure they put on the screen.

Becs dead- day after sharks won the grand final I think it was.

She probably put a a squillion on the Storm and when they lost.....

Well you know the rest.....

 

[carcharias]

She probably put a a squillion on the Storm and when they lost.....

Well you know the rest.....

It was weird I must say.

There were 3 journos after the Sharks bad.
She died the day after we won.
Massoud had to front up to the club and do the report from shark park the next day.
He had to walk past us all out the front waiting to get in.
It must have been his worst nightmare.
He now drives an ice cream van.

Hooper ( was it ) got shit faced and smashed up someones car and had to go to court.
Went missing from TV for a bit.

 

[veggiepatch1959]

Massoud had to front up to the club and do the report from shark park the next day.
He had to walk past us all out the front waiting to get in.
It must have been his worst nightmare.
He now drives an ice cream van.

I could imagine Massoud as the 21st century Mr Whippy.

 

[BranVan3000]

Why doesn't anyone show up to watch these other massive clubs?
We get moved to a worse stadium and Parra to a better one and they only just manage to beat us.
We're obviously the biggest club in Sydney!

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It’s a bit of an outdated meme. Any game I’ve gone to against Roosters has had a huge showing of vocal Roosters fans

 

[SpaceMonkey]

It’s a bit of an outdated meme. Any game I’ve gone to against Roosters has had a huge showing of vocal Roosters fans

Periods of sustained success will do that, when was the last time the chooks had a poor season? They’ve got a whole generation of fans who’ve come to expect that turning up to a game means you get to see your team win and do it in style. Much more incentive to keep coming back for more when that happens no matter what your stadium looks like.

 

[Haffa]

Periods of sustained success will do that, when was the last time the chooks had a poor season? They’ve got a whole generation of fans who’ve come to expect that turning up to a game means you get to see your team win and do it in style. Much more incentive to keep coming back for more when that happens no matter what your stadium looks like.

They got the spoon 10 years ago. Considering Parra and the Knights have shared it since then that’s not too long ago.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

They got the spoon 10 years ago. Considering Parra and the Knights have shared it since then that’s not too long ago.

Thats still enough time for that generation of fans I talked about to only really remember the good times. Think of the difference compared to a Knights, Parra, Warriors fan in that time.

Plus the Chooks had another successful period before that with back to back GFs and one title (2002) so for fans who’ve been following them for 20 odd years it’s been a pretty happy time overall.

 

[horrie hastings]

Periods of sustained success will do that, when was the last time the chooks had a poor season.

2016.

 

[horrie hastings]

Thats still enough time for that generation of fans I talked about to only really remember the good times. Think of the difference compared to a Knights, Parra, Warriors fan in that time.

Plus the Chooks had another successful period before that with back to back GFs and one title (2002) so for fans who’ve been following them for 20 odd years it’s been a pretty happy time overall.

Then there was the time between 1983 till 1996 ( apart from 1987 ) when we all basket cases because of our team, I've seen my team go through absolute highs and absolute lows so I don't take anything for granted.

 

[TheFrog]

Good question.

A game with both clubs' seasons on the line.. you think it'd draw them in *regardless* of where it is in Sydney.

Even if they have to travel to Bankwest, they'd be travelling to a great facility.

It's a big chance for those fanbases to try and break the stereotypes.

Fat chance of either fanbase travelling to Parramatta and the NRL knew it.

 

[carcharias]

Fat chance of either fanbase travelling to Parramatta and the NRL knew it.

Sharks supporters would go.

 

[Perth Red]

Sharks supporters would go.

Unless the traffic was bad