How are Storm the most popular club?

[Homo man69]

They were tiny 20 years ago??? Is it just because they are so good? I don’t understand how they could be more popular than Parra or Broncos

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

Dare say it’s all / a combination of..

One team city
Strategic marketing n development
Sustained success on the field
Many elite players over the years
Little/no player scandals
Strong Qld links

So effectively a team outside the heartland states is the most popular in the NRL. Proof that “true expansion” can work when there’s effective strategy, investment and commitment.

Brisbane Mk2 isn’t expansion, it’s consolidation. True NRL expansion is when you establish a team into a new area, without previous/existing NRL (or its former entities) presence. The last time this happened was….

The Melbourne Storm, 1998.

 

[blaza88z]

It's due to their success on the field no doubt, you can hardly say Rugby League in Victoria is booming, have they developed a local one yet?

They've got one of the elite coaches in the game and a great eye for talent in QLD/NZ.

 

[Tooooks]

It’s because they’re good. People like to follow a winning team. And they’ll be a winning team for at least the next 5 years.

 

[mongoose]

another quality thread started by "homo man"

 

[Mr Angry]

Who says they are?

 

[Chippy73]

They were tiny 20 years ago??? Is it just because they are so good? I don’t understand how they could be more popular than Parra or Broncos

Is there a media poll I missed or something?

 

[ayatollah_murdoch]

They were tiny 20 years ago??? Is it just because they are so good? I don’t understand how they could be more popular than Parra or Broncos

He is talking about his penis.

 

[Apey]

This will go down well with the local LU lads who claim they have no fans that's for sure.

 

[gerg]

Because Queensland is the smrat state.

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

Bandwagoners. As soon as they show the first sign of falling away, those numbers will be exposed as horseshit.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Dare say it’s all / a combination of..

One team city
Strategic marketing n development
Sustained success on the field
Many elite players over the years
Little/no player scandals
Strong Qld links

So effectively a team outside the heartland states is the most popular in the NRL. Proof that “true expansion” can work when there’s effective strategy, investment and commitment.

Brisbane Mk2 isn’t expansion, it’s consolidation. True NRL expansion is when you establish a team into a new area, without previous/existing NRL (or its former entities) presence. The last time this happened was….

The Melbourne Storm, 1998.

True expansion is when you can produce your own players.

 

[Perth Red]

Bandwagoners. As soon as they show the first sign of falling away, those numbers will be exposed as horseshit.

like every club that turns to sht you mean?

 

[Perth Red]

True expansion is when you can produce your own players.

so 70's lol

 

[AlwaysGreen]

so 70's lol

Not 70s. Producing players doesn't mean the whole team are local players, it means that you have laid the groundwork for a club.

Melbourne are like a dairy farmer who buys all his cattle.

 

[Chippy73]

Not 70s. Producing players doesn't mean the whole team are local players, it means that you have laid the groundwork for a club.

Melbourne are like a dairy farmer who buys all his cattle.

Bellamy and co. efficiently turn numpties into solid first graders and solid first graders into rep players, you gotta respect that though.

The merkins.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Bellamy and co. efficiently turn numpties into solid first graders and solid first graders into rep players, you gotta respect that though.

The merkins.

Yep, agree.

 

[typicalfan]

Dean Ieremia is a local apparently.

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

They know that they aren’t truly the most supported. Otherwise the CEO wouldn’t be crying about the prelim crashing with the kick-and-giggle-GF.

 

[The_Frog]

They were tiny 20 years ago??? Is it just because they are so good? I don’t understand how they could be more popular than Parra or Broncos

Some people love a winner.