Brisbane Tigers make their bid to be 18th team

[Wb1234]

So you want Brisbane to have the same problems as Sydney with small crowds and unviable clubs until the games money was diverted to propping them up? Righto

Sydney clubs with assets of hundreds of millions of dollars ?

geographic spread just like Sydney is a good goal

 

[Perth Red]

Sydney clubs with assets of hundreds of millions of dollars ?

geographic spread just like Sydney is a good goal

pokie clubs with assets...... big difference. Whats Souths asset base?

 

[Wb1234]

pokie clubs with assets...... big difference. Whats Souths asset base?

South’s have the coe

and they have two owners who are billionaires

but the club makes profits from its large membership base

south’s juniors is worth hundreds of millions and funds the juniors for them

 

[Pippen94]

Things I've learnt from this forum: Dolphins have been a failure, while Perth reds were a success.

 

[Maximus]

Things I've learnt from this forum: Dolphins have been a failure, while Perth reds were a success.

Can you quote the posts that said that?

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

I enjoy your contributions

you’re attendance or not at nrl games is irrelevant to the points about why brisbane 3 is a good idea for an nrl team

the dolphins have been a stunning success and will only grow even bigger

easts can actually be bigger than them by linking with the jets

we are so lucky to have these amazing clubs we can add to our comp

I buy non-ticketed memberships and merchandise. I watch on Foxtel.

I'll probably go back to watching Queensland Cup games next year.

 

[Wb1234]

So can I. I regularly drive around Logan and Redlands to appreciate the wildlife.

A couple of weeks ago I replaced the ECT sensor and connector plug on my car. Saved myself a few hundred dollars. You're so stupid you would probably need to pay a mechanic to do something like that for you.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Do you think maybe News thought the Storm was a worthwhile investment? tell me, why do you think an organisation like News would just just waste their money on an NRL club in Victoria, just to appease "expansionists"?

You do realise they cut the Reds to create the Storm, right?

It f**ks up your insane belief that the ARLC and broadcasters are going to "invest" in Adelaide and Perth just to pick up 20k viewers.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

In one post he says News Ltd propped up the Storm, which would suggest they valued them, and in another he says they have no value for News Ltd at all. Or does he think News Ltd often prop up businesses for millions of dollars when they hold no value at all.

They dropped Melbourne like a sack of shit after the salary cap scandal.

 

[Wb1234]

They dropped Melbourne like a sack of shit after the salary cap scandal.

They used to own the storm so they were propping up their own team

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

I wonder why? Nothing to do with being neglected by NRL for 2 decades and sht FTA covg for half of that I suppose? You do understand the concept of growing an audience dont you? You yourself have proven how AFL has done it in Brisbane.

FMD you're a dumb bastard.

One minute you're bragging about Perth having 2 and a half times as many players in 1995 than in 2023. Next minute you're arguing that crowds from 1995 are irrelevant because it's 2023 and Perth has twice as many people. Funny how participation is less than half of what it was in 1995 despite having twice as many people living in Perth in 2023.

You go on about Perth having shit TV coverage because NRL games are broadcast on 9Gem. AwFuL broadcasts its games in Brisbane and Sydney on 7mate. If Perth's coverage is shit because games are on 9Gem then Brisbane and Sydney also have shit AwFuL coverage. Doesn't stop AwFuL from drawing better ratings in Brisbane and Sydney than NRL does in Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Attendances? Why do people feel the need to lie about easily checkable things.

Rugby League Tables / Attendances /Dolphins

Rugby League Tables - NRL Stats & Tables

afltables.com

AFL Tables - Brisbane Lions - Crowds

How is 27k short of 25k?

Dolphins averaged well over 30k at Lang Park. It was the games at Dolphin Oval that lowered their average. You're just a dumb bastard who lies and doesn't understand nuance.

 

[mongoose]

You do realise they cut the Reds to create the Storm, right?

It f**ks up your insane belief that the ARLC and broadcasters are going to "invest" in Adelaide and Perth just to pick up 20k viewers.

and they cut the Crushers (brisbane 2) which you keep forgetting, over and over and over when even you bring up the Reds being cut.

 

[Pippen94]

Love it

 

[Perth Red]

FMD you're a dumb bastard.

One minute you're bragging about Perth having 2 and a half times as many players in 1995 than in 2023. Next minute you're arguing that crowds from 1995 are irrelevant because it's 2023 and Perth has twice as many people. Funny how participation is less than half of what it was in 1995 despite having twice as many people living in Perth in 2023.

You go on about Perth having shit TV coverage because NRL games are broadcast on 9Gem. AwFuL broadcasts its games in Brisbane and Sydney on 7mate. If Perth's coverage is shit because games are on 9Gem then Brisbane and Sydney also have shit AwFuL coverage. Doesn't stop AwFuL from drawing better ratings in Brisbane and Sydney than NRL does in Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth.

doh, still doesnt understand the arguments put forward.

Anyone else getting a bit concerned for Donkey? He seems to be getting more and more abusive as time goes on. Im worried if he's got a dog or a wife and how safe they are!

 

[Wb1234]

FMD you're a dumb bastard.

One minute you're bragging about Perth having 2 and a half times as many players in 1995 than in 2023. Next minute you're arguing that crowds from 1995 are irrelevant because it's 2023 and Perth has twice as many people. Funny how participation is less than half of what it was in 1995 despite having twice as many people living in Perth in 2023.

You go on about Perth having shit TV coverage because NRL games are broadcast on 9Gem. AwFuL broadcasts its games in Brisbane and Sydney on 7mate. If Perth's coverage is shit because games are on 9Gem then Brisbane and Sydney also have shit AwFuL coverage. Doesn't stop AwFuL from drawing better ratings in Brisbane and Sydney than NRL does in Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth.

Expecting a consistent argument from Perth red is like waiting for Harold hold to come back

 

[Maximus]

Dolphins averaged well over 30k at Lang Park. It was the games at Dolphin Oval that lowered their average. You're just a dumb bastard who lies and doesn't understand nuance.

So in other words, they didn't have higher attendances than the Lions which is what the claim was.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

So they should be, Brisbane is arguably the biggest RL city in the world lol.

You want "arguably the biggest RL city in the world" to have just two teams so the NRL can create unwanted ones in shithole fumbleball wastelands like Adelaide and Perth?

You call everyone else ignorant for not sharing your insane opinions on "add Perth now cuz a whiny soapdodger lives there", yet you're the living embodiment of an ignoramus. Despite living in Australia for over 20 years, the pea that rattles around your thick skull hasn't realised that rugby league is a two state sport in Australia. Adding teams in Adelaide and Perth won't change this fact. Fumbleball is so embedded in South Australia and Western Australia it is impossible for RL to carve out anything more than a negligible niche in Adelaide and Perth that will rely on NSW and Queensland for players and financial support.

Just. Like. The. Storm.

It's not in the game's best interest to create a side in Perth just so some thick skulled soapdodger can have a game to attend every fortnight. If you're that desperate to see a game then move to Brisbane, Canberra, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Newcastle, Sydney or Wollongong. If you cannot afford the move then f**k off back to Hull where you can see two shit teams play in a second rate league. If that's not good enough for you then stiff shit.

I cannot think of anything more selfish and condescending than some prick from England telling rugby league fans from Brisbane they should be under served in the NRL and prop up a team in Perth with money and players generated by Queensland's rugby league community just because some whiny soapdodger with an entitlement complex wants a club.

Australia isn't a colony of England. You don't get to tell us what to do. Either accept the way things are or f**k off back to where you were born you whiny condescending prick.

 

[Canard]

You want "arguably the biggest RL city in the world" to have just two teams so the NRL can create unwanted ones in shithole fumbleball wastelands like Adelaide and Perth?

You call everyone else ignorant for not sharing your insane opinions on "add Perth now cuz a whiny soapdodger lives there", yet you're the living embodiment of an ignoramus. Despite living in Australia for over 20 years, the pea that rattles around your thick skull hasn't realised that rugby league is a two state sport in Australia. Adding teams in Adelaide and Perth won't change this fact. Fumbleball is so embedded in South Australia and Western Australia it is impossible for RL to carve out anything more than a negligible niche in Adelaide and Perth that will rely on NSW and Queensland for players and financial support.

Just. Like. The. Storm.

It's not in the game's best interest to create a side in Perth just so some thick skulled soapdodger can have a game to attend every fortnight. If you're that desperate to see a game then move to Brisbane, Canberra, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Newcastle, Sydney or Wollongong. If you cannot afford the move then f**k off back to Hull where you can see two shit teams play in a second rate league. If that's not good enough for you then stiff shit.

I cannot think of anything more selfish and condescending than some prick from England telling rugby league fans from Brisbane they should be under served in the NRL and prop up a team in Perth with money and players generated by Queensland's rugby league community just because some whiny soapdodger with an entitlement complex wants a club.

Australia isn't a colony of England. You don't get to tell us what to do. Either accept the way things are or f**k off back to where you were born you whiny condescending prick.

This is a huge meltdown.

 

[Wb1234]

Great news for the brisbane tigers bid