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    Is there the depth of talent for expansion?

    Expansion beyond 16 teams at NRL level is something the game can look at in 10-15 years time but IMO not enough developed talent exists at the top level to make this possible without having a tangible effect on week in week out match quality. Sixteen, let alone the 20 we had in 1998, IMO is...
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    Round 19 v Tigers (away @ ANZ)

    An off day against a team who have a lot to play for whereas we do not at present. Our halves have just come back from winning Origin, coming off two wins each of which most clubs would dream about as a grand final winning effort. The sky is not falling.
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    Crowd Watch 2014 part 3

    Bolstered by walkups from the Easter show next door and a ridiculous number of free tickets. It was an aberration for a whole range of reasons.
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    What would be the perfect NRL season stucture

    Auckland Nines and a four week knockout preseason comp *or* A four week Nines roadshow including Perth, Adelaide and Melbourne with finals weekend in Auckland 16 teams and 22 rounds for the NRL club competition, no byes Standalone SOO weekends with a Nines roadshow including Perth, Adelaide...
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    Future NRL Stadiums

    A Blacktown stadium, like a Liverpool stadium, IMO will have the same issues as the Olympic Park venues currently have; without any kind of supporting precinct around it, after the honeymoon period it will struggle to draw crowds on a regular basis. The most successful stadiums in Australia are...
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    Crowd Watch 2014 part 2

    Reading your last three posts indicates I've got a bit to learn from you about it if I am. You can't offer any alternatives so it's a little hard to take your flaming seriously.
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    Crowd Watch 2014 part 2

    They're not coming through the gates now buddy. No professional sporting code thrives without the money, attendance and pay TV subscriptions of casual fans. Casual fans need entertainment beyond just two teams running out, playing, and running off at fulltime. The game had them in the mid 90s...
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    Crowd Watch 2014 part 2

    Reducing the length of the NRL season and thus increasing the value of each game to fans will help do this as well IMO. At 26 weeks with 24 rounds the time and ex gratia expense required to attend every home game is simply beyond a lot of members especially if they have families or need to...
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    Crowd Watch 2014 part 2

    Fine, I was only thinking in terms of equal coverage for each state. Another reason an additional team in Queensland would help spread the game to regional areas. It'd be interesting to compare TV ratings for country games to regular games to see what variations if any exist. Ultimately this...
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    Crowd Watch 2014 part 2

    This is a much better idea, although a whole round might be a little difficult to achieve logistically and covering the losses all in one hit might be a serious issue. A variation might be to have one NSW team every fourth round take a home game to a regional centre so there's something to look...
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    Crowd Watch 2014 part 2

    Queensland in particular needs a better home and away game structure from the NRL as well as a fourth team, to the end that their fans are guaranteed two home NRL games every weekend. It's already been shown they're flexible in that they will watch other local teams if theirs isn't playing and...
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    Crowd Watch 2014 part 2

    That shouldn't be a reason if it is - if we let an interstate series in one country take precedence over a test series then we're calling the credibility of international RL into question. The NZRL developing their domestic game (with help from the ARL commission where necessary) to a point...
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    Crowd Watch 2014 part 2

    Playing the U20s game in a regional centre would serve the same purpose IMO; Tamworth one year, Mackay the next et cetera. Any young country players will still be familiar to local audiences often being not long out of local football, so the feeling of cheering on the local boys made good would...
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    Crowd Watch 2014 part 2

    If it's to remain at all it's still better played as a promotional game in Adelaide or Perth, or Wellington/Christchurch/Dunedin if in New Zealand. Call me a traditionalist but playing it before State of Origin is just the wrong order of things. We already have three Anzac themed games, one of...
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    TV Deal Announced

    What I want to see in terms of the money earmarked for existing clubs are *very* stringent rules set by the ARLC regarding how the clubs plan to spend the money, regular audits and provision of evidence of where it is actually being spent and how each clubs is growing and promoting the game on...
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    Warriors owners aim to be 'best in Australasia'

    Couldn't agree more. More competition and ambition within the game, especially from a new quarter, means everyone pulls their socks up. And they're well overdue to capitalise on their local market and its resources to get them a premiership. Who you get when you put your club up for...
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    NRL and its clubs are expected to palm-off expansion until 2014 or 2015

    You've summarised Manly's limited potential for growth outside the northern beaches assuming that is where they remain based well, but the Bears bid is making a major mistake in my opinion assuming a Central Coast based team will receive the support they think it will from Sydney's North Shore...
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    Plans for ANZ Stadium roof

    At the moment the whole area only seems to matter as a part of Sydney when there's a major event on; the trains and buses crank up and it's the centre of attention. Outside that, it has some of the worst public transport access and community vibe anywhere in Sydney. Considering the value of the...
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    Fans get their game back

    "Don't get me wrong I love the bloke.. but he's a deadset moron" Where are Roy & HG when you need 'em :lol:
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    Fans get their game back

    Quayle? :? He's accomplished a great deal since leaving the NSWRL but the stench of him and Arko running the ARL like a fiefdom for their old Sydney club mates and being part of the process that saw the game split must have anyone associated with Queensland football uneasy. Katie Page, Webcke...

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