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    Tim Mander and Foxsports

    The problems with News Limited owning the Broncos and owning half of Foxsports and half the NRL is perception at the very least (i.e. that all teams have a fair and equal chance of a wrong decision). I doubt any people seriously believe that any referee or video operator ever deliberately...
    • Dr.J
    • Post #38
    • Forum: NRL
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    Two things we could learn off the world game...

    Reason why Golden Try wouldn't work is that if players knew that the opposition couldn't win with a penalty goal, they would be offside the whole time, would hold players down for 10 seconds, basically obstruct scoring because the penalty wouldn't hurt them. Referees are going to struggle to...
    • Dr.J
    • Post #31
    • Forum: NRL
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    Give Soward a crack

    Soward - best ball player in the team coming first, assists for tries every week, good goalkicker, great long kicking game, scores a lot himself with exceptional speed, aged in mid-20s, hides in defence. Barrett - five-eighth for team running last, ball runner not passer, plays for a team that...
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    A Board Room rumour.

    It might be too much of a conspiracy theory to suggest that Michael Johnson being retired as club doctor was simply because of his links with Fitzy. The guy is about 70 years ago and it may be that they just want to move to someone a bit younger and dynamic. Also, he is a surgeon, and I don't...
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    Karma bites Nine and Fix big time

    Gallop signed off on the last TV deal and never asked for a fixed schedule. The only way he will do it is if enough fans complain. It is ridiculous that the NRL is the only major football competition in the world with a floating schedule, but then we are the only one owned by a media company...
    • Dr.J
    • Post #42
    • Forum: NRL
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    Karma bites Nine and Fix big time

    'Pushing' membership packages isn't as simple as putting an ad on TV. The culture of attending a game week to week is STRONGLY dependent on having a diary at the start of the season, filling in all of your team's games, booking flights for the away games, 'locking' yourself in for the long...
    • Dr.J
    • Post #21
    • Forum: NRL
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    Karma bites Nine and Fix big time

    Please please Timmah and anyone else who thinks that memberships are suddenly going to rocket through the roof next year when the whole schedule is still set up with the purpose of maximising TV ratings and minimising attendances, feel free to make a 'big statement' such as "If the Bulldogs...
    • Dr.J
    • Post #16
    • Forum: NRL
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    Karma bites Nine and Fix big time

    My mistake, every single marketing and membership department has been crap for the last decade, but now that there has been a 'push' next year Parramatta will have 30,000 season ticket holders, the Bulldogs and Dragons will get 25,000 and the clubs like the Roosters and the Sharks who had a bad...
    • Dr.J
    • Post #7
    • Forum: NRL
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    Karma bites Nine and Fix big time

    Do you also like the fact that most NRL teams (even the so-called 'well supported' ones) struggle to get 5000 season ticket holders, yet teams which fewer people 'care' about such as the Swans, Waratahs, Sydney FC, Melbourne Victory, North Melbourne Kangaroos, Western Bulldogs etc etc easily...
    • Dr.J
    • Post #5
    • Forum: NRL
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    Karma bites Nine and Fix big time

    For years I have been massively p-ssed off by the fact that Nine and Fox won't release the dates of NRL games until a few weeks in advance (unlike every other professional football competition in the world which somehow manage to do so in the obviously misguided belief that it helps fans plan...
    • Dr.J
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    • Forum: NRL
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    Would Greg Bird Be Cheesed Off Right Now

    The most amazing thing about this case is that the Qld Police Minister has publicly given full support to the Broncos and their players over the incident. If a Qld journo wrote an article suggesting that the players should be presumed innocent and let off to play because they were good blokes...
    • Dr.J
    • Post #85
    • Forum: NRL
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    Rugby League injuries and tipping

    For those in tipping competitions, remember to take injuries into account. Most of the teams are at close to full strength at this early stage of the season, which is a good argument for having a short pre-season like we do. The Telegraph liftout gives a good short summary of injuries, although...
    • Dr.J
    • Thread
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: NRL
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