18th club, whose next?

[AlwaysGreen]

We've got the makings of a good competition as we are finally agreeing on things.
Manly, Cronulla, Wests Tigers, St George Illawarra out leaves
5 teams in Sydney.
2 extra teams in Brisbane Equals
5 teams in SE Queensland
2 teams in Nth Queensland
2 teams in Melbourne
2 teams in New Zealand
2 teams in Perth
Everywhere Bears
Western Pasifika Porcupines.
Edit: forgot the merged Canberra Newcastle team


5 + 5 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 21 team competition.

Now we just have to work out if we have 3 conferences or 7.

 

[MugaB]

We've got the makings of a good competition as we are finally agreeing on things.
Manly, Cronulla, Wests Tigers, St George Illawarra out leaves
5 teams in Sydney.
2 extra teams in Brisbane Equals
5 teams in SE Queensland
2 teams in Nth Queensland
2 teams in Melbourne
2 teams in New Zealand
2 teams in Perth
Everywhere Bears
Western Pasifika Porcupines.
Edit: forgot the merged Canberra Newcastle team


5 + 5 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 21 team competition.

Now we just have to work out if we have 3 conferences or 7.

Can't leave out manly they worked hard to keep that licence away from the everywhere bears, gotta give them that... just kick out souffs again...
#Lol@Souffs

 

[AlwaysGreen]

I forgot about Singapore. And Adelaide. And Honolulu. And Mudgee.

See you in the team 22.....who's next? thread.

 

[Wb1234]

Can't leave out manly they worked hard to keep that licence away from the everywhere bears, gotta give them that... just kick out souffs again...
#Lol@Souffs

Balmain for Penrith as was going to happen in 98

 

[MugaB]

I forgot about Singapore. And Adelaide. And Honolulu. And Mudgee.

See you in the team 22.....who's next? thread.

You'll be eating into the porcupines catchment

 

[blue bags]

Pasifika Grizzlies Bear's
Will be included in the future

 

[MugaB]

Balmain for Penrith as was going to happen in 98

FmD get over that we've had this discussion like months ago, you can't calculate

Troll dun bad...

Still waiting on the equation...
Just admit you can't count... and we'll leave it at that..
Otherwise this will just drag on for pages and days...
I like your posts generally WB, a little sydney bias, but generally funny... but today you messed up, ive called you on your bluff, and am now awaiting how you think the criteria ranking differ if balmain don't merge



The final rankings were:
Dragons/Steelers merge, so they got the free pass

1 Brisbane,
2 Newcastle,
3 Melbourne,
4 Canterbury,
5 Cronulla,
6 Sydney Roosters,
7 Parramatta,
8 North Queensland,
9 Auckland,
10 Canberra,
11 Manly,
12 Penrith,
13 Balmain,

Regardless of any mergers these guys get cut

14 North Sydney
15 Western Suburbs,
16 South Sydney.

Now if norths and souths merged aswell as the wests/tigers then you have a case, but they didn't

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

How does Nth QLD cover Rockhampton for example with its 80k population over 700kms from Townsville?

North Queensland catchment extends from Mackay to FNQ and west to Mt Isa.

Rockhampton is in the middle of no where and has been neglected at all levels for 25 years. The Capras are finally getting some aid thanks to the Dolphins' introduction to the NRL.

 

[Santino Patane]

North Queensland catchment extends from Mackay to FNQ and west to Mt Isa.

Rockhampton is in the middle of no where and has been neglected at all levels for 25 years. The Capras are finally getting some aid thanks to the Dolphins' introduction to the NRL.

And the Capras are finally competitive for it too. Good for the QRL!

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

if your stance is to be anti-perth just to irk PR, then your opinions on expansion aren't worth shit.

People like me stir up Perth Rat by shitting on Perth's bid, but that's not the sold reason we do it.

I cannot speak for others, but I focus on Perth's flaws because most people on here, especially you, choose to overlook its deficiencies and exaggerate its purported benefits.

If the sole reason for choosing Perth over bids from other markets is because it's a market of 2m that's unrepresented in fumbleball heartland then it's a weak and very immature argument. The bid has to be financially stable because, unlike AwFuL, the ARLC doesn't have a variable funding scheme to bail out expansion projects when they fall on hard times. That's not an "AFL troll" statement, either. Money talks.

It's also fair to factor in what the game's commercial partners want from expansion. None of the game's broadcast partners have endorsed Perth. I've shown you the ratings across the various markets to back up my position. I've also shown you a statement from Simon Fordham, Head of Strategy WWOS. Your response is to mock him and take his words out of context because they don't suit your position.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

And the Capras are finally competitive for it too. Good for the QRL!

It's the best thing to happen in the QRL for years.

Titans were dudded by the officials last night. I've never seen a team receive more poor calls from the officials than the Titans.

 

[Canard]

The Capras being 12th out of 15 teams, doesn't seem like the "success story" it's being sold as.

And is that really the "best thing that's happened" to the QRL in years????

 

[Santino Patane]

The Capras being 12th out of 15 teams, doesn't seem like the "success story" it's being sold as.

And is that really the "best thing that's happened" to the QRL in years????

1 game from the GF last year, and this year they are not a guaranteed 50 point win for other teams like they had been for a long time, so yeah I do think they’re much more competitive for their partnership with the Dolphins.

 

[MugaB]

1 game from the GF last year, and this year they are not a guaranteed 50 point win for other teams like they had been for a long time, so yeah I do think they’re much more competitive for their partnership with the Dolphins.

Helps when you got nrl grade players dropping in every few weeks, before then I can't remember if they were ever a feeder team for any 1st grade side

 

[Santino Patane]

Helps when you got nrl grade players dropping in every few weeks, before then I can't remember if they were ever a feeder team for any 1st grade side

They have had partnerships with the Cows and Donkeys, but it would have been 10-15 years since they finished up…

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

1 game from the GF last year, and this year they are not a guaranteed 50 point win for other teams like they had been for a long time, so yeah I do think they’re much more competitive for their partnership with the Dolphins.

When I actively followed the Queensland Cup the Capras were anchored to the bottom of the ladder and got 50 put on them almost every week. I saw them cop some massive floggings at Kougari Oval over the years.

 

[Vee]

"Governor Booty Juice"

As opposed to sTRUMPet?

 

[titoelcolombiano]

My 'assertion' hasn't been scrutinised at all.

You don't understand what diminishing returns means and you're too lazy to look it up yourself, so instead you filled the gap with what you thought it meant, i.e. created a strawman, and "scrutinised" that instead.

Furthermore it isn't "my" anything. It's an economic theory that's a fundamental principle of economics, hence why it's called a f**king law. It's basically as close as you can get to a universal truth using the scientific method, and if you have a problem with that you should take it up with the economists, not me.

For some reason I read your long rants in Grandpa Simpson's voice

 

[titoelcolombiano]

A point the NRL is arguably already at in Brisbane/SEQ, or at least near enough that it makes no difference.

You're also not taking other factors unique to a franchise sports league business into account, like that the cost and return on investment is different in different markets as a singular example.

No where f**king near it.

2022 members 30k
2024 members 80k

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Or they could be another titans. Start like a house on fire for 5 years then become shthouse. Only time will tell.

Gold Coast and Brisbane are not even close to being the same thing.

I do agree with you though that SEQ 3 needs to come in at least 10 years after the Dolphins, if not longer. Let's sort Perth and NZ first, then revisit it