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Still got a tiny shite stadium and tiny shite crowds.
Not even close. Most of their asset sale went on clearing debt. Their total revenue for football club and other income generation was only $33mill last year. Some clubs generate that in football club operations alone. They only have about $3.5mill cash in the bank.
They have made extraordinarily more money than that over the past three years and yes it cleared debt, along with cash reserves and large real estate investments, the Sharks are as essential to the competition as much as any other existing club is equally as essential.
Ok Brian, whatever you say
Nope they didn’t lol. When LC opens up again the revenue will increase and the cash asset base as well Youd hope. Football operations revenue is still one of the lowest in sydney but small fanbase and sht ground will do that.
It ain't going to happen champ.Live with it. Ground capacity increases once development finishes next year.And that's just the starting point long term.
I’ll believe it when I see it.
That's an old way of thinking, state of origin is its own beast, its not the precursor to playing fir the kangaroos as it used to be some 10 years ago, almost half the nrl player pool stems from Pacific or Nz heritage, we only need 20 players for the kangaroos anyway, surely there's enough talent that play for NSW and QLD to round up the best 20 for the kangaroos....
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No name journoAnd so it beigns! Its almost liek we didnt have crap teams and blow outs before we got a 17th club!!
Brutal truth exposed amid NRL expansion proposal
All those still in favour of further expansion in the next few years please raise your right hand. Wests Tigers' record loss to North Queensland followed by Canterbury's pitiful capitulation to the Knights again exposed the lack of depth in this competition despite the NRL spin doctors trying to convince us all this is "the tightest competition we've ever seen".
Truth is, the NRL competition will always be close for the first dozen rounds before falling into a familiar pattern. The good sides get better and those in the bottom four fall away alarmingly and start turning in the sort of displays we saw from the Tigers and Dogs.
Take a look at the current top eight and tell me if there are any genuine surprises from what you thought back in March. Okay, we'll give you the Warriors being seventh and the Roosters 12th as a bit of a shock but the rest of it was pretty much predictable.
It’s at the other end of the table where the problems lie. St George Illawarra, Canterbury and the Tigers have been poor for years and shown no sign of any improvement anytime soon.
The Dolphins, at the start of their existence, went at it like a 20-year-old at a free beer party. They've now won just one of their last six, dropping the last four straight by a combined 160-62.
You can just about put a fork in Wayne Bennett's mob, they look done. And while the Dolphins deserve the highest of praise for being more than competitive first year in, isn’t what they’re now going through – and the horror show that is the Dragons, Tigers and Dogs - proof there is a lack of genuine depth at a number of clubs?
Throwing another club in the mix so soon after the Dolphins' arrival – just so we get to an 18-team competition - would be sheer madness.
Ben Hunt saga hurting Dragons as ugly NRL expansion truth exposed
Round 18 of the NRL threw up a big issue around Ben Hunt at the Dragons and proof the competition isn't ready for further expansion. Details here.
The problems at those clubs go deeper than just player depth. I didn't see the game but that Bulldogs side should never lose by 60 to the Knights. Something very very wrong at that club. Tigers as well....And so it beigns! Its almost liek we didnt have crap teams and blow outs before we got a 17th club!!
Brutal truth exposed amid NRL expansion proposal
All those still in favour of further expansion in the next few years please raise your right hand. Wests Tigers' record loss to North Queensland followed by Canterbury's pitiful capitulation to the Knights again exposed the lack of depth in this competition despite the NRL spin doctors trying to convince us all this is "the tightest competition we've ever seen".
Truth is, the NRL competition will always be close for the first dozen rounds before falling into a familiar pattern. The good sides get better and those in the bottom four fall away alarmingly and start turning in the sort of displays we saw from the Tigers and Dogs.
Take a look at the current top eight and tell me if there are any genuine surprises from what you thought back in March. Okay, we'll give you the Warriors being seventh and the Roosters 12th as a bit of a shock but the rest of it was pretty much predictable.
It’s at the other end of the table where the problems lie. St George Illawarra, Canterbury and the Tigers have been poor for years and shown no sign of any improvement anytime soon.
The Dolphins, at the start of their existence, went at it like a 20-year-old at a free beer party. They've now won just one of their last six, dropping the last four straight by a combined 160-62.
You can just about put a fork in Wayne Bennett's mob, they look done. And while the Dolphins deserve the highest of praise for being more than competitive first year in, isn’t what they’re now going through – and the horror show that is the Dragons, Tigers and Dogs - proof there is a lack of genuine depth at a number of clubs?
Throwing another club in the mix so soon after the Dolphins' arrival – just so we get to an 18-team competition - would be sheer madness.
Ben Hunt saga hurting Dragons as ugly NRL expansion truth exposed
Round 18 of the NRL threw up a big issue around Ben Hunt at the Dragons and proof the competition isn't ready for further expansion. Details here.
Dragons to Wollongong bar two big games at Allianz every year maybe.
Don’t buy this “there isn’t enough player talent depth for 17/18 teams” line.And so it beigns! Its almost liek we didnt have crap teams and blow outs before we got a 17th club!!
Brutal truth exposed amid NRL expansion proposal
All those still in favour of further expansion in the next few years please raise your right hand. Wests Tigers' record loss to North Queensland followed by Canterbury's pitiful capitulation to the Knights again exposed the lack of depth in this competition despite the NRL spin doctors trying to convince us all this is "the tightest competition we've ever seen".
Truth is, the NRL competition will always be close for the first dozen rounds before falling into a familiar pattern. The good sides get better and those in the bottom four fall away alarmingly and start turning in the sort of displays we saw from the Tigers and Dogs.
Take a look at the current top eight and tell me if there are any genuine surprises from what you thought back in March. Okay, we'll give you the Warriors being seventh and the Roosters 12th as a bit of a shock but the rest of it was pretty much predictable.
It’s at the other end of the table where the problems lie. St George Illawarra, Canterbury and the Tigers have been poor for years and shown no sign of any improvement anytime soon.
The Dolphins, at the start of their existence, went at it like a 20-year-old at a free beer party. They've now won just one of their last six, dropping the last four straight by a combined 160-62.
You can just about put a fork in Wayne Bennett's mob, they look done. And while the Dolphins deserve the highest of praise for being more than competitive first year in, isn’t what they’re now going through – and the horror show that is the Dragons, Tigers and Dogs - proof there is a lack of genuine depth at a number of clubs?
Throwing another club in the mix so soon after the Dolphins' arrival – just so we get to an 18-team competition - would be sheer madness.
Ben Hunt saga hurting Dragons as ugly NRL expansion truth exposed
Round 18 of the NRL threw up a big issue around Ben Hunt at the Dragons and proof the competition isn't ready for further expansion. Details here.
Not really, Its not just a numbers game. If it was PNG would be producing dozens of NRL first graders. Its numbers plus quality of coaching, plus elite pathways plus scouting.
