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2017 Crowd Watch

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The crowds are not going to grow until they make the game more exciting for youngsters.

Kids use to find the fighting exciting and big shoulder charges and otherwise unpredictable play, players making things happen. Those things are gone and we are left with completions, wrestles, fast play the balls, bomb sets, line speed, decoys. The game needs to have a good hard look at itself. I haven't heard a player interviewed all year that didn't say something about "completions" and "getting to our kicks". Have people noticed that you can start on your 15m line, do nothing but hit ups and get a bomb to the corner now? Most sets are like this.

It is garbage entertainment.
I have an idea how to fix that .
Play in quarters .
That's the answer
 

Clifferd

Coach
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Sucks Tigers choked last week, today would have got about 25-30k I reckon if we won.

Still expecting around low 20s
 

mattyg

Bench
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Pretty poor showing here TBH. Really should be a 30k crowd in these beautiful conditions. The dogs corner is pretty packed I'd say maybe just 20k
 

hineyrulz

Post Whore
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The crowds are not going to grow until they make the game more exciting for youngsters.

Kids use to find the fighting exciting and big shoulder charges and otherwise unpredictable play, players making things happen. Those things are gone and we are left with completions, wrestles, fast play the balls, bomb sets, line speed, decoys. The game needs to have a good hard look at itself. I haven't heard a player interviewed all year that didn't say something about "completions" and "getting to our kicks". Have people noticed that you can start on your 15m line, do nothing but hit ups and get a bomb to the corner now? Most sets are like this.

It is garbage entertainment.
For the love of God lose your LU password.
 
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insert.pause

First Grade
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My old man is a broncos member and happens to sit right beside a family of Bronx members. Have you been to broncs games lately? Kids and families everywhere. Brisbane actual make the effort on Friday's it seems then. And back a few years ago when the reds were playing well the crowds were ok.
I don't think the sat/sun game for the broncs has as much impact as your suggesting. We can agree to disagree.
Every week actually, and it's no where near as many as there are at day games, the Broncos lobby the nrl every year for day games because they are an easier sell.
 

Timmah

LeagueUnlimited News Editor
Staff member
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If Souffs played in there own area they'd pull huge crowds on Friday (and even Thursday).

Have you tried going from Maroubra to f**king Olympic Park? It's an ordeal. Don't give me the bullshit about Souffs fans being everywhere, the highest concentration of them is in (you'll never guess...) SOUTH SYDNEY.

As for their business decision of ANZ paying them to play there, it was sound back in the mid-2000s when they were pulling crowds of 150. Now when they have 30k members (lol) it needs to be re-examined. If it's still $100k per game that is easily covered by a modest increase in crowds, I'd be very surprised if they couldn't achieve that with a move.
This theory gets a chance at being tested once more this coming Friday.

6pm. At Allianz. LOL
 

Timmah

LeagueUnlimited News Editor
Staff member
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I've heard rhetoric "biggest since redevelopment of the SFS" but whether that's true is another matter.
 

Teddyboy

First Grade
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The NRL need there arses kicking the way the game has been going for the past 7 years or so and it's like 1999 all over again.
 

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