2018 Crowd Watch

[Raiderdave]

Do you drive to Sydney games?

Oh

And the sharks don’t seem to need me when they play in Canberra.

sometimes

I can assure you if we had no more then a few hours round trip ( like all sydneysiders ) instead of 6
a lot of Canberrans would , most weeks , we're just a more dedicated better class of fan.

Oh & ditto
I don't travel to shark park , as I'm not required there to get my side up either : )

 

[carcharias]

Mate I travel to Sydney for the odd NQ away game (I also head up to NQ for home games).

I wish it was only $150 and 3 hours in travel....... but I get your point.

$150 plus 3 hrs is for us from Sydney
I reckon that’s being generous as well.

 

[carcharias]

sometimes

I can assure you if we had no more then a few hours round trip ( like all sydneysiders ) instead of 6
a lot of Canberrans would , most weeks , we're just a more dedicated better class of fan.

Oh & ditto
I don't travel to shark park , as I'm not required there to get my side up either : )

“Sometimes “
So you don’t help your team at away games.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

So, when are Manly moving to Gosford again? Clearly no one in Manly cares about the Sea Eagles anymore.

 

[adamkungl]

6000 on a freezing thursday at a shit ground is pretty much standard fare for one of the smaller Sydney clubs v Cows.

But the clock is ticking on Brookvale.
Within a few years 5 of the 9 Sydney clubs will be playing out of brand spanking new stadiums capable of handling any weather and their crowds (and thus incomes) will be climbing as a result. Wollongong, Kogarah, Penrith and Cronulla are better venues in every possible way than Brookvale and probably more likely to receive upgrades if they're available.

Manly won't be pushed out but if they don't act somehow they will be left behind.

 

[Lambretta]

f**king kill Thursday night football especially during truncated rounds.

If there are 4 games on, why waste one on a f**king Thursday night when no one wants to go.

f**k me the NRL are dumb

 

[Clifferd]

NRL is face down ass up to their broadcasters that’s why

Crowd probably doubles if it was on the 2pm Sunday timeslot like it should’ve

 

[adamkungl]

NRL is face down ass up to their broadcasters that’s why

Haha remember when everyone was saying "The NRL will control the draw from 2018" like it actually meant anything.
They know who pays the bills.

 

[El Diablo]

6000 on a freezing thursday at a shit ground is pretty much standard fare for one of the smaller Sydney clubs v Cows.

But the clock is ticking on Brookvale.
Within a few years 5 of the 9 Sydney clubs will be playing out of brand spanking new stadiums capable of handling any weather and their crowds (and thus incomes) will be climbing as a result. Wollongong, Kogarah, Penrith and Cronulla are better venues in every possible way than Brookvale and probably more likely to receive upgrades if they're available.

Manly won't be pushed out but if they don't act somehow they will be left behind.

Manly have had a PM and a Premier as their federal and state members yet somehow have been incapable of getting it upgraded

run by amateurs

 

[Diesel]

Do any non-Sydney teams draw fans in Sydney

Would be interesting to see what away crowds are for each team and if any correlation can be drawn or if Sydneysiders are more interested in Sydney v Sydney games.

 

[Diesel]

Manly have had a PM and a Premier as their federal and state members yet somehow have been incapable of getting it upgraded

run by amateurs

Isn’t Brookie a Council owned ground rather than state owned?

 

[carcharias]

Do any non-Sydney teams draw fans in Sydney

Would be interesting to see what away crowds are for each team and if any correlation can be drawn or if Sydneysiders are more interested in Sydney v Sydney games.

I think there a few different groups
The bandwagoners - go when the team is winning
The season ticket holders - go to home games
The face painters - virgins who go to all games no matter where.

 

[Raiderdave]

“Sometimes “
So you don’t help your team at away games.

sometimes is infinitely more often then you by your own admission , & you don't have a 6 hour round trip to any games in Sydney ever...

 

[carcharias]

sometimes is infinitely more often then you by your own admission , & you don't have a 6 hour round trip to any games in Sydney ever...

Mate I live in the shire
To you that is the equivalent of living on a 5 Star tropical island resort.
Why the f**k would I want to leave?

 

[big hit!]

6000 on a freezing thursday at a shit ground is pretty much standard fare for one of the smaller Sydney clubs v Cows.

But the clock is ticking on Brookvale.
Within a few years 5 of the 9 Sydney clubs will be playing out of brand spanking new stadiums capable of handling any weather and their crowds (and thus incomes) will be climbing as a result. Wollongong, Kogarah, Penrith and Cronulla are better venues in every possible way than Brookvale and probably more likely to receive upgrades if they're available.

Manly won't be pushed out but if they don't act somehow they will be left behind.

wouldn't be much more anywhere else on freezing week night and live on tele -> that's thing, you can watch it with the gas heater on in the warmth of your house eating the home cooked meal the missus prepped for you, and then you can be in the sack giving her your thank you within a few minutes of full time and then rest for the next day at work. best of everything

 

[Lambretta]

NRL is face down ass up to their broadcasters that’s why

Crowd probably doubles if it was on the 2pm Sunday timeslot like it should’ve

The broadcasters are f**king thick
Do they really think anyone wants to watch a game played in front of f**king no one?
I am a league tragic and I could barely watch it at times - who does this shit appeal to?

It's not even as if Channel 9 has exclusivity

The broadcasters should care a lot more than they do about the product they are buying

It's like going to buy a brand new car and then smashing the front screen before you drive it out the showroom, because "I f**king paid for it didn't I?"

Wankers

As for the NRL - they need to tell the broadcasters that they won't stand for falling crowds and if TV picks unpopular time slots the NRL reserves the right to get them to change it

 

[Perth Red]

When did you last go to a game

The last opportunity I had.

 

[Raiderdave]

Mate I live in the shire
To you that is the equivalent of living on a 5 Star tropical island resort.
Why the f**k would I want to leave?

To me
It's Dunlop by the sea
And all Im seeing here is

But but but

 

[Perth Red]

I think there a few different groups
The bandwagoners - go when the team is winning
The season ticket holders - go to home games
The face painters - virgins who go to all games no matter where.

More like -

The can't be arsed's - will go if every element of attending is perfect, otherwise sit at home and ask why would I pay to go to a game? Then complain the crowds are sht
The homebase supporters- I'll go to home games but dont expect me to travel or pay to get into someone elses grounds. Negates the value of having nine teams in one city.
The real fans - love their club and support them regardless, add value to tribalism by actually going to away grounds and creating some atmosphere.

 

[carcharias]

To me
It's Dunlop by the sea
And all Im seeing here is

But but but

What is Dunlop?