25th anniversary of expansion

[sooperdooper]

they've got a stadium, strong junior base and a foundation club waiting for rebirth. i'd say that's a fair case for inclusion.

strong jnr base? ha ha

 

[sooperdooper]

Road maps are clearly beyond your comprehension. If you can't get from Parramatta to Penrith on the M4 in 20 mins you have trouble.

dodge please refer to the link below
http://www.whereis.com/whereis/mapping/geocodeAddressesForDirections.do?brandid=1&fromStreetNumber=&fromStreetName=&fromPoiType=&fromSuburb=penrith&fromState=New+South+Wales&fromLocation=-33.75043%7C150.69706%7C%7C%7CCity+Center%7C%7CPenrith%7CNew+South+Wales&toStreetNumber=&toStreetName=City+Center&toPoiType=&toSuburb=Parramatta&toState=New+South+Wales&toLocation=-33.812818%7C151.00628%7C%7C%7CCity+Center%7C%7CParramatta%7CNew+South+Wales&modeOfTransport=2&x=67&y=14


34 mins from parramatta to penrith, that does not include the traffic in which could be found along the way

 

[Raider_69]

by that site it takes me 4 hours and 1 minute to get from my house to Canberra stadium... its normally a 3 - 3 and half MAX... its been done in 2 and half
so that site doesnt known sh*te!!

 

[sooperdooper]

by that site it takes me 4 hours and 1 minute to get from my house to Canberra stadium... its normally a 3 - 3 and half MAX... its been done in 2 and half
so that site doesnt known sh*te!!

that site bases the time on speed limits and distanced travelled. obviously you go a different route and travel faster than the speed limits

 

[The Preacher]

Okay Dennis.

I can assure you Sir K that it has been my opinion from the start of Melbourne's entry to the competition.
Please don't compare me to The Emporer, I cant afford the time off for the therapy needed after such a call.

 

[Timmah]

10 min from canterbury? haha what jet do you fly in?
a mere 20 minutes from penrith? what jet was that?

there are enough teams that are 'regional' not to need another team from sydney, there are simply just not enough good reasons to have a new team there

Central Coast is a regional area you dope.

Do you and your opinion live to piss people off? Are you really that narrow-minded? The Central Coast has a very strong junior base - the reason they fail so miserably at Flegg level is because they have no springboard to go higher.

Northern Eagles? You mean Manly in a bear suit?

 

[Timmah]

that site bases the time on speed limits and distanced travelled. obviously you go a different route and travel faster than the speed limits

Wrong. Run a search from Ballarat to Wagga Wagga, and the piece of sh*t site ignores any roads but the Hume, Sturt and Western Highways that it has on it's system. The site is a rough guide and is often wrong. Again, if you can't reach Penrith from Parramatta in 20 minutes, doing the speed limit on the M4, you have a mental deficiency.

Another thing that site does is round up any part of the journey that takes less than a minute and makes it "1 min"

:lol: idiot.

 

[sooperdooper]

Central Coast is a regional area you dope.

Do you and your opinion live to piss people off? Are you really that narrow-minded? The Central Coast has a very strong junior base - the reason they fail so miserably at Flegg level is because they have no springboard to go higher.

Northern Eagles? You mean Manly in a bear suit?

i know central coast is regional yet they are a mere 1 or so away from sydney and newcastle!

yeh a real strong jnr base! they offer nothing, they may have alot of kids who play but not to many that are 'strong'

nothern eagles i do mean them

 

[nqboy]

Is it possible that the CC juniors are not so strong because they have had the eyes picked out of them by NRL clubs?

 

[sooperdooper]

Is ti possible that the CC juniors are not so strong because they have had the eyes picked out of them by NRL clubs?

which is where they should be going!
i am all for expansion of the game, but going to the central coast is not expansion at all. its putting another team in an area very close to where there are a bunch of teams

 

[nqboy]

No. Ideally, they would be playing for their local area. Fish where the fish are.

 

[sooperdooper]

No. Ideally, they would be playing for their local area. Fish where the fish are.

fish where there are fish, exactly! there are none there!
why waste bait?

 

[Hoggy]

No, but I'm sure they all have a fair idea who Andrew Johns is.

And they might not know who Lewis Roberts-Thomson is, but they would probably recognise Barry Hall.

 

[JW]

And they might not know who Lewis Roberts-Thomson is, but they would probably recognise Barry Hall.

Billy who?

 

[Palms]

Brisbane/Nth Queensland (albeit it took some time) created a following of over 20, 000 crowd in around 4-7 years. Melbourne have been in this comp, have won a premiership and have a succesful team and yet struggle to attract 10 000 ppl on a sat nite?? That is very poor. I believe NZ rugby league is ready to explode and therefore another team should be introduced in NZ. 2 teams would create a great rivalry alone in nz and would highten the intereset of the game..aint rocket science really!

 

[phonetic]

Why not keep the Storm and go to CC as well. I believe the depth is just about there. This seasons tight competition pays tribute to that.

The mistake in large expansion back in 1995 was the lack of talent for four extra sides, therefore Auckland, Nth Queensland, South Queensland and Perth struggled.

I think we could sneak one extra in, and then one or two more down the track too. A bit optimistic, but I think Rugby League deserves to be.

 

[beave]

Brisbane/Nth Queensland (albeit it took some time) created a following of over 20, 000 crowd in around 4-7 years. Melbourne have been in this comp, have won a premiership and have a succesful team and yet struggle to attract 10 000 ppl on a sat nite?? That is very poor. I believe NZ rugby league is ready to explode and therefore another team should be introduced in NZ. 2 teams would create a great rivalry alone in nz and would highten the intereset of the game..aint rocket science really!

NQ had 20k+ averages for the first 4 years, went down a bit then back up there for the last 3 years. if the cowboys are competitive(top 8 or top 10) they will be up there for good. it is suprising though the storm have such low crowds, maybe if channel 9 and the media down there got off their collective a$$e$ and exposed our game a bit more the averages might go up a bit. but getting rid of them would be stupid, i agree on the gold coast getting a go, i think next either the central coast or one of the former areas (Perth/Adelaide) should be the next goal b4 NZ, though with them winning the tri nations, it will be interesting to see how junior numbers are effected. time will tell.

 

[Everlovin' Antichrist]

Billy who?

He means this place, I recognised it immediately...

http://www.barryhall.co.za/index.htm

 

[The Preacher]

. I believe NZ rugby league is ready to explode and therefore another team should be introduced in NZ. 2 teams would create a great rivalry alone in nz and would highten the intereset of the game..aint rocket science really![/QUOTE]

Another team in NZ ??? I know what you've got in your "Palms", and your definately moving them backwards and forwards TOOOOO often.
Whether it's NRL, ARL, or NSWRL running the competition, why the hell would you have two teams from another country in your comp.

 

[Palms]

My point was that Id rather have a team based where people would follow it mate..I cant see the sport becoming popular in Melbourne.If we are talking national I would opt for another team in CC.

Well thought out, witty (or lack of) call Preacher. Hurt me deep!