A question for all Sydney fans

[Mark Rudd]

If the NRL next year planned to have 'blockbuster' games at Telstra during the year involving your teams, would you attend?


For instance : Penrith vs Roosters at Telstra
Parramatta vs St George
Canterbury vs Roosters
Parramatta vs Canterbury


At SCG : St George vs Souths
Souths vs Wests Tigers


Maybe the NRL could really promote the hell of it to attract a big crowd. Discount tickets for all fans if they show their membership cards or something other than the two teams that are playing.

I know some of these games have already been played this year, but a big push by the NRL to promote these games might encourage all fans to attend big games.

Good idea?

 

[Simo]

Much better idea than your last one to boot out all the teams and start again!

If they wanted these blockbusters though they would really actually have to do that thing, what is it again, the AFL do it, Union do it.........Advertise and promotion thats right, actually make an effort!

Id go.

 

[Victor Trumper]

I think it is something the NRL should look at. Whilst people may argue that the comp is too "Sydney" at the moment, atleast it allows regular local derbies or matches that have a long tradition.

A game like Canterbury V Parra, or East V Canterbury, St George v Cronulla, Souths V Easts or so on should have the ass promoted out of it in an attempt to get the stadiums full, rather then just expecting people to show up for the sake of it.

Another thing they should look at is how they structure the games over the weekend. Currently the best game goes on Friday, second best Sunday, and the rest over the rest of the weekend. However I think the NRL should take a bit of control back from CH 9 and look at ways to structure the weekend in order to get maximun results as a whole, not just TV ratings.

For instance, next year the Penrith v East game, the GF replay, assuming both sides hold their form, will be a real big drawcard and most likely on Friday night. However if it were to be played at the SFS, it would be difficult for Penrith fans to work during the day, then organise the family etc and get themselves to the SFS for a 7:30 ko. If it were to be played on a Saturday night, or Sunday arvo, it allows time for travelling fans to get to the game. Same goes for when Newcastle play Sydney teams, or when St George play at Win, possibly Canberra home games as well.

The Newcastle, St George at Win, and Canberra games should be promoted as a "weekend of Football", ie a weekend holiday, incorporating your football teams match.

 

[Mark Rudd]

Great idea Victor and Simo.

Only two responces though. I guess thats why Sydney gets small crowds and these things flop.

Absolutley no passion for your teams and for RL at all.



Pathetic.

 

[hybrid_tiger]

Great idea Victor and Simo.

Only two responces though. I guess thats why Sydney gets small crowds and these things flop.

Absolutley no passion for your teams and for RL at all.



Pathetic.

I gather your a Queenslander??

Only a thick as bricks canetoad could come out with a disgusting comment like this.

You should be ashamed of yourself for suggesting what you did. Maybe if QLD had more than two teams in the state, Broncos and Nth Qld crowds would be significantly smaller.

Idiot.

 

[Grantwhy]

Great idea Victor and Simo.

Only two responces though. I guess thats why Sydney gets small crowds and these things flop.

Absolutley no passion for your teams and for RL at all.



Pathetic.

I gather your a Queenslander??

Only a thick as bricks canetoad could come out with a disgusting comment like this.

You should be ashamed of yourself for suggesting what you did. Maybe if QLD had more than two teams in the state, Broncos and Nth Qld crowds would be significantly smaller.

Idiot.

back when there were 4 teams in Queensland the Bronco's and the Cowboys *both* had bigger crowds ;-)

 

[bender]

Great idea Victor and Simo.

Only two responces though. I guess thats why Sydney gets small crowds and these things flop.

Absolutley no passion for your teams and for RL at all.



Pathetic.

I gather your a Queenslander??

Only a thick as bricks canetoad could come out with a disgusting comment like this.

You should be ashamed of yourself for suggesting what you did. Maybe if QLD had more than two teams in the state, Broncos and Nth Qld crowds would be significantly smaller.

Idiot.

back when there were 4 teams in Queensland the Bronco's and the Cowboys *both* had bigger crowds ;-)

THe crushers also had a better crowd average during their brief tenure than any other sydney club. Even allowing for their pathetic crowds when they were forced to play in the Sydney only comp that none of their supporters cared about.

The Gold Coast had ordinary crowds but i think that was mostly from the stigma of basing themselves in NSW early in their career.

 

[Ron Jeremy]

I can't remember when was the last time Parra vs Canterbury played in the first game of the year??

This is such a disapointed consideing there the biggest rivals IMO in the NRL......there guarreented a sell out at Parra stadium or Dodgers stadium!!

Very slack by the NRL......it would be a winner.

 

[Once Dead]

Great idea Victor and Simo.

Only two responces though. I guess thats why Sydney gets small crowds and these things flop.

Absolutley no passion for your teams and for RL at all.



Pathetic.

Mate, from what ive seen whenever you post something - you are looking for a bite and ammunition to put league in Sydney down.....thats why i refused to post an answer........

The reason why we don't want 'traditional' rivalry games played at Telstra etc is because that lame ground has no atmosphere while a half full Leichhardt Oval / Brookvale etc generate more atmosphere........fact is - do you play Collingwood VS Essendon at a non-traditional AFL ground?....Seriously, get off your Melbournian Follower of 'The Vision' No. 1 high horse and stop judging the whole of Sydney based on the fact that YOUR precious little thread got barely any replies.............these games flop because we'd rather our rightful home games to be played at HOME! not some hi tech, half covered, overpriced, 10 metres away from the action white elephant.....which has crap overpriced food! At least at Leichhardt you can bank on a hotdog being edible....

Mate, i think its you that has no passion for your team.....because you seem to exhaust all passion in bagging us......how about you go back to your CEO office in Melbourne and write up a press statement saying that Melbourne Storm are the future of the league........too bad they'll be the future of the league in another state....probably NSW

I bit.....ah well, someone needed to set this straight.......

 

[Mark Rudd]

Ouch. Touchy about being passionate arnt we? I guess its because I AM Victorian that I have more passion naturally built into me than any supporter in Sydney has.



"that Melbourne Storm are the future of the league........too bad they'll be the future of the league in another state....probably NSW"


Too bad they wouldnt pull any sidnificantly bigger crowds than Melbourne do anyway. And thats the sad part about it. Or is it just expected from a NSW RL club?

 

[Once Dead]

Ouch. Touchy about being passionate arnt we? I guess its because I AM Victorian that I have more passion naturally built into me than any supporter in Sydney has.



"that Melbourne Storm are the future of the league........too bad they'll be the future of the league in another state....probably NSW"


Too bad they wouldnt pull any sidnificantly bigger crowds than Melbourne do anyway. And thats the sad part about it. Or is it just expected from a NSW RL club?

Do you intentionally try to be funny? You naturally have more passion because you are Victorian? I always knew that the Victorian drinking water was contaminated with mind altering and arrogance enhancing drugs.......

Melbourne's crowds are pathetic for a one team STATE! not city, STATE!.....CENTRAL COAST STORM HERE WE COME MARK......or is it that you are afraid that this will happen and know i'm not talking crap

Johnny boy, just go back to being CEO of Melbourne ok.....the Vision died years ago.....don't try to bring it back because no one cares....

 

[Mark Rudd]

Victorians have more passion than ANYONE. And I say that as a proud passionate Victorian. More passion about everything. Football. Wineing and dining. Love. Hehehe.


A lot of Sydney clubs crowds, the city that is supposed to be the heart of RL, are pathetic.


You cant and wont understand until you dont have it. RL games at midnight. Big games like Origin at 10:30. Lack of media interest. People that bag you for likeing it. And a city that is OBSESSED with AFL. The AFL GF was played on Saturday. Sunday's Herald Sun was absolutely filled with AFL news. Monday? 30 pages. Thats THIRTY pages still on AFL news. It would take a week to get 30 pages of NRL news in Sydney's paper's let alone Melbourne's.

I travel 2-2.5 hrs to get to a Storm home game. Most of the time walking 20-25 mins still to get there. I have attended 6 games this year. And would've attended 3 or 4 more but for various things that came up(my friends getting married and whatnot. Idiots!). A few years ago I was in Sydney with my father in his truck. On ONE weekend we attend not one, but THREE RL games. Friday night at SFS for a Roosters vs Perth game. Saturday arvo for a Manly home game. And Sunday I think was at Concord when the Bulldogs played Penrith there for a one off game.

I've been to Belmore in 35 degree heat when the Bulldogs played the Broncos on another occasion. I was there in Canberra when the Raiders played the Broncos( I was a Bronocs fan before Storm) in 93 and attracted a then record crowd of 24 thousand and something(and beat the broncs). I've seen Australia play GB at the SCG in 86 I think. I seen Australia play NZ in Melbourne in 91. GB at Princess Park in 92(?). Both times the Aussie's lost. The 3rd and 4th Origins in Melbourne. I've been to the group 9 GF in Wagga. Had a pic taken with Les Boyd(dad forget to put film in. lol).

Not bad for a Victorian eh? And considering that the first team I ever followed was in fact the Sydney Swans! I even had a jumper.


So dont tell me about passion. I've known of Sydney RL fans who live 30 mins away from their teams home ground and have NEVER EVER been to a RL game. Fans? Passion? Far from it.

Dont tell about passion Impellitteri. Tell your fellow 'fans'in Sydney. Because most have no idea about it.

And if thinking of a good way to attract new fans to the games in a nice facility with plenty of seats where a father could take his wife and kids instead of sitting on a crowded hill with passionate angry half drunk supporters and never wanting to go again is a BAD idea, well then I give up.

I will wonder though whether you guys up there really want your game to grow at all. Doesnt sound like it. Shame.

 

[Parra_Eels]

we need to have derby weekends
Parra vs Penrith
Bulldogs vs Wests Tigers
Newcastle vs Manly
Brisbane vs Cowboys
Cronulla vs Dragons
Easts vs Souths
Canberra vs Melbourne (closest thing to a derby)
Warriors vs bye

 

[Southernsaint]

we need to have derby weekends
Parra vs Penrith
Bulldogs vs Wests Tigers
Newcastle vs Manly
Brisbane vs Cowboys
Cronulla vs Dragons
Easts vs Souths
Canberra vs Melbourne (closest thing to a derby)
Warriors vs bye

We had "derby weekends" to kick off the season in 2001 & 2002. They were a success but people like variety.

I still think that with the "pools" of who plays who twice a season, derbies should be factored into the equation. Saints fans love playing The Scum twice a season (even if it does mean standing under power-lines) & I'm sure other fans feel the same...

Cheers,
Ben S.

 

[El Diablo]

You can see the Passion of Victorians in the Storm crowd stats.

They ranked 13th in the NRL in and they're the only team in Australia's second most populous city. The only two teams they beat had pretty bad years and finished 13th and 15th on the Premiership ladder as opposed to 5th by the Storm.

That some passion, Mark :roll:

Imagine the passion Mark and his fellow fans would show in a bad year :shock:

 

[Once Dead]

Victorians have more passion than ANYONE. And I say that as a proud passionate Victorian. More passion about everything. Football. Wineing and dining. Love. Hehehe.


A lot of Sydney clubs crowds, the city that is supposed to be the heart of RL, are pathetic.


You cant and wont understand until you dont have it. RL games at midnight. Big games like Origin at 10:30. Lack of media interest. People that bag you for likeing it. And a city that is OBSESSED with AFL. The AFL GF was played on Saturday. Sunday's Herald Sun was absolutely filled with AFL news. Monday? 30 pages. Thats THIRTY pages still on AFL news. It would take a week to get 30 pages of NRL news in Sydney's paper's let alone Melbourne's.

I travel 2-2.5 hrs to get to a Storm home game. Most of the time walking 20-25 mins still to get there. I have attended 6 games this year. And would've attended 3 or 4 more but for various things that came up(my friends getting married and whatnot. Idiots!). A few years ago I was in Sydney with my father in his truck. On ONE weekend we attend not one, but THREE RL games. Friday night at SFS for a Roosters vs Perth game. Saturday arvo for a Manly home game. And Sunday I think was at Concord when the Bulldogs played Penrith there for a one off game.

I've been to Belmore in 35 degree heat when the Bulldogs played the Broncos on another occasion. I was there in Canberra when the Raiders played the Broncos( I was a Bronocs fan before Storm) in 93 and attracted a then record crowd of 24 thousand and something(and beat the broncs). I've seen Australia play GB at the SCG in 86 I think. I seen Australia play NZ in Melbourne in 91. GB at Princess Park in 92(?). Both times the Aussie's lost. The 3rd and 4th Origins in Melbourne. I've been to the group 9 GF in Wagga. Had a pic taken with Les Boyd(dad forget to put film in. lol).

Not bad for a Victorian eh? And considering that the first team I ever followed was in fact the Sydney Swans! I even had a jumper.


So dont tell me about passion. I've known of Sydney RL fans who live 30 mins away from their teams home ground and have NEVER EVER been to a RL game. Fans? Passion? Far from it.

Dont tell about passion Impellitteri. Tell your fellow 'fans'in Sydney. Because most have no idea about it.

And if thinking of a good way to attract new fans to the games in a nice facility with plenty of seats where a father could take his wife and kids instead of sitting on a crowded hill with passionate angry half drunk supporters and never wanting to go again is a BAD idea, well then I give up.

I will wonder though whether you guys up there really want your game to grow at all. Doesnt sound like it. Shame.

More passion when whining about other people's so called 'lack of passion' than any other state too......

I give up on you man.....seriously, you need to get this Victoria > NSW complex........BTW if you base passion on the fact that you have attended all these rugby league events........do you consider a poor person who is a dyed in the wool rugby league supporter as lacking passion because they never go to a game due to financial constraints????????

 

[hybrid_tiger]

Ouch. Touchy about being passionate arnt we? I guess its because I AM Victorian that I have more passion naturally built into me than any supporter in Sydney has.



"that Melbourne Storm are the future of the league........too bad they'll be the future of the league in another state....probably NSW"


Too bad they wouldnt pull any sidnificantly bigger crowds than Melbourne do anyway. And thats the sad part about it. Or is it just expected from a NSW RL club?

Victorian??

Passion?? What else is there to do than watch football (AFL) over there?

After all, thats why the AFL crowds are so high...

Oh and the Melbourne Storm supporters have great passion. Their team has a brilliant year and they still cant manage a decent crowd. Fool.

And btw. Wow! Congrats. You have attended your fair share of RL matches. What do you want from us?? A f***ing medal??

 

[dimitri]

any sydney sider that bags a melbournite for sticking up for league has serious problems


wake up to yourselves

 

[hybrid_tiger]

any sydney sider that bags a melbournite for sticking up for league has serious problems


wake up to yourselves

Any Melbournite who claims that Victorians have more passion than Sydney League followers has serious problems.

Especially when Melbourne cant even get decent crowds, even though they finished 5th.

 

[Jimbo]

Saints fans love playing The Scum twice a season (even if it does mean standing under power-lines) & I'm sure other fans feel the same...

Cheers,
Ben S.

Cronulla fans love playing the Merged Scum twice a season too. Its usually an easy 4 points for us