Beatie has a plan

[butchmcdick]

You probably couldn't even punch two cones in that distance..................

My 1995 self would of given it a red hot crack

 

[butchmcdick]

Surely Jarrod Hayne will pick you up in his tarago from the station and drop you off in front of the ground.

Only if you too have bathed in the river Jordan

 

[POPEYE]

Surely Jarrod Hayne will pick you up in his tarago from the station and drop you off in front of the ground.

Jarryd will need a Tarago if he keeps coming last behind the coach

 

[_Johnsy]

I think Peter B will shock people with his competence tbh.

He ran a state for 9 years, I think he has the requisite skills to run it with some level of competence, I think he'll handle the politicking between factions quite well.

 

[_Johnsy]

Just to be clear, 999m is officially close, but 1.2 km is not at all close.
Got it.
I'm obfuscating the truth by providing directions and exact distance from the exit of the station to the exit of the stadium carpark

To be fair & balanced, the distance to Suncorp Stadium from Roma St station is 1.1km. You get literally thousands walking up the hill to the ground. Yes there is a closer station (Milton 750m) but it's nowhere as busy. I'd hazard a guess that the split between the 2 stations with foot traffic to the ground would be 50-50. This comes from working directly opposite Roma St station for about 8 years.

 

[Perth Red]

No. They are not. ANZ is close to the station. Milton station is close to Suncorp. Jubilee is close to Carlton.
SFS & Parra are not close to the station

No. But if you are going to try and obfuscate the truth. I am going to call you out on it, just like i did in the Stadiums thread. Because youre a lying merkin.
If you are over 1k away from the train station. You are NOT close to the train station.
I do the walk to SCG & SFS from central every time and its more than doable for the average person. But they are not f**king close.

No wonder our country has turned to hyperbolic morons when they cant understand that over 1km of walking with no protection from traffic is not close to the station.

Protection from traffic? It isn’t melbourne!

 

[_Johnsy]

Most people are perfectly fine with walking 1km, just not through crime and strife-ridden hell holes like Sydney in general or Parramatta in particular. It's just too dangerous and ugly.

Yet there has been a murder not 200m from Roma St Station (literally hundreds of assaults) in Whickham Park, weird what perceptions can do.

 

[Stormwarrior82]

Nah. This is the best speak I've read for a long time. Grant was never specific about the need for expansion or where it could happen. In fact the recent mob have always danced around expansion or even just ruled it out. Beattie would probably be best served sucking up to the clubs and the state bodies if he wanted their support for chairman. He isn't. Talking expansion is not likely to gain widespread support from exisiting people. It might prove to be grandstanding or he might not follow through or, more likely, won't be allowed to, but it's still better than we've heard for a long time.

That’s fair enough and I can understand why you think that. I’m at least glad most people like the guy. He definitely has a way with words and well spoken. All I was getting at is that any new chairman would say the same right now. All the hard work has been done for him. All clubs are relatively financial now and 2nd tier/20’s structure is all sorted. All the things that were stopping expansion in the past few years. Now It’s all about juniors and expansion. Let the good times roll.

 

[Brutus]

"I know there can be an incident at any time … but this has probably been the best off-season on record. I am not aware of any major incidents involving our players. So we should give them credit for that."

Hmmm Queenslander doesn't consider a Broncos player assaulting a woman as a major incident, his tenure should go well for the Broncos.

Regardless, it has been a very good off-season with regards to player behaviour.

 

[some11]

Yet there has been a murder not 200m from Roma St Station (literally hundreds of assaults) in Whickham Park, weird what perceptions can do.

Wait until we unleash Matt Lodge on the town.

 

[DC_fan]

Did the Sydney clubs kill off the Crushers?

That’s like a 100 years ago. The game has moved on since then and have different people with different ideas running it now.

 

[T.S Quint]

Regardless, it has been a very good off-season with regards to player behaviour.

Off-season ain't over yet.
Don't jinx it!

 

[Jankuloski]

Why does every topic end up about geography lately?

 

[POPEYE]

Grant let Qld down, maybe Beatie has a better plan for thinning out NSW clubs . . . hang on, that's no good, NSW is weaker because it has too many

 

[Danish]

I'm guessing M2D2 only buys tickets at ANZ in the Eastern grandstand. The walk to the western side is obviously too far

 

[_Johnsy]

If you are over 1k away from the train station. You are NOT close to the train station.
I do the walk to SCG & SFS from central every time and its more than doable for the average person. But they are not f**king close..

Agree 100%, was staying across from Central & caught an uber to the Coldplay concert at Allainz/SFS (but walked back). It isn't close. For Cliff Young it might be close, but not a normal person.

 

[_Johnsy]

Why does every topic end up about geography lately?

Geography is cool

 

[adamkungl]

Agree 100%, was staying across from Central & caught an uber to the Coldplay concert at Allainz/SFS (but walked back). It isn't close. For Cliff Young it might be close, but not a normal person.

Why are we acting like "close" has some precise definition? To me "close" is a comfortable walking distance. Even M2D2 says he does the walk every time.

 

[Silent Knight]

Only if you too have bathed in the river Jordan

And purified yourself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka.

 

[Lambretta]

f**k off you SCG trust loving merkin. Just like SFS, parramatta stadium is no where near the train station.
And Parra is 1.5km and SFS 1.9km
And no amount of you saying otherwise or the dickhead from queensland saying otherwise, these places are not close to the train station.

What drugs are you on that 1.5 kilometres isn't close?

The MCG is 1.5 kilometres from Flinders Street and everyone talks about Melbourne and how the MCG is so convenient and close to town. And don't give me that "but everyone gets off the train in Richmond" rubbish because I've been to the MCG loads of times and vast numbers walk from town to the ground

Suncorp is 1 kilometre from Roma Street station - I have never, not once in all my f**king jim jams heard a Queenslander say Suncorp isn't convenient as it's too far from transport. Is 500 metres a bridge too far? That's about a 5 minute stroll tops (if you walk at the slow arsed pace of 3 miles per hour)

Sydney-siders look for excuses by the millions to try and explain why they don't turn up to games

• It's too expensive - my season ticket costs $160 - is that expensive?
• The food and drink is too expensive - eat before you go or take food with you - it's only alcohol / glass bottles they stop you taking in
• The grounds are too far away - the SFS is 1.9 kilometres from Central and there are buses from the station to the ground if you're disabled or hauling kids. Parking is available RIGHT at the ground

The plain and simple truth is that Sydney people are a bunch of "look at me" attention seekers who only turn up to "big events" where they have to be seen. Anzac Day - 40,000 cram into Allianz and no one says a f**king thing about it being too hard. Play that match on any other day and 11,000 turn up. Attention seeker status 70%

When they held a double header at ANZ when the stadium opened 110,000 people turned up
Why? Because the stadium was new. Any other day and you're pissing in the wind getting 20,000 people in there.
Origin 80,000 people turn up, year in year out
Why? Because it's Origin and that's a big event

Sydney has an attitude problem - nothing more, nothing less
Make all the excuses you want for us - I'm not going to. We're a bunch of lazy arsed, attention seekers who will move mountains to go to special events but wouldn't stand up to look at "the everyday" if it was happening outside our windows.