Bulldogs and Panthers 'fans'

[forby]

I came from the Central Coast and its the same trip. No excuses we should be merged with Parra

Why destroy a great club by putting it with a basket case like Parramatta?

We should burn down Pepper like Parramatta did to Cumberland and then get the Government to build a Stadium that we deserve!

 

[umina panther]

Dont deserve shit with our crowds

 

[BestHookerRein]

I came from the Central Coast and its the same trip. No excuses we should be merged with Parra

I bet you only went cause you got free tickets

 

[CC_Roosters]

Not the ideal stadium choice but its a one off sudden death match so the fans should have made the effort to travel

 

[Perth Red]

New western Sydney stadium will solve this. At the moment Sydney doesn't have enough RL fans for the stadiums it uses for finals.

 

[Perth Red]

Same amount of Penrith fans were at the 2014 final, this is the amount of our travelling supporter base.

Use your pokie millions and build a decent stadium and it could be!

 

[T-Boon]

The Panthers should rename themselves the Western Panthers and gradually relocate to Perth. Play 4 home games in Perth in 2018 then 6 in 2019 and 8 in 2020. The ideal set up would be 10 home games in Perth and 4 in Penrith.

 

[age.s]

The Panthers should rename themselves the Western Panthers and gradually relocate to Perth. Play 4 home games in Perth in 2018 then 6 in 2019 and 8 in 2020. The ideal set up would be 10 home games in Perth and 4 in Penrith.

Nah. Get f**ked.

 

[WaznTheGreat]

Penrith should be kicked out of the comp and there players should play for Parramatta for free so we are under the cap

 

[Jason Maher]

The NRL's decision to move finals games away from teams actual home grounds was stupid and, in typical fashion, based on a media over-reaction to fans supposedly being locked out of the Dragons - Eels final in 2009. It was a decision which clearly disadvantages the Sydney teams that have actual home stadiums (Tigers, Penrith, Parra, Dragons, Sharks, and Manly) and favours the non-Sydney teams that have small home stadiums (Canberra, Cowboys, Gold Coast, Warriors, Melbourne, Newcastle).

 

[tripster]

The NRL's decision to move finals games away from teams actual home grounds was stupid and, in typical fashion, based on a media over-reaction to fans supposedly being locked out of the Dragons - Eels final in 2009. It was a decision which clearly disadvantages the Sydney teams that have actual home stadiums (Tigers, Penrith, Parra, Dragons, Sharks, and Manly) and favours the non-Sydney teams that have small home stadiums (Canberra, Cowboys, Gold Coast, Warriors, Melbourne, Newcastle).

Completely agree.

 

[GongPanther]

there were 22,600 at the SFS for the Panthers V Dogs match.Penrith Park's capacity is 22,000.

 

[betcats]

I didn't attend as a protest to this garbage finals policy

 

[Perth Red]

Typical NRL, Bring in the strategy not to play finals games in 70's era suburban stadiums but if you're going to disadvantage fans and play them in big centralised stadiums have a strategy to fill them.

 

[fourplay]

The game would have looked amazing on TV if it was in Penrith with a capacity sellout crowd and an electric atmosphere at the ground for all in attendance. Having the game in Penrith would bring the city to life and capture the communities spirit. The atmosphere it can create increases the chance that fans at the game and those at home desire to go to more games next year and thus it would have a flow on effect of boosting next years membership and crowds.

Instead we have a garbage spectacle (in comparison) full of empty seats. Well done Greenberg.

 

[PenrithPanther45]

Crowd 22,631. Pepper Stadium Capacity 22,500. Would have been overflowing but would have been an amazing atmosphere. But the way the Penrith fans stood up today and were loud and proud made it feel like a home game.

 

[chrisD]

Half the dogs fans, the trouble making shithead half that tarnish the normal half, didn't come because they knew they were going to get trounced. They're only looking for an excuse to party (riot).

 

[Kilkenny]

The ground wasn't full today. Shame. But I have to give a wrap to the Panthers fans who travelled in good numbers, they were awesome. It was special being in the Panthers bays and the fans were in really good voice, great atmosphere capping off a great performance. It would not have been the same at ANZ. It is too big and the dimensions of the ground make it an atmosphere killer. I could reel of any number of family and friends (Panther fans) who did not make it to the game for one reason or another but they could not have made ANZ Stadium Australia either. Bad luck for them because they missed a classic.

 

[Billythekid]

The NRL's decision to move finals games away from teams actual home grounds was stupid and, in typical fashion, based on a media over-reaction to fans supposedly being locked out of the Dragons - Eels final in 2009. It was a decision which clearly disadvantages the Sydney teams that have actual home stadiums (Tigers, Penrith, Parra, Dragons, Sharks, and Manly) and favours the non-Sydney teams that have small home stadiums (Canberra, Cowboys, Gold Coast, Warriors, Melbourne, Newcastle).

This is nonsense. Firstly multiple teams you listed (tigers, dragons and parra) voluntarily take games to bigger stadiums anyway. In a way those are there home grounds as well. In terms of the others it's hardly like they're being made to travel a huge way, the games still being played in the same city.

I would actually like to see the games in the first week played at teams home grounds regardless of the stadium but let's not blow things out of proportion.

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

whose decision was this??

Two western Sydney teams playing off east of central? Dumb....