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Crowd stats thread updated including todays games: http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showthread.php?t=371571
The ANZ crowd was decent, there were probably only about 1000 Rooster fans there, there wasnt many of the at all. It was raining all morning, then again during the game but a crowd of over 23k is pretty good. I hope our game against the Dragons at the SCG is a nice day cause we will pack the place out.
How many mm's of rain have to fall before it becomes an excuse for an average crowd? It's becoming a more and more common theme these days around here that as soon as we have even a passing shower or two that it makes it acceptable to have sh*t crowds every week when it rains.
While i'm not saying it was a sh*t crowd today at ANZ it certainly wasn't a great crowd 2 Sydney teams with one of them being last years Grand Finalists and the other who are flying high on top of the ladder undefeated. It did rain a bit heavily at one stage there in the game but so what? We're playing a winter f**king sport so what do you expect? I also noticed it was pretty clear and even sunny for most of the game so it's hardly an excuse for just the ok crowd it got.
Mr O'Farrell,
Can we please have a purpose built rectangular stadium somewhere in Western Sydney with a 55,000 capacity (35k lower, 20k upper)? Can it cater for the biggest matches of the Eels, Bulldogs, Tigers, Rabbitohs & Dragons? Can it have a retractable roof so people stop whinging about the rain? Can it be built on the axis of major transport lines so it can service North-West, South-West & Southern sydney? Can it have its own purpose built carpark for those crowds? Can it have a purpose built bus hub?
Cheers mate!
we've gotta get rid of this suburban ground bullsh*t, it's time to move on
if Souths and the Bulldogs can let go and move on then so can other clubs
we're in 2011, not 1970 ffs
tbh the home fans turned up in decent numbers. Most people can't be arsed going to away games if its raining. I didn't go because I was playing footy myself at the time...im glad i didnt :lol:
we've gotta get rid of this suburban ground bullsh*t, it's time to move on
if Souths and the Bulldogs can let go and move on then so can other clubs
we're in 2011, not 1970 ffs
So you think the Manly game would have drawn a bigger crowd at the SFS.... your kidding yourself, it would have been sub 10K for sure.
People need to realise that forcing clubs to leave their home grounds will not work, progressive upgrading is the way to go. Suburban grounds will stay.
mediocre grounds mediocre crowds. People won't go to central modern stadia, people won't go to run down uncovered suburban grounds. Maybe people just don't want to go and watch NRL for some reason?
What's the point of representing an area if you play out of a soulless cavern that takes over an hour to travel to. Souffs are f**ked, I would be furious if my club tried to pull that sh*t.
Suburban grounds ftw.
unfortunately I don't think soul, nostalgia and the like are going to see the game experience huge growth
suburban ground are a relic of the past. They make hardly any money, they rarely get upgraded, they turn off away/neutral supporters, they have inferior transport links, inferior facilities etc etc there are too many negatives in this day and age
It's no surprise to see the Bulldogs and Souths continuing to have some of the best crowds in Sydney, as well has having probably the most professional administrations in the league.. i'm sure that extra money helps
of course clubs should have their training and admin bases in their own areas, but it's seriously time to move on and reduce the focus on the old NSWRL Sydney districts tribalism crap
I honestly think alot of is down to really poor marketing at both club and NRL level. We know people go to "events" that are well hyped and seen as a must do thing. I get the feeling at the moment the NRL is just treading water and expecting that if we get members signed up we'll get crowds turn up. That may be the case when clubs have 20k+ ticketed members but until then the NRL needs to be really hyping the game and the clubs need to be getting fans excited about next weeks fixture. It seems we are only into round 3 and already fans ar apathetic about turning out to watch their team.
TV viewing figures would suggest that there are alot of people out there who like watching NRL, we just need to figure out how to get them to grounds. People who say crowds are up, if you look at the stats over the last 5 or 6 years they are quite consistent over the period of time with barely growth in line with population increase.
Things like decent stadiums where you don't get drenched and you don't have to pay $40+ for a seat with a decent view are a start.
i'd say Souths are doing a pretty good job with a 17,000 crowd average last year despite not making the finals & having basically no success in recent years
not sure how that's fairweather