Crowd Watch 2012 Mk II

[ParraEelsNRL]

I was thinking,would the warriors(due to plenty of kiwis living here) have the biggest ,as in widespread fan base around?
Plenty in Melb,plenty in Syd when they play,plenty on the GC.

They'd have to be up there with the biggest clubs.

 

[elbusto]

I was thinking,would the warriors(due to plenty of kiwis living here) have the biggest ,as in widespread fan base around?
Plenty in Melb,plenty in Syd when they play,plenty on the GC.

I reckon you are right and that is why developing the game in NZ is a premium issue. Remember that crowd in Melbourne last year at AAMI for the Final? Got them home.

 

[Teddyboy]

With the Gold Coast poor history of sporting club's I always thought Skilled Park should of been the layout and capacity of Bluetongue at first and then build the club and membership up and with that goes the capacity.

 

[ParraEelsNRL]

I reckon you are right and that is why developing the game in NZ is a premium issue. Remember that crowd in Melbourne last year at AAMI for the Final? Got them home.

That was a bloody good game.

 

[elbusto]

That was a bloody good game.

Yeah and as a Storm supporter I hated it. And as a Tigers supporter as well I have every reason to hate the bloody Warriors but shit they are tough.

 

[ParraEelsNRL]

Yeah and as a Storm supporter I hated it. And as a Tigers supporter as well I have every reason to hate the bloody Warriors but shit they are tough.

I was on the Kiwi bandwagon and loved it, the reason for me following them was the usual, Parramatta weren't there :x

 

[elbusto]

I was on the Kiwi bandwagon and loved it, the reason for me following them was the usual, Parramatta weren't there :x

AND THEN THEY LOST TO MANLY!!!!!:crazy:x:?:roll:

 

[Teddyboy]

I was on the Kiwi bandwagon and loved it, the reason for me following them was the usual, Parramatta weren't there :x

There time will come.

 

[ParraEelsNRL]

AND THEN THEY LOST TO MANLY!!!!!l

:lol::lol::lol:

I know, &&&& I was pissed off.

 

[ParraEelsNRL]

There time will come.

Parra?

I bloody hope so, not getting any younger.

 

[t-ba]

No. The Parra-Sydney road was built in the early 1800s. In 1820-1830ish it still wasn't too late to make the change and make Parra the core of the city. We were just stupid and there was no long term thinking. Something that those early governments had in common with todays decision makers in Sydney.

And what possible benefits did that site have over Port Jackson in the 1820's and 1830's that would outstrip the benefit of the Port and it's proximity to the Open water?

You're basically blaming people for not being able to predict the future. How in the name of hell are people supposed to predict the rise of the communter suburb? Which didn't happen until after WWI? Or mass commuter rail, which didn't kick off until the 1860's in any meaningful fashion?

The Biggest cities in the world at that time would have comfortably fit into a region covering the inner west and everything between the Georges River and the Parramatta River to the east of that. The county of London, a much later creation, was only 302 square kilometres, which is roughly the size of that part of Sydney. And that was easily the greatest and most populated city in the world at that time! 50 years later...

And your point about the citys growth not being anticipated, Melbourne wasn't settled that much later and they managed to pick the ideal place to allow for future growth.

The site of Melbourne was picked because it was on a protected bay near to good moorings for ships, and a good supply of fresh water from the Yarra. It wasn't the first attempt either to colonise Port Phillip either, the first was just a spectacular failure. Dumb luck it turned out that way too, if the found fresh water at Sorrento, Melbourne would be wedged on the Eastern Arm of the gates of Port Phillip. Same with Brisbane. Redcliffe wasn't abandoned due to prudent town councilmen, but rather the fact that they couldn't find fresh water!

 

[Paullyboy]

I have no idea how this started, but that was an interesting read

 

[Brutus]

Souths better get 20k today.

C'mon Bunnies fans your team is actually going well.

 

[Brutus]

And what possible benefits did that site have over Port Jackson in the 1820's and 1830's that would outstrip the benefit of the Port and it's proximity to the Open water?

You're basically blaming people for not being able to predict the future. How in the name of hell are people supposed to predict the rise of the communter suburb? Which didn't happen until after WWI? Or mass commuter rail, which didn't kick off until the 1860's in any meaningful fashion?

The Biggest cities in the world at that time would have comfortably fit into a region covering the inner west and everything between the Georges River and the Parramatta River to the east of that. The county of London, a much later creation, was only 302 square kilometres, which is roughly the size of that part of Sydney. And that was easily the greatest and most populated city in the world at that time! 50 years later...




The site of Melbourne was picked because it was on a protected bay near to good moorings for ships, and a good supply of fresh water from the Yarra. It wasn't the first attempt either to colonise Port Phillip either, the first was just a spectacular failure. Dumb luck it turned out that way too, if the found fresh water at Sorrento, Melbourne would be wedged on the Eastern Arm of the gates of Port Phillip. Same with Brisbane. Redcliffe wasn't abandoned due to prudent town councilmen, but rather the fact that they couldn't find fresh water!

The water at Redcliffe still stinks to this very day.

 

[DC_fan]

Isn't it funny how some like to rewrite history.

 

[Teddyboy]

And what possible benefits did that site have over Port Jackson in the 1820's and 1830's that would outstrip the benefit of the Port and it's proximity to the Open water?

You're basically blaming people for not being able to predict the future. How in the name of hell are people supposed to predict the rise of the communter suburb? Which didn't happen until after WWI? Or mass commuter rail, which didn't kick off until the 1860's in any meaningful fashion?

The Biggest cities in the world at that time would have comfortably fit into a region covering the inner west and everything between the Georges River and the Parramatta River to the east of that. The county of London, a much later creation, was only 302 square kilometres, which is roughly the size of that part of Sydney. And that was easily the greatest and most populated city in the world at that time! 50 years later...




The site of Melbourne was picked because it was on a protected bay near to good moorings for ships, and a good supply of fresh water from the Yarra. It wasn't the first attempt either to colonise Port Phillip either, the first was just a spectacular failure. Dumb luck it turned out that way too, if the found fresh water at Sorrento, Melbourne would be wedged on the Eastern Arm of the gates of Port Phillip. Same with Brisbane. Redcliffe wasn't abandoned due to prudent town councilmen, but rather the fact that they couldn't find fresh water!

God must of been bloody boring in the first half of the 1800's with no Rugby just Cricket and boating.

 

[cleary89]

Meh. People underestimate bandwagoners. Gold Coast are getting wins together and their crowds are getting better. When the Suns are dominating the AFL in 2-3 years they'll have plenty of bandwagoners.

hahahahaa they are more likely to have gone bankrupt than be winning games.

 

[Perth Red]

Bit of a furphy this whole travelling across Sydney excuse. If you want to watch a game and your committed to your team and you can afford it then a 1hr journey on public transport isn't an issue.

I rarely missed an away game in the days when we had winter RL in England, had to drive 2-3 hours regulalrly across the pennines in snow (cue the flat cap & Hovis music!).

It's a question of committment, affordability and enjoyable experience at the end of the day.

 

[cleary89]

Wow perth red! You are such a good fan!

 

[dgsfan]

Maybe if St Merge had more fans like him they could get more than 15,000 to a home finals game, huh?