Crowd Watch 2014

[betcats]

They refused to do a radio interview on the highest rating radio station in the area where the game is being played. Something that costs nothing yet provides free promotion for the match and the NRL. Why are you going on about travelling, Souffs fans haven't heard of telephones?

Do telephones fly in the rain? Souffs and technology isnt a great mix.

 

[RWB]

The majority of that goes to the cap and club expenses. This is not a profit making industry, clubs need to be tight where they can. Sending players on a day trip for radio interviews on the central coast takes money out of the pocket, it's that simple. The club has two to three media sessions per week for questions and interviews, in addition to round the week training, recovery and playing are players meant to be at the beckon call of media now?

Who cares what it goes to, what matters is that the money is dependant on a successful competition so this argument that Souths have no financial benefits to promoting the game is just crap.

And like everyone has already said it takes 5 minutes to call a radio station and answer a few questions. It's the radio, the presence of a player isn't a necessity... you do know what the radio is right?

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

Just bought more tix for tonight.

Broncos pax: 44,492 - including broncos and member tickets.

Lets hope 1,000 sell before 5pm then another 1-2,000 rock up at the gate - could be closer to 45-46k now.

 

[georgesnmith]

Seems to be lacking context here, Richardson was asked about the "bad look" of a half full stadium, and his reply was that he is more concerned with the fact that they had 30k in seats than the aesthetics of whether they had 40k empty seats at ANZ

thats totally different to how its portrayed and makes even more sense

 

[georgesnmith]

Just bought more tix for tonight.

Broncos pax: 44,492 - including broncos and member tickets.

Lets hope 1,000 sell before 5pm then another 1-2,000 rock up at the gate - could be closer to 45-46k now.

nice stuff

should be a good game too.

 

[Brutus]

Ugh, only Origin gets those numbers

Would've struggled to crack 35k.

Broncos v Dogs has attracted 49-50k before at Suncorp.

54k back in 1993 at ANZ

 

[The Mad Hatter]

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[The Mad Hatter]

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[The Mad Hatter]

In regards to promoting the game, all Manly and Toovey ever do is bitch and moan about how the NRL is shite, the refs are shite, the world hates them...blah blah blah.

Great for the game.

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

Broncos v Dogs has attracted 49-50k before at Suncorp.

54k back in 1993 at ANZ

But since that theres only been a 35k and 37k on a sunday.. Rest have been dribbling around the 30k mark.

 

[juro]

Yeh it's a ridiculous expectation to think clubs should promote games that aren't their home games, like you say it's not like they're going to get any money from the game being a success.

Oh no wait they get a $7m grant every year which is based on the whole league being a success. With that should come the moral obligation to promote every game.

The other thing is that if every team promoted its away game, their home games would likewise be promoted by their opponents. Souths may get nothing from promoting this game, but they would get the benefit next time when Manly promote theirs.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

The other thing is that if every team promoted its away game, their home games would likewise be promoted by their opponents. Souths may get nothing from promoting this game, but they would get the benefit next time when Manly promote theirs.

No one benefits from playing Manly.

Brookvale is a shit hole and their fans don't travel.

 

[BranVan3000]

The other thing is that if every team promoted its away game, their home games would likewise be promoted by their opponents. Souths may get nothing from promoting this game, but they would get the benefit next time when Manly promote theirs.

Pretty sure Souths have held a couple games at Bluetongue with no help from Manly

 

[Cumberland Throw]

Seriously.... A cyclone in a auckland touching down at 3.30pm local time...

Seriously...

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Seriously.... A cyclone in a auckland touching down at 3.30pm local time...

Seriously...

Apparently God prefers AFL to...according to the DT.

 

[Panther_Daz]

What's the Brisbane weather like at the moment?

 

[ek999]

Seriously.... A cyclone in a auckland touching down at 3.30pm local time...

Seriously...

Well it's going to make me tune in

 

[TheDalek079]

Talk to the radio station over the phone for 10 minutes. Does a club really need to get compensated for that?

here in NZ they had cricketers interviews for the t20 comp...the cricketers sounded grateful that they had a chance to promote the game and attract a few more people to watch them, even if they were playing away

 

[The Mad Hatter]

here in NZ they had cricketers interviews for the t20 comp...the cricketers sounded grateful that they had a chance to promote the game and attract a few more people to watch them, even if they were playing away

Of course they're grateful. That's cause cricket in NZ is a second tier sport.

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

What's the Brisbane weather like at the moment?

Brisbane is fine - lovely.

50km west and around Toowoomba it is fairly wet - might knock out a few hundred maybes (lazy) from Gatton area. But no dramas - looks a fine evening ahead.