Crowd Watch Thread 2009

[LeagueXIII]

That's not what people were saying about them back then. But a level head would tell you that things would turn around around for them, the same as with the Sharks.
Moving teams to Adelaide, like that city is the saviour of the game is completely unfounded.
This year Cronulla provide 12 players to the NRL, SA wouldn't have supplied this many in 20 years.

Sport goes in cycles Cronulla will rise again.

Have we forgotten their plans to secure their future:

Grand plan ... the development.


http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25265494-5001023,00.html

 

[bobmar28]

8,561 @ Toyota.

Disappointing to say the least.

The very least.

 

[Timmah]

A lot of Cronulla's poor crowds in my book and comments I've heard from some friends relate to how f**king boring it has been to watch Sharks games. Until last night they had NFI how to attack - noone wants to watch boring footy and for the first four weeks that's all they served up. They weren't helped by the rainstorm in R1 though...

 

[bobmar28]

Rather than blaming clubs for the poor crowds, remember Parra v Canberra drew 11,116 a couple of weeks ago (only 3000 more) isn't it time we looked at the real problem ie. Sat night games against live coverage on TV.

I would estimate 90% of poor crowds in Sydney are on either a Sat night or Mon night. Get rid of this time slot for Sydney clubs get them playing the majority of their games on a Sunday afternoon, at least to grow the game again in Sydney. Saturday night gives the game nothing but a poor image, remember the Bulldogs v Saints last year at ANZ that sort of image does the game no good at all.

Get back to 1 game on Fri night, 2 on Saturday and if need be 1 on Monday, but be smart who we show to maximise audience ie. in best potential weather areas.

By bringing in an extra team from either Perth/NZ or Qld this gives the game another option to show into Sydney.

Live coverage on TV? The only football I can watch on Saturday is club Yawnion or AFL. We don't have foxtel.

 

[beave]

A lot of Cronulla's poor crowds in my book and comments I've heard from some friends relate to how f**king boring it has been to watch Sharks games. Until last night they had NFI how to attack - noone wants to watch boring footy and for the first four weeks that's all they served up. They weren't helped by the rainstorm in R1 though...

You want to watch a sh*t team, come watch a cowboys home game. I've had more fun at the dentist.

 

[bobmar28]

Penrith Daz you have a short memory:

Penrith's last 3 home games of last year:

6,086

8,813

7,841

This in supposed RL stronghold.

Did anyone call for them to get the bullet

Also 2008 average attendance:

Cronulla - 12,965

Penrith - 10,899

The problem is, this appears to be the crunch year.

 

[roboshark]

You want to watch a sh*t team, come watch a cowboys home game. I've had more fun at the dentist.

i bet adelaide are salivating at next weeks game..cows vs sharks

battle of the cripples

this game might be the end for all of those people calling for adelaide to have a team...it might help the afl though as we drive thousands of bored supporters back to their game

 

[bobmar28]

Because we do what's good for TV and not what's right for the best interests of our game.

What's good for TV is in the best interests of our game. Isn't that where most of the money comes from?

 

[LeagueXIII]

The problem is, this appears to be the crunch year.

Why?

What happens next week if Adelaide isn't buzzing with NRL talk and the stadium not full?

 

[Brycey]

Why?

What happens next week if Adelaide isn't buzzing with NRL talk and the stadium not full?

I'd rather have 8500 people turn up in Adelaide with potential growth than have 8500 people turn up in Cronulla where you have been for 40+ years to expand your brand and little to no potential in an area where people can drive a few hours up the road and watch 9 other teams.

 

[bobmar28]

Why?

What happens next week if Adelaide isn't buzzing with NRL talk and the stadium not full?

What happens next week is the Sharks will still be struggling financially.

 

[LeagueXIII]

What's good for TV is in the best interests of our game. Isn't that where most of the money comes from.

true, but we don't have to give them everything they want. What did we get for going to a night GF?

 

[LeagueXIII]

I'd rather have 8500 people turn up in Adelaide with potential growth than have 8500 people turn up in Cronulla where you have been for 40+ years to expand your brand and little to no potential in an area where people can drive a few hours up the road and watch 9 other teams.

Thinking Adelaide will be the club or the games saviour is a joke. Where is this demand coming from? I don't here the NRL talking about Adelaide as the pot of gold to save RL.

How many juniors have played for Australia from SA in the last 100 years?

You think the corporates will get behind the Sharks before the Crows and the Power.....please!

 

[adamkungl]

Except Souths had huge potential for growth despite their mediocrity. Cronulla have a peninsular with a limited likelihood of exceeding that market.

So people from the non-South Sydney area can support Souths (I assume this is what you mean by huge potential for growth) but the same doesn't apply to Sharks, they're limited to the Sutherland shire area? Rubbish.

Canberra simply doesn't rate in Sydney. It's almost always a terrible crowd. Canberra obviously need to make more Sydneysiders hate them. Get their CEO making outrageous comments or something ;-)

 

[adamkungl]

What's good for TV is in the best interests of our game. Isn't that where most of the money comes from.

Yep. There simply needs to be a better balance.

For TV we need to provide 1 live game on Friday and 2 on Saturday night. These are the main money makers I think. First priority should be this, second priority should be having all remaining Sydney games on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon. Other than the 3 big TV games, clubs should be able to pick their own timeslots. People say we can't have the Saturday afternoon game due to kids sport. But I'm sure there are clubs that would love Saturday afternoon. Iirc Parra junior games are largely on Saturday afternoon, so they're a no, but Souths/Easts juniors play on Sunday. I've missed a few Roosters games over the last 2 years because they've been on Sunday afternoons. I would have loved a Saturday avo game instead.

Friday night had 2 big games. They were fine.
Cowboys are fine, they prefer the Saturday night games.
Sharks v Raiders should have been made a day game to maximise the crowd. Maybe not on Sunday, because its Easter (does anyone go to the footy on Easter Sunday? I'm a bit worried about todays crowds...). Is there any merit to the idea of an Easter Monday afternoon of footy? in addition to the already happening Souths v Bulldogs game.

Anyway, that was all a bit of a messy rant. I think there was a point in there somewhere. Scheduling is hard.

 

[Timmah]

R5 so far:

Eels v Dragons @ Parramatta 19,017
Roosters v Broncos @ SFS 18,464
Sharks v Raiders @ Toyota 8,561
Storm v Panthers @ Olympic 10,110
Cowboys v Titans @ DFS 18,123

5 games, 74,275 people, 14,855 per game

 

[ByRd]

Hopefully we get at least 15k at Brookie and i dont know what to expect at Newcastle with the ground renovations. Maybe similar to last week around 16k. And if Monday gets close to 30k we will finish with a decent average.

 

[Didgi]

8,561 @ Toyota.

Disappointing to say the least.

Well 61 of them were Canberra Fans. Everyone stayed in Canberra to watch the Brumbies game. Very, very dissapointing.

 

[Timmah]

With the emotion behind the Brumbies this week, can't blame em.

 

[Paullyboy]

Well 61 of them were Canberra Fans. Everyone stayed in Canberra to watch the Brumbies game. Very, very dissapointing.

We actually had a fairly descent showing last night I think. Our corner was very green, the bad figure is probably more to do with the fact that the Sharks are the most boring team to ever grace a rugby league field and even their own fans have ditched them.