The Colonel said:
I think you are taking it a little too personally but that is your perogative.
Exactly. It is my bloody prerogative. It's my bloody team! The problem here is that not enough people take it personally. " Oh well, that's that then, I guess"
Do you think the club cares if I don't go? Or if Hellsy doesn't go? Or the 20 other people who post here? Course not, if they get 50 Dogs fans to replace us Dennis is happy! The game is not personal anymore, and we're adding to that problem!
Yes, Denis has looked at other options to make the Leagues Club, Parramatta Stadium and the Eels more viable. Some have definitely been a case of what the, but he is at least exploring options.
Well he's not doing a good enough job.
At some point however the club needs to explore these options to make money, outside of the poker machine money and gate takings we currently rely on, otherwise the club may not be the Eels anymore anyway. Given the impact of the pokie tax altready this could hit the team even harder in the future.
So get some business sense. PHaC and good old Rusty are doing away with Pokies completely!!
Sure playing at our home ground is a big deal but consider this - some of the games that have been played at Parramatta in recent years have actually cost the club rather than making them money once catering, security and event staff arte taken into consideration.
HAHA this laughable.
If this is the case why don't we move those sh*t games to Telstra?
Hey, let's move two of the better games! Great idea.
Two games at Telstra, given they cover the costs of all of the above, could very well keep the other ten at Parramatta on a long term basis.
Well why don't they tell us what it is for? Why all the hoo-ha about fitting in more fans?
Fitzgerald has been quoted saying "The capacity of Telstra Stadium is four times that of Parramatta Stadium and gives us a great chance to play in front of big crowds."
Let me fix that:
"The capacity of Telstra Stadium is four times that of Parramatta Stadium and gives us a great chance to play in front of empty seats in a terrible atmosphere"
Let's take a look at our home games that are still at Parra:
Knights
Titans
Sea Eagles
Roosters
Raiders
Storm
Panthers
Cowboys
Wests Tigers
Warriors
6 out of town teams, one that may as well be (Roosters), two western derbies that will draw decent crowds (Wests and Penrith), and one blockbuster (Manly).
Unfortunately, I have this misguided notion that sport is about getting people into the ground to see your team. YOUR team in YOUR ground. But it's not, it's about this:
As MITS has mentioned elsewhere the two games we do move are quite possibly the equivalent of a sleeve sponsorship or possibly even more. The upside of this could mean even wider spread publicity for the sponsors we already have they have more options for advertising at a bigger field. This could also entice more potential sponsors long term as well.
I'd be pissed if we were moved altogether to Homebush and away from Parramatta
Well I'm pissed now.
