Generalissimo Stalin said:
dimitri said:
8000 is still 8000
its better off getting an 8000 crowd in melbourne than an 8000 crowd in newtown
those 8000 people all have friends and relatives who eventually will come along
tv audience is much bigger in melbourne than newtown
it doesnt matter if its paltry for that city
nrl must look at it as a challenge and help develop the code for once!!!
as has been shown by the swans eventually melbourne will see the storm as their team which it is
surely this will happen after many sydney siders see a south melbourne team as being their own
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storm must stay
yes storm must stay in the comp but be relocated to the central coast.
the market now and in the future will be huge in both the gold coast and central coast regions as they are two of the fastest growing regions in australia where the melbourne market will dwindle.
you need to be aware afl is a religion down that way and they do not take kindly to any thing changing this and will not support any southern state football code at all.
one would think the alf season is still running in relation to the amount of radio/tv/paper coverage that game gets down there in summer.
You can bleat as much as you like,the Storm are staying in Melbourne.
The market in the Gold Coast (who will no doubt be in the NRL)and certainly the Central Coast is now an will continue to be much smaller than Melbourne.Melbourne is an economic and financial powerhouse whether we like it or not.Melbourne's population is growing not dwindling dont know where you served that up from.
Maybe if the Central coast(and by the way I want them in to the NRL) can do something about its so called huge crowds.The last City Country match in 2004 barely cracked 15,000 in a heartland of the game,with a state of the art stadium.Thought the locals would have sold the place out,they didnt thats a worry.
Soccer is a religion in London,doesnt stop the London Broncos staying in the ESL,nor the junior development in that capital which has grown well above expectations,with school teams playing in the huge Powergen Cup.
League is growing there despite b...all publicity and through the hard work of DOs.
Just because AFL is a religion in Vic,why is the soccer team going in there
and not because of their juniors but because of the city and the advtg and sponsorship it brings. the rugby union boys will have down the line a s14/16 team planned for the city,are they s.....scared of AFLs dominance.
Talk about agendas if Hadley didnt work for 2GB and singo would he be pushing for the Storm to move,would Gould who hates News with a passion be pushing for relocation of the Storm.
The only ones I feel sorry for are Bears supporters,but in the end the Storm moving is not the answer.
is 18 teams with Gold Coast, Central Coast and Wellington.Just be bloody patient.
