GF tickets going for less than face value.

[Timbo]

It's a disgrace.

I got my tickets ages ago-still going.

If it doesn't sell out, shame on everyone in Sydney who calls themselves a league fan but isn't going because of who's playing.

The two best teams made it-Suck it up and go, it'll be a cracker.

 

[aids]

there are a fair few seats left on the ticketek site, by the looks of it

 

[taxidriver]

before the swans came to sydney, sydney had an established AFL comp that had media (including tv) coverage. though not drawing massive numbers, crowds were in the thousands. In short, an established proven market.

the storm had, uhhhhmmm ???????????

Newscorp funding ?

 

[Parra Guru]

Have I missed something, or has it become socially cool to hope for a club to fail because you are jealous your team isn't there?

taxidriver, it's people like you that turn people off league in general.

 

[Ice777]

It's a disgrace.

I got my tickets ages ago-still going.

If it doesn't sell out, shame on everyone in Sydney who calls themselves a league fan but isn't going because of who's playing.

The two best teams made it-Suck it up and go, it'll be a cracker.

I couldn't agree more. This idiot is trying to make it a reflection on Melbourne's fans and deflect the real problem which is the Sydney fans if they don't attend. I'm not sure if TD knows how expensive it can be for alot of people to commute to Sydney, then buy a ticket for the game and find accomodation and especially if they went last week as well. I'm one of the lucky ones i guess, i can afford it but many people can't and you can't begrudge them of that. Obviously TD thinks people can pull spare cash out of their arse :sarcasm:

 

[Ice777]

Have I missed something, or has it become socially cool to hope for a club to fail because you are jealous your team isn't there?

taxidriver, it's people like you that turn people off league in general.

Well said

His attitude smacks of jealousy and he couldn't make it more obvious he couldn't give a sh*t about the growth and the betterment of the game. He'll argue differently, but his posts make it more than apparrent.

 

[taxidriver]

Have I missed something, or has it become socially cool to hope for a club to fail because you are jealous your team isn't there?

yeah, you've missed something.

what's wrong with arguing that other markets are more deserving of a league side ?

expansion isn't some sort of panacea to cure all ills, especially if you ignore your own markets.

 

[taxidriver]

His attitude smacks of jealousy and he couldn't make it more obvious he couldn't give a sh*t about the growth and the betterment of the game. He'll argue differently, but his posts make it more than apparrent.

keep attacking the messenger champ.

 

[Lego_Man]

Instead of sniping bitterly from the sidelines, wankers like this should be celebrating what will be a huge clash between 2 great teams. If anything this is the net result of years of the NRL's crappy marketing - if they cant do something to promote interest in the GF, in the heartland and spiritual home of the code, well that is definitely a problem. However, you cant blame the Storm and Broncos for their success. Blame yourselves, you bandwagonning Sydney poofs...who cant help but fall in love with the faggy code the second its team gains some sort of success.

 

[Godz Illa]

Have I missed something, or has it become socially cool to hope for a club to fail because you are jealous your team isn't there?

taxidriver, it's people like you that turn people off league in general.

Looks to me that taxidriver is merely providing a rebuttal to the apparently prevalent (and lightweight) notion that a Storm-Broncos grand final is a great result for rugby league.

 

[Lego_Man]

yeah, you've missed something.

what's wrong with arguing that other markets are more deserving of a league side ?

expansion isn't some sort of panacea to cure all ills, especially if you ignore your own markets.

It's not a zero sum game. What do you want anyway, another sydney side? If we had a Broncos-Titans grand final, would you complain then?

The NRL has plenty of money to take care of its own backyard, it's just incredibly slack about doing so. What they should be doing is ploughing money into the rural game, and getting more people along to games in Sydney.

 

[Ice777]

Looks to me that taxidriver is merely providing a rebuttal to the apparently prevalent (and lightweight) notion that a Storm-Broncos grand final is a great result for rugby league.

It seems to me that you're just another of those people who Parra Guru was refferring to in his original post. You're a pissed off, frustrated and disgruntled Dragons supporter who made your utter disdain for the Storm and their supporters well known last week. So i wouldn't expect anything other than sour grapes from you ;-)

 

[Nook]

You're still confused, Taxidriver

'What is good for ticket sales in Sydney" does not necessarily equate to "what is good for Rugby League."

Melbourne are great for the game.

 

[Godz Illa]

Indifference is worse than disdain. If the sourpusses hated Storm as much as I they wouldn't be selling their tickets for less than cost price.

 

[Ice777]

As i said in a previous post, lets just how many people actually do turn up and if it's capacity or near capacity there's no argument to be had. If it's well below capacity i think that's more of a reflection on the Sydney people not supporting their number one game in their own town and not the two teams supporters who have to travel interstate to see them.

 

[Parra Guru]

'What is good for ticket sales in Sydney" does not necessarily equate to "what is good for Rugby League."

Thank you

 

[gaterooze]

More people in Melbourne watched the Storm's preliminary final than people in Sydney watched the Swans' preliminary final.

Why does this fact get overlooked by people?

 

[gaterooze]

Also, less people in Sydney watched the Swans preliminary final than watch a regular weekly game of Friday Night League.

Don't buy the Telecrap's hype, taxidriver.

 

[Kurt Angle]

You guys whinging about the drop in the esteem of RL in Sydney, you probably contribute as much by buying the telecrap.

You guys have no idea what drives/fuels media outlets.

If a ton of people just boycotted the telecrap for this week building up to the grand final, they'd soon get the idea print what the people of Sydney want, namely RL.

 

[Ice777]

More people in Melbourne watched the Storm's preliminary final than people in Sydney watched the Swans' preliminary final.

Why does this fact get overlooked by people?

That fact gets overlooked by idiots like taxidriver and godzilla because it would shoot their already feeble argument that's hanging by a thread down in flames when they say there's no interest in league in Melbourne. If there was no interest then nobody would've watched it but obviously that wasn't the case.

The only thing that Heckyl and Jeckyl are pissed off at is their team never made the big one and to make it worse, two interstate teams made it and to make it even worse still and rub even more salt into their wounds, the Melbourne Storm made it :lol: