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If the police did their job and locked up crim's the doggies would get no one to their games:lol:Yeah, 10,000 a game at Melbourne HOME games :lol:
If the police did their job and locked up crim's the doggies would get no one to their games:lol:Yeah, 10,000 a game at Melbourne HOME games :lol:
Even if its 12k its still a sh*thouse home crowd for the so called "home of sport".
Melbourne should host the final and even Brisbane as a second option, but why would you have it in sydney, they dont even deserve it
Consider that Brisbane with one team, averages more than every other side, and they have probably around 35% of the population that Melbourne has, as well as having an AFL side, a Union side, a soccer team etc.Even if its 12k its still a sh*thouse home crowd for the so called "home of sport". All you ever hear is some stupid f**ken cow bell
Consider that Brisbane with one team, averages more than every other side, and they have probably around 35% of the population that Melbourne has, as well as having an AFL side, a Union side, a soccer team etc.
and 3 times the population in a piece of land about one twentieth the size of Queensland.Wow how great they must be.
Funny that every single AFL club manages to beat the monster that is Brisbane when it comes to average home game attendance in 2009, some even doubling it.
They are clearly the sports capital of Australia.
Melbourne may soon have a Union team, The Victory brings in double the crowd that the Sydney and Brisbane teams do and Melbourne even has a team in the national basketball comp.
madunit said:Argue all you like, but the facts are that Brisbane and Queensland support more sports more passionately than any other state.
Victoria to tackle NRL in grand final pitch
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/30/2700802.htm
Posted September 30, 2009 14:06:00
Grand final pitch ... future deciders could be played at the MCG (ABC News: Giulio Saggin, file photo)
The Victorian Government will make an audacious bid to poach the NRL grand final.
This year's match between the Melbourne Storm and the Parramatta Eels will be played in Sydney on Sunday.
Victoria's acting premier, Rob Hulls, says future deciders could be played at the MCG.
Mr Hulls denies the bid is a joke.
He says he will raise the matter with the New South Wales Government.
"The New South Wales Government ought to give serious consideration to having future grand finals of the rugby league here in Melbourne," he said.
"If the rugby league grand final was held in Melbourne, the MCG would be absolutely packed and I think the Storm deserves it."
This year will be the Storm's fourth straight appearance in the grand final.
Mr Hulls says the bid is serious.
"Let's not kid ourselves. Melbourne is the sporting capital of Australia," he said.
"And what better opportunity to showcase rugby league and Melbourne Storm than to be considering having a grand final here in Melbourne."
Perth Red, did you miss the massive copy of the Telstra Trophy (its not a cup) at Darling Harbour? The massive coverage in the Telly, which talks about nothing else, the crowds watching Parra trainning, the mini footy field set up in Martin Place, free BBQs around the city....
Yeah Sydney doesn't do anything to promote the game. :roll: Try visiting a place before passing judgement. Much of the "atmosphere" in Melbourne is the result of media sensationalism, talking it up constantly, saturating all forms of coverage, creating the illusion of a "buzz", and painting a few trams...
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What a shame. Yesterday (Thursday) they had the NRL Finals festival in Martin Place.Actually I did, I was in Sydney Sun-Tues, at Darling Harbour Sun night, in Circular Quay, the Rocks, Msrtin Place, Hyde Park and the wandering around the city and didn't see one single thing relating to the GF.
Yeah, 10,000 a game at Melbourne HOME games :lol:
Only a moron who has not lived anywhere else but Melbourne would say that.We are the sports capital of Australia.
No it's not.Sorry but that is wrong.
Thats because all of Victoria supports AFL and NOTHING ELSE. [/quote]Then we have the Soccer than is more passionately supported than anywhere else in Australia.[/quote]bullsh*t.Victorian support for AFL alone beats anything in Queensland.
bullsh*t.Rugby League is growing in support.
And one of the first to threaten to quit. Other states have had basketball sides as well.We are the only state that has regularly supported Basketball.
Gold Coast has Indy, Bathurst in NSW, Sydney and Brisbane have netball sides, Sydney's Pro tennis event, while not a major open is very well attended. As was the inaugural Pro tennis event in Brisbane last year. Rugby union is more passionately followed in both Brisbane and Sydney as well. Where's Melbourne's Union side?Then you have the Golf events, Motor Sport (F1's, V8's), Netball and Tennis that are all very well supported.
I think you'll find the figure is a bit closer to 2.Queensland has three RL teams,
All 3 are very well supported, given the population in their respective areas, compared to Melbourne.two of which are well supported. One very much so.
and that's a lot of the time when an NRL match is on at the same time.The Lions attract a decent crowd.
I bet the reds get bigger crowds than the Victorian Union side.The Reds also attract ok crowds but after that?
Why don't you go up there and have a f**kling look you dickhead. See this is the problem with a lot of you wankers in melbourne, you'll wank yourselves stupid about being the sporting capital of Australia, but you're completely ignorant and irrational about the other states.And do they really support anything other than Queensland in SoO and the Broncos passionately in great numbers? Not really.
Who gives a flying f**k.This however, is slightly off-topic.
I don't think comparisons between AFL and NRL are warranted here. The debate is about playing the NRL Grand Final in Melbourne.
If the AFL played their Grand Final in Sydney they would sell 100,000 tickets no doubt.
If the NRL played their Grand Final in Melbourne I am not so certain the same could be said. NRL fans for whatever reason are reluctant to travel interstate to see RL whereas AFL fans will travel across the country.
The NRL Grand Final should stay in Sydney so that they can ensure a full stadium, it would look silly and embarrassing playing the NRL Grand Final at the MCG and not having a full stadium.
Actually I did, I was in Sydney Sun-Tues, at Darling Harbour Sun night, in Circular Quay, the Rocks, Msrtin Place, Hyde Park and the wandering around the city and didn't see one single thing relating to the GF.