"Josh has a contract with us until 2015".

[ACTPanthers]

Okay pleb supporter of the true bought club.
The broncos are one of the few clubs that actually makes a profit.
The broadcasters love them. Thats the main source of revenue for your club. Without the Broncos the TV deal would be greatly reduced at a guess by 50%.
Cue the screams from the south. But its pretty accurate.

So you "guess" 50% then state it's "accurate"....? Moron :roll:

 

[firechild]

So you "guess" 50% then state it's "accurate"....? Moron :roll:

I'm guessing he gets his stats from Matty Johns and not David Middleton.

 

[TheDalek079]

SBWs Bulldogs contract was up when we signed him.

So go away and play with the traffic if you don't know what you're talking about.

9 of our Premiership winning team made their debut at the Roosters. 3 more in Guerra, JWH and Moa played less than 5 games between them at other clubs. And Mortimer was a reject that no-one else wanted.

The Roosters - the developed from within club.

Guerra made his NRL debut at the Roosters. He didn't play any NRL at the storm

 

[THE CHAMP]

The truth can be painful sometimes but like i said "pretty accurate"
Highest attendances,highest ratings and more premierships than ANY other clubs since entering the competition.
Without them what would you women have to winge about?

 

[Haffa]

The truth can be painful sometimes but like i said "pretty accurate"
Highest attendances,highest ratings and more premierships than ANY other clubs since entering the competition.
Without them what would you women have to winge about?

Manly, same as always.

 

[cappo]

quality players wanting to return home at either a very young age or to finish their career. Players like Hodges, Hannant, Barba, Tallis, Milford, Cam Smith to name a few.

Home is where the throughbreds brown paper bags are;

Hodges - "Home" would be north queensland
Hannant - "Home" would be gold coast
Barba - "Home" would be darwin / mackay - which is north queensland
Tallis - "Home" would be north queensland

I'm a queenslander and i strongly dislike the broncos for all the same reasons you guys do and one other reason. Them and their supporters refer to themselves as "the" qld club and returning home is returning to brisbane.

The broncos might not be salary cap cheats but they sure do have a very good advantage over a lot of other teams when their players are on free to air tv almost every week so are very marketable to any personal sponsors.

One another note - Channel 9 has a lot to answer for subjecting us to the same boring teams each week while leaving the more exciting brand of football to be played on fox. Should the clubs who don't get a game on free to air tv be compensated for the diminished sponsorship money the club would generate. Channel 9's choice isnt based on the quality of the game but more so the likely audience - how do the other clubs generate an audience when kids are brought up only watching the other teams. Even the so called experts who commentate struggle naming players from the other teams when they finally commentate on them in the finals.

 

[THE CHAMP]

Cappo the NRL chose the broadcaster. The broadcaster then selects which games they want to show. Where should the compensation come from? Ya dill.

 

[God-King Dean]

haw haw @ dead maroon & yellow News Ltd whole city to themselves Friday night playing dawwwwwwgs

 

[THE CHAMP]

haw haw @ dead maroon & yellow News Ltd whole city to themselves Friday night playing dawwwwwwgs

Its a demand thing GKD.
Give the customers what they want.
As long as the broncos games are rating well thats whats going to be broadcast.
So suck it up princess.

 

[Raider_69]

While I agree with the vast majority of what you're saying, it is a massive stretch to think that Canberra and Brisbane had a claim on all Queensland players. Manly had blokes like Vautin and Shearer, they also had Miles and Lewis signed up before a loophole in the agreement kept them in QLD. Manly were pioneers when it came to scouting for talent, we had plenty of players from QLD, NZ and England winning premierships before and after the period you're talking about.

Yep, fair call. Manly got some talent out of there too, still do now.

 

[dogslife]

It's an incredibly tough market the donks are operating in, surprised they're making a profit tbh

 

[THE CHAMP]

It's an incredibly tough market the donks are operating in, surprised they're making a profit tbh

When a second team starts in Brisbane (and we all know one will) you will find both them and the Broncos will be profitable.
Then the Sydney clubs will have another team to help prop them up.

 

[Tommy Smith]

Guerra made his NRL debut at the Roosters. He didn't play any NRL at the storm

I thought he might have played a game or two. Thanks.

So 10 of 17 made their debut at the Roosters. I wonder how that compares over the decade.

 

[_Johnsy]

I love these convenient traditionalists who refuse to accept that contracts as they used to be are dead and buried. In most cases, they aren't worth the paper they're written on. In fact, they have been dead since Gordon Tallis sat out the year.

Sat out while being paid by the scumbag club you support. Imagine the howls from them if the tables were reversed. Hypocrites of the highest order. It must be nice having the thoroughbreds to assist in giving fans a false sense of success.

 

[_Johnsy]

I always enjoy reading Raiders fans talk about powerhouse built on a "monopoly on QLD talent" when their very own 80's powerhouse was built around some of the best QLD players to ever lace up a boot.

Many clubs have had their fingers in the QLD pie for a long time.

QLD Broncos, A press conference to announce the new name soon?

 

[The Phelan Folly]

When a second team starts in Brisbane (and we all know one will) you will find both them and the Broncos will be profitable.
Then the Sydney clubs will have another team to help prop them up.

In that case maybe they should just drop the sydney teams all together, the broncos could then play with themselves every other friday night.

 

[Loudstrat]

With out the mighty Broncos your scum club would have no competition to play in.

:lol::lol: You are damn lucky the ARL let them back in after they crawled back from the wreckage that was Traitor League

Haahahahahahhaha you took too much medication the day you posted this moron.

Well, WTF, apart from some dust, a pile of Murdoch cheque butts with some risidual Ribot DNA, and Gordon Tallis' last wig IS in your trophy cabinet?

Its a demand thing GKD.
Give the customers what they want.
As long as the broncos games are rating well thats whats going to be broadcast.
So suck it up princess.

They rate so sh*t in Tweed Heads and all areas further south that C9 may as well broadcast a test pattern at 9.30 on Friday Night.

 

[Iafeta]

:lol::lol: You are damn lucky the ARL let them back in after they crawled back from the wreckage that was Traitor League


Well, WTF, apart from some dust, a pile of Murdoch cheque butts with some risidual Ribot DNA, and Gordon Tallis' last wig IS in your trophy cabinet?


They rate so sh*t in Tweed Heads and all areas further south that C9 may as well broadcast a test pattern at 9.30 on Friday Night.

Wait, what? With how bland a team they are I thought I was watching a test pattern...

 

[Baron Vo Mandor]

Imagine if the Raiders had the Broncos/Dogs/Storm management and coaches running the place, next year they'd have Duges, Carney and Milford firing on all cylinders along with Wighton, Campesie, Fensom, Lehroyd-Lahs, Shillington, Robinson, Papalli and Crocker.

Throw your roster run in the storm system and you would be unstoppable!

Seriously Raiders fans need to stop having a sook and a whinge about loosing players and instead have a look at your board, management and coaches because thats where the real problem is!

 

[saint.nick]

Imagine if the Raiders had the Broncos/Dogs/Storm management and coaches running the place, next year they'd have Duges, Carney and Milford firing on all cylinders along with Wighton, Campesie, Fensom, Lehroyd-Lahs, Shillington, Robinson, Papalli and Crocker.

Throw your roster run in the storm system and you would be unstoppable!

Seriously Raiders fans need to stop having a sook and a whinge about loosing players and instead have a look at your board, management and coaches because thats where the real problem is!

Good post. The fact the Raiders seem to have off-field f*** ups every year suggests that it's their own god damn problem. I'm sick of people who always stand there and try to sympathise with the poor ol' raiders, because it's just not fair that this stuff happens to them. Unfortunately they have culture down there which just breeds their own problems.