Leichhardt Advantage

[glockers]

Before I go on I want to state I was Balmain fan before we merged and would love to see more games at Leichardt.

People are throwing around the 10k figure here, but I have heard in the past that Leichardt doesn't make money until we break about 19k or 20k. The person in the know told me it had to do with the video screen. We have to hire it out to meet NRL/Fox/Nine requirements. Apparently the cost is astronomical. That bumps up how much we need to take at the gate to make money.

 

[madunit]

Why don't we buy a bloody screen for both grounds, instead of hiring one all the time. One year of financial constraint is bearable if it means more home games where the fans want them to be.

 

[hybrid_tiger]

[FONT=verdana, helvetica, arial][SIZE=-1]In the first week Humphreys was interviewed, he made the following quote:

"My first job is to get us back to what we signed up for. I was at that meeting in 1999 and we signed up for a 6-6 split."

Make it happen.
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[N.C.]

Why don't we buy a bloody screen for both grounds, instead of hiring one all the time. One year of financial constraint is bearable if it means more home games where the fans want them to be.

Problem is, when you buy on the cheap from the local pawn shop you don't get no warranties...

 

[madunit]

Surely one screen is all we need, we can ship it from ground to ground as needed, when the petty cash builds up again we can buy another.

As for the arranty, it's going on council land isn't it, public liability and the government can cover any warranty issues, if it stops working, then maybe it could just accidentally break because a tree fell on it....repeatedly

 

[N.C.]

It would make sense, but it is probably quite tax effective to keep hiring the things... with the added benefit of giving a convenient excuse to chase the money on offer at other venues.

 

[innsaneink]

I remember WT losing a lot at Campbelltown, but not often at Leichardt.

These are stats on the opposition we faced at both grounds, up to about the end of 07

Cambo- twice as many top 8 opponents to LO...27 - 14
Cambo- half as many non finals teams to LO...8 - 17
Cambo- three times as many top 4 opponents...16 - 5
Cambo- ten times as many grand finalist opponents...10 - 1
Cambo- 5 times as many premiers opponents...5-0

 

[baddog]

so don't bet on any side the tiges have played at leichhardt to win the comp that season?

 

[macnaz]

I remember WT losing a lot at Campbelltown, but not often at Leichardt.

Yep i think LO was a bigger winning factor than Orana Park, maybe we had a bigger mix of Balmain players back then. I think we had about 5 maggies, Skando, Hodgson, mescia, mcguiness bro's
Ps.. INK Are they wins for cambo verses LO or the other way round ?

 

[gallagher]

Im sure they have said they LOSE, and also i cant remember the last game we had sub 10K at L.O .........You would think they would have some more confidence in the supporters to always be over a 10K figure wouldnt ya .

PS ..sign up players like mighty mouse will help make sure my arse is there everytime.

If you have a quote from the club saying we lose money when we get crowds of 18k or so then post it or stop claiming it exists.

On your second point, you must have a poor memory. Every year we played a 6-6 split,2000 to 2004, CS and LO both got crowds of less than 10k. Thers a few 4000 crowds there too. Relying on crowds to finance the club will send us broke.

 

[westie]

In westie's defence lol
We've won 4 and Lost 5 in our last 9 matches at leichhardt.

however, we've never really been dominant at ANZ.
2000 - 1 game - 1 loss
2001 - 1 game - 1 loss
2002 - 1 game - 1 loss
2003 - 2 games - 1 win, 1 loss
2004 - 2 games - 1 win, 1 loss
2005 - 8 games - 5 wins, 3 losses
2006 - 7 games - 4 wins, 3 losses
2007 - 6 games - 3 wins, 3 losses
2008 - 6 games - 2 wins, 4 losses
2009 - 2 games - 1 win, 1 loss

source: www.rugbyleagueproject.org

Nice to see you're actually starting to think about things. For a while there the percentage was about as good as the rest of our percentage, which is not good enough for a supposed fortress home ground.

Correct me if i'm wrong but were we not 2/7 at LO recently?

 

[westie]

Oh, and the thing with ANZ is, i'd like to bet most of those wins were all in the same period, pulling 20+ crowds, even before AND after the GF. I remember chucking in a doozy against Penrith about 2 weeks out, but apart from that, we just never lost.

 

[innsaneink]

Yep i think LO was a bigger winning factor than Orana Park, maybe we had a bigger mix of Balmain players back then. I think we had about 5 maggies, Skando, Hodgson, mescia, mcguiness bro's
Ps.. INK Are they wins for cambo verses LO or the other way round ?

They arent wins or losses....just where the opponents finished that year.

We played lots more top teams at CS, and the bottom teams at LO

 

[69-05-41]

Dykehardt Council only support refugees and asylum seekers. Local sporting teams don't meet their swampy funding criteria. However, if WT leased the video screen to Dykehardt Council to promote their support for refugees they would generate enough cash to redevelop LO ten times over. Besides, the video screen is so badly positioned that 90% of the crowd can't see it anyway.

 

[macnaz]

If you have a quote from the club saying we lose money when we get crowds of 18k or so then post it or stop claiming it exists.

On your second point, you must have a poor memory. Every year we played a 6-6 split,2000 to 2004, CS and LO both got crowds of less than 10k. Thers a few 4000 crowds there too. .

www.austadiums.com
LO Crowd figures since 1/1/03 Maximum 22,877 Minimum 5,648 Average 14,756 Also going back over the last 3 years at LO there has been no crowd under 10k , there was one close tho, against the sharks last year and i was there to watch em get flogged 10,776 . Sorry it doesnt go back prior to 2003 but i will belive your figures Gal.

 

[simon says]

Just on the advantage, I swear I read that we actually have our worst percentage there.

Bwhahahahahahahahah!!!!!

Hilarious.....one of ur best,altough you constantly come up with absolute balderdash on a regular basis.

 

[madunit]

Nice to see you're actually starting to think about things. For a while there the percentage was about as good as the rest of our percentage, which is not good enough for a supposed fortress home ground.

Correct me if i'm wrong but were we not 2/7 at LO recently?

All our games at Leichhardt with crowd figures
2000 Feb 14th Auckland W 17-16 10,807
2000 Feb 27th Canberra W 18-10 9,271
2000 Mar 5th Penrith W 22-10 8,853
2000 Mar 26th Eels D 14-14 14,708
2000 Apr 22nd Cowboys L 8-18 7,517
2000 May 21st Nthn Eagles W 36-18 11,346
2000 Jul 1st Sharks W 24-22 12,719
2001 Mar 18th Storm W 40-10 11,206
2001 Apr 29th Eels L 12-66 14,802
2001 Jun 3rd Dragons L 22-27 13,152
2001 Jul 14th Cowboys W 20-18 4,724
2001 Jul 28th Nthn Eagles W 38-6 4,359
2001 Sep 2nd Sharks L 12-36 8,053
2002 Mar 24th Eels W 22-16 15,502
2002 Apr 28th Nthn Eagles W 34-16 13,302
2002 Jun 15th Penrith L 18-22 8,658
2002 Jul 14th Souths L 24-38 16,266
2002 Aug 24th Storm W 26-16 5,287
2003 Mar 22nd Canberra L 8-15 7,800
2003 May 4th Brisbane L 6-38 7,100
2003 Jun 8th Manly L 30-38 13,097
2003 Jul 13th Sharks W 44-12 8,873
2003 Aug 9th Souths L 16-18 9,053
2004 Apr 25th Manly W 30-22 14,658
2004 May 30th Eels W 33-6 18,883
2004 Jul 17th Storm W 32-18 5,648
2004 Aug 8th Souths W 56-6 19,402
2005 Jun 5th Storm L 14-30 17,127
2005 Jul 1st Manly W 49-24 15,271
2005 Jul 24th Souths W 42-20 22,877
2006 Apr 2nd Storm W 30-28 17,803
2006 May 7th Manly W 24-18 20,231
2006 Sep 3rd Souths W 52-18 18,440
2007 Mar 24th Manly L 8-19 15,185
2007 Jul 30th Cowboys W 54-10 17,101
2007 Aug 26th Souths L 12-37 20,232
2008 May 25th Titans W 20-18 17,493
2008 Jun 29th Warriors L 26-28 15,027
2008 Aug 29th Sharks L 6-32 10,776
2009 Apr 20th Storm W 16-6 12,646
2009 Jun 5th Penrith L 10-26 14,100
2009 Jul 19th Cowboys W 34-14 18,804

 

[westie]

Bwhahahahahahahahah!!!!!

Hilarious.....one of ur best,altough you constantly come up with absolute balderdash on a regular basis.

Lots of L's in the column over the last 3 years Simon! Plus I'm sure there's 2 W's on the end - post when I read it. Looks worse than Sheens' record to me.

 

[madunit]

4 wins 5 losses isn't really as bad as you're earlier claim of 2 and 7 though, is it westie?