NRL 2011 First Five Rounds

[jc155776]

Lets see if we can get more then 2 FTA games for an entire year.

I have Fox and don't care for FTA games, but the more FTA games the more coverage and sponsers a team get.

Soufs deserve their 4/5 Friday night games. They tried weally weally hard last year and almost made the 8 after all.

 

[RockWheel]

Who wants to watch Cronulla play anyway?

 

[juro]

So 2 years in a row Tigers have a Monday night game in round 1...

 

[Russell Crowe's Band]

it should be fair.

each team should get on there at least once in the first 5.

defs rules me out of the derby this year.

MNF

joke

 

[adamkungl]

only 3/5 FTA games for the mighty Roosters? what a f**king rort...should be 5

 

[krayziedragonman]

So 2 years in a row Tigers have a Monday night game in round 1...

three years actually, if i'm not mistaken, they had the same in 2009.

 

[Joe's Magpies]

three years actually, if i'm not mistaken, they had the same in 2009.

Krayziedragonman you are correct. This would be the third year in a row that the Tigers have started their campeign on a monday night. 2009 we faced the Raiders, in 2010, the Sea Eagles and in season 2011 it's the Bulldogs.

It's a bloody joke.

 

[gronkathon]

We must rate well for the Monday season openers.

I cannot fathom a Campbelltown game on a Monday night ever being a good thing though. 7pm kick off. M5 traffic is a nightmare regardless as roadworks are still ongoing between Liverpool and Campbelltown. It effectively removes those who are a maybe from the crowd equation as well.

 

[Joker's Wild]

Knights v Dragons in rd 4 is on Sunday arvo

The last flight from Newie to Brissy that day is 4:50pm

f**k!

 

[campbo]

Glad to see Penrith get a few. I have fox so I'm not fussed.
I think the fairest way is to have each team play a minimum 3 or 4 FTA games by rd 13 (half way mark) then the 2nd half of the season go to teams that are up the top, playing well, deserve FTA coverage and get higher ratings.

 

[Yosemite Sam]

The sharks dragons game should still draw a good crowd. Cronulla's first home match.... Saints first match in sydney, could still draw 18K.

Monday night football crowds are usually pretty decent for the first few rounds anyway, it's only when the season gets on that they start becoming noticeably lower.

 

[WaznTheGreat]

Yeah boi,no Dragons games on friday nights for the first few rounds

 

[Goddo]

Oh goodie, the Broncos are on 4/5 Friday night games. No decent footy on the TV until 9:30pm, great stuff.

Thats why we need another Brisbane side.

 

[jc155776]

The sharks dragons game should still draw a good crowd. Cronulla's first home match.... Saints first match in sydney, could still draw 18K.

Monday night football crowds are usually pretty decent for the first few rounds anyway, it's only when the season gets on that they start becoming noticeably lower.

It also means that less money is spend on booze and the club afterwards though as people won't stay on a Monday night.

 

[applesauce]

The lack of Dragons on FTA early on might help their memberships even more...

Fans will need to go to games consistently (at least early in the season) to see them play unless they have FOX.

 

[Berkeley_Eagle]

Good luck to any Manly or Souths fans that can make it to Blue Tongue for a 7.30pm kickoff on a Friday

 

[Timmah]

Won't need to, Coast locals (plenty of whom support Manly and Souffs already) will be filling the stadium, plus plenty of neutrals who love seeing league here.

Plus if you can't get from Sydney to Gosford in 2.5hours (leaving at 5 assuming) then you're a sh*thouse driver.

 

[Raider_69]

Perhaps it my excitement about getting a Nein game early in the year, which i simply cant recall last time it happened, but i think the spread is reasonably good there.

 

[Timmah]

I agree. And I don't even care the Bulldogs only got one Nine game - the slots are pretty good. I can always get to ANZ easily on Monday night, the Sunday games are perfect, and the AAMI Park game I wasn't going to anyway.

Can't wait for it all to kick off

 

[thorson1987]

We must rate well for the Monday season openers.

I cannot fathom a Campbelltown game on a Monday night ever being a good thing though. 7pm kick off. wn. M5 traffic is a nightmare regardless as roadworks are still ongoing between Liverpool and Campbelltown It effectively removes those who area maybe from the crowd equation as well.

it is now 4 lanes from the M5/M7 merge to ctown road. It is awesome.