On behalf of Big Mick, he appreciates your input. He was struggling there on his own, its good to have lollipopers around like you to back him up.
The best thing about Penrith and the shire is that 99/100 people speak english. I don't care if the crowds aren't the best, I wouldn't live anywhere else.
i take it you never watched the grand final replay last night should have been a full house st kilda geelong unless the fudged the crowd as they normally do in afl there was lucky if there was 10k there
I am a Penrith member and I didn't go last night.
It was impossible. I work in the CBD. I finished work at 6:30pm...how can I get out there in time?
I often find myself missing Friday night/Monday Night games..that doesn't mean I don't pay my $300 for my grandstand membership
Yesterday was one of those days where it was cold during the day, but because of the cloud it keeps the temp up above what it normally would be at night...so it was 16-17 degrees for most of the afternoon, but only dropped down to 14-15 for the game!
But I can't blame the supporters for that, most people would've been put off by the weather during the day and thats to be expected...not everyone's a meteorologist
So a membership is a excuse not to go to the game hey?
You could have gotten there before halftime.
You really are becoming a bitter wanker aren't you since everyone found out your team are a bunch of cheating pricks and your success was a fraud.
Yeah...i'm going to travel 3 hours in traffic, with my disabled father to watch 20 minutes of football...yep...I'm sure you'd do that.
f**kin spastic Storm supporter.
ok the weather could be a reason but I'd love to bring out my scarve and beanie more often and go watch the footy but not too many opportunities here in Brissie!
A few people have mentioned that there isnt a lot of support for the players in the area even though their junior league is really big..
My son plays in Penrith comp and I have actually noticed that a lot of the kids in our club go for Parramatta mostly and other teams. We arent in the Penrith area..we are borderline Penrith and Parra comp, but I think perhaps if the club involved the kids a bit more in what was happening at the club.
All the kids do get their players pass (free pass) to all Panthers games but I dont think a lot of their families use them, unless their actual team is playing against Penrith..which is a bit sad I guess.
I dont live in actual Penrith, so I dont know what involvement the team has there..maybe heaps! But one thing I know is this, when i asked Penrith could they send a player out to our club on a training night I was told no and last year for our end of year function when I asked I was also told no...to their credit though they did allow my sons team to attend their training session this year and meet the boys.. this was fantastic for our kids but sadly apart from the ones who study footy and read Big League (probably two of them inc my son) the rest didnt know any of the players names etc, however after this session meeting the boys..the kids were really familiar with them and we took them to a game and they were very excited to yell out oh there is Petro or there is Kevin etc ... so this exercise worked but isnt actually something that is offered, it was only after I sent an email requesting a player.
But that is only 8 boys out of an entire club, so perhaps they really need to start broadening their PR.. we as junior league families receive a letter to join membership every year.
One other thing that should be considered is this: at my sons school, the AFL Development Squad visit monthly at assemblies, recruit kids for the after school Auskick program, give them freebies and at every visit they have been pushing to the kids the GWS team big time. We havent had a visit from anyone at the Penrith Development team... I spoke to Mario Fenech at a function about this and he himself couldnt understand why. I then spoke to a Penrith Devpt person who said he hadnt heard of our school, so wasnt sure if the teachers had been contacted...
Most of the kids at our club go to this school or surrounding schools, but are doing Auskick after school because that is what is being offered.
I dont have solutions, but I think if kids are actively involved in supporting a team their parents will feel more like taking them to watch a certain team??
I think Panthers has enormous potential to be huge, but so many surrounding suburbs seem to be big Parra fans...
What has the Storm being over the cap got to do with your poor efforts to get to the games?
If your father slows you down, why didnt you say that in the first place instead of tryin to whimp out with the excuse you gave.