Well one of those sides finished well down the table on a few years ago. I see my Bulldogs doing a lot more to become a contender by fixing up the stuff away from the field and recruiting better. It's not kindergarten, everybody doesn't need to share. You get your house in order and generally, some success follows.
You’re either unwilling or incapable of following the point I am trying to make. You have gone down the long standing trope of well my club has done this or clubs just need to get better. Stop looking at the issue as a rusted on league supporter or from the viewpoint as a club supporter - as the issue is not about my club or your club.
Try and imagine the issue from a person who is watching the game as a casual viewer. He/she has no objection to watching other sports/watching a movie whatever. They may also watch a game.
They might not support a club, in fact, probably most of them wouldn’t and if they do, it is only haphazardly. Now, think of it from the NRL’s perspective: are they more or less likely to attract these people to sit down or attend the game based on results from last year or the year before
Now I’ll freely admit that some of these woeful games can be attributed to COVID-19 or rule changes because they have inadvertently changed the way the game has been played and reduced the depth of squads (because a lot of players are no longer suited to the game etc) However the product has been absolutely dire and pretty much unwatchable in the most part.
You only have to look at the fact that our main competitor was absolutely smashing us in viewerships for the problem to be highlighted: casual viewers/supporters will just stop watching.
P.S. My team made the preliminary final one of those years so this is clearly not about my team being crap