Souths should find a new home ground

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Put a new stand in at Redfern and rename it Centerlink Stadium

imagine the queues!

 

[Ray McKigney]

imagine the queues!

All it takes is for one official to yell paternity test and those queues will disappear before you even blink.

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

Or they should try a smaller venue closer to their fan base..Maybe ES Marks oval could be revamped to host about 15000 fans..

Love it.

Aim low and youre never disappointed....

 

[juro]

Appears your issue is looking at an ANZ stadium which can look empty when the crowd is less than 30000. Other than that you have no facts and or show no real understanding

Couple of points
1) check out the NRL crowd figures for Round 1.
There were twice as many fans to see Souths versus
Bulldogs and Saints playing at their suburban crowds.

2) Souths had the highest crowd for all NSW team home ground games.
only the Cowboy home game had a higher crowd , 574 more.

3) Sydney did have a wet weekend which would have affected crowds for all games.

4) Friday night frankly is a stinker for drawing crowds to travel especially to ANZ , as fans who drive have to deal with friday night peak traffic . I am Souths fan and hesitate to travel to ANZ on friday ( even with a ANZ Gold pass and paid paid parking) and i would have a bigger issue to travel to Alliance on a friday.


5) Like me , many , many Souths fans do not live in the Souths sydney heartland . Proportionaly i could believe more Souths fans live out of the Souths heartland verus sydney clubs like Manly , Sharks , Eels , Panthers and Roosters.

6) Souths are one of the few NRL clubs who makes a profit or close to break even each year. One reason for that is the deal with ANZ , where Souths are guaranteed $100k for each game played there , regardless of crowd size and Souths take a share of gate after a crowd clip level . In short playing at ANZ is a smart business decision , which many Souths fans support (not all of course).

So when you saying Souths fans have footed for their feet , clearly you need to do more homework before you make outlandish statements given simple facts.

Also because of the TV fan base , which must like to watch Souths games , the NRL has slotted Souths for more friday night games in 2017. So if you watch any more Souths games this year on a friday at ANZ , remember the above .



ROUND ONE CROWDS:
Cronulla v Brisbane at Southern Cross Group: 11,493
Canterbury v Melbourne at Belmore: 8,712
South Sydney v Wests Tigers at ANZ: 16,976
St George Illawarra v Penrith at UOW Jubilee Oval 7,283
North Queensland v Canberra at 1300SMILES 17,548
Gold Coast v Sydney Roosters at Cbus Super: 13,933
Warriors v Newcastle at Mt Smart: 13,712
Manly v Parramatta at Lottoland: 11,318

I agree that Friday's crowd was heavily affected by the weather. However, also remember that a decent chunk of the crowd was supporting the other team.

Now, let's look at some stats that have a bit more significance. Check out the average home crowds at ANZ Stadium over recent years. Can you spot the trend?

 

[Smack]

Redfern

I'm all for suburban grounds, low turnout in r1 because of the rain, that's all.

 

[some11]

@Galeforce

Spin some alternative facts on this for us.

 

[FireFalcons1]

Let's just kick out Souths from the comp altogether ...

lol@souffs !

 

[Different kind of Rabbit]

I would say that the decline in home crowds has corresponded with the decline in the standard of our football team. Nothing more / nothing less.

We have a boring game plan that hasn't worked for two years and yet we continue to stick to it. We have the slowest back line in the comp and we haven't even looked like producing an offload since 2014. I would say that if we rectify those issues we'll be back to bigger crowds in no time.

 

[LineBall]

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[LineBall]

I agree that Friday's crowd was heavily affected by the weather. However, also remember that a decent chunk of the crowd was supporting the other team.

Now, let's look at some stats that have a bit more significance. Check out the average home crowds at ANZ Stadium over recent years. Can you spot the trend?

That's worrying. What odds they will be less again this year?

 

[Pommy]

Campbeltown and deport Tigers to Perth.

 

[BuffaloRules]

If you look at Souths crowds over the past 40 years they have been generally been shyte.

Dont know why they are shyte again should be news...

I'm surprised it took all of two years after they broke their 40 year premiership drought to resume normal service

 

[sensesmaybenumbed]

Campbeltown and deport Tigers to Perth.

Piss off, alien.

 

[Rabbit toes]

Can you spot the trend?

Is it that they're all blue?

 

[Lambretta]

Souths played a home game there last season and no one bothered to show up there either. Crowd was about 5k. I was thinking something more in the heart of Souths area like Maroobra or Botany

Wasn't it pissing down that day?
I remember there being a Storm and no one was venturing out

 

[Lambretta]

Newsflash

Club's attendances drop in the years after they win a Premiership and they aren't winning as many games or playing as exciting football.

In other news the sun rose this morning, but many people missed it due to the cloud cover
A spokesman for the bleeding obvious said. "you don't need sunglasses, but as you can see without the need of artificial light, I would think it's fair to assume that morning did indeed break"

 

[Different kind of Rabbit]

Newsflash

Club's attendances drop in the years after they win a Premiership and they aren't winning as many games or playing as exciting football.

In other news the sun rose this morning, but many people missed it due to the cloud cover
A spokesman for the bleeding obvious said. "you don't need sunglasses, but as you can see without the need of artificial light, I would think it's fair to assume that morning did indeed break"

Exactly.

Besides... Where would we build this new stadium?

For a start, it's $1 million plus for a decent sized block of land anywhere in the South Sydney area if you're just looking to build yourself a house. To purchase enough land to build a stadium on, plus parking, would probably cost you the equivalent of what it costs the US government to fund NASA for 20 years.

On top of this, every main road in the South Sydney region is basically gridlock 24/7 nowadays.

Public transport to everywhere south or west of Redfern is rubbish.

Would be nice to have a heartland stadium but unfortunately that bird has well and truly flown now and it's only going to fly further and further away.

If such a parcel of land exists then it'll be snapped up by a developer and end up with 500 units on it because they'd be worth $800k each.

 

[roughyedspud]

Exactly.

Besides... Where would we build this new stadium?

For a start, it's $1 million plus for a decent sized block of land anywhere in the South Sydney area if you're just looking to build yourself a house. To purchase enough land to build a stadium on, plus parking, would probably cost you the equivalent of what it costs the US government to fund NASA for 20 years.

On top of this, every main road in the South Sydney region is basically gridlock 24/7 nowadays.

Public transport to everywhere south or west of Redfern is rubbish.

Would be nice to have a heartland stadium but unfortunately that bird has well and truly flown now and it's only going to fly further and further away.

If such a parcel of land exists then it'll be snapped up by a developer and end up with 500 units on it because they'd be worth $800k each.

James packer is worth $3billion...Get him to stick his hand in his pocket lol

 

[Different kind of Rabbit]

James packer is worth $3billion...Get him to stick his hand in his pocket lol

The Packers aren't going to invest in a stadium that won't make any profit.

 

[Barkley]

You miss the fact anz pays them a motza to play there? I'm sure if they didn't and they had to pay rent they would play wherever their fanbase is most likely to attend.

I think it's time to bring Souths home to the fans.. I know they get money to play at ANZ stadium but the fans have footed with their feet and won't show up..

Not sure that he did.