There are a lot of annoying things about you timmah which have been well documented on these boards, but making ridiculous "BunniesMan" style comments like that isn't one of them. I'm astounded you'd say something so stupid.
Eels back to back wooden spoons
Dragons 14th worst season in like 50 odd years, held scoreless at home for the first ever time at jubilee, followed by 2nd time, blah blah
Tigers 15th, messy clean out of many stars, coach, "franchise player"
I'm not knocking roosters, Souths or dogs crowds because they have been outstanding.
But we know their normal crowds are still in the 13-17k range against out of town opposition. They have been boosted by big event crowds and success.
If in two years parra play saints for the minor premiership in round 26, I guarantee they get a 50k plus crowd. He'll they got 43k or so for a final round farewell Hindy/bird/Hornby/young match last year.
I also guarantee that if roosters and Souths are coming 15th and 16th, they will get 15-18k if they're lucky.
Crowds are cyclical. Next year the dragons will be boosted by getting to count ANZAC day in their average. Roosters will not have ANZAC, they won't have opening round vs Souths/SBW first game, they won't have SBW v bulldogs.
There is no doubt that Souths, bulldogs, dragons, tigers and parra are the big 5 "potentially" depending in performance.
Souths and dogs have done well to establish at ANZ. For tigers, dragons and eels, growing crowds will be determined on finding the right balance between suburban games and SFS/ANZ.
Roosters are in between, they have a smaller base, but playing in a big stadium means that when things go well, the can capitalise. Kudos to them for this year.
Penrith, sharks and manly don't seem to have much room for growth. Partly stadium size, partly local areas being locked in, partly engagement with community. Penrith would seem the most likely to have potential to escape that trend, but they seem a long way from realising it.
