The Rumours Thread

[kit66]

So, in 2024, the year after we won just 5 games, our crowds were down. Go figure.

Last year we defied the odds, despite numerous setbacks, to finish 11th and as Lancaster says in the article - " the Dragons 2024 TV viewing was up 12.8% on the previous year and our home crowds at WIN and Kogarah were up 26% on 2022".
The fans are still there, we just need more success to get those fans out of their loungerooms and down to the game.
A lot of fans were probably also put off by the antics of Hunt and Lomax and maybe even a few were concerned about Flanno's baggage, understandable. There's lots of factors.
Add the disappointing finish to 2024, those last 3 games were infuriating. We need a good start to 2025 with some solid wins, show the fans we're heading in the right direction at least with Flanno and his new siginings paying off and the fans will come back.
Buzz is a troll. I hope we finish over the top of Brisbane again just to piss him off.

 

[True_Believer]

So, in 2024, the year after we won just 5 games, our crowds were down. Go figure.

Last year we defied the odds, despite numerous setbacks, to finish 11th and as Lancaster says in the article - " the Dragons 2024 TV viewing was up 12.8% on the previous year and our home crowds at WIN and Kogarah were up 26% on 2022".
The fans are still there, we just need more success to get those fans out of their loungerooms and down to the game.
A lot of fans were probably also put off by the antics of Hunt and Lomax and maybe even a few were concerned about Flanno's baggage, understandable. There's lots of factors.
Add the disappointing finish to 2024, those last 3 games were infuriating. We need a good start to 2025 with some solid wins, show the fans we're heading in the right direction at least with Flanno and his new siginings paying off and the fans will come back.
Buzz is a troll. I hope we finish over the top of Brisbane again just to piss him off.

I can only speak for myself kit but I got to a point where I stopped watching the games live. I'd record them and if we won I'd watch it. The reason for this was because we were still very difficult to watch. So up and down that my old heart couldn't take it. And towards the end of the season it did start to feel a bit like the same ol' same ol'. Although I thought we did make progress last year, we fell away yet again when it mattered.

Much like everyone else, I'm tired and frustrated by the results over the last 10 or more years. I can understand why some supporters might be falling away. We just can't seem to get our shit together and I'm over seeing the same teams in the finals year after year when we just can't seem to pull ourselves out of the shit.

As for going to the games, I'd love to but I just can't get to many without it costing an arm and a leg. Maybe when I retire I'll make a commitment to making an annual pilgrimage south to Jubilee or WIN.

 

[Old Timer]

Crowd figures are arbitrary numbers as the draw is not the same for all teams and some opponents travel to you better than others.

Unless the heads are checked off to each individual club then they don't count for a lot.