hybrid_tiger said:
No, it was going fine until you started blabbering on, attempting to be sarcastic, saying you wanted to ask your boss to pay you 5 cents in wages. Sorry, how did it get off hand again? :roll:
I.e "Those fans who hate tradition are just Superleague blow-ins anyway ... ".
This was what I responded to. Accepting all tradition in blind faith is the inference. I have no problem with a once a year thing. That comment doesn't infer that at all.
I would hate unlimited tackles, but that's more traditional than what we have now, 6 tackles is what ? 35 years old....
I would hate leather balls, synthetic balls are what 20 years in use ??
Hating these is in no way being a SL blow-in.
The same stupid reasoning is used by Monarchists.
Nah, just non-super league people like the majority here.
No, it's the view "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"..
It's about continuous improval. Leaving suburbs of Sydney in the comp at the expense of places like CC and GC is such a view.
Here, again, it's a bunch of d*ckheads stuck with nostalgic views about the "good ol' days".
Here, again, it's a bunch of d1ckheads refusing to accept that clubs actually came from somewhere and remembering a bit of tradition.
remembering "tradition" while kicking out places like Gold Coast in 1998. Also looking at the SL teams, notice a lot of them were out of Sydney ???
They know in hignsight it was a poor choice, but felt they had no choice while 5,800 mates who show up at Leichardt oval kept unviable sides like Balmain in the comp.
In short, their acts were a symptom of how the "Sydney Traditionalists" behaved.
It's a view that plagues the advancement of Rugby League.
No, it isnt.
See above, the "glorious tradition of Sydney Rugby League" .... and all it's attached nostalgia.....
My response was to my view on the use of stadiums, idyllically over a 20 year time frame.
You view is self-centred, biased and overall an idea which will not work. Give me all the stats that you like, and I still don't think it will work. Contrary to what you might think, not many people will be happy sitting in an empty stadium every week with no atmosphere.
Well then you're a dunce, the same sort of dunces the AFL dealt with 15 years ago "Don't leave Windy Hill, don't leave Moorabin.. blah blah.
Since moving to these "empty stadiums", they have increased crowds around 63% in 15 years.
But the same as Leichardt oval, the same as 12 Sydney teams, the same as CC over GC, et al.
Yes, the same. This sport should not be ruined.
It wasn't to be ruined, it was to choose the strongest sides in the comp. It's pattern could either be 12 sides in a market of 4 million (Sydney), and have these 4 million fund it.
OR
It's have 16 teams in a market of 16 million (The eastern seaboard of Australia) and have this market fund it.
The second choice is obvious, and teams like the Magpies, Balmain, etc had no place in it.
The good ol days of the NSWRL comp is what's on your mind, resisting any change to it and holding back Rugby League.
What a dumb comment. I tend to think I've accepted changes, or else I wouldn't be supporting a JOINT VENTURE - one which was a result of views such as yours.
Idiot.
Supporting a joint venture, yet having it cling to a derelict facility such as leichardt oval, and preventing the venture the identify in a much greater capacity with the Campbelltown residents by letting it play full time.
Why ??
Cuz you want to look at the spec of orange in the Jersey and reminisce about the days of Balmain
You can't have the Balmain, so this is next best, meanwhile holding back the teams potential and holding back RL.
