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Dolphin Oval isn't a draw for people accustomed to attending games at Lang Park. Dolphins will learn the hard way it's Lang Park or nothing.
I think it’s more to do with people who will go to Redcliffe but not Suncorp, and vice versa, they tied the two together and it clearly hasn’t worked. Bit of a worry from a suncorp attendance point of view maybe?
The club's handicapped itself by playing games at Dolphin Oval, not having a proper name and choosing the wrong colour scheme.
yeah this is the problem, just ask Brisbane Roar fans who live south of the river. They just don't bother going to Redcliffe - granted not many of them bother going to suncorp either....
Redcliffe won't fail, at least not in the traditional sense of folding. The grant and their leagues club will see them putt along for decades. What Redcliffe will do is fail to live up to the potential there was in a second Brisbane side, and in a lot of ways that's worse.
I'll never understand why Dolphin Oval was converted into its current configuration. It's too big for Queensland Cup but not big enough for NRL.
It would have been better to go with the Firehawks and West Coast Pirates. I fear the Dolphins will be a waste of space like Cronulla and Manly. Their only hope is to base themselves permanently out of Lang Park and perhaps move their NRL team's training facilities to Brisbane's CBD.
If they concentrate on Moreton Bay and Sunshine Coast then how will they fill Lang Park on a Thursday or Friday night?
not budget Broncos - think Man United/Man City AC Milan/Inter Milan NY Giants/NY Jets
