mtd#2
Well-known member
I dont disagree with the sentiment of your post.... but...I'm a bit sick of people throwing stones at Campbelltown.
This is your home ground, this is the population of South West Sydney you represent. Forklift drivers, truck drivers, tilers, plumbers, nurses, support workers, new migrants, old migrants... All of them coming with their own stories and struggles.
Just because it doesn't have Leichsrdts history doesn't mean you discount the area completely.
I never even hear players say they're excited to play there. This group of people is a big reason why you're getting paid what you're getting paid.
All the people on here saying oh it's a crap hole because we never win there... We don't win anywhere, just because we win the least here, we give up the area? We don't win here because the players arent passionate about this area became of the perceived low socio economic status. They like Balmain and Ashfield and Concord because of the $5m houses that the people come from.
Maybe we would win here if the players and the Club spent more money in the pathways here, went to schools, listened to each of the parents stories, listened to the history of how this area became what it is.
That is what and who you're playing for.
We are a developing club, not a developed one and this is where most of the development is going to come from.
The moment we move out of here, you watch the Dogs will start spending millions in Liverpool, already all up to Moorebank is considered Dogs territory because they visit schools and give out stuff there regularly.
Yesterday 12,281 turned up and the club gave away FREE tickets.
Capacity is 17,500.
If the area isnt going to get behind the club (when its free), then what's the point?
If that game is at Leichardt then its sold out the Wednesday prior - with some tickets being $100 plus. So where is the disconnect? The onus is on the fans of the area, those on here, to get people to the games.
You cant blame us fans for calling campbelltown for what it is.. theres all this fairy dust talk about how special the area and fans are , but they cant even turn up on a sunny Saturday at 3pm when tickets are free.