Telegraph at it again

[MG1962]

I just saw the rough draft of the criteria the Telegraph is going to suggest to the NRL for the selection of the team to go

1/ Must be a merged club

2/ Merger has have been between two foundation clubs

3/ Both merged teams had black as one of their team colors

4/ Only teams who's name starts with the letter W should be considered.

 

[goldcoast_tiger]

The NRL don't want us out and we are not going anywhere. Pascoe already addressed this in the last Q&A session.

Well that's it then.
Do you really believe one word that a football club says. Ask any Coach about their honesty,

They all will say anything, or do anything to get An advantage over the other clubs. When the Nrl gets serious about relocation, or expansion, the clubs will be told what will happen, not asked.
When the crunch comes, The league won't care about any comments made by any club boards or CEOs, most of what comes from them is just to pacify their members and supporters anyway.
None of us know what will happen , the only thing that is definite, is that at least one( or maybe two) Sydney teams will be gone or relocated
No matter how much the clubs tell their supporters about how they've already done this , or done that . Or how safe they are now, Clubs , or A club will go in the next few years.

 

[supercoach]

For a team that has been in the cellar for to long to remember we have amazing figures. We are strong in all areas except performance, good crowds, good memberships, good sponsorships and a strong bottom line. Outside Brisbane not many teams come close to us.

So the question has to be asked, how good would our numbers be if our team was right up there with the big boys. Lets hope Cleary and his roster do there bit in 2018 and force the telecrap took look elsewhere for a punching bag

 

[dazza65]

Where did the Souffs fans go… Perth?

Fair weather supporters. Out my way the number of people who don't follow league but were walking around with that stupid rabbit cap on after Russell and their premiership was ridiculous.
Barely see one ATM. It was somewhat "trendy"'in some areas to support the Hollywood team and the "pride of the league"
Plus as per ray warren everyone wanted to have a crack at Mrs Burgii

 

[Tigerdon]

Where did the Souffs fans go… Perth?

Fair weather supporters. Out my way the number of people who don't follow league but were walking around with that stupid rabbit cap on after Russell and their premiership was ridiculous.
Barely see one ATM. It was somewhat "trendy"'in some areas to support the Hollywood team and the "pride of the league"
Plus as per ray warren everyone wanted to have a crack at Mrs Burgii

We'll she is hot and producers strong athletic offspring .

 

[jadtiger]

Where did the Souffs fans go… Perth?

Fair weather supporters. Out my way the number of people who don't follow league but were walking around with that stupid rabbit cap on after Russell and their premiership was ridiculous.
Barely see one ATM. It was somewhat "trendy"'in some areas to support the Hollywood team and the "pride of the league"
Plus as per ray warren everyone wanted to have a crack at Mrs Burgii

We'll she is hot and producers strong athletic offspring .

The offspring may be strong but a slug has more intelligence than they do

 

[sideline_eye]

The NRL don't want us out and we are not going anywhere. Pascoe already addressed this in the last Q&A session.

Well that's it then.
Do you really believe one word that a football club says. Ask any Coach about their honesty,

They all will say anything, or do anything to get An advantage over the other clubs. When the Nrl gets serious about relocation, or expansion, the clubs will be told what will happen, not asked.
When the crunch comes, The league won't care about any comments made by any club boards or CEOs, most of what comes from them is just to pacify their members and supporters anyway.
None of us know what will happen , the only thing that is definite, is that at least one( or maybe two) Sydney teams will be gone or relocated
No matter how much the clubs tell their supporters about how they've already done this , or done that . Or how safe they are now, Clubs , or A club will go in the next few years.

Always looking on the bright side, eh? Actually, yes, I have a policy of not believing anything about this club unless it comes directly from the club, as this has. I'd certainly believe Pascoe over any Terrorgraph "journalist". Dead set, I reckon you'd set a trap for the Easter Bunny.

 

[oldprop]

The NRL don't want us out and we are not going anywhere. Pascoe already addressed this in the last Q&A session.

Well that's it then.
Do you really believe one word that a football club says. Ask any Coach about their honesty,

They all will say anything, or do anything to get An advantage over the other clubs. When the Nrl gets serious about relocation, or expansion, the clubs will be told what will happen, not asked.
When the crunch comes, The league won't care about any comments made by any club boards or CEOs, most of what comes from them is just to pacify their members and supporters anyway.
None of us know what will happen , the only thing that is definite, is that at least one( or maybe two) Sydney teams will be gone or relocated
No matter how much the clubs tell their supporters about how they've already done this , or done that . Or how safe they are now, Clubs , or A club will go in the next few years.

I don't understand this. Why does a Sydney team have to relocate? How would this improve anything?

 

[westTAHger]

If they want less team in Sydney:
look at geographical areas, and yes I know it is easier said than done.

merge s**ouths/easts** , this would be very interesting
merge **penrith and parra**
dissolve **st george/illawarra**
merge **illawarra & canberra**
merge **sharks/dragons**

this still covers the 8 areas, but only have 4 teams.

 

[goldcoast_tiger]

Just to many teams in the one place.. tomuch competition for players, Corporate support. Etc
Plus the League get more money especially if a different time zone comes in with a team,

Brisbane badly need another team . They should be in the top three teams every year as it stands now , with the money and support that They get.
Too many empty stadiums in Sydney, although the ridiculous prices is equally to blame for that.

They'll lose some fans in Sydney. But will keep some of them and gain others from the new location, providing that they set it up right.

 

[goldcoast_tiger]

If they want less team in Sydney:
look at geographical areas, and yes I know it is easier said than done.

merge s**ouths/easts** , this would be very interesting
merge **penrith and parra**
dissolve **st george/illawarra**
merge **illawarra & canberra**
merge **sharks/dragons**

this still covers the 8 areas, but only have 4 teams.

That would alienate 10 lots of fans in Sydney, whereas a team dropping out or being relocated, will only alienate ONE lot of fans and while some will walk away from the game, a big percentage will eventually follow another team and stay or come back to the game
Even some who will swear that they'll go for good , will eventually drift back

 

[Snake]

If anyone has not noticed the Sydney Western /south west areas are the strongest and fastest growing areas and are becoming the powerhouse of the nation and is expected to increase over the next decade,so other clubs in the non growth areas locked in the city and beach bound areas want a club like the Tigers to relocate ..when I read this rubbish it brings a smile ,these clubs are concerned about there own future make no mistake.

 

[cqtiger]

I honestly don't think that the Sydney NRL demographic will change - ever - Now that each NRL club gets 130% of the cap.

The other reason is the NRL commission is next to useless, no proper leadership, pure and simple. The "independent" commission is far from it and now that the RLPA is growing teeth they won't allow anything to go against the players (eg relocation), no matter how sensible the plan is.

Then there is the govt's stadia blueprint for Sydney - no decent money to be spent on individual clubs home grounds like Broncos, Cowboys, Titans and Storm so the Tigers really can't play anywhere other than ANZ, Parramatta or Alliance except for the occasional Leichardt or Campbelltown game

 

[goldcoast_tiger]

If anyone has not noticed the Sydney Western /south west areas are the strongest and fastest growing areas and are becoming the powerhouse of the nation and is expected to increase over the next decade,so other clubs in the non growth areas locked in the city and beach bound areas want a club like the Tigers to relocate ..when I read this rubbish it brings a smile ,these clubs are concerned about there own future make no mistake.

All clubs are only interested in their own future including ours. Self interest is what runs rugby leaguen

 

[stryker]

Theres only a handful of RL fans left in Sydney. Relocate every side.

 

[Spud_Murphy]

Theres only a handful of RL fans left in Sydney. Relocate every side.

Where to? Queensland? :laughing:

 

[OzLukeH]

Instead of making all sydney clubs play at homebush and spend truckloads of money on stadiums that nobody really wants to go to, they could spend a fraction of the cost to upgrade the suburban grounds and appease the sydney fans instead.
If NRL want to draw people back to the live game, make it more cost effective to take a family, don't have ridiculous time slots, don't make everyone play out of homebush….
Surely it isn't that hard???

 

[Fade_To_Black]

Well said OzLuke.
Does anyone know why the NRL doesn't sell tickets to Homebush games for say $10 or $15 General Admission? It would attract at least a few thousand extra people to those games, who would no doubt buy plenty of drinks, food, merchandise etc to put in the coffers of the owners of ANZ Stadium and the club hosting the match. It just seems like an absolute no-brainer, yet it never happens. Cannot understand why, does anyone on here know the reason why it doesn't happen?
5000 people at a stadium that holds 90000 looks abysmal on TV and provides zero atmosphere, not to mention looks amateurish to potential sponsors of our game.

 

[beachtiger]

Well said OzLuke.
Does anyone know why the NRL doesn't sell tickets to Homebush games for say $10 or $15 General Admission? It would attract at least a few thousand extra people to those games, who would no doubt buy plenty of drinks, food, merchandise etc to put in the coffers of the owners of ANZ Stadium and the club hosting the match. It just seems like an absolute no-brainer, yet it never happens. Cannot understand why, does anyone on here know the reason why it doesn't happen?
5000 people at a stadium that holds 90000 looks abysmal on TV and provides zero atmosphere, not to mention looks amateurish to potential sponsors of our game.

The NRL don't own the ground and therefore don't set ticket pricing is my understanding. However your point is still valid to the owners of ANZ, as you said more people at the grounds created more revenue for the other parts of the stadium.

In addition to that it also creates an atmosphere that encourages people to come back because it is far more exciting to be in a loud crowd of 20-25k then a loud crowd of 10k.

 

[Russell]

Instead of making all sydney clubs play at homebush and spend truckloads of money on stadiums that nobody really wants to go to, they could spend a fraction of the cost to upgrade the suburban grounds and appease the sydney fans instead.
If NRL want to draw people back to the live game, make it more cost effective to take a family, don't have ridiculous time slots, don't make everyone play out of homebush….
Surely it isn't that hard???

Oh! mate, that post is absolutely ridiculous - it makes sense.

The NRL won't come at anything that makes sense. You'll have to go back to the drawing board, Lol.