The Tigers turned up, but where were the fans?

[Tiges05]

Without trawling thru 6 pages and i apologise in advance if this has been said..but this happens all too often at Campbelltown…the current solution is the answer. Haven't seen that poor a crowd at SFS or Homebush...ever!

 

[prattenpark]

Note to self. Never start a thread like this again. :brick:

Can we just let it die, please.

 

[Geo]

No Prattenpark …we can't.....Everyone learns from thier mistakes.... :wink:

Where did I say base the club permanently in the south west? Essentially all I said was as it stands, Leichhardt is behind Campbelltown in development as an NRL venue and this delay is curtailing the ability of the club to play 6 games each at these venues. The sooner we get back to 6 & 6, the sooner we have a loyal membership base.

So back to my point, Campbelltown Stadium is ready and will serve the club's purposes for the next 20 years. The same cannot be said for Leichhardt Oval. These arguements about which ground draws the biggest crowds are irrelevant until Leichhardt Oval is up to scratch. Fix the ground and then we can get back to the argueing about crowds, because I know that's what we love doing.

Brilliant and spot on in regards to traditional grounds…..

I don't agree with a 6 x 6 split anymore though.... the $$$$$$ from the Corporate Stadium's helps keep the CLUB afloat....

Campbelltown and Leichhardt will NEVER be able to offer the Corporate's what the Wests-SFS does in terms of Facilites and location....

Plus the Wests Tigers went with a 4x4x4 split this Year ...with supporters calling for more games at traditional venues for ages....

Staks says it well....We got some of what we wanted and only 7000 turn up plus freebies.....That's a Rorters or Sharkies turn out.....Pathetic

If you want more games at traditional home grounds Peeps have to turn up.....just Financially...it's a no brainer...

 

[galahs]

Without trawling thru 6 pages and i apologise in advance if this has been said..but this happens all too often at Campbelltown…the current solution is the answer. Haven't seen that poor a crowd at SFS or Homebush...ever!

that's because they get to choose the blockbusters

 

[crouching_tiger]

that's because they get to choose the blockbusters

Geez you ALWAYS come up with excuses…
You do this EVERY year...and your agenda is transparent.

The Macarthur region doesn't deserve diddly squat for their constant pathetic turnouts after the amount of whinging they do about not getting enough games out there. Face it....they're all so-called fans who always let the JV down.
The ol' cliche of "if you build it....they will come" doesn't apply here. They only turn up when WT are in good form. But what else did you expect when the people out there only jumped on the bandwagon when WS Magpies were transplanted out there.
The upgrade money could've been spent elsewhere for a better use, but ohhhh no....let's put in more seats so it will make the dump more hollow....Genius :bulb:

 

[Yossarian]

You could not consider your post 'an objective assessment' by any stretch of the imagination. It demonstrates a fundamental lack of understanding and indeed vision, that is frankly, quite unbelievable. If you think this club can 'move forward' commercially by basing itself permanently in the south west, you should think again. You could start by asking yourself what's in the best interests of the long term sponsors. You could theorise about the sensible basis upon which to develop a loyal membership base, or you could ask yourself where corporate facilities might be saleable. As he said, troll…..

Where did I say base the club permanently in the south west? Essentially all I said was as it stands, Leichhardt is behind Campbelltown in development as an NRL venue and this delay is curtailing the ability of the club to play 6 games each at these venues. The sooner we get back to 6 & 6, the sooner we have a loyal membership base.

So back to my point, Campbelltown Stadium is ready and will serve the club's purposes for the next 20 years. The same cannot be said for Leichhardt Oval. These arguements about which ground draws the biggest crowds are irrelevant until Leichhardt Oval is up to scratch. Fix the ground and then we can get back to the argueing about crowds, because I know that's what we love doing.

Mate you called Leichhardt a dilapidated hole. Fair enough if you want to make the point you made a lot better above but if you're going to try to inflame the issue by making prevocative statements you're not helping your case. Besides if your sole interest is the quality of the ground let's move full time to the SFS. Is this something you support?

Yes some of the toilets at LO need fixing but apart from that there is nothing fundametally wrong with the ground plus it's with-in 5km of the CBD and has at atmosphere that is lacking at a lot of other grounds.

 

[Alf_Duguid]

Glass houses…...

A few weeks ago us forumers were ripping into the players for turning on each other, and here we are doing exactly the same a few weeks later

 

[RatedRKO]

They only turn up when WT are in good form.

Why should ANYONE turn up when the players don't show any heart or care at all?

Trying your best and losing is fair enough, but they don't deserve money when they don't give a shit themselves.

 

[galahs]

anyway, if you didn't turn up you were the ones missing out on a great night of footy. Actually it was good for those that did. Short ques for the bar and toilets. It was like a 'comfort stadium'

 

[galahs]

and how funny was the commentary that said along the lines off…

"at least for the warriors can look forward to heading back to nice new changerooms. the old away dressing sheds were like walking into a mexican jail cell"

 

[Gary_Bakerloo]

Mate you called Leichhardt a dilapidated hole.

Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind.

Besides if your sole interest is the quality of the ground let's move full time to the SFS. Is this something you support?

No. Eventually we will hopefully have 2 grounds capable of holding 30,000+.

 

[coop]

The Macarthur region doesn't deserve diddly squat for their constant pathetic turnouts after the amount of whinging they do about not getting enough games out there. Face it….they're all so-called fans who always let the JV down.
The ol' cliche of "if you build it....they will come" doesn't apply here. They only turn up when WT are in good form. But what else did you expect when the people out there only jumped on the bandwagon when WS Magpies were transplanted out there.
The upgrade money could've been spent elsewhere for a better use, but ohhhh no....let's put in more seats so it will make the dump more hollow....Genius :bulb:

Well, as Leichhardt has an average only 400 more than Campbelltown in the life of the Wests Tigers, maybe it's time Leichhardt council put a torch to that dump too?

 

[Tiger_Watto]

Unfortunately, the people who live in the Inner West are a bit more civilised. Isnt burning down footy parks a thing for the Westies???

 

[alien]

Wow there's alot of trolls in this thread. LOL

 

[benjibrotown]

I really dont understand how this thread turned into Campbletown vs Leichardt thread.. I think its quite obvious that there was a poor crowd because we had just lost 5 out of our last 6 matches. The poor crowd was what the team deserved and Im sure that as they start showing more effort and winning matches the crowds will improve each week.

 

[Swannie47]

I really dont understand how this thread turned into Campbletown vs Leichardt thread.. I think its quite obvious that there was a poor crowd because we had just lost 5 out of our last 6 matches. The poor crowd was what the team deserved and Im sure that as they start showing more effort and winning matches the crowds will improve each week.

When you look at the stats it's quite ridiculous to be comparing the two ground and the level of support for each.

Since 2000 these are the crowd figure stats for both grounds

Campbelltown - 44 matches Total Attendance: 558,686 Average: 12,697
Leichardt - 42 matches Total Attendance: 547,066 Average: 13,025

 

[Bismark]

I don't know who suggested playing all our games at ANZ/SFS, but whoever you are, your a goose.

Have you ever been to Brookvale? or Kograh?

These are grounds where its uncomfortable to be an away fan. Where you concede 1-2 penalties just because the crowd is so behind it's team. I'm sure the players dread playing at these grounds in Sydney.

We have 2 grounds that do this. Obviously, I have a bias and will say Leichhardt does it moreso, but there have been instances in years gone by where Campbelltown has been packed to the brim and been an awesome venue for us (Cowboys and Sharks in '05, to me, are the best examples of this).

Why, WHY you wuld suggest we forgo this advantage for extra dollars at empty venues (I won't feel uncomfortable on Friday night, thats for sure) when we know traditional venues give a team a distinct advantage? Ridiculous.

 

[westTAHger]

the topic thread says,the tigers turned up, but where were the fans.
this could be said of the players at times.

 

[innsaneink]

I really dont understand how this thread turned into Campbletown vs Leichardt thread.. I think its quite obvious that there was a poor crowd because we had just lost 5 out of our last 6 matches. The poor crowd was what the team deserved and Im sure that as they start showing more effort and winning matches the crowds will improve each week.

When you look at the stats it's quite ridiculous to be comparing the two ground and the level of support for each.

Since 2000 these are the crowd figure stats for both grounds

Campbelltown - 44 matches Total Attendance: 558,686 Average: 12,697
Leichardt - 42 matches Total Attendance: 547,066 Average: 13,025

Wow…300 people

When you consider before we started doing the rent-a-ground thing, that Cambo more often than not drew top 8 and grand finalist opponents thus ensuring minimal victories, and the opposite for leichhardt, more bottom half opponents, more wins....thats quite a moral victory there for the park that houses the Skando Stand & Hodgo Hill
Woohooo :wahoo: :wahoo:

 

[Geo]

:laughing: A new low….next peeps will be suggesting it's the colour of the jersey's....