I have to disagree with you there. Im not just saying this because im a parra fan but i seriously dont believe our fans are as fickle as you guys make them out to be. With inconsistent teams comes inconsistent fans and thats what you get in every team, though it might seem like we get them more often because were so hot and cold as a team ALL THE TIME.
I was looking at the home crowd averages for this year and parra are doing quite well especially considering were 10th on the ladder. Parras crowd average for 2010 to date is 17 132\. Were ahead of dragons whom mind you are minor premiers and their crowd average is 16687, Panthers who are in the top 4 have a crowd average of 13227\. The only 2 sydney teams ahead of us are Bulldogs who have an average of 21 295 ( this is including the double header figure meaning their average would be much lower than this) and the Tigers who have a crowd average of 17 897\. ( source: http://stats.rleague.com/rl/crowds/wests_tigers.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false😉
I just dont think were doing as badly as everyone thinks, and were definitely one of the stronger sydney teams in relation to crowds especially considering our poor form of late.
Parramatta and St.George Illawarra have the most fickle supporters. When Parramatta are playing badly I have seen them get crowds of like 3,000\. It's probably not as bad this year because so many Parramatta supporters got memberships at the start of this year because they thought they were going to be one of the best teams this year. St.George Illawarra also gets really bad crowds when they are playing badly but that hasn't been for a while. I guess you can say all teams get larger crowds when they are going well and bad crowds when they are playing bad but Parramatta and St.George Illawarra crowds seem to have the most difference.
I hate to be politically incorrect but its because we have a high number of bogan housing commission supporters. Both of our teams do , and its their likes that are so fickle. In saying that though, every parra supporter i know is really loyal and goes to as many games as they can. The bandwagon parra supporters change every year. This year everyones on the dragons/roosters bandwagon. Every year its different!
