Quote: Muggins "So, if we promised to play like Namibia and lost 142-0 to the mighty Kangaroos then you'd be able to guarantee me that you'd at least match the crowd of 28000 that union got, right?
Make all the excuses you like, son - 22000 is a pathetic attendance. Other sports have one-sided match-ups too, you do realise that, yes? The England football (soccer) team played Malta and 80000 turned up.
It's a poor effort from Aussie RL fans, however you try and spin it. I don't know why you're so upset by that statement, given that you yourself have said you don't care about the RLWC. Plus it was you that mentioned Melbourne when you were giving reasons for the attendance being poor. Now you're saying it being in Melbourne had nothing to do with it. Which is it, son?'"
I'm not trying to spin it, we have the pinnacle of Rugby League, its mid season, its over three games & its called State of Origin, it sells out & generates unparalleled interest, & then we have this inferior product & its pretty hard to sell a second rate game, no matter how you want to spin it, like i said, the seasons over, peoples minds have entered summer time, theres a few factors, but the main one is you can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear, fact