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Quote: Sir Kevin Sinfield "What do Salford bring to Super League? They have absolutely no fans for an end of season must win game, only a matter of time until they hit the wall now Marwan isn’t bank rolling them.'"


How many people type these words, without knowing what it actually means themselves ?
What do Bournemouth FC bring to the premier league ? (answers on a postcard.....)
Both sides are in because of their on field performances, that is what matters.

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Quote: Sir Kevin Sinfield "What do Salford bring to Super League? They have absolutely no fans for an end of season must win game, only a matter of time until they hit the wall now Marwan isn’t bank rolling them.'"

What do any teams bring to this sport?

The top sides in this country don’t get anywhere near a full house 99% of the season. Saints have been very good for most of the season and have had one sell-out, ONE! When Catalans kept losing at the start of the season their ground was empty and silent, less noise than the AJ Bell tonight. In the NRL they scratch around a 90000 stadium with 20000 fans in there three times a week which looks worse than the AJ Bell does on nights like tonight.

New Zealand fans were embarrassed in their own country by Tonga’s fans and attendances for the World Cup last year and Australia couldn’t even sell out a World Cup final in only a medium sized stadium.

We may as well all give up, let the whole sport fold.

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Quote: Psychedelic Casual "What do any teams bring to this sport?'"


Much more than Salford anyway

Quote: Psychedelic Casual "Saints have been very good for most of the season and have had one sell-out, ONE!'"


Their average attendance is also four times higher than Salford

Quote: Psychedelic Casual "In the NRL they scratch around a 90000 stadium with 20000 fans in there three times a week which looks worse than the AJ Bell does on nights like tonight.'"


It really doesn't

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Quote: JonB95 "Much more than Salford anyway

Their average attendance is also four times higher than Salford

It really doesn't'"

All true, Salford are a waste of a Super League spot

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I would love to see the back of Salford - no travelling fans of note and barely any home fans.

However, I am a 100% believer in the divisions being decided by ON FIELD performances.

They stay.

But there's always next year.

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These images are during NRL gameshttps://resources0.news.com.au/images/2008/08/20/va1237325667366/empty-anz-stadium-6208377.jpg" >



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Looking to me like a London v Toronto MPG in London in front of a bumper 3-figure crowd. What an absolute farce.

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Quote: mapleyther "Looking to me like a London v Toronto MPG in London in front of a bumper 3-figure crowd. What an absolute farce.'"

Clubs not paying their players is a farce, ex-Leigh players taking the club to court for their wages

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Quote: Psychedelic Casual "These images are during NRL gameshttps://resources0.news.com.au/images/2008/08/20/va1237325667366/empty-anz-stadium-6208377.jpg" >

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NRL crowds are up 5.5 per cent year on year, with an average crowd in 2018 of 16,620.

Those figures are from the end of May. The recent playoff games had 20000+ and 40000+ crowds.

Ridiculous comparison to Salford

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Quote: Sir Kevin Sinfield "All true, Salford are a waste of a Super League spot'"

Well, they’re up, you’ll just have to get over it

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Quote: mapleyther "Looking to me like a London v Toronto MPG in London in front of a bumper 3-figure crowd. What an absolute farce.'"


Yes such a shame that 4th and 5th play off for a place in Super League. What would you rather be the decider? Leigh had half a million pound of their salary paid via the parachute payment and couldn't make the top four. You'll get over it at some point I'm sure.

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Quote: Sir Kevin Sinfield "NRL crowds are up 5.5 per cent year on year, with an average crowd in 2018 of 16,620.

Those figures are from the end of May. The recent playoff games had 20000+ and 40000+ crowds.

Ridiculous comparison to Salford'"


Is it? Considering population?

Salford - 103k
Melbourne - 4.82 million

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JESUS WEPT :WALL: HOW MANY TIMES????? £20 a ticket and £15 on beer and merchandise.....so an away fan is worth £35. At best, 1,000 is the average away support split across 11 rounds and I am being really generous here, so Toronto, replacing say Wakefield will cost a SL club £35,000. The minimum turnover of a SL club is £4,000,000 so Toronto instead of Widnes is worth less than 1% of a SL clubs turnover. There are many valid reasons for and against expansion into America, but "AWAY FANS" isn't one of them. :BEAT::d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_76030.jpg



Quote: mapleyther "Looking to me like a London v Toronto MPG in London in front of a bumper 3-figure crowd. What an absolute farce.'"

The 2,500 at London will
a/ watch the game
b/generate more revenue on the gate than 5k (reported as 8k) in Toronto
c/ will have fewer than 10 canadians in attendance including the team, coaching and backroom staff, cheerleaders and waterboy! icon_cool.gif

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JESUS WEPT :WALL: HOW MANY TIMES????? £20 a ticket and £15 on beer and merchandise.....so an away fan is worth £35. At best, 1,000 is the average away support split across 11 rounds and I am being really generous here, so Toronto, replacing say Wakefield will cost a SL club £35,000. The minimum turnover of a SL club is £4,000,000 so Toronto instead of Widnes is worth less than 1% of a SL clubs turnover. There are many valid reasons for and against expansion into America, but "AWAY FANS" isn't one of them. :BEAT::d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_76030.jpg



Quote: Sir Kevin Sinfield "NRL crowds are up 5.5 per cent year on year, with an average crowd in 2018 of 16,620.Those figures are from the end of May.'"


The correct figure for the entire regular season is 2.3% (15,260) up on 2017 (14,919) which basically regained the loss from 2016 (15,214). NRL crowds are down 7% over the last 9 years from a a high of 16,406 in 2010.....Gold coast v Manly got 5,135 this year.....

Greater Western Sydney AFL side, the sick puppy and running joke among insecure Aussie NRL fans achieved a better average attendance this year than both Manly and Paramatta....as did the Western Sydney Soccer side......the Sydney Swans AFL side achieved the highest average attendance in bot the city as well as over all 16 NRL sides including Brisbane.

As for the comparison with Salford, Manchester and its suburbs doesn't lay (false) claim to be the home of the biggest and most popular game in the country, Sydney does and it's a lie......the attendances at NRL games are shocking and the reason that 11 of the 16 NRL clubs will post losses this year (before income from their pokey addicted league clubs is added).

Edit. Durham Giant see pm

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