Football wars

[yob]

Australia now has the big 5......

NAB, ANZ, Westpac, CommBank........and AFL

It's amazing how a moron can fluke a good comment .

Meh, you're boring now.

[the crow]

Australia now has the big 5......

NAB, ANZ, Westpac, CommBank........and AFL

It's amazing how a moron can fluke a good comment .

Sung to the song....I'm a big duche...you should know the words

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[nobleoz]

Gold Coast tonight:
Suns 23,302
Titans. 15,741

Think the NRL should reconsider scheduling against the AFL

[bazza]

Think the NRL should reconsider scheduling against the AFL

maybe they need to play more games against Collingwood

[Nines]

Gold Coast tonight:
Suns 23,302
Titans. 15,741

Think the NRL should reconsider scheduling against the AFL

To be fair SUNS are higher on the ladder .

[Jeffles]

I was watching the Titans on the weekend on TV. The Gold Coast has very slim pickings in both codes.

[Nines]

I was watching the Titans on the weekend on TV. The Gold Coast has very slim pickings in both codes.

If you had watched the SUNS you would have noticed a huge potential .
They are going to be very successful soon .

[Jeffles]

Without getting nasty, the regular seasons are now over. Both competitions had drops in the average attendance. NRL is down around 0.85%. AFL is down 5.5%. When you exclude the 22 GC Suns matches, AFL is down 0.83%, remarkably close figures.

Interestingly, both competitions had lots of falls outside their main state (Vic for AFL and NSW for NRL) with reliance on Melbourne and Sydney respectively to boost the averages. The best performers outside Melbourne for the AFL were West Coast and the Crows. Outside Sydney, the Warriors and Newcastle were the strongest.

[Munro_Mick]

Without getting nasty, the regular seasons are now over. Both competitions had drops in the average attendance. NRL is down around 0.85%. AFL is down 5.5%. When you exclude the 22 GC Suns matches, AFL is down 0.83%, remarkably close figures.

Interestingly, both competitions had lots of falls outside their main state (Vic for AFL and NSW for NRL) with reliance on Melbourne and Sydney respectively to boost the averages. The best performers outside Melbourne for the AFL were West Coast and the Crows. Outside Sydney, the Warriors and Newcastle were the strongest.

makes me wonder what'll happen in A-League world this summer, what with two profiled Socceroos returning 'home' - is it the right financial environment to be putting big expensive eggs in one basket?

[Jeffles]

I don't think the A League is as responsive to the economic climate as the AFL and NRL, which are more entrenched. A League is still establishing itself as part of the bedrock. The Kewell and Emerton should do a lot for their respective clubs. Maybe the later start to the season will help boost the average by having fewer rounds in conflict with finals.

[bazza]

I don't think the A League is as responsive to the economic climate as the AFL and NRL, which are more entrenched. A League is still establishing itself as part of the bedrock. The Kewell and Emerton should do a lot for their respective clubs. Maybe the later start to the season will help boost the average by having fewer rounds in conflict with finals.

Are the A-League playing more of their mid-week matches during the school holidays? Could be a good strategy to increase crowds

[Nines]

I don't think the A League is as responsive to the economic climate as the AFL and NRL, which are more entrenched. A League is still establishing itself as part of the bedrock. The Kewell and Emerton should do a lot for their respective clubs. Maybe the later start to the season will help boost the average by having fewer rounds in conflict with finals.

Obviously good for the clubs - but further accentuates the imbalance in the AL .

[Jeffles]

^^ For Melbourne Victory it might but compared to the two winter codes, A League actually looks rather balanced. Other than them at the top and GCU/NQF, the averages are remarkably tight. With NQF gone, it looks like GCU at the very bottom, MVFC at the very top and a tight bunch

http://www.ultimatealeague.com/records. ... on=2010-11

Compare that with AFL and NRL

http://stats.rleague.com/afl/crowds/2011.html
http://stats.rleague.com/rl/crowds/2011.html

If you click on Ave. in the home section, the average home crowds are sorted in descending order. NRL has Brisbane streets ahead and the rest are spread fairly constantly between 19528 and 12094, only around 7000 in number but big considering the average attendance in the code. AFL appears even more imbalanced. They have Melbourne's big four (themselves very spaced apart from each other), around seven clubs closely bunched up, then three clubs around 26k and another three around 20k,

[Nines]

For Melbourne Victory it might

That was what I was alluding to with Sydney the potential to do the same .
I can't see other teams matching these two .

[Egan]

For Melbourne Victory it might

That was what I was alluding to with Sydney the potential to do the same .
I can't see other teams matching these two .

Sydney is Sydney...