Re: Who will be promoted through the qualifiers? : Thu Sep 27, 2018 8:01 pm  

Sir Kevin Sinfield wrote:

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.

Re: Who will be promoted through the qualifiers? : Thu Sep 27, 2018 8:05 pm  

Sir Kevin Sinfield wrote:

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.

Re: Who will be promoted through the qualifiers? : Thu Sep 27, 2018 8:17 pm  

Psychedelic Casual wrote:

What do any teams bring to this sport?

Much more than Salford anyway

Psychedelic Casual wrote:

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

Psychedelic Casual wrote:

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

Re: Who will be promoted through the qualifiers? : Thu Sep 27, 2018 8:30 pm  

JonB95 wrote:

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

Re: Who will be promoted through the qualifiers? : Thu Sep 27, 2018 8:34 pm  

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.

Re: Who will be promoted through the qualifiers? : Thu Sep 27, 2018 8:35 pm  

These images are during NRL games:

Re: Who will be promoted through the qualifiers? : Thu Sep 27, 2018 8:38 pm  

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

Re: Who will be promoted through the qualifiers? : Thu Sep 27, 2018 8:42 pm  

mapleyther wrote:

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

Re: Who will be promoted through the qualifiers? : Thu Sep 27, 2018 8:46 pm  

Psychedelic Casual wrote:

These images are during NRL games:

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

Re: Who will be promoted through the qualifiers? : Thu Sep 27, 2018 8:46 pm  

Sir Kevin Sinfield wrote:

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

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