That the best you've got guttertroll?

More lies, must be an Irish thing

I look forward to your 50,000 word response guttertroll as I know you can't let someone have the last word.

Show us all your RL knowledge of Australian Rugby League and where it stands in the country.

So...another page of Media Media Media...with a list of clubs that have gone and gone in your opinion because of the SL war. I still say that if there is a demand for a product, it survives. If there is no demand for a product, it dies. If there are a number of products on offer, the best one in the eyes and opinion of the consumer will survive.

As for the little tirade of insults.......and being Irish is brilliant, being called Irish is better than brilliant, you have obviously lost the plot. You say you binned PPTV because you can get it cheaper on-line, but is still doesn;t hide your resentment of having to pay for something you believe should be free. You are Ultra passionate about the game, but your constant name calling, saying you own people (other posters are the judge of that...not you BTW) and rambling responses that say nothing about league but everything about the percieved lack of media buy in point to you being a little OTT.....even fanatical. Still, you are in a position where you should know more about NRL and ARL than me...so I wait with baited breath for your proof THAT AUSTRALIAN PROFESIIONAL RUGBY lEAGUE IS WEAKER, POORER, A LESSER STANDARD AND LESS ENJOYABLE than it was pre SL war. This proof should be in the form of reality...not opinion. It should not list clubs that have folded.....the sport wasn't /isn't big enough to support an unlimited number of teams at the top level...even wendy ball has a top table that has it's limits......unless of course you would like to see a 4 conference league....with 40 teams..........yeah...that would work



Sport is a business, and as a business RL has to cut it's cloth accordingly. There will always be casualties, but to blame the SL war is wrong.....it is natural selection. Supply and demand.....requirement and fulfilment........if the teams you listed deserved to be at the top table, then they would get 7,000 fans turn up for their games, regardless of who they are playing or what league they are in.....but they don't. Why? Because the public want to watch the elite.....and murdoch delivers what the public want.

BTW.....the little fella you posted above is the Mascot of Notre Dame in the USA.....and he is proudly tattooed on my right arm...are you sure we haven't met

Not sure what your point is and what the Reds have to do with anything? Do I believe there are too many clubs in Sydney to see them all flourish financially and crowd wise? yep. That's my point, what's yours?

A pint of Guinness if you're buying

I was saying that you had no problem back in 1995 when the reds came in and we had even more Sydney clubs.

Were you wanting mass culling back then or were you just happy to have your own team to follow and play against all these old teams?

Plus, if it wasn't for all those old hopeless teams, your club mightn't have had any wins in its short existence

and the cracks were clearly appearing, hence why some of them jumped for the Murdoch $. Actually we did a lot better against Q'land teams for some reason!

Qld teams pft, they only had the broncos who could win anything back then.

Yes cracks appeared, yet did you care about them at them time, or did you follow your team?

fact is no city can support the number of teams Sydney has and prosper. Even in AFL where clubs have sheds load more money they have had to impose a ticket levy and are now talking about increasing it to bail out 4 Melbourne clubs. 9 teams in 1 city does not go in a prof game where you need to be able to raise $16-20mill to compete. Syndey has been ok due to pokies and not having clubs in competition that can raise substantial incomes. Both of those things are changing and the impact is being felt.

The clubs are all still around though aren't they?

The Titanic was still around, right up to the point it sank!