: Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:14 pm  

dally messenger wrote:

well if thats your criteria then bye bye storm, raiders and warriors who are pretty much the same then

Difference is none of those teams are having to fight with 8 other NRL teams for corporate $'s in their city. Also Warriros and Storm will get 20,000 before most Sydney clubs mentioned imo.

Penrith are the biggest enigma for me, massive RL area massive jnr and amateur scene, semi decent stadium, far enough away from other clubs not to be encroached yet they draw such poor crowds. Sure the team hasn't been much to write home about for some time but other equally bad teams have drawn a crowd.

: Tue Apr 07, 2009 12:14 am  

JB Down Under wrote:

Difference is none of those teams are having to fight with 8 other NRL teams for corporate $'s in their city. Also Warriros and Storm will get 20,000 before most Sydney clubs mentioned imo.

Penrith are the biggest enigma for me, massive RL area massive jnr and amateur scene, semi decent stadium, far enough away from other clubs not to be encroached yet they draw such poor crowds. Sure the team hasn't been much to write home about for some time but other equally bad teams have drawn a crowd.

financially the warriors, raiders and storm are worse off than most sydney clubs you talk about

so lets be fair, you want them out, well bye bye storm, raiders and warriors as well

penriths crowds are going well this year.

: Tue Apr 07, 2009 3:04 am  

Penrith packed out the stadium so many times in 2003-2004 when they were doing well.

Like every team no one supports them when they lose.

Anyone can say how big the Broncos crowds are and credit to them but no other club has been as successful in a short amount of time as they have. They have only not made the finals once.

: Tue Apr 07, 2009 5:05 am  

eels_fan_01 wrote:

Penrith packed out the stadium so many times in 2003-2004 when they were doing well.

Like every team no one supports them when they lose.

Anyone can say how big the Broncos crowds are and credit to them but no other club has been as successful in a short amount of time as they have. They have only not made the finals once.

and they took a market of 9 teams in brisbane and became one.

their crowds are actually poor for the citys population.

they need another team.