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[Timmah]

Fact remains RL is far more popular both at Bluetongue and across the entire state.

 

[adz]

that's what the official figures say anyway

 

[marinermick]

Fact remains RL is far more popular both at Bluetongue and across the entire state.

not with locals

taking aside the vastly inflated crowd figures for rugby league games at the stadium, postcodes from ticketek buyers are predominatly from outside central coast postcodes

 

[FFC Mariner]

Fact remains RL is far more popular both at Bluetongue and across the entire state.

and you think that is a good thing?

sheesh

 

[Jerem]

Fact remains RL is far more popular both at Bluetongue and across the entire state.

with the set up coming through the amateur ranks in the next few years,
dont be to confident thatll remain the case

 

[dibo]

Fact remains RL is far more popular both at Bluetongue and across the entire state.

How are you measuring 'popular'? It's not the code people play, that's for sure. I'm sure one of the CCF bods around the joint can point you to a comparison between CCF's player numbers and the numbers playing RL, RU or aussie rules on the CC. The only thing that would come within coo-ee of football would be netball.

 

[MrCelery]

I find RL crowds far noiser and with a better atmosphere - having regularly attended games in both codes. There's more to cheer about in RL for a start.

Don't get me wrong, I love football, but there's too often times when there's nothing doing.

WTF???????

Your taking the piss, right?

Obviously you're comparing an NRL grand final to an Under 6 football match. No, you can't be, 'cause there's still more nuance in the latter than the former.

 

[fruitbat]

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There's more to cheer about in RL for a start - more tries and goals in a game than you'd find in most football matches. In between those loud euphoric moments, fans are watching the game, every nuance, every tackle, every tactic, pass and kick - not being bored or frustrated, or forced into singing to keep themselves occupied.

Don't get me wrong, I love football, but there's too often times when there's nothing doing.
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Hi Timmah,
each to his own, but I find RL too boring/predictable because it doesnt flow as well as football. ie the defence readies itself and the attacking side dishes up a set play every time they 'play the ball'. Ball carrier is tackled and the whole tedious process it repeated until (surprise, surprise) the attacking team kick the ball on the last tackle.
I'd be just as uninterested in soccer if it consisted of a series of free kick set plays.
Scrums are a farce, you might as well just give the feeding team another 6 tackles instead.
I've often wondered if the 'ball' is shaped to give an uncertain bounce as a way of adding interest to an otherwise tedious game.

 

[Roy Law]

RL is the football code that requires the least skill to play and the least intelligence to understand. Most of the players are not required to have any skill: just tackle, take a tackle and, if we are really lucky, offload. It doesn't even have the constant physical competition for the ball that RU has. And if you can count to six, and some can't, then you can understand it.
Still a good game though, esp State of Origin.

 

[pommypete]

Has anyone got the stats of games played at home in 09, to my reckoning we won only 2 games all year!

 

[marinermick]

Has anyone got the stats of games played at home in 09, to my reckoning we won only 2 games all year!

1 game against the gold coast 3-0

 

[dibo]

10-Jan-09 - Central Coast Mariners vs Queensland Roar - Loss (3 - 4)
25-Jan-09 - Central Coast Mariners vs Adelaide United - Loss (0 - 1)
6-Feb-09 - Central Coast Mariners vs Queensland Roar - Loss (0 - 2)
11-Mar-09 - Central Coast Mariners  vs  Pohang Steelers - Draw (0 - 0)
19-May-09 - Central Coast Mariners  vs  Tianjin Teda - Loss (0 - 1)
4-Aug-09 - Central Coast Mariners  vs  Kawasaki Frontale - Loss (0 - 5)
14-Aug-09 - Central Coast Mariners vs Newcastle Jets - Draw (1 - 1)
22-Aug-09 - Central Coast Mariners vs Sydney FC - Draw (0 - 0)
19-Sep-09 - Central Coast Mariners vs Gold Coast United - Win (3 - 0)
11-Oct-09 - Central Coast Mariners vs North Queensland Fury - Draw (1 - 1)
27-Nov-09 - Central Coast Mariners vs Perth Glory - Draw (0 - 0)
12-Dec-09 - Central Coast Mariners vs Melbourne Victory - Loss (0 - 3)
19-Dec-09 - Central Coast Mariners vs Brisbane Roar - Loss (2 - 3)
31-Dec-09 - Central Coast Mariners vs Wellington Phoenix - Loss (0 - 2)

Total - 14
Won - 1
Drawn - 5
Lost - 8

 

[dibo]

FWIW - I think our crowds are doing just fine when you consider what we've had dished up.

 

[adz]

home fortress

 

[bikinigirl]

. ah but what a win it was ... oh the memories

 

[northernspirit]

that is abysmal, lawrie must be getting itchy feet - i wonder when the dreaded "vote of confidence" will come

 

[FFC Mariner]

We are undefeated all year at home so far though...........

 

[adz]

things are looking up

 

[LFCMariners]

RL is the football code that requires the least skill to play and the least intelligence to understand. Most of the players are not required to have any skill: just tackle, take a tackle and, if we are really lucky, offload. It doesn't even have the constant physical competition for the ball that RU has. And if you can count to six, and some can't, then you can understand it.
Still a good game though, esp State of Origin.

Have you played League? It's more physical than RU, because remember that your modern-day Union game is constantly being stopped for scrums, penalties, line-outs and whetever other infringements the ref wants to penalise. It's made a farce of the game. It's also the reason virtually nobody has successfully made the switch from Union to League in the past 15 years, yet plenty of ex-NRL players have coped fairly well in the 15-a-side game.

In League, you need to be powerful, evasive and in peak physical condition if you want to survive in the fowards. You also need to be able to complete an effective 1 on 1 tackle, or you'll be history. If you're in the halves, you need a great passing game in both directions, a sharp kicking game, the ability to make strategic plays and 'plot' the attack several plays in advance. If you're in the backs, you need speed, power, physical endurance and the ability to back-up your team-mate if they make a break down field.

 

[jiggles]

*cough* I know one major reason why crowds have been lacking...lulz..